thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/examples/network/index-pack.c b/examples/network/index-pack.c
index e926102..128c7eb 100644
--- a/examples/network/index-pack.c
+++ b/examples/network/index-pack.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int index_pack(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL) < 0) {
+	if (git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL) < 0) {
 		puts("bad idx");
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/include/git2/indexer.h b/include/git2/indexer.h
index d2d315e..94d8785 100644
--- a/include/git2/indexer.h
+++ b/include/git2/indexer.h
@@ -15,6 +15,33 @@ GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 
 typedef struct git_indexer git_indexer;
 
+typedef struct git_indexer_options {
+	unsigned int version;
+
+	/** progress_cb function to call with progress information */
+	git_transfer_progress_cb progress_cb;
+	/** progress_cb_payload payload for the progress callback */
+	void *progress_cb_payload;
+
+	/** Do connectivity checks for the received pack */
+	unsigned char verify;
+} git_indexer_options;
+
+#define GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_VERSION 1
+#define GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_INIT { GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_VERSION }
+
+/**
+ * Initializes a `git_indexer_options` with default values. Equivalent to
+ * creating an instance with GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_INIT.
+ *
+ * @param opts the `git_indexer_options` struct to initialize.
+ * @param version Version of struct; pass `GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_VERSION`
+ * @return Zero on success; -1 on failure.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_indexer_init_options(
+	git_indexer_options *opts,
+	unsigned int version);
+
 /**
  * Create a new indexer instance
  *
@@ -24,16 +51,15 @@ typedef struct git_indexer git_indexer;
  * @param odb object database from which to read base objects when
  * fixing thin packs. Pass NULL if no thin pack is expected (an error
  * will be returned if there are bases missing)
- * @param progress_cb function to call with progress information
- * @param progress_cb_payload payload for the progress callback
+ * @param opts Optional structure containing additional options. See
+ * `git_indexer_options` above.
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_indexer_new(
 		git_indexer **out,
 		const char *path,
 		unsigned int mode,
 		git_odb *odb,
-		git_transfer_progress_cb progress_cb,
-		void *progress_cb_payload);
+		git_indexer_options *opts);
 
 /**
  * Add data to the indexer
diff --git a/src/blob.c b/src/blob.c
index 86ec95c..bcd3f41 100644
--- a/src/blob.c
+++ b/src/blob.c
@@ -19,34 +19,54 @@
 const void *git_blob_rawcontent(const git_blob *blob)
 {
 	assert(blob);
-	return git_odb_object_data(blob->odb_object);
+	if (blob->raw)
+		return blob->data.raw.data;
+	else
+		return git_odb_object_data(blob->data.odb);
 }
 
 git_off_t git_blob_rawsize(const git_blob *blob)
 {
 	assert(blob);
-	return (git_off_t)git_odb_object_size(blob->odb_object);
+	if (blob->raw)
+		return blob->data.raw.size;
+	else
+		return (git_off_t)git_odb_object_size(blob->data.odb);
 }
 
 int git_blob__getbuf(git_buf *buffer, git_blob *blob)
 {
 	return git_buf_set(
 		buffer,
-		git_odb_object_data(blob->odb_object),
-		git_odb_object_size(blob->odb_object));
+		git_blob_rawcontent(blob),
+		git_blob_rawsize(blob));
 }
 
-void git_blob__free(void *blob)
+void git_blob__free(void *_blob)
 {
-	git_odb_object_free(((git_blob *)blob)->odb_object);
+	git_blob *blob = (git_blob *) _blob;
+	if (!blob->raw)
+		git_odb_object_free(blob->data.odb);
 	git__free(blob);
 }
 
-int git_blob__parse(void *blob, git_odb_object *odb_obj)
+int git_blob__parse_raw(void *_blob, const char *data, size_t size)
 {
+	git_blob *blob = (git_blob *) _blob;
+	assert(blob);
+	blob->raw = 1;
+	blob->data.raw.data = data;
+	blob->data.raw.size = size;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int git_blob__parse(void *_blob, git_odb_object *odb_obj)
+{
+	git_blob *blob = (git_blob *) _blob;
 	assert(blob);
 	git_cached_obj_incref((git_cached_obj *)odb_obj);
-	((git_blob *)blob)->odb_object = odb_obj;
+	blob->raw = 0;
+	blob->data.odb = odb_obj;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -372,8 +392,8 @@ int git_blob_is_binary(const git_blob *blob)
 
 	assert(blob);
 
-	git_buf_attach_notowned(&content, blob->odb_object->buffer,
-		min(blob->odb_object->cached.size,
+	git_buf_attach_notowned(&content, git_blob_rawcontent(blob),
+		min(git_blob_rawsize(blob),
 		GIT_FILTER_BYTES_TO_CHECK_NUL));
 	return git_buf_text_is_binary(&content);
 }
diff --git a/src/blob.h b/src/blob.h
index 3f1f977..f644ec5 100644
--- a/src/blob.h
+++ b/src/blob.h
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@
 
 struct git_blob {
 	git_object object;
-	git_odb_object *odb_object;
+
+	union {
+		git_odb_object *odb;
+		struct {
+			const char *data;
+			git_off_t size;
+		} raw;
+	} data;
+	unsigned int raw:1;
 };
 
 void git_blob__free(void *blob);
 int git_blob__parse(void *blob, git_odb_object *obj);
+int git_blob__parse_raw(void *blob, const char *data, size_t size);
 int git_blob__getbuf(git_buf *buffer, git_blob *blob);
 
 extern int git_blob__create_from_paths(
diff --git a/src/commit.c b/src/commit.c
index e0ba51d..97ac2a1 100644
--- a/src/commit.c
+++ b/src/commit.c
@@ -383,11 +383,11 @@ int git_commit_amend(
 	return error;
 }
 
-int git_commit__parse(void *_commit, git_odb_object *odb_obj)
+int git_commit__parse_raw(void *_commit, const char *data, size_t size)
 {
 	git_commit *commit = _commit;
-	const char *buffer_start = git_odb_object_data(odb_obj), *buffer;
-	const char *buffer_end = buffer_start + git_odb_object_size(odb_obj);
+	const char *buffer_start = data, *buffer;
+	const char *buffer_end = buffer_start + size;
 	git_oid parent_id;
 	size_t header_len;
 	git_signature dummy_sig;
@@ -477,6 +477,13 @@ bad_buffer:
 	return -1;
 }
 
+int git_commit__parse(void *_commit, git_odb_object *odb_obj)
+{
+	return git_commit__parse_raw(_commit,
+		git_odb_object_data(odb_obj),
+		git_odb_object_size(odb_obj));
+}
+
 #define GIT_COMMIT_GETTER(_rvalue, _name, _return) \
 	_rvalue git_commit_##_name(const git_commit *commit) \
 	{\
diff --git a/src/commit.h b/src/commit.h
index 781809d..9137a8f 100644
--- a/src/commit.h
+++ b/src/commit.h
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ struct git_commit {
 
 void git_commit__free(void *commit);
 int git_commit__parse(void *commit, git_odb_object *obj);
+int git_commit__parse_raw(void *commit, const char *data, size_t size);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/indexer.c b/src/indexer.c
index 4f0c5ca..a5a4eb1 100644
--- a/src/indexer.c
+++ b/src/indexer.c
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #include "git2/indexer.h"
 #include "git2/object.h"
 
+#include "commit.h"
+#include "tree.h"
+#include "tag.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "mwindow.h"
 #include "posix.h"
@@ -38,12 +41,15 @@ struct git_indexer {
 		pack_committed :1,
 		have_stream :1,
 		have_delta :1,
-		do_fsync :1;
+		do_fsync :1,
+		do_verify :1;
 	struct git_pack_header hdr;
 	struct git_pack_file *pack;
 	unsigned int mode;
 	git_off_t off;
 	git_off_t entry_start;
+	git_otype entry_type;
+	git_buf entry_data;
 	git_packfile_stream stream;
 	size_t nr_objects;
 	git_vector objects;
@@ -55,6 +61,9 @@ struct git_indexer {
 	void *progress_payload;
 	char objbuf[8*1024];
 
+	/* OIDs referenced from pack objects. Used for verification. */
+	git_oidmap *expected_oids;
+
 	/* Needed to look up objects which we want to inject to fix a thin pack */
 	git_odb *odb;
 
@@ -106,27 +115,42 @@ static int objects_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
 	return git_oid__cmp(&entrya->oid, &entryb->oid);
 }
 
+int git_indexer_init_options(git_indexer_options *opts, unsigned int version)
+{
+	GIT_INIT_STRUCTURE_FROM_TEMPLATE(
+		opts, version, git_indexer_options, GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_INIT);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int git_indexer_new(
 		git_indexer **out,
 		const char *prefix,
 		unsigned int mode,
 		git_odb *odb,
-		git_transfer_progress_cb progress_cb,
-		void *progress_payload)
+		git_indexer_options *in_opts)
 {
+	git_indexer_options opts = GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	git_indexer *idx;
 	git_buf path = GIT_BUF_INIT, tmp_path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 	static const char suff[] = "/pack";
 	int error, fd = -1;
 
+	if (in_opts)
+		memcpy(&opts, in_opts, sizeof(opts));
+
 	idx = git__calloc(1, sizeof(git_indexer));
 	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(idx);
 	idx->odb = odb;
-	idx->progress_cb = progress_cb;
-	idx->progress_payload = progress_payload;
+	idx->progress_cb = opts.progress_cb;
+	idx->progress_payload = opts.progress_cb_payload;
 	idx->mode = mode ? mode : GIT_PACK_FILE_MODE;
 	git_hash_ctx_init(&idx->hash_ctx);
 	git_hash_ctx_init(&idx->trailer);
+	git_buf_init(&idx->entry_data, 0);
+	idx->expected_oids = git_oidmap_alloc();
+	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(idx->expected_oids);
+
+	idx->do_verify = opts.verify;
 
 	if (git_repository__fsync_gitdir)
 		idx->do_fsync = 1;
@@ -212,6 +236,9 @@ static int hash_object_stream(git_indexer*idx, git_packfile_stream *stream)
 		if ((read = git_packfile_stream_read(stream, idx->objbuf, sizeof(idx->objbuf))) < 0)
 			break;
 
+		if (idx->do_verify)
+			git_buf_put(&idx->entry_data, idx->objbuf, read);
+
 		git_hash_update(&idx->hash_ctx, idx->objbuf, read);
 	} while (read > 0);
 
@@ -281,6 +308,97 @@ static int crc_object(uint32_t *crc_out, git_mwindow_file *mwf, git_off_t start,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void add_expected_oid(git_indexer *idx, const git_oid *oid)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we know about that object because it is stored in our ODB or
+	 * because we have already processed it as part of our pack file, we do
+	 * not have to expect it.
+	 */
+	if ((!idx->odb || !git_odb_exists(idx->odb, oid)) &&
+	    !git_oidmap_exists(idx->pack->idx_cache, oid) &&
+	    !git_oidmap_exists(idx->expected_oids, oid)) {
+		    git_oid *dup = git__malloc(sizeof(*oid));
+		    git_oid_cpy(dup, oid);
+		    git_oidmap_put(idx->expected_oids, dup, &ret);
+	}
+}
+
+static int check_object_connectivity(git_indexer *idx, const git_rawobj *obj)
+{
+	git_object *object;
+	size_t keyidx;
+	int error;
+
+	if (obj->type != GIT_OBJ_BLOB &&
+	    obj->type != GIT_OBJ_TREE &&
+	    obj->type != GIT_OBJ_COMMIT &&
+	    obj->type != GIT_OBJ_TAG)
+		return 0;
+
+	if ((error = git_object__from_raw(&object, obj->data, obj->len, obj->type)) < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	keyidx = git_oidmap_lookup_index(idx->expected_oids, &object->cached.oid);
+	if (git_oidmap_valid_index(idx->expected_oids, keyidx)) {
+		const git_oid *key = git_oidmap_key(idx->expected_oids, keyidx);
+		git__free((git_oid *) key);
+		git_oidmap_delete_at(idx->expected_oids, keyidx);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Check whether this is a known object. If so, we can just continue as
+	 * we assume that the ODB has a complete graph.
+	 */
+	if (idx->odb && git_odb_exists(idx->odb, &object->cached.oid))
+		return 0;
+
+	switch (obj->type) {
+		case GIT_OBJ_TREE:
+		{
+			git_tree *tree = (git_tree *) object;
+			git_tree_entry *entry;
+			size_t i;
+
+			git_array_foreach(tree->entries, i, entry)
+				add_expected_oid(idx, entry->oid);
+
+			break;
+		}
+		case GIT_OBJ_COMMIT:
+		{
+			git_commit *commit = (git_commit *) object;
+			git_oid *parent_oid;
+			size_t i;
+
+			git_array_foreach(commit->parent_ids, i, parent_oid)
+				add_expected_oid(idx, parent_oid);
+
+			add_expected_oid(idx, &commit->tree_id);
+
+			break;
+		}
+		case GIT_OBJ_TAG:
+		{
+			git_tag *tag = (git_tag *) object;
+
+			add_expected_oid(idx, &tag->target);
+
+			break;
+		}
+		case GIT_OBJ_BLOB:
+		default:
+			break;
+	}
+
+out:
+	git_object_free(object);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
 static int store_object(git_indexer *idx)
 {
 	int i, error;
@@ -306,6 +424,17 @@ static int store_object(git_indexer *idx)
 		entry->offset = (uint32_t)entry_start;
 	}
 
+	if (idx->do_verify) {
+		git_rawobj rawobj = {
+		    idx->entry_data.ptr,
+		    idx->entry_data.size,
+		    idx->entry_type
+		};
+
+		if ((error = check_object_connectivity(idx, &rawobj)) < 0)
+			goto on_error;
+	}
+
 	git_oid_cpy(&pentry->sha1, &oid);
 	pentry->offset = entry_start;
 
@@ -527,17 +656,103 @@ static int append_to_pack(git_indexer *idx, const void *data, size_t size)
 	return write_at(idx, data, idx->pack->mwf.size, size);
 }
 
+static int read_stream_object(git_indexer *idx, git_transfer_progress *stats)
+{
+	git_packfile_stream *stream = &idx->stream;
+	git_off_t entry_start = idx->off;
+	size_t entry_size;
+	git_otype type;
+	git_mwindow *w = NULL;
+	int error;
+
+	if (idx->pack->mwf.size <= idx->off + 20)
+		return GIT_EBUFS;
+
+	if (!idx->have_stream) {
+		error = git_packfile_unpack_header(&entry_size, &type, &idx->pack->mwf, &w, &idx->off);
+		if (error == GIT_EBUFS) {
+			idx->off = entry_start;
+			return error;
+		}
+		if (error < 0)
+			return error;
+
+		git_mwindow_close(&w);
+		idx->entry_start = entry_start;
+		git_hash_init(&idx->hash_ctx);
+		git_buf_clear(&idx->entry_data);
+
+		if (type == GIT_OBJ_REF_DELTA || type == GIT_OBJ_OFS_DELTA) {
+			error = advance_delta_offset(idx, type);
+			if (error == GIT_EBUFS) {
+				idx->off = entry_start;
+				return error;
+			}
+			if (error < 0)
+				return error;
+
+			idx->have_delta = 1;
+		} else {
+			idx->have_delta = 0;
+
+			error = hash_header(&idx->hash_ctx, entry_size, type);
+			if (error < 0)
+				return error;
+		}
+
+		idx->have_stream = 1;
+		idx->entry_type = type;
+
+		error = git_packfile_stream_open(stream, idx->pack, idx->off);
+		if (error < 0)
+			return error;
+	}
+
+	if (idx->have_delta) {
+		error = read_object_stream(idx, stream);
+	} else {
+		error = hash_object_stream(idx, stream);
+	}
+
+	idx->off = stream->curpos;
+	if (error == GIT_EBUFS)
+		return error;
+
+	/* We want to free the stream reasorces no matter what here */
+	idx->have_stream = 0;
+	git_packfile_stream_dispose(stream);
+
+	if (error < 0)
+		return error;
+
+	if (idx->have_delta) {
+		error = store_delta(idx);
+	} else {
+		error = store_object(idx);
+	}
+
+	if (error < 0)
+		return error;
+
+	if (!idx->have_delta) {
+		stats->indexed_objects++;
+	}
+	stats->received_objects++;
+
+	if ((error = do_progress_callback(idx, stats)) != 0)
+		return error;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int git_indexer_append(git_indexer *idx, const void *data, size_t size, git_transfer_progress *stats)
 {
 	int error = -1;
-	size_t processed;
 	struct git_pack_header *hdr = &idx->hdr;
 	git_mwindow_file *mwf = &idx->pack->mwf;
 
 	assert(idx && data && stats);
 
-	processed = stats->indexed_objects;
-
 	if ((error = append_to_pack(idx, data, size)) < 0)
 		return error;
 
@@ -580,7 +795,7 @@ int git_indexer_append(git_indexer *idx, const void *data, size_t size, git_tran
 		stats->local_objects = 0;
 		stats->total_deltas = 0;
 		stats->indexed_deltas = 0;
-		processed = stats->indexed_objects = 0;
+		stats->indexed_objects = 0;
 		stats->total_objects = total_objects;
 
 		if ((error = do_progress_callback(idx, stats)) != 0)
@@ -592,87 +807,13 @@ int git_indexer_append(git_indexer *idx, const void *data, size_t size, git_tran
 	/* As the file grows any windows we try to use will be out of date */
 	git_mwindow_free_all(mwf);
 
-	while (processed < idx->nr_objects) {
-		git_packfile_stream *stream = &idx->stream;
-		git_off_t entry_start = idx->off;
-		size_t entry_size;
-		git_otype type;
-		git_mwindow *w = NULL;
-
-		if (idx->pack->mwf.size <= idx->off + 20)
-			return 0;
-
-		if (!idx->have_stream) {
-			error = git_packfile_unpack_header(&entry_size, &type, mwf, &w, &idx->off);
-			if (error == GIT_EBUFS) {
-				idx->off = entry_start;
-				return 0;
-			}
-			if (error < 0)
-				goto on_error;
-
-			git_mwindow_close(&w);
-			idx->entry_start = entry_start;
-			git_hash_init(&idx->hash_ctx);
-
-			if (type == GIT_OBJ_REF_DELTA || type == GIT_OBJ_OFS_DELTA) {
-				error = advance_delta_offset(idx, type);
-				if (error == GIT_EBUFS) {
-					idx->off = entry_start;
-					return 0;
-				}
-				if (error < 0)
-					goto on_error;
-
-				idx->have_delta = 1;
-			} else {
-				idx->have_delta = 0;
-
-				error = hash_header(&idx->hash_ctx, entry_size, type);
-				if (error < 0)
-					goto on_error;
-			}
-
-			idx->have_stream = 1;
-
-			error = git_packfile_stream_open(stream, idx->pack, idx->off);
-			if (error < 0)
+	while (stats->indexed_objects < idx->nr_objects) {
+		if ((error = read_stream_object(idx, stats)) != 0) {
+			if (error == GIT_EBUFS)
+				break;
+			else
 				goto on_error;
 		}
-
-		if (idx->have_delta) {
-			error = read_object_stream(idx, stream);
-		} else {
-			error = hash_object_stream(idx, stream);
-		}
-
-		idx->off = stream->curpos;
-		if (error == GIT_EBUFS)
-			return 0;
-
-		/* We want to free the stream reasorces no matter what here */
-		idx->have_stream = 0;
-		git_packfile_stream_dispose(stream);
-
-		if (error < 0)
-			goto on_error;
-
-		if (idx->have_delta) {
-			error = store_delta(idx);
-		} else {
-			error = store_object(idx);
-		}
-
-		if (error < 0)
-			goto on_error;
-
-		if (!idx->have_delta) {
-			stats->indexed_objects = (unsigned int)++processed;
-		}
-		stats->received_objects++;
-
-		if ((error = do_progress_callback(idx, stats)) != 0)
-			goto on_error;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -861,7 +1002,7 @@ static int resolve_deltas(git_indexer *idx, git_transfer_progress *stats)
 		progressed = 0;
 		non_null = 0;
 		git_vector_foreach(&idx->deltas, i, delta) {
-			git_rawobj obj = {NULL};
+			git_rawobj obj = {0};
 
 			if (!delta)
 				continue;
@@ -876,6 +1017,10 @@ static int resolve_deltas(git_indexer *idx, git_transfer_progress *stats)
 				return -1;
 			}
 
+			if (idx->do_verify && check_object_connectivity(idx, &obj) < 0)
+				/* TODO: error? continue? */
+				continue;
+
 			if (hash_and_save(idx, &obj, delta->delta_off) < 0)
 				continue;
 
@@ -1006,6 +1151,18 @@ int git_indexer_commit(git_indexer *idx, git_transfer_progress *stats)
 		write_at(idx, &trailer_hash, idx->pack->mwf.size - GIT_OID_RAWSZ, GIT_OID_RAWSZ);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Is the resulting graph fully connected or are we still
+	 * missing some objects? In the second case, we can
+	 * bail out due to an incomplete and thus corrupt
+	 * packfile.
+	 */
+	if (git_oidmap_size(idx->expected_oids) > 0) {
+		giterr_set(GITERR_INDEXER, "packfile is missing %"PRIuZ" objects",
+			git_oidmap_size(idx->expected_oids));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	git_vector_sort(&idx->objects);
 
 	/* Use the trailer hash as the pack file name to ensure
@@ -1135,6 +1292,8 @@ on_error:
 
 void git_indexer_free(git_indexer *idx)
 {
+	khiter_t pos;
+
 	if (idx == NULL)
 		return;
 
@@ -1162,7 +1321,18 @@ void git_indexer_free(git_indexer *idx)
 		git_mutex_unlock(&git__mwindow_mutex);
 	}
 
+	for (pos = git_oidmap_begin(idx->expected_oids);
+	    pos != git_oidmap_end(idx->expected_oids); pos++)
+	{
+		if (git_oidmap_has_data(idx->expected_oids, pos)) {
+			git__free((git_oid *) git_oidmap_key(idx->expected_oids, pos));
+			git_oidmap_delete_at(idx->expected_oids, pos);
+		}
+	}
+
 	git_hash_ctx_cleanup(&idx->trailer);
 	git_hash_ctx_cleanup(&idx->hash_ctx);
+	git_buf_dispose(&idx->entry_data);
+	git_oidmap_free(idx->expected_oids);
 	git__free(idx);
 }
diff --git a/src/object.c b/src/object.c
index 48f5613..c1f3ea9 100644
--- a/src/object.c
+++ b/src/object.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "hash.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "oid.h"
@@ -19,38 +20,86 @@
 
 bool git_object__strict_input_validation = true;
 
+extern int git_odb_hash(git_oid *out, const void *data, size_t len, git_otype type);
+
 typedef struct {
 	const char	*str;	/* type name string */
 	size_t		size;	/* size in bytes of the object structure */
 
 	int  (*parse)(void *self, git_odb_object *obj);
+	int  (*parse_raw)(void *self, const char *data, size_t size);
 	void (*free)(void *self);
 } git_object_def;
 
 static git_object_def git_objects_table[] = {
 	/* 0 = GIT_OBJ__EXT1 */
-	{ "", 0, NULL, NULL },
+	{ "", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL },
 
 	/* 1 = GIT_OBJ_COMMIT */
-	{ "commit", sizeof(git_commit), git_commit__parse, git_commit__free },
+	{ "commit", sizeof(git_commit), git_commit__parse, git_commit__parse_raw, git_commit__free },
 
 	/* 2 = GIT_OBJ_TREE */
-	{ "tree", sizeof(git_tree), git_tree__parse, git_tree__free },
+	{ "tree", sizeof(git_tree), git_tree__parse, git_tree__parse_raw, git_tree__free },
 
 	/* 3 = GIT_OBJ_BLOB */
-	{ "blob", sizeof(git_blob), git_blob__parse, git_blob__free },
+	{ "blob", sizeof(git_blob), git_blob__parse, git_blob__parse_raw, git_blob__free },
 
 	/* 4 = GIT_OBJ_TAG */
-	{ "tag", sizeof(git_tag), git_tag__parse, git_tag__free },
+	{ "tag", sizeof(git_tag), git_tag__parse, git_tag__parse_raw, git_tag__free },
 
 	/* 5 = GIT_OBJ__EXT2 */
-	{ "", 0, NULL, NULL },
+	{ "", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL },
 	/* 6 = GIT_OBJ_OFS_DELTA */
-	{ "OFS_DELTA", 0, NULL, NULL },
+	{ "OFS_DELTA", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL },
 	/* 7 = GIT_OBJ_REF_DELTA */
-	{ "REF_DELTA", 0, NULL, NULL },
+	{ "REF_DELTA", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL },
 };
 
+int git_object__from_raw(
+	git_object **object_out,
+	const char *data,
+	size_t size,
+	git_otype type)
+{
+	git_object_def *def;
+	git_object *object;
+	size_t object_size;
+	int error;
+
+	assert(object_out);
+	*object_out = NULL;
+
+	/* Validate type match */
+	if (type != GIT_OBJ_BLOB && type != GIT_OBJ_TREE && type != GIT_OBJ_COMMIT && type != GIT_OBJ_TAG) {
+		giterr_set(GITERR_INVALID, "the requested type is invalid");
+		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+	}
+
+	if ((object_size = git_object__size(type)) == 0) {
+		giterr_set(GITERR_INVALID, "the requested type is invalid");
+		return GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+	}
+
+	/* Allocate and initialize base object */
+	object = git__calloc(1, object_size);
+	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(object);
+	object->cached.flags = GIT_CACHE_STORE_PARSED;
+	object->cached.type = type;
+	git_odb_hash(&object->cached.oid, data, size, type);
+
+	/* Parse raw object data */
+	def = &git_objects_table[type];
+	assert(def->free && def->parse_raw);
+
+	if ((error = def->parse_raw(object, data, size)) < 0)
+		def->free(object);
+
+	git_cached_obj_incref(object);
+	*object_out = object;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int git_object__from_odb_object(
 	git_object **object_out,
 	git_repository *repo,
diff --git a/src/object.h b/src/object.h
index e46c9ca..f5cbbf7 100644
--- a/src/object.h
+++ b/src/object.h
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ struct git_object {
 /* fully free the object; internal method, DO NOT EXPORT */
 void git_object__free(void *object);
 
+/*
+ * Parse object from raw data. Note that the resulting object is
+ * tied to the lifetime of the data, as some objects simply point
+ * into it.
+ */
+int git_object__from_raw(
+	git_object **object_out,
+	const char *data,
+	size_t size,
+	git_otype type);
+
 int git_object__from_odb_object(
 	git_object **object_out,
 	git_repository *repo,
diff --git a/src/odb_pack.c b/src/odb_pack.c
index 2c30480..2892aa1 100644
--- a/src/odb_pack.c
+++ b/src/odb_pack.c
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ static int pack_backend__writepack(struct git_odb_writepack **out,
 	git_transfer_progress_cb progress_cb,
 	void *progress_payload)
 {
+	git_indexer_options opts = GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	struct pack_backend *backend;
 	struct pack_writepack *writepack;
 
@@ -526,13 +527,16 @@ static int pack_backend__writepack(struct git_odb_writepack **out,
 
 	*out = NULL;
 
+	opts.progress_cb = progress_cb;
+	opts.progress_cb_payload = progress_payload;
+
 	backend = (struct pack_backend *)_backend;
 
 	writepack = git__calloc(1, sizeof(struct pack_writepack));
 	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(writepack);
 
 	if (git_indexer_new(&writepack->indexer,
-		backend->pack_folder, 0, odb, progress_cb, progress_payload) < 0) {
+		backend->pack_folder, 0, odb, &opts) < 0) {
 		git__free(writepack);
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/src/pack-objects.c b/src/pack-objects.c
index bc5fb2e..2b786df 100644
--- a/src/pack-objects.c
+++ b/src/pack-objects.c
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ struct pack_write_context {
 	git_transfer_progress *stats;
 };
 
+struct walk_object {
+	git_oid id;
+	unsigned int uninteresting:1,
+		seen:1;
+};
+
 #ifdef GIT_THREADS
 
 #define GIT_PACKBUILDER__MUTEX_OP(pb, mtx, op) do { \
@@ -143,7 +149,7 @@ int git_packbuilder_new(git_packbuilder **out, git_repository *repo)
 	if (!pb->walk_objects)
 		goto on_error;
 
-	git_pool_init(&pb->object_pool, sizeof(git_walk_object));
+	git_pool_init(&pb->object_pool, sizeof(struct walk_object));
 
 	pb->repo = repo;
 	pb->nr_threads = 1; /* do not spawn any thread by default */
@@ -1382,6 +1388,7 @@ int git_packbuilder_write(
 	git_transfer_progress_cb progress_cb,
 	void *progress_cb_payload)
 {
+	git_indexer_options opts = GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_INIT;
 	git_indexer *indexer;
 	git_transfer_progress stats;
 	struct pack_write_context ctx;
@@ -1389,8 +1396,11 @@ int git_packbuilder_write(
 
 	PREPARE_PACK;
 
+	opts.progress_cb = progress_cb;
+	opts.progress_cb_payload = progress_cb_payload;
+
 	if (git_indexer_new(
-		&indexer, path, mode, pb->odb, progress_cb, progress_cb_payload) < 0)
+		&indexer, path, mode, pb->odb, &opts) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!git_repository__cvar(&t, pb->repo, GIT_CVAR_FSYNCOBJECTFILES) && t)
@@ -1513,9 +1523,9 @@ size_t git_packbuilder_written(git_packbuilder *pb)
 	return pb->nr_written;
 }
 
-int lookup_walk_object(git_walk_object **out, git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *id)
+static int lookup_walk_object(struct walk_object **out, git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *id)
 {
-	git_walk_object *obj;
+	struct walk_object *obj;
 
 	obj = git_pool_mallocz(&pb->object_pool, 1);
 	if (!obj) {
@@ -1529,11 +1539,11 @@ int lookup_walk_object(git_walk_object **out, git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int retrieve_object(git_walk_object **out, git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *id)
+static int retrieve_object(struct walk_object **out, git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *id)
 {
 	int error;
 	khiter_t pos;
-	git_walk_object *obj;
+	struct walk_object *obj;
 
 	pos = git_oidmap_lookup_index(pb->walk_objects, id);
 	if (git_oidmap_valid_index(pb->walk_objects, pos)) {
@@ -1552,7 +1562,7 @@ static int retrieve_object(git_walk_object **out, git_packbuilder *pb, const git
 static int mark_blob_uninteresting(git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *id)
 {
 	int error;
-	git_walk_object *obj;
+	struct walk_object *obj;
 
 	if ((error = retrieve_object(&obj, pb, id)) < 0)
 		return error;
@@ -1564,7 +1574,7 @@ static int mark_blob_uninteresting(git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *id)
 
 static int mark_tree_uninteresting(git_packbuilder *pb, const git_oid *id)
 {
-	git_walk_object *obj;
+	struct walk_object *obj;
 	git_tree *tree;
 	int error;
 	size_t i;
@@ -1636,7 +1646,7 @@ int insert_tree(git_packbuilder *pb, git_tree *tree)
 	size_t i;
 	int error;
 	git_tree *subtree;
-	git_walk_object *obj;
+	struct walk_object *obj;
 	const char *name;
 
 	if ((error = retrieve_object(&obj, pb, git_tree_id(tree))) < 0)
@@ -1684,7 +1694,7 @@ int insert_tree(git_packbuilder *pb, git_tree *tree)
 	return error;
 }
 
-int insert_commit(git_packbuilder *pb, git_walk_object *obj)
+int insert_commit(git_packbuilder *pb, struct walk_object *obj)
 {
 	int error;
 	git_commit *commit = NULL;
@@ -1714,7 +1724,7 @@ int git_packbuilder_insert_walk(git_packbuilder *pb, git_revwalk *walk)
 {
 	int error;
 	git_oid id;
-	git_walk_object *obj;
+	struct walk_object *obj;
 
 	assert(pb && walk);
 
diff --git a/src/pack-objects.h b/src/pack-objects.h
index c9cd577..a931f3f 100644
--- a/src/pack-objects.h
+++ b/src/pack-objects.h
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@ typedef struct git_pobject {
 	    filled:1;
 } git_pobject;
 
-typedef struct {
-	git_oid id;
-	unsigned int uninteresting:1,
-		seen:1;
-} git_walk_object;
-
 struct git_packbuilder {
 	git_repository *repo; /* associated repository */
 	git_odb *odb; /* associated object database */
diff --git a/src/tag.c b/src/tag.c
index a7c55d0..663c7da 100644
--- a/src/tag.c
+++ b/src/tag.c
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ static int tag_parse(git_tag *tag, const char *buffer, const char *buffer_end)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int git_tag__parse_raw(void *_tag, const char *data, size_t size)
+{
+	return tag_parse(_tag, data, data + size);
+}
+
 int git_tag__parse(void *_tag, git_odb_object *odb_obj)
 {
 	git_tag *tag = _tag;
diff --git a/src/tag.h b/src/tag.h
index 8aae378..734770a 100644
--- a/src/tag.h
+++ b/src/tag.h
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ struct git_tag {
 
 void git_tag__free(void *tag);
 int git_tag__parse(void *tag, git_odb_object *obj);
+int git_tag__parse_raw(void *tag, const char *data, size_t size);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/tree.c b/src/tree.c
index be0f528..8233857 100644
--- a/src/tree.c
+++ b/src/tree.c
@@ -375,18 +375,16 @@ static int parse_mode(unsigned int *modep, const char *buffer, const char **buff
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int git_tree__parse(void *_tree, git_odb_object *odb_obj)
+int git_tree__parse_raw(void *_tree, const char *data, size_t size)
 {
 	git_tree *tree = _tree;
 	const char *buffer;
 	const char *buffer_end;
 
-	if (git_odb_object_dup(&tree->odb_obj, odb_obj) < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	buffer = git_odb_object_data(tree->odb_obj);
-	buffer_end = buffer + git_odb_object_size(tree->odb_obj);
+	buffer = data;
+	buffer_end = buffer + size;
 
+	tree->odb_obj = NULL;
 	git_array_init_to_size(tree->entries, DEFAULT_TREE_SIZE);
 	GITERR_CHECK_ARRAY(tree->entries);
 
@@ -426,6 +424,21 @@ int git_tree__parse(void *_tree, git_odb_object *odb_obj)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int git_tree__parse(void *_tree, git_odb_object *odb_obj)
+{
+	git_tree *tree = _tree;
+
+	if ((git_tree__parse_raw(tree,
+	    git_odb_object_data(odb_obj),
+	    git_odb_object_size(odb_obj))) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (git_odb_object_dup(&tree->odb_obj, odb_obj) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static size_t find_next_dir(const char *dirname, git_index *index, size_t start)
 {
 	size_t dirlen, i, entries = git_index_entrycount(index);
diff --git a/src/tree.h b/src/tree.h
index fbee5ef..973ba15 100644
--- a/src/tree.h
+++ b/src/tree.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ GIT_INLINE(bool) git_tree_entry__is_tree(const struct git_tree_entry *e)
 
 void git_tree__free(void *tree);
 int git_tree__parse(void *tree, git_odb_object *obj);
+int git_tree__parse_raw(void *_tree, const char *data, size_t size);
 
 /**
  * Write a tree to the given repository
diff --git a/tests/pack/indexer.c b/tests/pack/indexer.c
index 4533998..3a50212 100644
--- a/tests/pack/indexer.c
+++ b/tests/pack/indexer.c
@@ -74,6 +74,24 @@ static const unsigned char leaky_pack[] = {
 };
 static const unsigned int leaky_pack_len = 33;
 
+/*
+ * Packfile with a three objects. The first one is a tree referencing two blobs,
+ * the second object is one of those blobs. The second blob is missing.
+ */
+unsigned char incomplete_pack[] = {
+  0x50, 0x41, 0x43, 0x4b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02,
+  0xae, 0x03, 0x78, 0x9c, 0x33, 0x34, 0x30, 0x30, 0x33, 0x31, 0x51, 0x48,
+  0x4a, 0x2c, 0x62, 0x08, 0x17, 0x3b, 0x15, 0xd9, 0x7e, 0xfa, 0x67, 0x6d,
+  0xf6, 0x56, 0x4f, 0x85, 0x7d, 0xcb, 0xd6, 0xde, 0x53, 0xd1, 0x6d, 0x7f,
+  0x66, 0x08, 0x91, 0x4e, 0xcb, 0xcf, 0x67, 0x50, 0xad, 0x39, 0x9a, 0xa2,
+  0xb3, 0x71, 0x41, 0xc8, 0x87, 0x9e, 0x13, 0xf6, 0xba, 0x53, 0xec, 0xc2,
+  0xfe, 0xda, 0xed, 0x9b, 0x09, 0x00, 0xe8, 0xc8, 0x19, 0xab, 0x34, 0x78,
+  0x9c, 0x4b, 0x4a, 0x2c, 0xe2, 0x02, 0x00, 0x03, 0x9d, 0x01, 0x40, 0x4b,
+  0x72, 0xa2, 0x6f, 0xb6, 0x88, 0x2d, 0x6c, 0xa5, 0x07, 0xb2, 0xa5, 0x45,
+  0xe8, 0xdb, 0xe6, 0x53, 0xb3, 0x52, 0xe2
+};
+unsigned int incomplete_pack_len = 115;
+
 static const unsigned char base_obj[] = { 07, 076 };
 static const unsigned int base_obj_len = 2;
 
@@ -82,7 +100,7 @@ void test_pack_indexer__out_of_order(void)
 	git_indexer *idx = 0;
 	git_transfer_progress stats = { 0 };
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_append(
 		idx, out_of_order_pack, out_of_order_pack_len, &stats));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_commit(idx, &stats));
@@ -99,7 +117,7 @@ void test_pack_indexer__missing_trailer(void)
 	git_indexer *idx = 0;
 	git_transfer_progress stats = { 0 };
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_append(
 		idx, missing_trailer_pack, missing_trailer_pack_len, &stats));
 	cl_git_fail(git_indexer_commit(idx, &stats));
@@ -115,7 +133,7 @@ void test_pack_indexer__leaky(void)
 	git_indexer *idx = 0;
 	git_transfer_progress stats = { 0 };
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_append(
 		idx, leaky_pack, leaky_pack_len, &stats));
 	cl_git_fail(git_indexer_commit(idx, &stats));
@@ -142,7 +160,7 @@ void test_pack_indexer__fix_thin(void)
 	git_oid_fromstr(&should_id, "e68fe8129b546b101aee9510c5328e7f21ca1d18");
 	cl_assert_equal_oid(&should_id, &id);
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, odb, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, odb, NULL));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_append(idx, thin_pack, thin_pack_len, &stats));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_commit(idx, &stats));
 
@@ -175,7 +193,7 @@ void test_pack_indexer__fix_thin(void)
 
 		cl_git_pass(p_stat(name, &st));
 
-		cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+		cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL));
 		read = p_read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 		cl_assert(read != -1);
 		p_close(fd);
@@ -208,7 +226,7 @@ void test_pack_indexer__corrupt_length(void)
 	git_oid_fromstr(&should_id, "e68fe8129b546b101aee9510c5328e7f21ca1d18");
 	cl_assert_equal_oid(&should_id, &id);
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, odb, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, odb, NULL));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_append(
 		idx, corrupt_thin_pack, corrupt_thin_pack_len, &stats));
 	cl_git_fail(git_indexer_commit(idx, &stats));
@@ -221,6 +239,46 @@ void test_pack_indexer__corrupt_length(void)
 	git_repository_free(repo);
 }
 
+void test_pack_indexer__incomplete_pack_fails_with_strict(void)
+{
+	git_indexer_options opts = GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_INIT;
+	git_indexer *idx = 0;
+	git_transfer_progress stats = { 0 };
+
+	opts.verify = 1;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, &opts));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_append(
+		idx, incomplete_pack, incomplete_pack_len, &stats));
+	cl_git_fail(git_indexer_commit(idx, &stats));
+
+	cl_assert_equal_i(stats.total_objects, 2);
+	cl_assert_equal_i(stats.received_objects, 2);
+	cl_assert_equal_i(stats.indexed_objects, 2);
+
+	git_indexer_free(idx);
+}
+
+void test_pack_indexer__out_of_order_with_connectivity_checks(void)
+{
+	git_indexer_options opts = GIT_INDEXER_OPTIONS_INIT;
+	git_indexer *idx = 0;
+	git_transfer_progress stats = { 0 };
+
+	opts.verify = 1;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, &opts));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_append(
+		idx, out_of_order_pack, out_of_order_pack_len, &stats));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_commit(idx, &stats));
+
+	cl_assert_equal_i(stats.total_objects, 3);
+	cl_assert_equal_i(stats.received_objects, 3);
+	cl_assert_equal_i(stats.indexed_objects, 3);
+
+	git_indexer_free(idx);
+}
+
 static int find_tmp_file_recurs(void *opaque, git_buf *path)
 {
 	int error = 0;
@@ -252,7 +310,7 @@ void test_pack_indexer__no_tmp_files(void)
 	git_buf_dispose(&path);
 	cl_assert(git_buf_len(&first_tmp_file) == 0);
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL));
 	git_indexer_free(idx);
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_buf_sets(&path, clar_sandbox_path()));
diff --git a/tests/pack/packbuilder.c b/tests/pack/packbuilder.c
index 932cb38..bd2cebe 100644
--- a/tests/pack/packbuilder.c
+++ b/tests/pack/packbuilder.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void test_pack_packbuilder__create_pack(void)
 
 	seed_packbuilder();
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&_indexer, ".", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&_indexer, ".", 0, NULL, NULL));
 	cl_git_pass(git_packbuilder_foreach(_packbuilder, feed_indexer, &stats));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_commit(_indexer, &stats));
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ void test_pack_packbuilder__foreach(void)
 	git_indexer *idx;
 
 	seed_packbuilder();
-	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL));
 	cl_git_pass(git_packbuilder_foreach(_packbuilder, foreach_cb, idx));
 	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_commit(idx, &_stats));
 	git_indexer_free(idx);
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void test_pack_packbuilder__foreach_with_cancel(void)
 	git_indexer *idx;
 
 	seed_packbuilder();
-	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_indexer_new(&idx, ".", 0, NULL, NULL));
 	cl_git_fail_with(
 		git_packbuilder_foreach(_packbuilder, foreach_cancel_cb, idx), -1111);
 	git_indexer_free(idx);