Merge branch 'jk/prune-with-corrupt-refs'

"git prune" used to largely ignore broken refs when deciding which
objects are still being used, which could spread an existing small
damage and make it a larger one.

* jk/prune-with-corrupt-refs:
  refs.c: drop curate_packed_refs
  repack: turn on "ref paranoia" when doing a destructive repack
  prune: turn on ref_paranoia flag
  refs: introduce a "ref paranoia" flag
  t5312: test object deletion code paths in a corrupted repository

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 4749d1b4df..b12e22d597 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -1027,6 +1027,17 @@ GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS::
 	variable when it is invoked as the top level command by the
 	end user, to be recorded in the body of the reflog.
 
+`GIT_REF_PARANOIA`::
+	If set to `1`, include broken or badly named refs when iterating
+	over lists of refs. In a normal, non-corrupted repository, this
+	does nothing. However, enabling it may help git to detect and
+	abort some operations in the presence of broken refs. Git sets
+	this variable automatically when performing destructive
+	operations like linkgit:git-prune[1]. You should not need to set
+	it yourself unless you want to be paranoid about making sure
+	an operation has touched every ref (e.g., because you are
+	cloning a repository to make a backup).
+
 
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