Identical to support in `git receive-pack for the config option
`receive.fsck.skiplist`, we now support ignoring given objects in
`git fsck` altogether.

This is extremely handy in case of legacy repositories where it would
cause more pain to change incorrect objects than to live with them
(e.g. a duplicate 'author' line in an early commit object).

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |  7 +++++++
 builtin/fsck.c           | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 636adff..644411a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1223,6 +1223,13 @@ that setting `fsck.ignore = missing-email` will hide 
that issue.
 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
 
+fsck.skipList::
+       The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
+       line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
+       be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
+       should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
+       can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
+
 gc.aggressiveDepth::
        The depth parameter used in the delta compression
        algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults
diff --git a/builtin/fsck.c b/builtin/fsck.c
index 7ae4715..760b4bd 100644
--- a/builtin/fsck.c
+++ b/builtin/fsck.c
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ static int show_dangling = 1;
 
 static int fsck_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
+       if (strcmp(var, "receive.fsck.skiplist") == 0) {
+               const char *path = is_absolute_path(value) ?
+                       value : git_path("%s", value);
+               struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+               strbuf_addf(&sb, "skiplist=%s", path);
+               fsck_set_severity(&fsck_obj_options, sb.buf);
+               strbuf_release(&sb);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        if (skip_prefix(var, "fsck.", &var)) {
                struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
                strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s=%s", var, value);
-- 
2.2.0.33.gc18b867


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