1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/connected.h b/connected.h
index e4c961817d..ce2e7d8f2e 100644
--- a/connected.h
+++ b/connected.h
@@ -46,14 +46,22 @@ struct check_connected_options {
 	 * during a fetch.
 	 */
 	unsigned is_deepening_fetch : 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * If non-zero, only check the top-level objects referenced by the
+	 * wanted refs (passed in as cb_data). This is useful for partial
+	 * clones, where enumerating and excluding all promisor objects is very
+	 * slow and the commit-walk itself becomes a no-op.
+	 */
+	unsigned check_refs_only : 1;
 };
 
 #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)
  *