Internal cross reference to non-existent ID is not checked before render the second time we try to convert

README.bigb

= Index

<asdf>

Then the first:

ourbigbook .

fails as desired before any rendering takes place:

extract_ids: README.bigb
extract_ids: README.bigb finished in 45.4546590000391 ms
error:
README.bigb:3:2: cross reference to unknown id: "asdf"

Then the second:

ourbigbook .

fails differently, incorrectly trying to render but failing:

extract_ids: README.bigb
extract_ids: README.bigb skipped by timestamp
render: README.bigb
error: README.bigb:3:2: cross reference to unknown id: "asdf" at render time
copy README.bigb -> out/html/_raw/README.bigb
render: README.bigb -> out/html/index.html finished in 51.55012200027704 ms

with an error at render time.

This is especially noticeable/confusing when you are converting a large number of files, and the second run will start converting a large number of files instead of failing early, until it eventually reaches the error when rendering the specific file.

The key code point is:

async function check_db(sequelize, paths_converted, { transaction }) {

We are only checking the DB for the paths converted, but then due to parse skipping we skip the paths and don't check them anymore.

Instead, we should check the entire database.

The question then is: is there a way to do this efficiently with a query, without bringing the entire Refs database into memory, notably conisdering inflections?

Internal cross reference to non-existent ID is not checked before render the second time we try to convert

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