Does forgiveness cover minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) upon repentance?

Question:
Does the forgiveness encompass minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) like other sins?

Answer:
Yes, it is encompassed by forgiveness; if he repents, Allah forgives him, if he repents from shirk (associating partners with Allah).
As for if he does not repent, the established view among the scholars of knowledge is that it is not forgiven; minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) is not forgiven; but his good deeds and his bad deeds are weighed, and if his good deeds outweigh, the accountability is dropped, like the rest of the sins.
Q: I heard one of the shaykhs who was explaining tawhid (the oneness of Allah) to us, and he said that minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), and it seems to me, in my strong opinion, that he attributed this to the Shaykh al-Islam, that the one who commits minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) will be punished regardless of the situation?
The Shaykh: No, that is a mistake; he may be pardoned because of his good deeds. We ask Allah for well-being. I mean, due to the generality of the evidence, that it is not forgiven except by repentance, but his crime and sin may be dropped due to the preponderance of the scale of his good deeds.