fsck: git receive-pack: support excluding objects from fsck'ing

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 1c657675a795f65a7c822492032debf5f765a83c..f6cbd6de8ef2ded70a691bb916b6ac5825898567 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2222,6 +2222,14 @@ which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
 other issues.
 
+receive.fsck.skipList::
+       The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
+       line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
+       be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
+       should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
+       can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
+       Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
+
 receive.unpackLimit::
        If the number of objects received in a push is below this
        limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object