Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Sideband the whole fetch v2 response

Jonathan Tan [off-list ref] writes:

 /*
+ * Inspects a multiplexed packet read from the remote. If this packet is a
+ * progress packet and thus should not be processed by the caller, returns 0.
+ * Otherwise, returns 1, releases scratch, and sets sideband_type.
  *
+ * If this packet is SIDEBAND_PROTOCOL_ERROR, SIDEBAND_REMOTE_ERROR, or a
+ * progress packet, also prints a message to stderr.
+ *
+ * scratch must be a struct strbuf allocated by the caller. It is used to store
+ * progress messages split across multiple packets.
  */
+int demultiplex_sideband(const char *me, char *buf, int len,
+			 int die_on_error,
+			 struct strbuf *scratch,
+			 enum sideband_type *sideband_type);

OK.  That sounds like a sensible way to keep the leftover across
calls.

Will queue.