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

From: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
Date: Feb 13, 2024, 20:23 UTC
Message-ID: <owlyr0hg9kr3.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq1q9mmtpw.fsf@gitster.g>

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?

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