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| author |  Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> | 2018-07-27 14:37:14 +0000 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-07-27 11:36:05 -0700 |
| commit | 456bab87b2e5e698f1024df7a79a76627b4bdb32 (patch) | |
| tree | 86113323243b426fa65e755759d46946eaeb6c6d /Documentation | |
| parent | config doc: unify the description of fsck.* and receive.fsck.* (diff) | |
| download | tgif-456bab87b2e5e698f1024df7a79a76627b4bdb32.tar.xz | |
config doc: elaborate on what transfer.fsckObjects does
The existing documentation led the user to believe that all we were
doing were basic reachability sanity checks, but that hasn't been true
for a very long time. Update the description to match reality, and
note the caveat that there's a quarantine for accepting pushes, but
not for fetching.
Also mention that the fsck checks for security issues, which was my
initial motivation for writing this fetch.fsck.* series.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 8d08250a5b..291b4f3c57 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -3397,8 +3397,17 @@ transfer.fsckObjects:: Defaults to false. + When set, the fetch or receive will abort in the case of a malformed -object or a broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling -objects. +object or a link to a nonexistent object. In addition, various other +issues are checked for, including legacy issues (see `fsck.<msg-id>`), +and potential security issues like the existence of a `.GIT` directory +or a malicious `.gitmodules` file (see the release notes for v2.2.1 +and v2.17.1 for details). Other sanity and security checks may be +added in future releases. ++ +On the receiving side, failing fsckObjects will make those objects +unreachable, see "QUARANTINE ENVIRONMENT" in +linkgit:git-receive-pack[1]. On the fetch side, malformed objects will +instead be left unreferenced in the repository. transfer.hideRefs:: String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which |