show: --ignore-missing

Instead of barfing, simply ignore bad object names seen in the
input. This is useful when reading from "git notes list" output
that may refer to objects that have already been garbage collected.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 415f4f0..38fafca 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	     [ \--tags[=<pattern>] ]
 	     [ \--remotes[=<pattern>] ]
 	     [ \--glob=<glob-pattern> ]
+	     [ \--ignore-missing ]
 	     [ \--stdin ]
 	     [ \--quiet ]
 	     [ \--topo-order ]
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 52bae31..7e7ba68 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@
 	is automatically prepended if missing. If pattern lacks '?', '*',
 	or '[', '/*' at the end is implied.
 
+--ignore-missing::
+
+	Upon seeing an invalid object name in the input, pretend as if
+	the bad input was not given.
 
 ifndef::git-rev-list[]
 --bisect::
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index adb1cae..4c19f84 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 		"--branches=",
 		"--branches",
 		"--header",
+		"--ignore-missing",
 		"--max-age=",
 		"--max-count=",
 		"--min-age=",
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index a7cf79b..5cb3a75 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@
 
 static void add_pending_object_with_mode(struct rev_info *revs, struct object *obj, const char *name, unsigned mode)
 {
+	if (!obj)
+		return;
 	if (revs->no_walk && (obj->flags & UNINTERESTING))
 		revs->no_walk = 0;
 	if (revs->reflog_info && obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT) {
@@ -174,8 +176,11 @@
 	struct object *object;
 
 	object = parse_object(sha1);
-	if (!object)
+	if (!object) {
+		if (revs->ignore_missing)
+			return object;
 		die("bad object %s", name);
+	}
 	object->flags |= flags;
 	return object;
 }
@@ -906,6 +911,8 @@
 		return 0;
 	while (1) {
 		it = get_reference(revs, arg, sha1, 0);
+		if (!it && revs->ignore_missing)
+			return 0;
 		if (it->type != OBJ_TAG)
 			break;
 		if (!((struct tag*)it)->tagged)
@@ -1044,6 +1051,8 @@
 			a = lookup_commit_reference(from_sha1);
 			b = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
 			if (!a || !b) {
+				if (revs->ignore_missing)
+					return 0;
 				die(symmetric ?
 				    "Invalid symmetric difference expression %s...%s" :
 				    "Invalid revision range %s..%s",
@@ -1090,7 +1099,7 @@
 		arg++;
 	}
 	if (get_sha1_with_mode(arg, sha1, &mode))
-		return -1;
+		return revs->ignore_missing ? 0 : -1;
 	if (!cant_be_filename)
 		verify_non_filename(revs->prefix, arg);
 	object = get_reference(revs, arg, sha1, flags ^ local_flags);
@@ -1475,6 +1484,8 @@
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--children")) {
 		revs->children.name = "children";
 		revs->limited = 1;
+	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--ignore-missing")) {
+		revs->ignore_missing = 1;
 	} else {
 		int opts = diff_opt_parse(&revs->diffopt, argv, argc);
 		if (!opts)
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index bca9947..93f338d 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 	const char *prefix;
 	const char *def;
 	struct pathspec prune_data;
-	unsigned int early_output;
+	unsigned int	early_output:1,
+			ignore_missing:1;
 
 	/* Traversal flags */
 	unsigned int	dense:1,