From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 04:44:16 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: What's cooking (2008/07 #04)
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What's cooking (2008/07 #04)
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diff --git a/whats-cooking.txt b/whats-cooking.txt
index c646f43d62..e0fe6aa8d8 100644
--- a/whats-cooking.txt
+++ b/whats-cooking.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2008, issue #03; Mon, 07)
+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2008, issue #04; Wed, 09)
 
-What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2008, issue #03; Mon, 07)
+What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2008, issue #04; Wed, 09)
 --------------------------------------------------------
 
 Here are the topics that have been cooking.  Commits prefixed
@@ -11,25 +11,20 @@ The topics list the commits in reverse chronological order.  The topics
 meant to be applied to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their
 names.
 
-It already is beginning to become clear what 1.6.0 will look like.  Wha=
-t's
+It already is beginning to become clear what 1.6.0 will look like.  What's
 already in 'next' all are well intentioned (I do not guarantee they are
-already bug-free --- that is what cooking them in 'next' is for) and ar=
-e
+already bug-free --- that is what cooking them in 'next' is for) and are
 good set of feature enhancements.  Bigger changes will be:
 
  * Port for MinGW.
 
  * With the default Makefile settings, most of the programs will be
-   installed outside your $PATH, except for "git", "gitk", "git-gui" an=
-d
+   installed outside your $PATH, except for "git", "gitk", "git-gui" and
    some server side programs that need to be accessible for technical
    reasons.  Invoking a git subcommand as "git-xyzzy" from the command
-   line has been deprecated since early 2006 (and officially announced =
-in
+   line has been deprecated since early 2006 (and officially announced in
    1.5.4 release notes); use of them from your scripts after adding
-   output from "git --exec-path" to the $PATH will still be supported i=
-n
+   output from "git --exec-path" to the $PATH will still be supported in
    1.6.0, but users are again strongly encouraged to adjust their
    scripts to use "git xyzzy" form, as we will stop installing
    "git-xyzzy" hardlinks for built-in commands in later releases.
@@ -47,56 +42,51 @@ n
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 [New Topics]
 
-* jc/rebase-orig-head (Mon Jul 7 00:16:38 2008 -0700) 1 commit
- + Teach "am" and "rebase" to mark the original position with
-   ORIG_HEAD
+* xx/merge-in-c-into-next (Wed Jul 9 13:51:46 2008 -0700) 4 commits
+ + Teach git-merge -X<option> again.
+ + Merge branch 'jc/merge-theirs' into xx/merge-in-c-into-next
+ + builtin-merge.c: use parse_options_step() "incremental parsing"
+   machinery
+ + Merge branch 'ph/parseopt-step-blame' into xx/merge-in-c-into-next
 
-* sb/sequencer (Tue Jul 1 04:38:34 2008 +0200) 4 commits
- . Migrate git-am to use git-sequencer
- . Add git-sequencer test suite (t3350)
- . Add git-sequencer prototype documentation
- . Add git-sequencer shell prototype
+I've described what this is in a separate message.
 
-* js/pick-root (Fri Jul 4 16:19:52 2008 +0100) 1 commit
- + Allow cherry-picking root commits
+* jc/branch-merged (Tue Jul 8 17:55:47 2008 -0700) 3 commits
+ + branch --merged/--no-merged: allow specifying arbitrary commit
+ + branch --contains: default to HEAD
+ + parse-options: add PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT flag
 
-* ab/bundle (Sat Jul 5 17:26:40 2008 -0400) 1 commit
- + Teach git-bundle to read revision arguments from stdin like git-
-   rev-list.
+This builds on top of the parse-options enhancement series that
+has been cooking in 'next' for some time.
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-[Will merge to master soon]
+* rs/imap (Wed Jul 9 22:29:02 2008 +0100) 5 commits
+ + Documentation: Improve documentation for git-imap-send(1)
+ + imap-send.c: more style fixes
+ + imap-send.c: style fixes
+ + git-imap-send: Support SSL
+ + git-imap-send: Allow the program to be run from subdirectories of
+   a git tree
 
-* js/apply-root (Sun Jul 6 18:36:01 2008 -0700) 3 commits
- + git-apply --directory: make --root more similar to GNU diff
- + apply --root: thinkofix.
- + Teach "git apply" to prepend a prefix with "--root=3D<root>"
+* om/rerere-careful (Mon Jul 7 14:42:48 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+ + builtin-rerere: more carefully find conflict markers
 
-* jc/reflog-expire (Sat Jun 28 22:24:49 2008 -0700) 2 commits
- + Make default expiration period of reflog used for stash infinite
- + Per-ref reflog expiry configuration
-
-As 1.6.0 will be a good time to make backward incompatible changes, the
-tip commit makes the default expiry period of stash 'never', unless you
-configure them to expire explicitly using gc.refs/stash.* variables.
-Needs consensus, but I am guessing that enough people would want stash
-that does not expire.
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Will merge to master soon]
 
-* jk/pager-config (Thu Jul 3 07:46:57 2008 -0400) 1 commit
- + Allow per-command pager config
+* js/pick-root (Fri Jul 4 16:19:52 2008 +0100) 1 commit
+ + Allow cherry-picking root commits
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-[Actively Cooking]
+* ab/bundle (Sat Jul 5 17:26:40 2008 -0400) 1 commit
+ + Teach git-bundle to read revision arguments from stdin like git-
+   rev-list.
 
-* sg/stash-k-i (Fri Jun 27 16:37:15 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+* sg/stash-k-i (Tue Jul 8 00:40:56 2008 -0700) 2 commits
+ + Documentation: tweak use case in "git stash save --keep-index"
  + stash: introduce 'stash save --keep-index' option
 
-One weakness of our "partial commit" workflow support used to be that t=
-he
-user can incrementally build what is to be committed in the index but t=
-hat
-state cannot be tested as a whole in the working tree.  This allows you=
- to
+One weakness of our "partial commit" workflow support used to be that the
+user can incrementally build what is to be committed in the index but that
+state cannot be tested as a whole in the working tree.  This allows you to
 temporarily stash the remaining changes in the working tree so that the
 index state before running "stash save --keep-index" can be seen in the
 working tree to be tested and then committed.
@@ -122,10 +112,42 @@ Adds 'e/dit' action to interactive add command.
  + git-status: show the remote tracking statistics
  + Refactor "tracking statistics" code used by "git checkout"
 
-Makes the "your branch is ahead of the tracked one by N commits" logic =
-and
+Makes the "your branch is ahead of the tracked one by N commits" logic and
 messages available to other commands; status and branch are updated.
 
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Actively Cooking]
+
+* jc/rebase-orig-head (Tue Jul 8 00:12:22 2008 -0400) 2 commits
+ + Documentation: mention ORIG_HEAD in am, merge, and rebase
+ + Teach "am" and "rebase" to mark the original position with
+   ORIG_HEAD
+
+* ph/parseopt-step-blame (Wed Jul 9 23:38:34 2008 +0200) 18 commits
+ + revisions: refactor handle_revision_opt into parse_revision_opt.
+ + git-shortlog: migrate to parse-options partially.
+ + git-blame: fix lapsus
+ + git-blame: migrate to incremental parse-option [2/2]
+ + git-blame: migrate to incremental parse-option [1/2]
+ + revisions: split handle_revision_opt() from setup_revisions()
+ + Merge branch 'jc/blame' (early part) into HEAD
+ + parse-opt: add PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0 parser option.
+ + parse-opt: fake short strings for callers to believe in.
+ + parse-opt: do not print errors on unknown options, return -2
+   intead.
+ + parse-opt: create parse_options_step.
+ + parse-opt: Export a non NORETURN usage dumper.
+ + parse-opt: have parse_options_{start,end}.
+ + git-blame --reverse
+ + builtin-blame.c: allow more than 16 parents
+ + builtin-blame.c: move prepare_final() into a separate function.
+ + rev-list --children
+ + revision traversal: --children option
+
+Became active again ;-) This probably is ready for 'master' already,
+except for the last two which I only looked at the patch and have not
+used heavily in production yet.
+
 * jc/merge-theirs (Mon Jun 30 22:18:57 2008 -0700) 5 commits
  + Make "subtree" part more orthogonal to the rest of merge-
    recursive.
@@ -134,23 +156,14 @@ messages available to other commands; status and branch are updated.
  + git-merge-recursive-{ours,theirs}
  + git-merge-file --ours, --theirs
 
-Punting a merge by discarding your own work in conflicting parts but st=
-ill
-salvaging the parts that are cleanly automerged.  It is likely that thi=
-s
-will result in nonsense mishmash, but somehow often people want this, s=
-o
-here they are.  The interface to the backends is updated so that you ca=
-n
-say "git merge -Xours -Xsubtree=3Dfoo/bar/baz -s recursive other" now.
-
-The -X<option> part may change, Dscho mentions that a single-letter -X
-that take stuck option is against syntax rules, and I think he's right.
-
-This is more "because we can", not "because we need to".
+Punting a merge by discarding your own work in conflicting parts but still
+salvaging the parts that are cleanly automerged.  It is likely that this
+will result in nonsense mishmash, but somehow often people want this, so
+here they are.  The interface to the backends is updated so that you can
+say "git merge -Xours -Xsubtree=foo/bar/baz -s recursive other" now.
 
 * mv/merge-in-c (Mon Jul 7 19:24:20 2008 +0200) 15 commits
- - Build in merge
+ + Build in merge
  + Fix t7601-merge-pull-config.sh on AIX
  + git-commit-tree: make it usable from other builtins
  + Add new test case to ensure git-merge prepends the custom merge
@@ -172,32 +185,23 @@ This is more "because we can", not "because we need to".
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 [Graduated to "master"]
 
-* js/import-zip (Mon Jun 30 19:50:44 2008 +0100) 1 commit
- + Add another fast-import example, this time for .zip files
-
-* db/no-git-config (Mon Jun 30 03:37:47 2008 -0400) 1 commit
- + Only use GIT_CONFIG in "git config", not other programs
-
-* dr/ceiling (Mon May 19 23:49:34 2008 -0700) 4 commits
- + Eliminate an unnecessary chdir("..")
- + Add support for GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES
- + Fold test-absolute-path into test-path-utils
- + Implement normalize_absolute_path
-
-* jc/rerere (Sun Jun 22 02:04:31 2008 -0700) 5 commits
- + rerere.autoupdate
- + t4200: fix rerere test
- + rerere: remove dubious "tail_optimization"
- + git-rerere: detect unparsable conflicts
- + rerere: rerere_created_at() and has_resolution() abstraction
+* js/apply-root (Sun Jul 6 18:36:01 2008 -0700) 3 commits
+ + git-apply --directory: make --root more similar to GNU diff
+ + apply --root: thinkofix.
+ + Teach "git apply" to prepend a prefix with "--root=<root>"
 
-A new configuration will allow paths that have been resolved cleanly by
-rerere to be updated in the index automatically.
+* jc/reflog-expire (Sat Jun 28 22:24:49 2008 -0700) 2 commits
+ + Make default expiration period of reflog used for stash infinite
+ + Per-ref reflog expiry configuration
 
-* js/maint-daemon-syslog (Thu Jul 3 16:27:24 2008 +0100) 1 commit
- + git daemon: avoid calling syslog() from a signal handler
+As 1.6.0 will be a good time to make backward incompatible changes, the
+tip commit makes the default expiry period of stash 'never', unless you
+configure them to expire explicitly using gc.refs/stash.* variables.
+Needs consensus, but I am guessing that enough people would want stash
+that does not expire.
 
-Meant for 'maint' as well.
+* jk/pager-config (Thu Jul 3 07:46:57 2008 -0400) 1 commit
+ + Allow per-command pager config
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 [On Hold]
@@ -206,11 +210,9 @@ Meant for 'maint' as well.
  + merge: remove deprecated summary and diffstat options and config
    variables
 
-This was previously in "will be in master soon" category, but it turns =
-out
+This was previously in "will be in master soon" category, but it turns out
 that the synonyms to the ones this one deletes are fairly new invention
-that happend in 1.5.6 timeframe, and we cannot do this just yet.  Perha=
-ps
+that happend in 1.5.6 timeframe, and we cannot do this just yet.  Perhaps
 in 1.7.0.
 
 * jc/dashless (Thu Jun 26 16:43:34 2008 -0700) 2 commits
@@ -225,41 +227,28 @@ timeframe.
  - diff: enable "too large a rename" warning when -M/-C is explicitly
    asked for
 
-This would be the right thing to do for command line use, but gitk will=
- be
+This would be the right thing to do for command line use, but gitk will be
 hit due to tcl/tk's limitation, so I am holding this back for now.
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 [Stalled/Needs more work]
 
+* sb/sequencer (Tue Jul 1 04:38:34 2008 +0200) 4 commits
+ . Migrate git-am to use git-sequencer
+ . Add git-sequencer test suite (t3350)
+ . Add git-sequencer prototype documentation
+ . Add git-sequencer shell prototype
+
 * jc/grafts (Wed Jul 2 17:14:12 2008 -0700) 1 commit
  - [BROKEN wrt shallow clones] Ignore graft during object transfer
 
 Cloning or fetching from a repository from grafts did not send objects
-that are hidden by grafts, but the commits in the resulting repository =
-do
+that are hidden by grafts, but the commits in the resulting repository do
 need these to pass fsck.  This fixes object transfer to ignore grafts.
 
 Another fix is needed to git-prune so that it ignores grafts but treats
 commits that are mentioned in grafts as reachable.
 
-* ph/parseopt-step-blame (Tue Jun 24 11:12:12 2008 +0200) 7 commits
- - Migrate git-blame to parse-option partially.
- + parse-opt: add PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0 parser option.
- + parse-opt: fake short strings for callers to believe in.
- + parse-opt: do not print errors on unknown options, return -2
-   intead.
- + parse-opt: create parse_options_step.
- + parse-opt: Export a non NORETURN usage dumper.
- + parse-opt: have parse_options_{start,end}.
-
-I recall Pierre said something about cleaning up the last one when he
-finds time, but other than that vague recollection, I lost track of thi=
-s
-series.  I am tempted to fork a few topics off of the pen=C3=BAltimo on=
-e to
-convert a few more commands as examples and merge the result to 'next'.
-
 * jc/blame (Wed Jun 4 22:58:40 2008 -0700) 7 commits
  - blame: show "previous" information in --porcelain/--incremental
    format
@@ -270,16 +259,12 @@ convert a few more commands as examples and merge the result to 'next'.
  + rev-list --children
  + revision traversal: --children option
 
-The blame that finds where each line in the original lines moved to.  T=
-his
-may help a GSoC project that wants to gather statistical overview of th=
-e
-history.  The final presentation may need tweaking (see the log message=
- of
+The blame that finds where each line in the original lines moved to.  This
+may help a GSoC project that wants to gather statistical overview of the
+history.  The final presentation may need tweaking (see the log message of
 the commit ""git-blame --reverse" on the series).
 
 The tip two commits are for peeling to see what's behind the blamed
-commit, which we should be able to separate out into an independent top=
-ic
+commit, which we should be able to separate out into an independent topic
 from the rest.