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

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] 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.

Hi Junio,

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

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

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