Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:
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For this particular one, there is no need for version 2.
I don't think you understand.
That is true. I was not thinking about optimizing the
lightweight tag case -- we would want to be able to tell that
they are not tag objects and skip peel_ref altogether, and in
order to do that we do need a way to tell us that we can trust
the absense of peeled representation in the packed-refs file.
It is my day job day so I do not expect I can continue til later
today, though...