[tdrhq]

Yes, but our SaaS tool required our customers to not use sparse or shallow checkouts since we needed the git commit-graph.

Using upload-pack allowed us to remove that constraint, since even in a shallow clone we can still get the commit graph via SSH from the remote.

[jmholla]

But your post seemed to indicate you already had access to the commit graph. Is this just about getting that information without depending on APIs?