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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2009, #03; Mon, 25)
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-What's cooking in git.git (May 2009, #03; Mon, 25)
+What's cooking in git.git (May 2009, #04; Sun, 31)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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[New Topics]
-* sb/opt-filename (Sat May 23 11:53:13 2009 -0700) 5 commits
- - parse-opts: add OPT_FILENAME and transition builtins
- - parse-opts: prepare for OPT_FILENAME
- - Merge branch 'jc/mktree' into sb/opt-filename
- - Merge branch 'sb/format-patch-parseopt' into sb/opt-filename
- - Merge branch 'sb/show-branch-parse-options' into sb/opt-filename
- - Merge branch 'master' into sb/opt-filename
- + apply, fmt-merge-msg: use relative filenames
- + commit: -F overrides -t
+All of these are soon to be in 'next'.
-There are quite a few new callers to parse_options() in 'next' and 'pu'
-that are more likely to graduate before this series, so for now I merged a
-few of them and adjusted the commit "prepare for OPT_FILENAME". I tried
-to be careful but extra sets of eyeballs would be helpful.
+* bc/solaris (Wed May 27 21:17:08 2009 -0500) 4 commits
+ - Makefile: introduce SANE_TOOL_PATH for prepending required
+ elements to PATH
+ - Makefile: add section for SunOS 5.7
+ - Makefile: add NEEDS_RESOLV to optionally add -lresolv to compile
+ arguments
+ - Makefile: use /usr/ucb/install on SunOS platforms rather than
+ ginstall
-* da/araxis-mergetool (Sun May 24 00:24:41 2009 +0000) 1 commit
- + mergetool--lib: add support for araxis merge
+* nw/maint-cvsexportcommit (Fri May 29 00:23:33 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ - git-cvsexportcommit can't commit files which have been removed
+ from CVS
+
+* tr/maint-doc-stash-pop (Thu May 28 11:40:15 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ - Documentation: teach stash/pop workflow instead of stash/apply
+
+* da/pretty-tempname (Sun May 31 01:35:52 2009 -0700) 3 commits
+ - diff: generate pretty filenames in prep_temp_blob()
+ - compat: add a basename() compatibility function
+ - compat: add a mkstemps() compatibility function
+
+* ak/maint-for-each-ref-no-lookup (Wed May 27 15:23:12 2009 -0400) 1 commit
+ - for-each-ref: Do not lookup objects when they will not be used
+
+* cb/match_refs_internal_tail (Wed May 27 22:13:44 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ - match_refs: search ref list tail internally
+
+I need to replace this with the new iteration...
+
+* gb/am-foreign (Wed May 27 11:25:19 2009 +0200) 4 commits
+ - git-am: refactor 'cleaning up and aborting'
+ - git-am foreign patch support: StGIT support
+ - git-am foreign patch support: autodetect some patch formats
+ - git-am foreign patch support: introduce patch_format
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated to "master"]
-I admit that I feel certain distaste in supporting a closed tool, but we
-already make things bearable for people on Windows; Araxis is no worse,
-right?
+* sb/opt-filename (Sat May 23 11:53:13 2009 -0700) 2 commits
+ + parse-opts: add OPT_FILENAME and transition builtins
+ + parse-opts: prepare for OPT_FILENAME
* rs/maint-grep-word-regexp-fix (Sat May 23 13:45:26 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ grep: fix word-regexp at the beginning of lines
+ apply, fmt-merge-msg: use relative filenames
+ commit: -F overrides -t
-* jc/cache-tree (Fri May 22 23:14:25 2009 -0700) 5 commits
- - Avoid "diff-index --cached" optimization under --find-copies-
- harder
- - Optimize "diff-index --cached" using cache-tree
- - t4007: modernize the style
- - cache-tree.c::cache_tree_find(): simplify inernal API
- - write-tree --ignore-cache-tree
-
* jc/solaris-0811 (Fri May 22 22:55:31 2009 -0700) 2 commits
- OpenSolaris 200811 (SunOS 5.11) does not want OLD_ICONV
- Teach Solaris that _XOPEN_SOURCE=600 really menas XPG6
-* cb/maint-1.6.0-xdl-merge-fix (Mon May 25 01:21:14 2009 +0100) 2 commits
- - Change xdl_merge to generate output even for null merges
- - t6023: merge-file fails to output anything for a degenerate merge
-
-* jc/diff-whitespace-only-status (Sat May 23 01:15:35 2009 -0700) 2 commits
- - diff: Rename QUIET internal option to QUICK
- - diff: change semantics of "ignore whitespace" options
-
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-[Graduated to "master"]
-
-* cc/bisect (Sat May 9 17:55:47 2009 +0200) 20 commits
- + bisect: make "git bisect" use new "--next-all" bisect-helper
- function
- + bisect: add "check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad" function
- + bisect: implement the "check_merge_bases" function
- + bisect: automatically sort sha1_array if needed when looking it up
- + bisect: make skipped array functions more generic
- + bisect: remove too much function nesting
- + bisect: use new "struct argv_array" to prepare argv for
- "setup_revisions"
- + bisect: store good revisions in a "sha1_array"
- + bisect: implement "rev_argv_push" to fill an argv with revs
- + bisect: use "sha1_array" to store skipped revisions
- + am: simplify "sq" function by using "git rev-parse --sq-quote"
- + bisect: use "git rev-parse --sq-quote" instead of a custom "sq"
- function
- + rev-parse: add --sq-quote to shell quote arguments
- + rev-list: remove stringed output flag from "show_bisect_vars"
- + bisect--helper: remove "--next-vars" option as it is now useless
- + bisect: use "git bisect--helper --next-exit" in "git-bisect.sh"
- + bisect--helper: add "--next-exit" to output bisect results
- + bisect: move common bisect functionality to "bisect_common"
- + rev-list: refactor printing bisect vars
- + rev-list: make "estimate_bisect_steps" non static
-
-Rewriting major part of "git-bisect" shell script continues. The patches
-seem to be reasonably clean.
-
-* fc/decorate-tag (Thu May 14 00:32:53 2009 +0300) 2 commits
- + Prettify log decorations even more
- + Change prettify_ref to prettify_refname
-
-* mg/track (Mon May 11 16:42:54 2009 +0200) 2 commits
- + Fix behavior with non-commit upstream references
- + Test tracking of non-commit upstreams
-
-* jn/gitweb-cleanup (Mon May 11 19:45:11 2009 +0200) 8 commits
- + gitweb: Remove unused $hash_base parameter from
- normalize_link_target
- + gitweb: Simplify snapshot format detection logic in
- evaluate_path_info
- + gitweb: Use capturing parentheses only when you intend to capture
- + gitweb: Replace wrongly added tabs with spaces
- + gitweb: Use block form of map/grep in a few cases more
- + gitweb: Always use three argument form of open
- + gitweb: Always use three argument form of open
- + gitweb: Do not use bareword filehandles
-
-* js/maint-no-ln-across-libexec-and-bin (Mon May 11 13:02:18 2009 +0200) 1 commit
- + Add NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS support to the Makefile
-
-* tp/send-email-from-config (Tue May 12 15:48:56 2009 -0700) 1 commit
- + send-email: Add config option for sender address
-
-* ae/anon-fetch-info (Fri Apr 17 10:20:11 2009 +0200) 1 commit
- + fetch: Strip usernames from url's before storing them
-
-* ac/graph-horizontal-line (Tue Apr 21 08:47:01 2009 -0400) 1 commit
- + graph API: Use horizontal lines for more compact graphs
-
-* mh/show-branch-color (Sat Apr 25 13:46:14 2009 +0200) 2 commits
- + bash completion: show-branch color support
- + show-branch: color the commit status signs
-
-* mh/diff-stat-color (Sat Apr 25 00:06:47 2009 +0200) 1 commit
- + diff: do not color --stat output like patch context
-
-* js/add-edit (Mon Apr 27 19:51:42 2009 +0200) 2 commits
- + t3702: fix reliance on SHELL_PATH being '/bin/sh'
- + git-add: introduce --edit (to edit the diff vs. the index)
-
-* jk/maint-add-empty (Tue Apr 28 23:21:01 2009 -0400) 1 commit
- + add: don't complain when adding empty project root
-
-* ar/unlink-err (Wed Apr 29 23:24:52 2009 +0200) 3 commits
- + print unlink(2) errno in copy_or_link_directory
- + replace direct calls to unlink(2) with unlink_or_warn
- + Introduce an unlink(2) wrapper which gives warning if unlink
- failed
-
-* ar/merge-one-file-diag (Wed Apr 29 23:40:50 2009 +0200) 1 commit
- + Clarify kind of conflict in merge-one-file helper
-
-* np/push-delta (Fri May 1 16:56:47 2009 -0400) 1 commit
- + allow OFS_DELTA objects during a push
-
-* mt/submodule-reference (Mon May 4 22:30:01 2009 +0300) 1 commit
- + Add --reference option to git submodule.
-
-* fl/git-pm (Thu May 7 15:41:28 2009 +0200) 2 commits
- + Git.pm: Always set Repository to absolute path if autodetecting
- + Git.pm: Set GIT_WORK_TREE if we set GIT_DIR
-
-* rs/grep-parseopt (Thu May 7 21:46:48 2009 +0200) 5 commits
- + grep: use parseopt
- + grep: remove global variable builtin_grep
- + parseopt: add PARSE_OPT_NODASH
- + parseopt: add OPT_NUMBER_CALLBACK
- + parseopt: add OPT_NEGBIT
-
-* jk/no-no-no-empty-directory (Fri May 8 01:01:17 2009 -0400) 2 commits
- + parseopt: add OPT_NEGBIT
- + parseopt: add OPT_NEGBIT
-
-* jk/maint-1.6.0-trace-argv (Fri May 8 05:06:15 2009 -0400) 1 commit
- + fix GIT_TRACE segfault with shell-quoted aliases
-
-* hv/sample-update (Fri May 8 17:22:30 2009 +0200) 1 commit
- + Extend sample update hook, disable modifying of existing tags
-
-* rr/forbid-bs-in-ref (Fri May 8 07:32:37 2009 +0200) 1 commit
- + Disallow '\' in ref names
-
-* do/maint-merge-recursive-fix (Sat May 9 14:49:59 2009 -0700) 1 commit
- + merge-recursive: never leave index unmerged while recursing
-
-* jm/format-patch-no-auto-n-when-k-is-given (Sat May 9 10:12:01 2009 +0200) 1 commit
- + format-patch let -k override a config-specified format.numbered
-
-* lt/maint-diff-reduce-lstat (Sat May 9 15:11:17 2009 -0700) 2 commits
- + Teach 'git checkout' to preload the index contents
- + Avoid unnecessary 'lstat()' calls in 'get_stat_data()'
-
-* da/mergetool-lib (Sat May 2 01:57:21 2009 -0700) 1 commit
- + mergetool--lib: specialize diff options for emerge and ecmerge
-
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-[Will merge to "master" soon]
-
* mw/send-email (Mon Apr 13 13:23:52 2009 -0500) 6 commits
+ send-email: Remove superfluous `my $editor = ...'
+ send-email: 'References:' should only reference what is sent
sendemail.multiedit
+ Docs: send-email: Put options back into alphabetical order
-* ph/submodule-rebase (Fri Apr 24 09:06:38 2009 +1000) 1 commit
- + git-submodule: add support for --rebase.
+* jc/mktree (Thu May 14 15:49:10 2009 -0700) 9 commits
+ + mktree: validate entry type in input
+ + mktree --batch: build more than one tree object
+ + mktree --missing: updated usage message and man page
+ + mktree --missing: allow missing objects
+ + t1010: add mktree test
+ + mktree: do not barf on a submodule commit
+ + builtin-mktree.c: use a helper function to handle one line of
+ input
+ + mktree: use parse-options
+ + build-in git-mktree
+
+* jc/maint-add-p-coalesce-fix (Sat May 16 10:48:23 2009 -0700) 2 commits
+ + Revert "git-add--interactive: remove hunk coalescing"
+ + Splitting a hunk that adds a line at the top fails in "add -p"
-* cc/bisect (Sun May 17 17:36:46 2009 +0200) 3 commits
+* sb/format-patch-parseopt (Sat May 16 02:24:46 2009 -0700) 1 commit
+ + format-patch: migrate to parse-options API
+
+* cc/bisect (Sun May 17 17:36:46 2009 +0200) 3 commits (early part)
+ bisect: check ancestors without forking a "git rev-list" process
+ commit: add function to unparse a commit and its parents
+ bisect: rework some rev related functions to make them more
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[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
+* jh/notes (Sat May 16 13:44:17 2009 +0200) 5 commits
+ - Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"
+ - Add an expensive test for git-notes
+ - Speed up git notes lookup
+ - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
+ - Introduce commit notes
+
+Dscho asked about the performance implications of this; I do not think I
+saw any progress on that yet...
+
+* ph/submodule-rebase (Fri Apr 24 09:06:38 2009 +1000) 1 commit
+ + git-submodule: add support for --rebase.
+
+There was a discussion on --rebase vs --merge and needs for unified
+configuration variable handling for this patch...
+
* lt/read-directory (Fri May 15 12:01:29 2009 -0700) 3 commits
- Add initial support for pathname conversion to UTF-8
- read_directory(): infrastructure for pathname character set
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[Actively cooking]
-* jc/mktree (Thu May 14 15:49:10 2009 -0700) 9 commits
- + mktree: validate entry type in input
- + mktree --batch: build more than one tree object
- + mktree --missing: updated usage message and man page
- + mktree --missing: allow missing objects
- + t1010: add mktree test
- + mktree: do not barf on a submodule commit
- + builtin-mktree.c: use a helper function to handle one line of
- input
- + mktree: use parse-options
- + build-in git-mktree
+* da/araxis-mergetool (Sun May 24 00:24:41 2009 +0000) 1 commit
+ + mergetool--lib: add support for araxis merge
-* jc/maint-add-p-coalesce-fix (Sat May 16 10:48:23 2009 -0700) 2 commits
- + Revert "git-add--interactive: remove hunk coalescing"
- + Splitting a hunk that adds a line at the top fails in "add -p"
+* jc/cache-tree (Fri May 22 23:14:25 2009 -0700) 5 commits
+ + Avoid "diff-index --cached" optimization under --find-copies-
+ harder
+ + Optimize "diff-index --cached" using cache-tree
+ + t4007: modernize the style
+ + cache-tree.c::cache_tree_find(): simplify internal API
+ + write-tree --ignore-cache-tree
-* sb/format-patch-parseopt (Sat May 16 02:24:46 2009 -0700) 1 commit
- + format-patch: migrate to parse-options API
+* cb/maint-1.6.0-xdl-merge-fix (Mon May 25 01:21:14 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ - Change xdl_merge to generate output even for null merges
+ - t6023: merge-file fails to output anything for a degenerate merge
-* jh/notes (Sat May 16 13:44:17 2009 +0200) 5 commits
- - Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"
- - Add an expensive test for git-notes
- - Speed up git notes lookup
- - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
- - Introduce commit notes
+Soon in 'next';
+
+* jc/diff-whitespace-only-status (Sat May 23 01:15:35 2009 -0700) 2 commits
+ - diff: Rename QUIET internal option to QUICK
+ - diff: change semantics of "ignore whitespace" options
+
+* cc/bisect (Thu May 28 23:21:16 2009 +0200) 2 commits
+ - bisect: display first bad commit without forking a new process
+ - bisect: drop unparse_commit() and use clear_commit_marks()
+
+Soon in 'next';
-* rc/http-push (Mon May 18 16:14:24 2009 +0800) 15 commits
+* rc/http-push (Sat May 30 01:59:50 2009 +0800) 21 commits
- http*: add helper methods for fetching objects (loose)
- - http*: add helper methods for fetching objects/info/packs
- http*: add helper methods for fetching packs
- - http*: add fetch_http_pack_index
+ - http: use new http API in fetch_index()
+ - http*: add http_get_info_packs
+ - Use the new http API in fetch_symref()
+ - Use the new http API in update_remote_info_refs()
+ - Use the new http API in http_fetch_ref()
+ - Use the new http API in get_refs_via_curl()
+ - Two new functions for the http API
- http: create function end_url_with_slash
- http*: move common variables and macros to http.[ch]
+ - Some cleanup in get_refs_via_curl()
+ - Don't expect verify_pack() callers to set pack_size
- http-push: do not SEGV after fetching a bad pack idx file
- http*: copy string returned by sha1_to_hex
- http-walker: verify remote packs
- http-push, http-walker: style fixes
- - t5550-http-fetch: test fetching of packed objects
- http-push: fix missing "#ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI" around
"is_running_queue"
- http-push: send out fetch requests on queue
- t5540-http-push: test fetching of packed objects
- t5540-http-push: test fetching of loose objects
-This is not the re-rolled 18-patch series we discussed yesterday.
+Updated (but not yet with the "slot->local = NULL" patch)
-* cc/replace (Tue Apr 14 00:36:59 2009 +0200) 13 commits
+* cc/replace (Wed May 27 07:14:09 2009 +0200) 14 commits
+ - t6050: check pushing something based on a replaced commit
- Documentation: add documentation for "git replace"
- Add git-replace to .gitignore
- builtin-replace: use "usage_msg_opt" to give better error messages
"refs/replace/"
- refs: add a "for_each_replace_ref" function
-I suspect an attempt to replace an object that is directly listed on the
-command line would not work very well with this series.
+Rebased to master.
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[On Hold]