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diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index e63459bd51..9bb657deb3 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;