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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] cat-file: add --batch-command remote-object-info
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Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com> writes:

> Sometimes it is useful to get information about an object without havin=
g
> to download it completely. The server logic has already been implemente=
d
> as =E2=80=9Ca2ba162cda (object-info: support for retrieving object info=
,
> 2021-04-20)=E2=80=9D. This patch implements the client option for it.
>
> Add `--object-info` option to `cat-file --batch-command`. This option
> allows the client to make an object-info command request to a server
> that supports protocol v2. If the server is v2, but does not allow for
> the object-info command request, the entire object is fetched and the
> relevant object info is returned.

Thanks.  Since this has changed significantly enough to render
range-diff less useful, I think a fresh round of full review may be
needed.  I'll use a more recent tip of 'master' as the base when I
queue these patches.