Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] blame: add the ability to ignore commits and their changes

>>> +     the `blame.ignoreRevsFile` config option.  An empty file name, `""`, will
>>> +     clear the list of revs from previously processed files.
>>
>> Maybe I haven't read this carefully enough but the use-case for this
>> doesn't seem to be explained, you need this for the option, but the
>> config file too? If I want to override fsck.skipList I do
>> `fsck.skipList=/dev/zero`. Isn't that enough for this use-case without
>> introducing config state-machine magic?
> 
> The difference between blame.ignoreRevsFile and fsck.skipList is that
> ignoreRevsFile can be specified repeatedly. This is useful if you have
> one file listing reformatting commits, another listing renaming
> commits etc. Or maybe a checked-in list of commits to ignore, and a
> personal list of commits to ignore. However sometimes you're going to
> want to *not* ignore those commits, so you need a way to discard the
> previously specified options. To accommodate all operating systems an
> empty string seems the best way to do this.
>