diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 117f4cf806..199a28ab79 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ take effect.
`fsck.skipList`. This option may be repeated, and these files will be
processed after any files specified with the `blame.ignoreRevsFile` config
option. An empty file name, `""`, will clear the list of revs from
- previously processed files.
+ previously processed files. If `blame.ignoreRevsFileIsOptional` is true,
+ missing files will be silently ignored.
-h::
Show help message.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/blame.txt b/Documentation/config/blame.txt
index 4d047c1790..2aae851e4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/blame.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ blame.ignoreRevsFile::
file names will reset the list of ignored revisions. This option will
be handled before the command line option `--ignore-revs-file`.
+blame.ignoreRevsFileIsOptional::
+ Silently skip missing files specified by ignoreRevsFile or the command line
+ option `--ignore-revs-file`. If unset, or set to false, missing files will
+ cause a nonrecoverable error.
+
blame.markUnblamableLines::
Mark lines that were changed by an ignored revision that we could not
attribute to another commit with a '*' in the output of
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 641523ff9a..df132b34ce 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static int coloring_mode;
static struct string_list ignore_revs_file_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
static int mark_unblamable_lines;
static int mark_ignored_lines;
+static int ignorerevsfileisoptional;
static struct date_mode blame_date_mode = { DATE_ISO8601 };
static size_t blame_date_width;@@ -715,6 +716,9 @@ static int git_blame_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
string_list_insert(&ignore_revs_file_list, str);
return 0;
}
+ if (!strcmp(var, "blame.ignorerevsfileisoptional")) {
+ ignorerevsfileisoptional = git_config_bool(var, value);
+ }
if (!strcmp(var, "blame.markunblamablelines")) {
mark_unblamable_lines = git_config_bool(var, value);
return 0;@@ -835,7 +839,8 @@ static void build_ignorelist(struct blame_scoreboard *sb,
for_each_string_list_item(i, ignore_revs_file_list) {
if (!strcmp(i->string, ""))
oidset_clear(&sb->ignore_list);
- else
+ /* skip non-existent files if ignorerevsfileisoptional is set */
+ else if (!ignorerevsfileisoptional || file_exists(i->string))
oidset_parse_file_carefully(&sb->ignore_list, i->string,
peel_to_commit_oid, sb);
}diff --git a/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh b/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh
index b18633dee1..f789426cbf 100755
--- a/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh
+++ b/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh
@@ -127,18 +127,24 @@ test_expect_success override_ignore_revs_file '
grep -E "^[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+ 2" blame_raw | sed -e "s/ .*//" >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
'
-test_expect_success bad_files_and_revs '
+test_expect_success bad_revs '
test_must_fail git blame file --ignore-rev NOREV 2>err &&
test_i18ngrep "cannot find revision NOREV to ignore" err &&
- test_must_fail git blame file --ignore-revs-file NOFILE 2>err &&
- test_i18ngrep "could not open.*: NOFILE" err &&
-
echo NOREV >ignore_norev &&
test_must_fail git blame file --ignore-revs-file ignore_norev 2>err &&
test_i18ngrep "invalid object name: NOREV" err
'
+# Non-existent ignore-revs-file should fail unless
+# blame.ignoreRevsFileIsOptional is set
+test_expect_success bad_file '
+ test_must_fail git blame file --ignore-revs-file NOFILE &&
+
+ git config --add blame.ignorerevsfileisoptional true &&
+ git blame file --ignore-revs-file NOFILE
+'
+
# For ignored revs that have added 'unblamable' lines, mark those lines with a
# '*'
# A--B--X--Y
--
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