Code review comment for lp:~ian-clatworthy/bzr/faster-dirstate-saving

re: safety.

Can I propose that we have an explicit API for just updating the hash
cache (we may already). And that the current state of MODIFIED *always*
refer to having semantic changes rather than hash cache updates.

Then, the hash cache updating code should not alter the dirstate state.
Rather it should just accumulate into a 'hash cache changes counter'.
And save can check that.

This may be very similar to the code. The key thing is that I hope this
will structure things so as to avoid needing to be careful in commands.

-Rob