Re: [PATCH] rev-list: ignore replacements in the connectivity check

>
> "Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
> writes:
>
> > Teach the connectivity check to ignore replacements as well, so
> > that it verifies the same objects that the commands relying on its
> > result will read.
>
> Sounds like absolutely the right thing to do.  We might want to say
> that we check both the original and the replacement, i.e., instead
> of ignoring replace refs, we ensure that the commits, trees, and
> blobs reachable from the replacement objects all exist by treating
> those objects as if they were also at the tips of the connectivity
> graph.
>
> [snip]
> We can address the "shouldn't we make sure that replacement objects
> used when the resulting history is in use are backed by objects
> reachable from them?" issue separately.