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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] Introduce an internal API to interact with the fsck machinery
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> At the moment, the git-fsck's integrity checks are targeted toward the
> end user, i.e. the error messages are really just messages, intended for
> human consumption.
>
> Under certain circumstances, some of those errors should be allowed to
> be turned into mere warnings, though, because the cost of fixing the
> issues might well be larger than the cost of carrying those flawed
> objects.

Overall I very much like what this series aims to do.
Thanks for working on this.