From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:40:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add git-unbundle - unpack objects and references for disconnected transfer
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0702151838250.20368@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vire2c00i.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> One way to check that would be to ask "describe --all" if it can
> find a ref that can reach that commit.  It would error out if
> the commit object exists but is not reachable from any of the
> refs.

Actually, more efficient and to the point:

	list-all-boundary-sha1s |
		git-rev-list --stdin --not --all

should return empty. Or something like that.

		Linus