Re: [PATCH] git: --no-lazy-fetch option
Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> writes:
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> Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> ?
Wonderful. Thanks for an extra set of eyes.