Re: [PATCH 00/13] WIP Partial clone part 1: object filtering

Jeff Hostetler [off-list ref] writes:

From: Jeff Hostetler <redacted>

I've been working with Jonathan Tan to combine our partial clone
proposals.  This patch series represents a first step in that effort
and introduces an object filtering mechanism to select unwanted
objects.

[1] traverse_commit_list and list-objects is extended to allow
    various filters.
[2] rev-list is extended to expose filtering.  This allows testing
    of the filtering options.  And can be used later to predict
    missing objects before commands like checkout or merge.
[3] pack-objects is extended to use filtering parameters and build
    packfiles that omit unwanted objects.

This patch series lays the ground work for subsequent parts which
will extend clone, fetch, fetch-pack, upload-pack, fsck, and etc.

OK, thanks for working well together.  So does this (1) build on
Jonathan's fsck-squelching series, or (2) ignores that and builds
filtering first, potentially leaving the codebase to a broken state
where it can create fsck-unclean repository until Jonathan's series
is rebased on top of this, or (3) something else?  [*1*]

I also saw a patch marked as "this is from Jonathan's earlier work",
taking the authorship (which to me implies that the changes were
extensive enough), so I am a bit at loss envisioning how this piece
fits in the bigger picture together with the other piece.


[Footnote]

*1* Not having the answer to this question does bother me, but it is
    perfectly fine if the answer is (2), especially while the series
    is in a WIP state.