From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:19:19 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: odb: document object info fields
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odb: document object info fields

Some of the fields in `struct object_info` are undocumented. Add these
missing comments.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---

diff --git a/odb.h b/odb.h
index e0d05eaf87..a44ec46b08 100644
--- a/odb.h
+++ b/odb.h
@@ -283,12 +283,28 @@ struct object_info_source {
 	} u;
 };
 
+/*
+ * The object info contains the query and response that is to be used for
+ * functions that end up reading object information. Callers are expected to
+ * populate pointers whose information they want to request.
+ */
 struct object_info {
-	/* Request */
+	/* The object type. */
 	enum object_type *typep;
+
+	/* The inflated object size in bytes. */
 	size_t *sizep;
+
+	/* The object size as stored on disk. */
 	off_t *disk_sizep;
+
+	/*
+	 * The base the object is deltified against, in case it is stored as a
+	 * delta.
+	 */
 	struct object_id *delta_base_oid;
+
+	/* The object contents. Ownership of memory goes over to the caller. */
 	void **contentp;
 
 	/*