// when looking up a version by fi.VersionID
	InclFreeVersions bool
	// SkipFreeVersion skips adding a free version when a tiered version is
	// being 'replaced'
	// Note: Used only when a tiered object is being expired.
	SkipFreeVersion bool

	MetadataChg           bool                  // is true if it is a metadata update operation.

			// Prefer local disks
			prefer[index] = disk.Hostname() == ""
		}

		written, err := erasure.Decode(ctx, writer, readers, partOffset, partLength, partSize, prefer)
		// Note: we should not be defer'ing the following closeBitrotReaders() call as
		// we are inside a for loop i.e if we use defer, we would accumulate a lot of open files by the time
		// we return from this function.

	cpSrcPath := r.Header.Get(xhttp.AmzCopySource)
	var vid string
	if u, err := url.Parse(cpSrcPath); err == nil {
		vid = strings.TrimSpace(u.Query().Get(xhttp.VersionID))
		// Note that url.Parse does the unescaping
		cpSrcPath = u.Path
	}

	srcBucket, srcObject := path2BucketObject(cpSrcPath)
	// If source object is empty or bucket is empty, reply back invalid copy source.

	cpSrcPath := r.Header.Get(xhttp.AmzCopySource)
	var vid string
	if u, err := url.Parse(cpSrcPath); err == nil {
		vid = strings.TrimSpace(u.Query().Get(xhttp.VersionID))
		// Note that url.Parse does the unescaping
		cpSrcPath = u.Path
	}

	srcBucket, srcObject := path2BucketObject(cpSrcPath)
	// If source object is empty or bucket is empty, reply back invalid copy source.