Re: [PATCH] import-tars: ignore the global PAX header

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

The tar importer in `contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl` has a very
convenient feature that I took for public knowledge: if _all_ paths stored
in the imported `.tar` start with a common prefix, e.g.
`my-project-1.0.0/` as indicated in the commit message (or `git-2.26.0/`
in the tar at https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.26.0.tar.gz), then
this prefix is stripped.

Ahh, scratch what I said in my recent response.  No, the above is
not public knowledge, and that was missing from the log message that
confused me.

With that spelled out, yes, it makes sense not to allow the phony
"file" at the top level created out of the pax headers.

So, I think with a bit more explanation in the log, the patch would
be OK.   We do not want _any_ header.

Thanks.