What's cooking (2009/01 #05)

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 To: git@vger.kernel.org
-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #04; Mon, 19)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #05; Wed, 21)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #04; Mon, 19)
+What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #05; Wed, 21)
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 Here are the topics that have been cooking.  Commits prefixed with '-' are
@@ -17,71 +17,11 @@ meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names.
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 [New Topics]
 
-* jk/color-parse (Sat Jan 17 10:38:46 2009 -0500) 2 commits
- + expand --pretty=format color options
- + color: make it easier for non-config to parse color specs
-
-* sb/hook-cleanup (Sat Jan 17 04:02:55 2009 +0100) 5 commits
- + run_hook(): allow more than 9 hook arguments
- + run_hook(): check the executability of the hook before filling
-   argv
- + api-run-command.txt: talk about run_hook()
- + Move run_hook() from builtin-commit.c into run-command.c (libgit)
- + checkout: don't crash on file checkout before running post-
-   checkout hook
-
-* js/maint-all-implies-HEAD (Sat Jan 17 22:27:08 2009 -0800) 2 commits
- - bundle: allow the same ref to be given more than once
- - revision walker: include a detached HEAD in --all
-
-* tr/previous-branch (Sat Jan 17 19:08:12 2009 +0100) 6 commits
- - Fix parsing of @{-1}@{1}
- - interpret_nth_last_branch(): avoid traversing the reflog twice
- - checkout: implement "-" abbreviation, add docs and tests
- - sha1_name: support @{-N} syntax in get_sha1()
- - sha1_name: tweak @{-N} lookup
- - checkout: implement "@{-N}" shortcut name for N-th last branch
-
-* rs/ctype (Sat Jan 17 16:50:37 2009 +0100) 4 commits
- + Add is_regex_special()
- + Change NUL char handling of isspecial()
- + Reformat ctype.c
- + Add ctype test
-
-* mh/unify-color (Sun Jan 18 21:39:12 2009 +0100) 2 commits
- - move the color variables to color.c
- - handle color.ui at a central place
-
-* jf/am-failure-report (Sun Jan 18 19:34:31 2009 -0800) 2 commits
- + git-am: re-fix the diag message printing
- + git-am: Make it easier to see which patch failed
+* js/valgrind (Wed Jan 21 02:36:40 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ - valgrind: ignore ldso errors
+ - Add valgrind support in test scripts
 
-* cb/add-pathspec (Wed Jan 14 15:54:35 2009 +0100) 2 commits
- - remove pathspec_match, use match_pathspec instead
- - clean up pathspec matching
-
-* sg/maint-gitdir-in-subdir (Fri Jan 16 16:37:33 2009 +0100) 1 commit
- + Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdir
-
-This has my "don't do the fullpath if you are directly inside .git"
-squashed in, so it should be much safer.
-
-* am/maint-push-doc (Sun Jan 18 15:36:58 2009 +0100) 4 commits
- + Documentation: avoid using undefined parameters
- + Documentation: mention branches rather than heads
- + Documentation: remove a redundant elaboration
- + Documentation: git push repository can also be a remote
-
-* sp/runtime-prefix (Sun Jan 18 13:00:15 2009 +0100) 5 commits
- - Windows: Revert to default paths and convert them by
-   RUNTIME_PREFIX
- - Modify setup_path() to only add git_exec_path() to PATH
- - Add calls to git_extract_argv0_path() in programs that call
-   git_config_*
- - git_extract_argv0_path(): Move check for valid argv0 from caller
-   to callee
- - Move computation of absolute paths from Makefile to runtime (in
-   preparation for RUNTIME_PREFIX)
+Dscho seems to have some updates out of discussion with Peff.
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 [Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
@@ -109,49 +49,37 @@ the other end is a native git repository is a very worthy goal.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 [Actively cooking]
 
-* kb/lstat-cache (Sun Jan 18 16:14:54 2009 +0100) 5 commits
- + lstat_cache(): introduce clear_lstat_cache() function
- + lstat_cache(): introduce invalidate_lstat_cache() function
- + lstat_cache(): introduce has_dirs_only_path() function
- + lstat_cache(): introduce has_symlink_or_noent_leading_path()
-   function
- + lstat_cache(): more cache effective symlink/directory detection
+* sp/runtime-prefix (Sun Jan 18 13:00:15 2009 +0100) 7 commits
+ - Windows: Revert to default paths and convert them by
+   RUNTIME_PREFIX
+ - Compute prefix at runtime if RUNTIME_PREFIX is set
+ - Modify setup_path() to only add git_exec_path() to PATH
+ - Add calls to git_extract_argv0_path() in programs that call
+   git_config_*
+ - git_extract_argv0_path(): Move check for valid argv0 from caller
+   to callee
+ - Refactor git_set_argv0_path() to git_extract_argv0_path()
+ - Move computation of absolute paths from Makefile to runtime (in
+   preparation for RUNTIME_PREFIX)
 
-This is the tenth round, now in 'next'.
+We should move this to 'next' soon with J6t's blessing.
 
 * lh/submodule-tree-traversal (Mon Jan 12 00:45:55 2009 +0100) 3 commits
- - builtin-ls-tree: enable traversal of submodules
- - archive.c: enable traversal of submodules
- - tree.c: add support for traversal of submodules
+ + builtin-ls-tree: enable traversal of submodules
+ + archive.c: enable traversal of submodules
+ + tree.c: add support for traversal of submodules
 
-Still getting active reviews.
-
-* lt/maint-wrap-zlib (Wed Jan 7 19:54:47 2009 -0800) 1 commit
- + Wrap inflate and other zlib routines for better error reporting
-
-Needs the "free our memory upon seeing Z_MEM_ERROR and try again" bits
-extracted from Shawn's patch on top of this one.
+I think choosing the submodules to descend into by seeing if the commit
+happens to be available is a horribly broken semantics; it needs to be
+fixed before this can move to 'master'.
 
 * jk/signal-cleanup (Sun Jan 11 06:36:49 2009 -0500) 3 commits
  - pager: do wait_for_pager on signal death
  - refactor signal handling for cleanup functions
  - chain kill signals for cleanup functions
 
-Sorry, I lost track.  What is the status of this one?
-
-* js/diff-color-words (Sat Jan 17 17:29:48 2009 +0100) 7 commits
- - color-words: make regex configurable via attributes
- - color-words: expand docs with precise semantics
- - color-words: enable REG_NEWLINE to help user
- - color-words: take an optional regular expression describing words
- - color-words: change algorithm to allow for 0-character word
-   boundaries
- - color-words: refactor word splitting and use ALLOC_GROW()
- - Add color_fwrite_lines(), a function coloring each line
-   individually
-
-Dscho's series that was done in response to Thomas's original; two agreed
-to work together on this codebase.
+I think this can move to 'next', as Peff and J6t agreed on how to fix
+things up as needed for Windows.
 
 * ks/maint-mailinfo-folded (Tue Jan 13 01:21:04 2009 +0300) 5 commits
  - mailinfo: tests for RFC2047 examples
@@ -161,13 +89,8 @@ to work together on this codebase.
  + mailinfo: 'From:' header should be unfold as well
  + mailinfo: correctly handle multiline 'Subject:' header
 
-I think "more smarter" one is too aggressive for our purpose.  Perhaps not
-removing comments at all would be what we want.
-
-* js/patience-diff (Thu Jan 1 17:39:37 2009 +0100) 3 commits
- + bash completions: Add the --patience option
- + Introduce the diff option '--patience'
- + Implement the patience diff algorithm
+As far as I can see, the only remaining thing is a minor fix-up in the
+"comment removal" one before we can move this fully to 'next'.
 
 * js/notes (Tue Jan 13 20:57:16 2009 +0100) 6 commits
  + git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
@@ -177,70 +100,59 @@ removing comments at all would be what we want.
  + Add a script to edit/inspect notes
  + Introduce commit notes
 
+It would be nice to hear a real world success story using the notes
+mechanism before casting this design in stone.
+
 * sc/gitweb-category (Fri Dec 12 00:45:12 2008 +0100) 3 commits
  - gitweb: Optional grouping of projects by category
  - gitweb: Split git_project_list_body in two functions
  - gitweb: Modularized git_get_project_description to be more generic
 
+Design discussion between Jakub and Sebastien continues.
+
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 [Graduated to "master"]
 
-* ds/uintmax-config (Mon Nov 3 09:14:28 2008 -0900) 1 commit
- + autoconf: Enable threaded delta search when pthreads are supported
-
-See if anybody screams.
-
-* gb/gitweb-opml (Fri Jan 2 13:49:30 2009 +0100) 2 commits
- + gitweb: suggest name for OPML view
- + gitweb: don't use pathinfo for global actions
-
-* mv/apply-parse-opt (Fri Jan 9 22:21:36 2009 -0800) 2 commits
- + Resurrect "git apply --flags -" to read from the standard input
- + parse-opt: migrate builtin-apply.
-
-* tr/rebase-root (Fri Jan 2 23:28:29 2009 +0100) 4 commits
- + rebase: update documentation for --root
- + rebase -i: learn to rebase root commit
- + rebase: learn to rebase root commit
- + rebase -i: execute hook only after argument checking
-
-Looked reasonable.
-
-* mh/maint-commit-color-status (Thu Jan 8 19:53:05 2009 +0100) 2 commits
- + git-status -v: color diff output when color.ui is set
- + git-commit: color status output when color.ui is set
+* jk/color-parse (Sat Jan 17 10:38:46 2009 -0500) 2 commits
+ + expand --pretty=format color options
+ + color: make it easier for non-config to parse color specs
 
-* rs/maint-shortlog-foldline (Tue Jan 6 21:41:06 2009 +0100) 1 commit
- + shortlog: handle multi-line subjects like log --pretty=oneline et.
-   al. do
+* sb/hook-cleanup (Sat Jan 17 04:02:55 2009 +0100) 5 commits
+ + run_hook(): allow more than 9 hook arguments
+ + run_hook(): check the executability of the hook before filling
+   argv
+ + api-run-command.txt: talk about run_hook()
+ + Move run_hook() from builtin-commit.c into run-command.c (libgit)
+ + checkout: don't crash on file checkout before running post-
+   checkout hook
 
-* rs/fgrep (Sat Jan 10 00:18:34 2009 +0100) 2 commits
- + grep: don't call regexec() for fixed strings
- + grep -w: forward to next possible position after rejected match
+* rs/ctype (Sat Jan 17 16:50:37 2009 +0100) 4 commits
+ + Add is_regex_special()
+ + Change NUL char handling of isspecial()
+ + Reformat ctype.c
+ + Add ctype test
 
-* as/autocorrect-alias (Sun Jan 4 18:16:01 2009 +0100) 1 commit
- + git.c: make autocorrected aliases work
+* jf/am-failure-report (Sun Jan 18 19:34:31 2009 -0800) 2 commits
+ + git-am: re-fix the diag message printing
+ + git-am: Make it easier to see which patch failed
 
-* tr/maint-no-index-fixes (Wed Jan 7 12:15:30 2009 +0100) 3 commits
- + diff --no-index -q: fix endless loop
- + diff --no-index: test for pager after option parsing
- + diff: accept -- when using --no-index
+* sg/maint-gitdir-in-subdir (Fri Jan 16 16:37:33 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ + Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdir
 
-* jc/maint-format-patch (Sat Jan 10 12:41:33 2009 -0800) 1 commit
- + format-patch: show patch text for the root commit
+This has my "don't do the fullpath if you are directly inside .git"
+squashed in, so it should be much safer.
 
-* ap/clone-into-empty (Sun Jan 11 15:19:12 2009 +0300) 2 commits
- + Allow cloning to an existing empty directory
- + add is_dot_or_dotdot inline function
+* am/maint-push-doc (Sun Jan 18 15:36:58 2009 +0100) 4 commits
+ + Documentation: avoid using undefined parameters
+ + Documentation: mention branches rather than heads
+ + Documentation: remove a redundant elaboration
+ + Documentation: git push repository can also be a remote
 
-* gb/gitweb-patch (Thu Dec 18 08:13:19 2008 +0100) 4 commits
- + gitweb: link to patch(es) view in commit(diff) and (short)log view
- + gitweb: add patches view
- + gitweb: change call pattern for git_commitdiff
- + gitweb: add patch view
+* lt/maint-wrap-zlib (Wed Jan 7 19:54:47 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ + Wrap inflate and other zlib routines for better error reporting
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-[Will merge to "master" soon]
+Needs the "free our memory upon seeing Z_MEM_ERROR and try again" bits
+extracted from Shawn's patch on top of this one.
 
 * kb/am-directory (Wed Jan 14 16:29:59 2009 -0800) 2 commits
  + git-am: fix shell quoting
@@ -252,6 +164,58 @@ using this very often, but it originated from a real user request.
 * jc/maint-format-patch-o-relative (Mon Jan 12 15:18:02 2009 -0800) 1 commit
  + Teach format-patch to handle output directory relative to cwd
 
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Will merge to "master" soon]
+
+* kb/lstat-cache (Sun Jan 18 16:14:54 2009 +0100) 5 commits
+ + lstat_cache(): introduce clear_lstat_cache() function
+ + lstat_cache(): introduce invalidate_lstat_cache() function
+ + lstat_cache(): introduce has_dirs_only_path() function
+ + lstat_cache(): introduce has_symlink_or_noent_leading_path()
+   function
+ + lstat_cache(): more cache effective symlink/directory detection
+
+* tr/previous-branch (Wed Jan 21 00:37:38 2009 -0800) 10 commits
+ + Simplify parsing branch switching events in reflog
+ + Introduce for_each_recent_reflog_ent().
+ + interpret_nth_last_branch(): plug small memleak
+ + Fix reflog parsing for a malformed branch switching entry
+ + Fix parsing of @{-1}@{1}
+ + interpret_nth_last_branch(): avoid traversing the reflog twice
+ + checkout: implement "-" abbreviation, add docs and tests
+ + sha1_name: support @{-N} syntax in get_sha1()
+ + sha1_name: tweak @{-N} lookup
+ + checkout: implement "@{-N}" shortcut name for N-th last branch
+
+* js/maint-all-implies-HEAD (Sat Jan 17 22:27:08 2009 -0800) 2 commits
+ + bundle: allow the same ref to be given more than once
+ + revision walker: include a detached HEAD in --all
+
+* mh/unify-color (Sun Jan 18 21:39:12 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ + move the color variables to color.c
+ + handle color.ui at a central place
+
+* cb/add-pathspec (Wed Jan 14 15:54:35 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ + remove pathspec_match, use match_pathspec instead
+ + clean up pathspec matching
+
+* js/diff-color-words (Tue Jan 20 21:46:57 2009 -0600) 8 commits
+ + color-words: Support diff.wordregex config option
+ + color-words: make regex configurable via attributes
+ + color-words: expand docs with precise semantics
+ + color-words: enable REG_NEWLINE to help user
+ + color-words: take an optional regular expression describing words
+ + color-words: change algorithm to allow for 0-character word
+   boundaries
+ + color-words: refactor word splitting and use ALLOC_GROW()
+ + Add color_fwrite_lines(), a function coloring each line
+   individually
+
+* js/patience-diff (Thu Jan 1 17:39:37 2009 +0100) 3 commits
+ + bash completions: Add the --patience option
+ + Introduce the diff option '--patience'
+ + Implement the patience diff algorithm
+
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 [On Hold]
 
@@ -286,4 +250,3 @@ using this very often, but it originated from a real user request.
 
 * jc/replace (Fri Oct 31 09:21:39 2008 -0700) 1 commit
  . WIP
-