// proxy to replication target if site replication is in place.
				tags, gerr := proxyGetTaggingToRepTarget(ctx, bucket, object, opts, proxytgts)
				if gerr.Err != nil || tags == nil {
					globalReplicationStats.incProxy(bucket, getObjectTaggingAPI, true)
					writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, gerr.Err), r.URL)
					return
				} // overlay tags from peer site.
				ot = tags

}

// returns whether object version is a deletemarker and if object qualifies for replication
func checkReplicateDelete(ctx context.Context, bucket string, dobj ObjectToDelete, oi ObjectInfo, delOpts ObjectOptions, gerr error) (dsc ReplicateDecision) {
	rcfg, err := getReplicationConfig(ctx, bucket)
	if err != nil || rcfg == nil {
		replLogOnceIf(ctx, err, bucket)
		return
	}