* it is popped next time around, we won't be trying
                         * to parse it and get an error.
                         */
-                       if (!has_object_file(&commit->object.oid))
+                       if (!commit->object.parsed &&
+                           !has_object_file(&commit->object.oid))
                                commit->object.parsed = 1;
 
                        if (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
                        return -1;
                if (obj->flags & UNINTERESTING) {
                        mark_parents_uninteresting(commit);
-                       if (revs->show_all)
-                               p = &commit_list_insert(commit, p)->next;
                        slop = still_interesting(list, date, slop, &interesting_cache);
                        if (slop)
                                continue;
-                       /* If showing all, add the whole pending list to the end */
-                       if (revs->show_all)
-                               *p = list;
                        break;
                }
                if (revs->min_age != -1 && (commit->date > revs->min_age))
                revs->dense = 1;
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--sparse")) {
                revs->dense = 0;
-       } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-all")) {
-               revs->show_all = 1;
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--in-commit-order")) {
                revs->tree_blobs_in_commit_order = 1;
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--remove-empty")) {
                return commit_ignore;
        if (revs->unpacked && has_sha1_pack(commit->object.oid.hash))
                return commit_ignore;
-       if (revs->show_all)
-               return commit_show;
        if (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
                return commit_ignore;
        if (revs->min_age != -1 &&
        enum commit_action action = get_commit_action(revs, commit);
 
        if (action == commit_show &&
-           !revs->show_all &&
            revs->prune && revs->dense && want_ancestry(revs)) {
                /*
                 * --full-diff on simplified parents is no good: it