fsck: support ignoring objects in `git fsck` via fsck.skiplist

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index f6cbd6de8ef2ded70a691bb916b6ac5825898567..18cc592e5c8e38a8e62d936b027a2ccfff3db9ba 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1253,6 +1253,14 @@ that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
 
+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.
+
 gc.aggressiveDepth::
        The depth parameter used in the delta compression
        algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults