Re: [PATCH] commit: detect commits that exist in commit-graph but not in the ODB

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

I guess that is really like a global variable but even more gross. ;)

Yeah, I tend to agree, but ...

But it is nice that it can cross process boundaries, because "how
careful do we want to be" may be in the eye of the caller, especially
for plumbing commands. E.g., even without --missing, you may want
"rev-list" to be extra careful about checking the existence of commits.

... these are all very good points.

The caller in check_connected() could arguably turn that on by default
(the way we used to turn on GIT_REF_PARANOIA for pruning repacks before
it became the default).

True.

Thanks.