From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 20:16:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PUB]corrupt repos does not return error with `git fsck`
Message-ID: <xmqqpp5vm2cw.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150520182218.GD14561@peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> We could add a has_sha1_file() check in get_sha1 for this case.

Please don't.  get_sha1() is merely "I have this string, which may
be a 40-hex or an extended SHA-1 expression.  Turn it into a 20-byte
binary" and does not require you to have any such object.