Jonathan Tan writes:
> In acb0c57260 ("fetch: support filters", 2017-12-08), check_connected()
> was extended to allow objects to either be promised to be available (if
> the repository is a partial clone) or to be present; previously, this
> function required the latter. However, this change was not reflected in
> the documentation of that function. Update the documentation
> accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan
> ---
> connected.h | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Very much makes sense. I think this is sufficient clarification to
allay your earlier worry of having to have a huge in-code comment to
prevent the "must exist" loop from getting removed.
> diff --git a/connected.h b/connected.h
> index e4c961817..8d5a6b3ad 100644
> --- a/connected.h
> +++ b/connected.h
> @@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ struct check_connected_options {
> #define CHECK_CONNECTED_INIT { 0 }
>
> /*
> - * Make sure that our object store has all the commits necessary to
> - * connect the ancestry chain to some of our existing refs, and all
> - * the trees and blobs that these commits use.
> + * Make sure that all given objects and all objects reachable from them
> + * either exist in our object store or (if the repository is a partial
> + * clone) are promised to be available.
> *
> * Return 0 if Ok, non zero otherwise (i.e. some missing objects)
> *
