From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:41:03 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: sha1_name.c: clarify what "fake" is for in find_short_object_filename()
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sha1_name.c: clarify what "fake" is for in find_short_object_filename()

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index e63459bd5..9bb657deb 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ static int find_short_object_filename(int len, const char *name, unsigned char *
 	static struct alternate_object_database *fakeent;
 
 	if (!fakeent) {
+		/*
+		 * Create a "fake" alternate object database that
+		 * points to our own object database, to make it
+		 * easier to get a temporary working space in
+		 * alt->name/alt->base while iterating over the
+		 * object databases including our own.
+		 */
 		const char *objdir = get_object_directory();
 		int objdir_len = strlen(objdir);
 		int entlen = objdir_len + 43;