Re: [PATCH] sha1-file: make pretend_object_file() not prefetch

> To make progress towards solving this, I'm thinking of making a new
> function has_object() that takes a repository, an object ID, and flags,
> and only supports one flag: HAS_OBJECT_RECHECK_PACKED (which has the
> opposite meaning of OBJECT_INFO_QUICK). Checks that should not fetch
> should use has_object(), and checks that should fetch (if they exist - I
> think that most would want additional information about the object, so
> they would use oid_object_info() or similar already) should use
> oid_object_info() or a similar function. That way we can see how many
> uses of has_object_file() we have checked, and at the same time make
> behavior we usually want into the default behavior. Any opinions?