Re: [PATCH v1] builtin/pack-objects.c: ignore missing links with --stdin-packs

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

If they are truly unreachable, then it is not strictly wrong to delete
them (i.e., we are not corrupting a repository unless it was already
corrupted), but:

  - if the repository _is_ already corrupted, we are definitely making
    things worse

Yes, that is a reason enough not to eject a commit whose tree is
incomplete.