Junio C Hamano [Wed, 8 May 2024 17:18:45 +0000 (10:18 -0700)]
Merge branch 'rj/add-p-typo-reaction'
When the user responds to a prompt given by "git add -p" with an
unsupported command, list of available commands were given, which
was too much if the user knew what they wanted to type but merely
made a typo. Now the user gets a much shorter error message.
* rj/add-p-typo-reaction:
add-patch: response to unknown command
add-patch: do not show UI messages on stderr
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 8 May 2024 17:18:45 +0000 (10:18 -0700)]
Merge branch 'rh/complete-symbolic-ref'
Command line completion script (in contrib/) learned to complete
"git symbolic-ref" a bit better (you need to enable plumbing
commands to be completed with GIT_COMPLETION_SHOW_ALL_COMMANDS).
* rh/complete-symbolic-ref:
completion: add docs on how to add subcommand completions
completion: improve docs for using __git_complete
completion: add 'symbolic-ref'
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 8 May 2024 17:18:44 +0000 (10:18 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ps/the-index-is-no-more'
The singleton index_state instance "the_index" has been eliminated
by always instantiating "the_repository" and replacing references
to "the_index" with references to its .index member.
* ps/the-index-is-no-more:
repository: drop `initialize_the_repository()`
repository: drop `the_index` variable
builtin/clone: stop using `the_index`
repository: initialize index in `repo_init()`
builtin: stop using `the_index`
t/helper: stop using `the_index`
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 8 May 2024 17:18:44 +0000 (10:18 -0700)]
Merge branch 'bc/credential-scheme-enhancement'
The credential helper protocol, together with the HTTP layer, have
been enhanced to support authentication schemes different from
username & password pair, like Bearer and NTLM.
* bc/credential-scheme-enhancement:
credential: add method for querying capabilities
credential-cache: implement authtype capability
t: add credential tests for authtype
credential: add support for multistage credential rounds
t5563: refactor for multi-stage authentication
docs: set a limit on credential line length
credential: enable state capability
credential: add an argument to keep state
http: add support for authtype and credential
docs: indicate new credential protocol fields
credential: add a field called "ephemeral"
credential: gate new fields on capability
credential: add a field for pre-encoded credentials
http: use new headers for each object request
remote-curl: reset headers on new request
credential: add an authtype field
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 8 May 2024 17:18:44 +0000 (10:18 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ps/ci-test-with-jgit'
Tests to ensure interoperability between reftable written by jgit
and our code have been added and enabled in CI.
* ps/ci-test-with-jgit:
t0612: add tests to exercise Git/JGit reftable compatibility
t0610: fix non-portable variable assignment
t06xx: always execute backend-specific tests
ci: install JGit dependency
ci: make Perforce binaries executable for all users
ci: merge scripts which install dependencies
ci: fix setup of custom path for GitLab CI
ci: merge custom PATH directories
ci: convert "install-dependencies.sh" to use "/bin/sh"
ci: drop duplicate package installation for "linux-gcc-default"
ci: skip sudo when we are already root
ci: expose distro name in dockerized GitHub jobs
ci: rename "runs_on_pool" to "distro"
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:49:45 +0000 (14:49 -0700)]
Merge branch 'js/for-each-repo-keep-going'
A scheduled "git maintenance" job is expected to work on all
repositories it knows about, but it stopped at the first one that
errored out. Now it keeps going.
* js/for-each-repo-keep-going:
maintenance: running maintenance should not stop on errors
for-each-repo: optionally keep going on an error
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:49:44 +0000 (14:49 -0700)]
Merge branch 'js/build-fuzz-more-often'
In addition to building the objects needed, try to link the objects
that are used in fuzzer tests, to make sure at least they build
without bitrot, in Linux CI runs.
* js/build-fuzz-more-often:
fuzz: link fuzz programs with `make all` on Linux
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:49:42 +0000 (14:49 -0700)]
Merge branch 'jc/format-patch-rfc-more'
The "--rfc" option of "git format-patch" learned to take an
optional string value to be used in place of "RFC" to tweak the
"[PATCH]" on the subject header.
* jc/format-patch-rfc-more:
format-patch: "--rfc=-(WIP)" appends to produce [PATCH (WIP)]
format-patch: allow --rfc to optionally take a value, like --rfc=WIP
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:49:42 +0000 (14:49 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ds/format-patch-rfc-and-k'
The "-k" and "--rfc" options of "format-patch" will now error out
when used together, as one tells us not to add anything to the
title of the commit, and the other one tells us to add "RFC" in
addition to "PATCH".
* ds/format-patch-rfc-and-k:
format-patch: ensure that --rfc and -k are mutually exclusive
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:49:41 +0000 (14:49 -0700)]
Merge branch 'pw/rebase-m-signoff-fix'
"git rebase --signoff" used to forget that it needs to add a
sign-off to the resulting commit when told to continue after a
conflict stops its operation.
* pw/rebase-m-signoff-fix:
rebase -m: fix --signoff with conflicts
sequencer: store commit message in private context
sequencer: move current fixups to private context
sequencer: start removing private fields from public API
sequencer: always free "struct replay_opts"
When the user gives an unknown command to the "add -p" prompt, the list
of accepted commands with their explanation is given. This is the same
output they get when they say '?'.
However, the unknown command may be due to a user input error rather
than the user not knowing the valid command.
To reduce the likelihood of user confusion and error repetition, instead
of displaying the list of accepted commands, display a short error
message with the unknown command received, as feedback to the user.
Include a reminder about the current command '?' in the new message, to
guide the user if they want help.
Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
There is no need to show some UI messages on stderr, and yet doing so
may produce some undesirable results, such as messages appearing in an
unexpected order.
Let's use stdout for all UI messages, and adjusts the tests accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
doc: clarify practices for submitting updated patch versions
The `SubmittingPatches` documentation briefly mentions that related
patches should be grouped together in their own e-mail thread. Expand on
this to explicitly state that updated versions of a patch series should
also follow this. Also provide add a link to existing documentation from
`MyFirstContribution` that provides detailed instructions on how to do
this via `git-send-email(1)`.
Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:34:24 +0000 (10:34 -0700)]
Merge branch 'rj/add-i-leak-fix'
Leakfix.
* rj/add-i-leak-fix:
add: plug a leak on interactive_add
add-patch: plug a leak handling the '/' command
add-interactive: plug a leak in get_untracked_files
apply: plug a leak in apply_data
Roland Hieber [Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:18:43 +0000 (12:18 +0200)]
completion: improve docs for using __git_complete
It took me more than a few tries and a good lecture of __git_main to
understand that the two paragraphs really only refer to adding
completion functions for executables that are not called through git's
subcommand magic. Improve the docs and be more specific.
Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Roland Hieber [Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:18:42 +0000 (12:18 +0200)]
completion: add 'symbolic-ref'
Even 'symbolic-ref' is only completed when
GIT_COMPLETION_SHOW_ALL_COMMANDS=1 is set, it currently defaults to
completing file names, which is not very helpful. Add a simple
completion function which completes options and refs.
Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Since 5e47215080 (fuzz: add basic fuzz testing target., 2018-10-12), we
have compiled object files for the fuzz tests as part of the default
'make all' target. This helps prevent bit-rot in lesser-used parts of
the codebase, by making sure that incompatible changes are caught at
build time.
However, since we never linked the fuzzer executables, this did not
protect us from link-time errors. As of 8b9a42bf48 (fuzz: fix fuzz test
build rules, 2024-01-19), it's now possible to link the fuzzer
executables without using a fuzzing engine and a variety of
compiler-specific (and compiler-version-specific) flags, at least on
Linux. So let's add a platform-specific option in config.mak.uname to
link the executables as part of the default `make all` target.
Since linking the fuzzer executables without a fuzzing engine does not
require a C++ compiler, we can change the FUZZ_PROGRAMS build rule to
use $(CC) by default. This avoids compiler mis-match issues when
overriding $(CC) but not $(CXX). When we *do* want to actually link with
a fuzzing engine, we can set $(FUZZ_CXX). The build instructions in the
CI fuzz-smoke-test job and in the Makefile comment have been updated
accordingly.
While we're at it, we can consolidate some of the fuzzer build
instructions into one location in the Makefile.
Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
maintenance: running maintenance should not stop on errors
In https://github.com/microsoft/git/issues/623, it was reported that
maintenance stops on a missing repository, omitting the remaining
repositories that were scheduled for maintenance.
This is undesirable, as it should be a best effort type of operation.
It should still fail due to the missing repository, of course, but not
leave the non-missing repositories in unmaintained shapes.
Let's use `for-each-repo`'s shiny new `--keep-going` option that we just
introduced for that very purpose.
This change will be picked up when running `git maintenance start`,
which is run implicitly by `scalar reconfigure`.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In https://github.com/microsoft/git/issues/623, it was reported that
the regularly scheduled maintenance stops if one repo in the middle of
the list was found to be missing.
This is undesirable, and points out a gap in the design of `git
for-each-repo`: We need a mode where that command does not stop on an
error, but continues to try running the specified command with the other
repositories.
Imitating the `--keep-going` option of GNU make, this commit teaches
`for-each-repo` the same trick: to continue with the operation on all
the remaining repositories in case there was a problem with one
repository, still setting the exit code to indicate an error occurred.
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The "receive-pack" program (which responds to "git push") was not
converted to run "git maintenance --auto" when other codepaths that
used to run "git gc --auto" were updated, which has been corrected.
* ps/run-auto-maintenance-in-receive-pack:
builtin/receive-pack: convert to use git-maintenance(1)
run-command: introduce function to prepare auto-maintenance process
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Apr 2024 22:05:56 +0000 (15:05 -0700)]
Merge branch 'pk/bisect-use-show'
When "git bisect" reports the commit it determined to be the
culprit, we used to show it in a format that does not honor common
UI tweaks, like log.date and log.decorate. The code has been
taught to use "git show" to follow more customizations.
* pk/bisect-use-show:
bisect: report the found commit with "show"
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:52:41 +0000 (11:52 -0700)]
Merge branch 'mr/rerere-crash-fix'
When .git/rr-cache/ rerere database gets corrupted or rerere is fed to
work on a file with conflicted hunks resolved incompletely, the rerere
machinery got confused and segfaulted, which has been corrected.
* mr/rerere-crash-fix:
rerere: fix crashes due to unmatched opening conflict markers
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:52:40 +0000 (11:52 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ps/missing-btmp-fix'
GIt 2.44 introduced a regression that makes the updated code to
barf in repositories with multi-pack index written by older
versions of Git, which has been corrected.
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:52:39 +0000 (11:52 -0700)]
Merge branch 'dd/t9604-use-posix-timezones'
The cvsimport tests required that the platform understands
traditional timezone notations like CST6CDT, which has been
updated to work on those systems as long as they understand
POSIX notation with explicit tz transition dates.
* dd/t9604-use-posix-timezones:
t9604: Fix test for musl libc and new Debian
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:52:39 +0000 (11:52 -0700)]
Merge branch 'rj/launch-editor-error-message'
Git writes a "waiting for your editor" message on an incomplete
line after launching an editor, and then append another error
message on the same line if the editor errors out. It now clears
the "waiting for..." line before giving the error message.
* rj/launch-editor-error-message:
launch_editor: waiting message on error
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:52:37 +0000 (11:52 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ps/reftable-block-iteration-optim'
The code to iterate over reftable blocks has seen some optimization
to reduce memory allocation and deallocation.
* ps/reftable-block-iteration-optim:
reftable/block: avoid copying block iterators on seek
reftable/block: reuse `zstream` state on inflation
reftable/block: open-code call to `uncompress2()`
reftable/block: reuse uncompressed blocks
reftable/reader: iterate to next block in place
reftable/block: move ownership of block reader into `struct table_iter`
reftable/block: introduce `block_reader_release()`
reftable/block: better grouping of functions
reftable/block: merge `block_iter_seek()` and `block_reader_seek()`
reftable/block: rename `block_reader_start()`
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:52:34 +0000 (10:52 -0700)]
format-patch: "--rfc=-(WIP)" appends to produce [PATCH (WIP)]
In the previous step, the "--rfc" option of "format-patch" learned
to take an optional string value to prepend to the subject prefix,
so that --rfc=WIP can give "[WIP PATCH]".
There may be cases in which the extra string wants to come after the
subject prefix. Extend the mechanism to allow "--rfc=-(WIP)" [*] to
signal that the extra string is to be appended instead of getting
prepended, resulting in "[PATCH (WIP)]".
In the documentation, discourage (ab)using "--rfc=-RFC" to say
"[PATCH RFC]" just to be different, when "[RFC PATCH]" is the norm.
[Footnote]
* The syntax takes inspiration from Perl's open syntax that opens
pipes "open fh, '|-', 'cmd'", where the dash signals "the other
stuff comes here".
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:52:33 +0000 (10:52 -0700)]
format-patch: allow --rfc to optionally take a value, like --rfc=WIP
With the "--rfc" option, we can tweak the "[PATCH]" (or whatever
string specified with the "--subject-prefix" option, instead of
"PATCH") that we prefix the title of the commit with into "[RFC
PATCH]", but some projects may want "[rfc PATCH]". Adding a new
option, e.g., "--rfc-lowercase", to support such need every time
somebody wants to use different strings would lead to insanity of
accumulating unbounded number of such options.
Allow an optional value specified for the option, so that users can
use "--rfc=rfc" (think of "--rfc" without value as a short-hand for
"--rfc=RFC") if they wanted to.
This can of course be (ab)used to make the prefix "[WIP PATCH]" by
passing "--rfc=WIP". Passing an empty string, i.e., "--rfc=", is
the same as "--no-rfc" to override an option given earlier on the
same command line.
Adam Johnson [Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:28:14 +0000 (10:28 +0000)]
stash: fix "--staged" with binary files
"git stash --staged" errors out when given binary files, after saving the
stash.
This behaviour dates back to the addition of the feature in 41a28eb6c1
(stash: implement '--staged' option for 'push' and 'save', 2021-10-18).
Adding the "--binary" option of "diff-tree" fixes this. The "diff-tree" call
in stash_patch() also omits "--binary", but that is fine since binary files
cannot be selected interactively.
Helped-By: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Helped-By: Randall S. Becker <randall.becker@nexbridge.ca> Signed-off-by: Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
docs: improve changelog entry for `git pack-refs --auto`
The changelog entry for the new `git pack-refs --auto` mode only says
that the new flag is useful, but doesn't really say what it does. Add
some more information.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
René Scharfe [Sun, 21 Apr 2024 12:40:28 +0000 (14:40 +0200)]
don't report vsnprintf(3) error as bug
strbuf_addf() has been reporting a negative return value of vsnprintf(3)
as a bug since f141bd804d (Handle broken vsnprintf implementations in
strbuf, 2007-11-13). Other functions copied that behavior:
However, vsnprintf(3) can legitimately return a negative value if the
formatted output would be longer than INT_MAX. Stop accusing it of
being broken and just report the fact that formatting failed.
Suggested-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
format-patch: ensure that --rfc and -k are mutually exclusive
Fix a bug that allows the "--rfc" and "-k" options to be specified together
when "git format-patch" is executed, which was introduced in the commit e0d7db7423a9 ("format-patch: --rfc honors what --subject-prefix sets").
Add a couple of additional tests to t4014, to cover additional cases of
the mutual exclusivity between different "git format-patch" options.
Signed-off-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
No matter how well someone configures their email tooling, understanding
who to send the patches to is something that must always be considered.
So discuss it first instead of at the end.
In the following commit we will clean up the (now redundant) discussion
about sending security patches to the Git Security mailing list.
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Use a dash ("git-contacts", not "git contacts") because the script is
not installed as part of "git" toolset. This also puts the script on
one line, which should make it easier to grep for with a loose search
query, such as
$ git grep git.contacts Documentation
Also add a footnote to describe where the script is located, to help
readers who may not be familiar with such "contrib" scripts (and how
they are not accessible with the usual "git <subcommand>" syntax).
Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Although we've had this script since 4d06402b1b (contrib: add
git-contacts helper, 2013-07-21), we don't mention it in our
introductory docs. Do so now.
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When rebasing with "--signoff" the commit created by "rebase --continue"
after resolving conflicts or editing a commit fails to add the
"Signed-off-by:" trailer. This happens because the message from the
original commit is reused instead of the one that would have been used
if the sequencer had not stopped for the user interaction. The correct
message is stored in ctx->message and so with a couple of exceptions
this is written to rebase_path_message() when stopping for user
interaction instead. The exceptions are (i) "fixup" and "squash"
commands where the file is written by error_failed_squash() and (ii)
"edit" commands that are fast-forwarded where the original message is
still reused. The latter is safe because "--signoff" will never
fast-forward.
Note this introduces a change in behavior as the message file now
contains conflict comments. This is safe because commit_staged_changes()
passes an explicit cleanup flag when not editing the message and when
the message is being edited it will be cleaned up automatically. This
means user now sees the same message comments in editor with "rebase
--continue" as they would if they ran "git commit" themselves before
continuing the rebase. It also matches the behavior of "git
cherry-pick", "git merge" etc. which all list the files with merge
conflicts.
The tests are extended to check that all commits made after continuing a
rebase have a "Signed-off-by:" trailer. Sadly there are a couple of
leaks in apply.c which I've not been able to track down that mean this
test file is no-longer leak free when testing "git rebase --apply
--signoff" with conflicts.
Reported-by: David Bimmler <david.bimmler@isovalent.com> Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
sequencer: store commit message in private context
Add an strbuf to "struct replay_ctx" to hold the current commit
message. This does not change the behavior but it will allow us to fix a
bug with "git rebase --signoff" in the next commit. A future patch
series will use the changes here to avoid writing the commit message to
disc unless there are conflicts or the commit is being reworded.
The changes in do_pick_commit() are a mechanical replacement of "msgbuf"
with "ctx->message". In do_merge() the code to write commit message to
disc is factored out of the conditional now that both branches store the
message in the same buffer.
Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
sequencer: start removing private fields from public API
"struct replay_opts" has a number of fields that are for internal
use. While they are marked as private having them in a public struct is
a distraction for callers and means that every time the internal details
are changed we have to recompile all the files that include sequencer.h
even though the public API is unchanged. This commit starts the process
of removing the private fields by adding an opaque pointer to a "struct
replay_ctx" to "struct replay_opts" and moving the "reflog_message"
member to the new private struct.
The sequencer currently updates the state files on disc each time it
processes a command in the todo list. This is an artifact of the
scripted implementation and makes the code hard to reason about as it is
not possible to get a complete view of the state in memory. In the
future we will add new members to "struct replay_ctx" to remedy this and
avoid writing state to disc unless the sequencer stops for user
interaction.
Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
sequencer_post_commit_cleanup() initializes an instance of "struct
replay_opts" but does not call replay_opts_release(). Currently this
does not leak memory because the code paths called don't allocate any of
the struct members. That will change in the next commit so add call to
replay_opts_release() to prevent a memory leak in "git commit" that
breaks all of the leak free tests.
Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Now that we have dropped `the_index`, `initialize_the_repository()`
doesn't really do a lot anymore except for setting up the pointer for
`the_repository` and then calling `initialize_repository()`. The former
can be replaced by statically initializing the pointer though, which
basically makes this function moot.
Convert callers to instead call `initialize_repository(the_repository)`
and drop `initialize_thee_repository()`.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
All users of `the_index` have been converted to use either a custom
`struct index_state *` or the index provided by `the_repository`. We can
thus drop the globally-accessible declaration of this variable. In fact,
we can go further than that and drop `the_index` completely now and have
it be allocated dynamically in `initialize_repository()` as all the
other data structures in it are.
This concludes the quest to make Git `the_index` free, which has started
with 4aab5b46f4 (Make read-cache.c "the_index" free., 2007-04-01).
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When Git starts, one of the first things it will do is to call
`initialize_the_repository()`. This function sets up both the global
`the_repository` and `the_index` variables as required. Part of that
setup is also to set `the_repository.index = &the_index` so that the
index can be accessed via the repository.
When calling `repo_init()` on a repository though we set the complete
struct to all-zeroes, which will also cause us to unset the `index`
pointer. And as we don't re-initialize the index in that function, we
will end up with a `NULL` pointer here.
This has been fine until now becaues this function is only used to
create a new repository. git-init(1) does not access the index at all
after initializing the repository, whereas git-checkout(1) only uses
`the_index` directly. We are about to remove `the_index` though, which
will uncover this partially-initialized repository structure.
Refactor the code and create a common `initialize_repository()` function
that gets called from `repo_init()` and `initialize_the_repository()`.
This function sets up both the repository and the index as required.
Like this, we can easily special-case when `repo_init()` gets called
with `the_repository`.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>