There is a dirty bit indicating the disk was not ejected properly. It stays there until you use the “scan and fix” action. It doesn’t indicate corruption directly.

You can also use the sync command to flush cached writes and wait for completion, but I agree that it is a bit cumbersome.

New Technology File System

Or at least streamline “forget”: dismember

In my experience this can be beneficial when committing and rebasing small and distinct changes.