Re: [PATCH] git: --no-lazy-fetch option

From: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Date: Feb 13, 2024, 20:37 UTC
Message-ID: <owlyo7ck9k3y.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <owlyr0hg9kr3.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com>

Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> writes:

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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Sometimes, especially during tests of low level machinery, it is
>> handy to have a way to disable lazy fetching of objects.  This
>> allows us to say, for example, "git cat-file -e <object-name>", to
>> see if the object is locally available.
>
> Nit: perhaps s/locally/already locally/ is better?

I forgot to mention that the new flag is missing a documentation entry in Documentation/git.txt. Perhaps something like

    --no-lazy-fetch::
        Do not fetch missing objects. Useful together with `git cat-file -e
        <object-name>`, for example, to see if the object is already
        locally available.