From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 22:56:18 +0000 (-0800) Subject: What's cooking #3 of Nov 2008 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aea6d5b8430917e1ac78500f4a2aabc5bbee7ba4;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git What's cooking #3 of Nov 2008 --- diff --git a/whats/cooking/2008/11/03.txt b/whats/cooking/2008/11/03.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c3ae70d825 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2008/11/03.txt @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@ +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2008, #03; Sun, 09) +X-master-at: a9645b780b698703cd7dee25051d6ce39b0544c6 +X-next-at: aca556e49fea7423c223973632ed9b94c03b19eb + +What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2008, #03; Sun, 09) +-------------------------------------------------- + +Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed +with '-' are only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are +in 'next'. + +The topics list the commits in reverse chronological order. The topics +meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[New Topics] + +* jk/deny-push-to-current (Sat Nov 8 20:49:27 2008 -0500) 2 commits + + receive-pack: detect push to current branch of non-bare repo + + t5516: refactor oddball tests + +* dl/xdiff (Fri Nov 7 21:24:33 2008 -0800) 1 commit + + xdiff: give up scanning similar lines early + +This performance fix may eventually need to be cherry-picked to 'maint'. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Graduated to "master"] + +* cb/maint-update-ref-fix (Wed Nov 5 21:55:54 2008 +0100) 2 commits + + push: fix local refs update if already up-to-date + + do not force write of packed refs + +* rs/blame (Sat Oct 25 15:31:36 2008 +0200) 5 commits + + blame: use xdi_diff_hunks(), get rid of struct patch + + add xdi_diff_hunks() for callers that only need hunk lengths + + Allow alternate "low-level" emit function from xdl_diff + + Always initialize xpparam_t to 0 + + blame: inline get_patch() + +* ds/autoconf (Sun Oct 26 03:52:19 2008 -0800) 1 commit + + autoconf: Add link tests to each AC_CHECK_FUNC() test + +Attempts to help FreeBSD whose compiler does not error out when told to +compile a program that calls unavailable functions. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Actively Cooking] + +* gb/gitweb-snapshot-pathinfo (Sun Nov 2 10:21:39 2008 +0100) 3 commits + + gitweb: embed snapshot format parameter in PATH_INFO + + gitweb: retrieve snapshot format from PATH_INFO + + gitweb: make the supported snapshot formats array global + +Got sick of waiting for re-Ack. Merged to 'next'. + +* jn/gitweb-customlinks (Sun Oct 12 00:02:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + gitweb: Better processing format string in custom links in navbar + +Got sick of waiting for some sort of response from Pasky. Merged to 'next'. + +* st/tag (Wed Nov 5 00:20:36 2008 +0100) 2 commits + + tag: Add more tests about mixing incompatible modes and options + + tag: Check that options are only allowed in the appropriate mode + +* np/pack-safer (Sun Nov 9 13:11:06 2008 -0800) 11 commits + + t5303: fix printf format string for portability + + t5303: work around printf breakage in dash + + pack-objects: don't leak pack window reference when splitting + packs + + extend test coverage for latest pack corruption resilience + improvements + + pack-objects: allow "fixing" a corrupted pack without a full + repack + + make find_pack_revindex() aware of the nasty world + + make check_object() resilient to pack corruptions + + make packed_object_info() resilient to pack corruptions + + make unpack_object_header() non fatal + + better validation on delta base object offsets + + close another possibility for propagating pack corruption + +* mv/remote-rename (Mon Nov 3 19:26:18 2008 +0100) 1 commit + + Implement git remote rename + +* lt/decorate (Mon Nov 3 11:25:46 2008 -0800) 4 commits + + revision traversal: '--simplify-by-decoration' + + Make '--decorate' set an explicit 'show_decorations' flag + + revision: make tree comparison functions take commits rather than + trees + + Add a 'source' decorator for commits + +* ds/uintmax-config (Mon Nov 3 09:14:28 2008 -0900) 5 commits + - autoconf: Enable threaded delta search when pthreads are supported + + Add autoconf tests for pthreads + + Make Pthread link flags configurable + + Add Makefile check for FreeBSD 4.9-SECURITY + + Build: add NO_UINTMAX_T to support ancient systems + +I split the part that unconditionally enable threaded delta search on any +platform on which Pthread library is detected to be available from the +topmost one. + +* jk/diff-convfilter (Sun Oct 26 00:50:02 2008 -0400) 8 commits + + enable textconv for diff in verbose status/commit + + wt-status: load diff ui config + + only textconv regular files + + userdiff: require explicitly allowing textconv + + refactor userdiff textconv code + + add userdiff textconv tests + + document the diff driver textconv feature + + diff: add missing static declaration + +* jk/diff-convfilter-test-fix (Fri Oct 31 01:09:13 2008 -0400) 4 commits + + Avoid using non-portable `echo -n` in tests. + + add userdiff textconv tests + + document the diff driver textconv feature + + diff: add missing static declaration + +An update to the one above. + +* jc/blame (Wed Jun 4 22:58:40 2008 -0700) 2 commits + + blame: show "previous" information in --porcelain/--incremental + format + + git-blame: refactor code to emit "porcelain format" output + +* nd/narrow (Wed Oct 1 11:04:09 2008 +0700) 9 commits + - grep: skip files outside sparse checkout area + - checkout_entry(): CE_NO_CHECKOUT on checked out entries. + - Prevent diff machinery from examining worktree outside sparse + checkout + - ls-files: Add tests for --sparse and friends + - update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update + CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit + - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options + - ls-files: add options to support sparse checkout + - Introduce CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit + - Extend index to save more flags + +Early parts looked Ok; I am trying to find time to review the whole thing +but fixing bugs in topics from other people here and there took almost all +my time this weekend. Not good. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Dropped] + +* bc/maint-keep-pack (Mon Nov 3 14:43:22 2008 -0600) 3 commits + . pack-objects: honor '.keep' files + . packed_git: convert pack_local flag into a bitfield and add + pack_keep + . t7700: demonstrate mishandling of objects in packs with a .keep + file + +It seems this is better rethought from the design level. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[On Hold] + +* jc/send-pack-tell-me-more (Thu Mar 20 00:44:11 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - "git push": tellme-more protocol extension + +This seems to have a deadlock during communication between the peers. +Someone needs to pick up this topic and resolve the deadlock before it can +continue. + +* jk/renamelimit (Sat May 3 13:58:42 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - 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 hit due to tcl/tk's limitation, so I am holding +this back for now.