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-What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2011, #03; Wed, 20)
+What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2011, #04; Wed, 27)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'.
+--------------------------------------------------
+[New Topics]
+
+* jc/streaming-filter (2011-07-22) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-22 at 2081cd7)
+ + streaming: free git_istream upon closing
+
+A large leak found and plugged.
+Will merge to "master".
+
+* jn/gitweb-system-config (2011-07-24) 1 commit
+ - gitweb: Introduce common system-wide settings for convenience
+
+* js/ls-tree-error (2011-07-25) 2 commits
+ - Ensure git ls-tree exits with a non-zero exit code if read_tree_recursive fails.
+ - Add a test to check that git ls-tree sets non-zero exit code on error.
+
+* jc/merge-reword (2011-05-25) 2 commits
+ - merge: mark the final "Merge made by..." message for l10n
+ - merge: reword the final message
+
+Probably the topmost commit should be dropped.
+
+* jk/reset-reflog-message-fix (2011-07-22) 1 commit
+ - reset: give better reflog messages
+
+Will merge to "next".
+
+* jk/add-i-hunk-filter (2011-07-27) 5 commits
+ - add--interactive: add option to autosplit hunks
+ - add--interactive: allow negatation of hunk filters
+ - add--interactive: allow hunk filtering on command line
+ - add--interactive: factor out regex error handling
+ - add--interactive: refactor patch mode argument processing
+
+* mh/check-attr-listing (2011-07-27) 19 commits
+ - Rename struct git_attr_check to git_attr_value
+ - git-check-attr: Fix command-line handling to match docs
+ - git-check-attr: Drive two tests using the same raw data
+ - git-check-attr: Add an --all option to show all attributes
+ - git-check-attr: Error out if no pathnames are specified
+ - git-check-attr: Process command-line args more systematically
+ - git-check-attr: Handle each error separately
+ - git-check-attr: Extract a function error_with_usage()
+ - git-check-attr: Introduce a new variable
+ - git-check-attr: Extract a function output_attr()
+ - Allow querying all attributes on a file
+ - git-check-attr: Use git_attr_name()
+ - Provide access to the name attribute of git_attr
+ - git-check-attr: Add tests of command-line parsing
+ - git-check-attr: Add missing "&&"
+ - Disallow the empty string as an attribute name
+ - Remove anachronism from comment
+ - doc: Correct git_attr() calls in example code
+ - doc: Add a link from gitattributes(5) to git-check-attr(1)
+
--------------------------------------------------
[Graduated to "master"]
-* ak/gcc46-profile-feedback (2011-06-20) 3 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-01 at 81bc0a7)
- + Add explanation of the profile feedback build to the README
- + Add profile feedback build to git
- + Add option to disable NORETURN
-
-* jc/index-pack (2011-06-05) 9 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at 5062ba9)
- + verify-pack: use index-pack --verify
- + index-pack: show histogram when emulating "verify-pack -v"
- + index-pack: start learning to emulate "verify-pack -v"
- + index-pack: a miniscule refactor
- + index-pack --verify: read anomalous offsets from v2 idx file
- + write_idx_file: need_large_offset() helper function
- + index-pack: --verify
- + write_idx_file: introduce a struct to hold idx customization options
- + index-pack: group the delta-base array entries also by type
-
-* jc/submodule-sync-no-auto-vivify (2011-06-26) 2 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at b207ba3)
- + submodule add: always initialize .git/config entry
- + submodule sync: do not auto-vivify uninteresting submodule
-
-* jc/zlib-wrap (2011-06-10) 7 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at 77bcbdc)
- + zlib: allow feeding more than 4GB in one go
- + zlib: zlib can only process 4GB at a time
- + zlib: wrap deflateBound() too
- + zlib: wrap deflate side of the API
- + zlib: wrap inflateInit2 used to accept only for gzip format
- + zlib: wrap remaining calls to direct inflate/inflateEnd
- + zlib wrapper: refactor error message formatter
-
-We used to use zlib incorrectly and botched inflating/deflating data
-that is more than 4GB long on platforms with 64-bit ulong.
-
-* jk/archive-tar-filter (2011-06-22) 9 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at add3e7f)
- + upload-archive: allow user to turn off filters
- + archive: provide builtin .tar.gz filter
- + archive: implement configurable tar filters
- + archive: refactor file extension format-guessing
- + archive: move file extension format-guessing lower
- + archive: pass archiver struct to write_archive callback
- + archive: refactor list of archive formats
- + archive-tar: don't reload default config options
- + archive: reorder option parsing and config reading
-
-* jk/clone-cmdline-config (2011-06-22) 4 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at a022613)
- + clone: accept config options on the command line
- + config: make git_config_parse_parameter a public function
- + remote: use new OPT_STRING_LIST
- + parse-options: add OPT_STRING_LIST helper
- (this branch uses jk/maint-config-param.)
-
-* jk/maint-config-param (2011-06-22) 6 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at 2dce181)
- + config: use strbuf_split_str instead of a temporary strbuf
- + strbuf: allow strbuf_split to work on non-strbufs
- + config: avoid segfault when parsing command-line config
- + config: die on error in command-line config
- + fix "git -c" parsing of values with equals signs
- + strbuf_split: add a max parameter
- (this branch is used by jk/clone-cmdline-config.)
-
-* jk/tag-list-multiple-patterns (2011-06-20) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at 8db1bf0)
- + tag: accept multiple patterns for --list
-
-* jn/gitweb-split-header-html (2011-06-22) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at c60d9dc)
- + gitweb: Refactor git_header_html
-
-* jn/mime-type-with-params (2011-06-30) 2 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at 7caaf3b)
- + gitweb: Serve */*+xml 'blob_plain' as text/plain with $prevent_xss
- + gitweb: Serve text/* 'blob_plain' as text/plain with $prevent_xss
+* bw/log-all-ref-updates-doc (2011-07-12) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 31b80a8)
+ + Documentation: clearly specify what refs are honored by core.logAllRefUpdates
+
+* dc/stash-con-untracked (2011-06-26) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-13 at 9ed0d1d)
+ + stash: Add --include-untracked option to stash and remove all untracked files
+
+* dz/connect-error-report (2011-07-14) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at bf1c775)
+ + Do not log unless all connect() attempts fail
+
+* jc/checkout-reflog-fix (2011-07-06) 3 commits
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 5982cdd)
+ + Merge commit 'v1.7.6' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix
+ + Merge commit 'v1.7.0' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix
+ + Merge commit 'v1.6.0' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix
+ (this branch uses jc/maint-checkout-reflog-fix.)
+
+* jc/maint-checkout-reflog-fix (2011-07-06) 1 commit
+ + checkout: do not write bogus reflog entry out
+ (this branch is used by jc/checkout-reflog-fix.)
+
+* jc/maint-mergetool-read-fix (2011-07-01) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 2056a67)
+ + mergetool: check return value from read
+
+* jk/tag-contains-ab (2011-07-14) 5 commits
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 002a9d7)
+ + Revert clock-skew based attempt to optimize tag --contains traversal
+ + git skew: a tool to find how big a clock skew exists in the history
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at f9cf575)
+ + default core.clockskew variable to one day
+ + limit "contains" traversals based on commit timestamp
+ + tag: speed up --contains calculation
+ (this branch is tangled with jk/generation-numbers.)
+
+Reverted the commits near the tip.
+
+* jl/submodule-add-relurl-wo-upstream (2011-06-06) 3 commits
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-13 at f989abb)
+ + submodule add: clean up duplicated code
+ + submodule add: allow relative repository path even when no url is set
+ + submodule add: test failure when url is not configured in superproject
+
+* jn/gitweb-search (2011-06-22) 4 commits
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-13 at 455acdd)
+ + gitweb: Make git_search_* subroutines render whole pages
+ + gitweb: Clean up code in git_search_* subroutines
+ + gitweb: Split body of git_search into subroutines
+ + gitweb: Check permissions first in git_search
+
+* js/maint-add-path-stat-pwd (2011-07-11) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at c6fef9d)
+ + get_pwd_cwd(): Do not trust st_dev/st_ino blindly
+
+* ms/help-unknown (2011-07-08) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at d7976b4)
+ + help_unknown_cmd: do not propose an "unknown" cmd
+
+* mz/doc-rebase-abort (2011-07-13) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at a1a612c)
+ + rebase: clarify "restore the original branch"
+
+* mz/doc-synopsis-verse (2011-07-06) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 34d45e2)
+ + Documentation: use [verse] for SYNOPSIS sections
--------------------------------------------------
-[New Topics]
+[Stalled]
+
+* nk/branch-v-abbrev (2011-07-01) 1 commit
+ - branch -v: honor core.abbrev
+
+Perhaps needs an updated commit log message?
+
+* di/fast-import-doc (2011-07-13) 2 commits
+ - doc/fast-import: document feature import-marks-if-exists
+ - doc/fast-import: clarify notemodify command
+
+Comments from fast-import folks?
+
+* jh/receive-count-limit (2011-05-23) 10 commits
+ - receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushes with too many objects
+ - pack-objects: Estimate pack size; abort early if pack size limit is exceeded
+ - send-pack/receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushing too large packs
+ - pack-objects: Allow --max-pack-size to be used together with --stdout
+ - send-pack/receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushes with too many commits
+ - pack-objects: Teach new option --max-commit-count, limiting #commits in pack
+ - receive-pack: Prepare for addition of the new 'limit-*' family of capabilities
+ - Tighten rules for matching server capabilities in server_supports()
+ - send-pack: Attempt to retrieve remote status even if pack-objects fails
+ - Update technical docs to reflect side-band-64k capability in receive-pack
+
+Would need another round to separate per-pack and per-session limits.
+
+* jm/mergetool-pathspec (2011-06-22) 2 commits
+ - mergetool: Don't assume paths are unmerged
+ - mergetool: Add tests for filename with whitespace
+
+I think this is a good idea, but it probably needs a re-roll.
+Cf. $gmane/176254, 176255, 166256
+
+* jk/generation-numbers (2011-07-14) 7 commits
+ - limit "contains" traversals based on commit generation
+ - check commit generation cache validity against grafts
+ - pretty: support %G to show the generation number of a commit
+ - commit: add commit_generation function
+ - add metadata-cache infrastructure
+ - decorate: allow storing values instead of pointers
+ - Merge branch 'jk/tag-contains-ab' (early part) into HEAD
+
+The initial "tag --contains" de-pessimization without need for generation
+numbers is already in; backburnered.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Cooking]
* jc/maint-reset-unmerged-path (2011-07-13) 1 commit
(merged to 'next' on 2011-07-19 at bbc2d54)
+ reset [<commit>] paths...: do not mishandle unmerged paths
(this branch is used by jc/diff-index-refactor.)
+Will merge to "master".
+
* jc/diff-index-refactor (2011-07-13) 2 commits
- diff-lib: refactor run_diff_index() and do_diff_cache()
- diff-lib: simplify do_diff_cache()
(this branch uses sr/transport-helper-fix.)
* vi/make-test-vector-less-specific (2011-07-19) 1 commit
- - tests: cleanup binary test vector files
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 1973192)
+ + tests: cleanup binary test vector files
-* jk/http-auth-keyring (2011-07-20) 13 commits
+* jk/http-auth-keyring (2011-07-21) 14 commits
- credentials: add "getpass" helper
- credentials: add "store" helper
- credentials: add "cache" helper
- allow the user to configure credential helpers
- look for credentials in config before prompting
- http: use credential API to get passwords
+ - fixup! introduce credentials API
- introduce credentials API
- http: retry authentication failures for all http requests
- remote-curl: don't retry auth failures with dumb protocol
- improve httpd auth tests
- url: decode buffers that are not NUL-terminated
-* tc/minix (2011-07-20) 1 commit
- - Makefile: add Minix configuration options.
+Looked mostly reasonable except for the limitation that it is not clear
+how to deal with a site at which a user needs to use different passwords
+for different repositories.
---------------------------------------------------
-[Stalled]
-
-* jh/receive-count-limit (2011-05-23) 10 commits
- - receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushes with too many objects
- - pack-objects: Estimate pack size; abort early if pack size limit is exceeded
- - send-pack/receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushing too large packs
- - pack-objects: Allow --max-pack-size to be used together with --stdout
- - send-pack/receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushes with too many commits
- - pack-objects: Teach new option --max-commit-count, limiting #commits in pack
- - receive-pack: Prepare for addition of the new 'limit-*' family of capabilities
- - Tighten rules for matching server capabilities in server_supports()
- - send-pack: Attempt to retrieve remote status even if pack-objects fails
- - Update technical docs to reflect side-band-64k capability in receive-pack
-
-Would need another round to separate per-pack and per-session limits.
-
-* jm/mergetool-pathspec (2011-06-22) 2 commits
- - mergetool: Don't assume paths are unmerged
- - mergetool: Add tests for filename with whitespace
-
-I think this is a good idea, but it probably needs a re-roll.
-Cf. $gmane/176254, 176255, 166256
-
---------------------------------------------------
-[Cooking]
+* tc/minix (2011-07-20) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 36ad29f)
+ + Makefile: add Minix configuration options.
* sr/transport-helper-fix (2011-07-19) 21 commits
(merged to 'next' on 2011-07-19 at e1ef414)
+ transport-helper: fix minor leak in push_refs_with_export
(this branch is used by sr/transport-helper-fix-rfc.)
-* bw/log-all-ref-updates-doc (2011-07-12) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 31b80a8)
- + Documentation: clearly specify what refs are honored by core.logAllRefUpdates
+Will merge to "master".
-* di/fast-import-doc (2011-07-13) 2 commits
- - doc/fast-import: document feature import-marks-if-exists
- - doc/fast-import: clarify notemodify command
+* jk/clone-detached (2011-06-07) 4 commits
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 013d7d0)
+ + clone: always fetch remote HEAD
+ + make copy_ref globally available
+ + consider only branches in guess_remote_head
+ + t: add tests for cloning remotes with detached HEAD
-Comments from fast-import folks?
-
-* dz/connect-error-report (2011-07-14) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at bf1c775)
- + Do not log unless all connect() attempts fail
+Will merge to "master".
* jc/pack-order-tweak (2011-07-08) 2 commits
- - pack-objects: optimize "recency order"
- - core: log offset pack data accesses happened
-
-* jk/generation-numbers (2011-07-14) 8 commits
- - limit "contains" traversals based on commit generation
- - check commit generation cache validity against grafts
- - pretty: support %G to show the generation number of a commit
- - commit: add commit_generation function
- - add metadata-cache infrastructure
- - decorate: allow storing values instead of pointers
- - Merge branch 'jk/tag-contains-ab' (early part) into HEAD
- + tag: speed up --contains calculation
- (this branch is tangled with jk/tag-contains-ab.)
-
-* js/maint-add-path-stat-pwd (2011-07-11) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at c6fef9d)
- + get_pwd_cwd(): Do not trust st_dev/st_ino blindly
-
-* ms/help-unknown (2011-07-08) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at d7976b4)
- + help_unknown_cmd: do not propose an "unknown" cmd
-
-* mz/doc-rebase-abort (2011-07-13) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at a1a612c)
- + rebase: clarify "restore the original branch"
-
-* jc/maint-mergetool-read-fix (2011-07-01) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 2056a67)
- + mergetool: check return value from read
-
-* nk/branch-v-abbrev (2011-07-01) 1 commit
- - branch -v: honor core.abbrev
-
-Perhaps needs an updated commit log message?
-
-* jc/checkout-reflog-fix (2011-07-06) 3 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 5982cdd)
- + Merge commit 'v1.7.6' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix
- + Merge commit 'v1.7.0' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix
- + Merge commit 'v1.6.0' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix
- (this branch uses jc/maint-checkout-reflog-fix.)
-
-* jc/maint-checkout-reflog-fix (2011-07-06) 1 commit
- + checkout: do not write bogus reflog entry out
- (this branch is used by jc/checkout-reflog-fix.)
-
-* js/ref-namespaces (2011-07-14) 6 commits
- - t5509: (fixup) partial readability fix
- - ref namespaces: tests
- - ref namespaces: documentation
- - ref namespaces: Support remote repositories via upload-pack and receive-pack
- - ref namespaces: infrastructure
- - Fix prefix handling in ref iteration functions
-
-* mz/doc-synopsis-verse (2011-07-06) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 34d45e2)
- + Documentation: use [verse] for SYNOPSIS sections
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 1460c31)
+ + pack-objects: optimize "recency order"
+ + core: log offset pack data accesses happened
+
+* js/ref-namespaces (2011-07-21) 5 commits
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 5b7dcfe)
+ + ref namespaces: tests
+ + ref namespaces: documentation
+ + ref namespaces: Support remote repositories via upload-pack and receive-pack
+ + ref namespaces: infrastructure
+ + Fix prefix handling in ref iteration functions
* rc/histogram-diff (2011-07-12) 7 commits
- - xdiff/xprepare: use a smaller sample size for histogram diff
- - xdiff/xprepare: skip classification
- - teach --histogram to diff
- - t4033-diff-patience: factor out tests
- - xdiff/xpatience: factor out fall-back-diff function
- - xdiff/xprepare: refactor abort cleanups
- - xdiff/xprepare: use memset()
-
-* rr/revert-cherry-pick-continue (2011-07-19) 18 commits
+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 3351028)
+ + xdiff/xprepare: use a smaller sample size for histogram diff
+ + xdiff/xprepare: skip classification
+ + teach --histogram to diff
+ + t4033-diff-patience: factor out tests
+ + xdiff/xpatience: factor out fall-back-diff function
+ + xdiff/xprepare: refactor abort cleanups
+ + xdiff/xprepare: use memset()
+
+* rr/revert-cherry-pick-continue (2011-07-27) 18 commits
- revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operation
- revert: Don't implictly stomp pending sequencer operation
- revert: Remove sequencer state when no commits are pending
- config: Introduce functions to write non-standard file
- advice: Introduce error_resolve_conflict
-Getting very close, I would think...
-
-* dc/stash-con-untracked (2011-06-26) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-13 at 9ed0d1d)
- + stash: Add --include-untracked option to stash and remove all untracked files
-
-* jn/gitweb-search (2011-06-22) 4 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-13 at 455acdd)
- + gitweb: Make git_search_* subroutines render whole pages
- + gitweb: Clean up code in git_search_* subroutines
- + gitweb: Split body of git_search into subroutines
- + gitweb: Check permissions first in git_search
-
* en/merge-recursive (2011-07-14) 50 commits
- fixup! Do not assume that qsort is stable
- t3030: fix accidental success in symlink rename
- t6042: Add failing testcase for rename/modify/add-source conflict
- t6042: Add a testcase where git deletes an untracked file
-Looked at up to 29/48; looks basically sound.
-
-* jk/tag-contains-ab (2011-07-14) 5 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-14 at 002a9d7)
- + Revert clock-skew based attempt to optimize tag --contains traversal
- + git skew: a tool to find how big a clock skew exists in the history
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-05 at f9cf575)
- + default core.clockskew variable to one day
- + limit "contains" traversals based on commit timestamp
- + tag: speed up --contains calculation
- (this branch is tangled with jk/generation-numbers.)
-
-Reverted the commits near the tip.
-
-* jk/clone-detached (2011-06-07) 4 commits
- - clone: always fetch remote HEAD
- - make copy_ref globally available
- - consider only branches in guess_remote_head
- - t: add tests for cloning remotes with detached HEAD
-
-Somewhat involved bugfix. Seems to expose breakage in t5800 without the
-stalled "transport-helper-fix" series.
-
-* jl/submodule-add-relurl-wo-upstream (2011-06-06) 3 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-13 at f989abb)
- + submodule add: clean up duplicated code
- + submodule add: allow relative repository path even when no url is set
- + submodule add: test failure when url is not configured in superproject
+Looked at up to 38/48; looks basically sound.