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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Test fsck skipList performance'
+
+. ./perf-lib.sh
+
+test_perf_fresh_repo
+
+n=1000000
+
+test_expect_success "setup $n bad commits" '
+	for i in $(test_seq 1 $n)
+	do
+		echo "commit refs/heads/master" &&
+		echo "committer C <c@example.com> 1234567890 +0000" &&
+		echo "data <<EOF" &&
+		echo "$i.Q." &&
+		echo "EOF"
+	done | q_to_nul | git fast-import
+'
+
+skip=0
+while test $skip -le $n
+do
+	test_expect_success "create skipList for $skip bad commits" '
+		git log --format=%H --max-count=$skip |
+		sort >skiplist
+	'
+
+	test_perf "fsck with $skip skipped bad commits" '
+		git -c fsck.skipList=skiplist fsck
+	'
+
+	case $skip in
+	0) skip=1 ;;
+	*) skip=${skip}0 ;;
+	esac
+done
+
+test_done