Re: Recommend these .gitconfig settings for git integrity.

[Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>]

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Karl Fogel wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii<eliz@gnu.org>  writes:
>> >I think a better place is admin/notes/git-workflow and
>> >http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GitForEmacsDevs.  CONTRIBUTE's topics
>> >are different.
> Ah, thank you -- I didn't think of that.  Agreed.

We shouldn't need to configure fetch.fsckObjects and receive.fsckObjects, as 
they default to transfer.fsckObjects.

I installed the attached patch to try to automate this; I think this'll be more 
effective.

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From b1ccd481738b1427ac0e294f2405a9ebe86c8561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:43:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] autogen.sh now arranges for git to check hashes

Suggested by Karl Fogel in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg01802.html
* autogen.sh: Do "git config transfer.fsckObjects true".
---
 autogen.sh | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index a63c53c..877bb84 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ echo timestamp > src/stamp-h.in || exit
 ## Configure Git, if using Git.
 if test -d .git && (git status -s) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 
+    # Check hashes when transferring objects among repositories.
+
+    git config transfer.fsckObjects true || exit
+
+
     # Configure 'git diff' hunk header format.
 
     git config 'diff.elisp.xfuncname' \
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