On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 02:42:03PM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote: > diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c > index fbce88bd46..f7f509cf46 100644 > --- a/midx.c > +++ b/midx.c > @@ -449,50 +449,48 @@ static uint32_t midx_for_pack(struct multi_pack_index **_m, > return pack_int_id - m->num_packs_in_base; > } > > -int prepare_midx_pack(struct repository *r, struct multi_pack_index *m, > - uint32_t pack_int_id) > +struct packed_git *prepare_midx_pack(struct repository *r, > + struct multi_pack_index *m, > + uint32_t pack_int_id) > { > - struct strbuf pack_name = STRBUF_INIT; > - struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT; > - struct packed_git *p; > + uint32_t pack_pos = midx_for_pack(&m, pack_int_id); > > - pack_int_id = midx_for_pack(&m, pack_int_id); > + if (!m->packs[pack_pos]) { > + struct strbuf pack_name = STRBUF_INIT; > + struct strbuf key = STRBUF_INIT; > + struct packed_git *p; > > - if (m->packs[pack_int_id] == (void *)(intptr_t)-1) > - return 1; Ah, so this series builds on top of my patch that introduces the negative lookup cache? That wasn't quite clear to me and makes it a bit hard to iterate on my patch now. Could I suggest that you maybe include that patch as part of this series so that those can be iterated on in tandem? Overall I think that this change is quite sensible and hides away at least some of the complexity. Thanks! Patrick