diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 117f4cf806..2a8f54cc9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ 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. Any files that do not exist will be skipped.
-h::
Show help message.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/blame.txt b/Documentation/config/blame.txt
index 4d047c1790..f7f49a4ac2 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/blame.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ blame.ignoreRevsFile::
line, in linkgit:git-blame[1]. Whitespace and comments beginning with
`#` are ignored. This option may be repeated multiple times. Empty
file names will reset the list of ignored revisions. This option will
- be handled before the command line option `--ignore-revs-file`.
+ be handled before the command line option `--ignore-revs-file`. If the
+ specified file does not exist it will be skipped.
blame.markUnblamableLines::
Mark lines that were changed by an ignored revision that we could not
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 641523ff9a..e5b45eddf4 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ 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
+ else if (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..56956adb14 100755
--- a/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh
+++ b/t/t8013-blame-ignore-revs.sh
@@ -127,18 +127,20 @@ 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 be ignored.
+test_expect_success bad_file '
+ 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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