Re: [PATCH v2] multi-pack-index: fix *.rev cleanups with --object-dir

Taylor Blau [off-list ref] writes:

On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 07:05:31PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:

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On Mon, 2021-08-23 at 12:06 -0400, Jeff King wrote:

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I'm not entirely convinced that writing a midx when not "inside" a repo
is something that we want to support. But if we do, then...

Seemed like that was the point of --object-dir?

Stolee (cc'd) would know more as the original author, but as I recall
the point of `--object-dir` was to be able to write a midx in
directories which were acting as Git repositories, but didn't contain a
`.git` directory.

It's kind of a strange use-case, but I recall that it was important at
the time. Maybe he could shed more light on why. (Either way, we're
stuck with it ;)).

It does sound strange.  "git -C $there multi-pack-index write"
would have felt more natural.