Re: RFC on packfile URIs and .gitmodules check

Jonathan Tan [off-list ref] writes:

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It might be nice to teach 'index-pack' a mode that says certain
errors should be reported as warnings by writing the problematic
OIDs to stdout/stderr. Then, the second check after all packs are
present can focus on those problematic objects instead of
re-scanning everything.

My initial reaction was that stdout is already used to report the hash
part of the generated name and that stderr is already used for whatever
warnings there are, but looking at the documentation, index-pack
--fsck-objects is "[for] internal use only", so it might be fine to
extend the output format in this case and report the problematic OIDs
after the hash. I'll take a look.

If I am not mistaken, Taylor also mentioned the possibility to give
"these objects need reinspecting" to a later process, and it is an
excellent suggestion.  And I think it is perfectly fine to adjust
the internal format used purely for internal use.

Thanks.