Re: [PATCH v2 18/18] fsck: git receive-pack: support excluding objects from fsck'ing

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 21, 2015, 18:17 UTC
Message-ID: <1c7e63ae18eb0a164081cc3601c3058e@www.dscho.org>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8ugwy094.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

Hi Junio,

On 2015-01-21 10:02, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
>> The optional new config option `receive.fsck.skiplist` specifies the path
>> to a file listing the names, i.e. SHA-1s, one per line, of objects that
>> are to be ignored by `git receive-pack` when `receive.fsckObjects = true`.
> 
> Makes sense, but I wonder if it makes sense to have a similar "ok to
> be broken" list for "git fsck" (or perhaps they could even use the
> same list) for exactly the same reason why this option makes sense.

Sure! The most pressing use case for the skiplist feature is a Git server, hence this patch. I will implement the corresponding `git fsck` patch before re-submitting.

Ciao, Dscho