1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
index 2b31ebd8e3..84cd6adb8d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
@@ -148,11 +148,37 @@ public class FileBasedConfig extends StoredConfig {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public void load() throws IOException, ConfigInvalidException {
+		load(true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Load the configuration as a Git text style configuration file.
+	 * <p>
+	 * If the file does not exist, this configuration is cleared, and thus
+	 * behaves the same as though the file exists, but is empty.
+	 *
+	 * @param useFileSnapshotWithConfig
+	 *            if {@code true} use the FileSnapshot with config, otherwise
+	 *            use it without config
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 *             if IO failed
+	 * @throws ConfigInvalidException
+	 *             if config is invalid
+	 * @since 5.1.9
+	 */
+	public void load(boolean useFileSnapshotWithConfig)
+			throws IOException, ConfigInvalidException {
 		final int maxStaleRetries = 5;
 		int retries = 0;
 		while (true) {
 			final FileSnapshot oldSnapshot = snapshot;
-			final FileSnapshot newSnapshot = FileSnapshot.save(getFile());
+			final FileSnapshot newSnapshot;
+			if (useFileSnapshotWithConfig) {
+				newSnapshot = FileSnapshot.save(getFile());
+			} else {
+				// don't use config in this snapshot to avoid endless recursion
+				newSnapshot = FileSnapshot.saveNoConfig(getFile());
+			}
 			try {
 				final byte[] in = IO.readFully(getFile());
 				final ObjectId newHash = hash(in);