commit a2bed2903feedc4ea80d283220d137df051b4d69
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
date: Wed Sep 18 15:08:40 2024 UTC

only check for unknown objects if base snapshots are available

commit - 37649c267b5f25a14e911b5273a9185fc3954ca3
commit + a2bed2903feedc4ea80d283220d137df051b4d69
blob - 84fc58f834745e4ab3dcf5d2910927ee553a7c36
blob + 05b4534ae786728b1c87c7368a4670dfe962a2a5
--- swh/loader/git/loader.py
+++ swh/loader/git/loader.py
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ class GitLoader(BaseGitLoader):
                 branches[ref_name] = SnapshotBranch(
                     target=target, target_type=target_type
                 )
-            else:
+            elif self.base_snapshots:
                 # The object pointed at by this ref was not fetched, supposedly
                 # because it existed in the base snapshot. We record it here,
                 # and we can get it from the base snapshot later.