From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 23:41:01 +0000 (-0700) Subject: What's cooking (2011/09 #02) X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c8c4b34bb2a9d71ca32e5b4217e229c00acd9fef;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git What's cooking (2011/09 #02) --- diff --git a/whats-cooking.txt b/whats-cooking.txt index 084c10d852..ec341994f9 100644 --- a/whats-cooking.txt +++ b/whats-cooking.txt @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ To: git@vger.kernel.org -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2011, #01; Fri, 2) -X-master-at: b32128793de296348a565e8f7c4257ec82208a48 -X-next-at: be4d2450c3dc8f2570ac5b51987d355b67eef11a +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2011, #02; Tue, 6) +X-master-at: 50963badbcfe2693d7a51ace3079c6b48ec52f01 +X-next-at: 7931f38a2fd882b0f75a4d6f0eb60c3b1b094178 -What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2011, #01; Fri, 2) +What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2011, #02; Tue, 6) -------------------------------------------------- Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are @@ -15,14 +15,120 @@ patches for new features and fixes to longstanding issues will stay in 'pu' or 'next' until the 1.7.7 final. -------------------------------------------------- -[New Topics] +[Graduated to "master"] + +* cb/maint-ls-files-error-report (2011-08-28) 1 commit + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at b606e19) + + t3005: do not assume a particular order of stdout and stderr of git-ls-files * mh/check-ref-format-print-normalize (2011-08-27) 2 commits (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at e827410) + Forbid DEL characters in reference names + check-ref-format --print: Normalize refnames that start with slashes -Will merge to "master". +* rc/histogram-diff (2011-08-31) 1 commit + (merged to 'next' on 2011-09-02 at be4d245) + + xdiff/xprepare: initialise xdlclassifier_t cf in xdl_prepare_env() + +-------------------------------------------------- +[New Topics] + +* cb/common-prefix-unification (2011-09-06) 3 commits + - rename pathspec_prefix() to common_prefix() and move to dir.[ch] + - consolidate pathspec_prefix and common_prefix + - remove prefix argument from pathspec_prefix + +* cb/maint-quiet-push (2011-09-05) 4 commits + . t5541: avoid TAP test miscounting + . push: old receive-pack does not understand --quiet + . fix push --quiet via http + . tests for push --quiet + +Dropped for rerolling after 1.7.7 cycle. + +* cb/send-email-help (2011-09-05) 1 commit + - send-email: add option -h + +* jc/fetch-pack-fsck-objects (2011-09-04) 3 commits + - test: fetch/receive with fsckobjects + - transfer.fsckobjects: unify fetch/receive.fsckobjects + - fetch.fsckobjects: verify downloaded objects + +* jc/receive-verify (2011-09-02) 3 commits + - receive-pack: check connectivity before concluding "git push" + - check_everything_connected(): libify + - check_everything_connected(): refactor to use an iterator + (this branch uses jc/fetch-verify, jc/fetch-verify and jc/traverse-commit-list.) + +* tr/doc-note-rewrite (2011-09-05) 1 commit + - Documentation: "on for all" configuration of notes.rewriteRef + +* jc/request-pull-show-head (2011-09-06) 1 commit + - State what commit to expect in request-pull + +* jn/maint-http-error-message (2011-09-06) 2 commits + - http: avoid empty error messages for some curl errors + - http: remove extra newline in error message + +-------------------------------------------------- +[Stalled] + +* jk/add-i-hunk-filter (2011-07-27) 5 commits + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 8ff9a56) + + 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 + +Needs documentation updates, tests, and integration with the higher level +callers, e.g. "git add -p". + +* 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. + +* sr/transport-helper-fix-rfc (2011-07-19) 2 commits + - t5800: point out that deleting branches does not work + - t5800: document inability to push new branch with old content + +* po/cygwin-backslash (2011-08-05) 2 commits + - On Cygwin support both UNIX and DOS style path-names + - git-compat-util: add generic find_last_dir_sep that respects is_dir_sep + +I think a further refactoring (no, not my suggestion) was offered? + +-------------------------------------------------- +[Cooking] * bk/ancestry-path (2011-08-25) 3 commits (merged to 'next' on 2011-09-02 at d05ba5d) @@ -89,12 +195,6 @@ Not urgent; will not be in 1.7.7. Not urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle. -* cb/maint-ls-files-error-report (2011-08-28) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at b606e19) - + t3005: do not assume a particular order of stdout and stderr of git-ls-files - -Will merge to "master". - * da/make-auto-header-dependencies (2011-08-30) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2011-09-02 at e04a4af) + Makefile: Improve compiler header dependency check @@ -143,390 +243,23 @@ Not urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle. What the topic aims to achieve may make sense, but the implementation looked somewhat suboptimal. -* jc/fetch-verify (2011-09-01) 4 commits - - NEEDSWORK: rev-list --verify-objects: run fsck_objects() on all objects listed +* jc/fetch-verify (2011-09-01) 3 commits - fetch: verify we have everything we need before updating our ref - rev-list --verify-object - list-objects: pass callback data to show_objects() - (this branch uses jc/traverse-commit-list.) + (this branch is used by jc/receive-verify and jc/receive-verify; uses jc/traverse-commit-list.) Make "git fetch" verify what it received a bit more carefully before updating the refs in the receiving end. Not urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle. -* rc/histogram-diff (2011-08-31) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-09-02 at be4d245) - + xdiff/xprepare: initialise xdlclassifier_t cf in xdl_prepare_env() - -Will merge to "master". - --------------------------------------------------- -[Graduated to "master"] - -* ac/describe-dirty-refresh (2011-08-11) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at b873611) - + describe: Refresh the index when run with --dirty - -* bc/bisect-test-use-shell-path (2011-08-30) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at c090151) - + t6030: use $SHELL_PATH to invoke user's preferred shell instead of bare sh - -* bg/t5540-osx-grep (2011-08-28) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 894af05) - + t5540-http-test: shorten grep pattern - -* bw/doc-repo-layout (2011-08-23) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at 605c730) - + Mark http-fetch without -a as deprecated - + Documentation: Grammar correction, wording fixes and cleanup - -* ci/forbid-unwanted-current-branch-update (2011-08-22) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at 1e93b67) - + Show interpreted branch name in error messages - + Prevent force-updating of the current branch - -* da/difftool-mergtool-refactor (2011-08-19) 4 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at a1cc3be) - + mergetools/meld: Use '--output' when available - + mergetool--lib: Refactor tools into separate files - + mergetool--lib: Make style consistent with git - + difftool--helper: Make style consistent with git - -* di/fast-import-blob-tweak (2011-08-22) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at 52eef2a) - + fast-import: treat cat-blob as a delta base hint for next blob - + fast-import: count and report # of calls to diff_delta in stats - -* di/fast-import-deltified-tree (2011-08-14) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at ee30265) - + fast-import: prevent producing bad delta - + fast-import: add a test for tree delta base corruption - -* di/fast-import-doc (2011-08-17) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at dab4088) - + doc/fast-import: document feature import-marks-if-exists - -* di/fast-import-ident (2011-08-11) 5 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at 9b86391) - + fsck: improve committer/author check - + fsck: add a few committer name tests - + fast-import: check committer name more strictly - + fast-import: don't fail on omitted committer name - + fast-import: add input format tests - -* di/fast-import-tagging (2011-08-23) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at 67e0937) - + fast-import: allow to tag newly created objects - + fast-import: add tests for tagging blobs - -* di/parse-options-split (2011-08-11) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at 6cd667f) - + Reduce parse-options.o dependencies - + parse-options: export opterr, optbug - -* en/merge-recursive-2 (2011-08-14) 57 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at ba6ad0d) - + merge-recursive: Don't re-sort a list whose order we depend upon - + merge-recursive: Fix virtual merge base for rename/rename(1to2)/add-dest - + t6036: criss-cross + rename/rename(1to2)/add-dest + simple modify - + merge-recursive: Avoid unnecessary file rewrites - + t6022: Additional tests checking for unnecessary updates of files - + merge-recursive: Fix spurious 'refusing to lose untracked file...' messages - + t6022: Add testcase for spurious "refusing to lose untracked" messages - + t3030: fix accidental success in symlink rename - + merge-recursive: Fix working copy handling for rename/rename/add/add - + merge-recursive: add handling for rename/rename/add-dest/add-dest - + merge-recursive: Have conflict_rename_delete reuse modify/delete code - + merge-recursive: Make modify/delete handling code reusable - + merge-recursive: Consider modifications in rename/rename(2to1) conflicts - + merge-recursive: Create function for merging with branchname:file markers - + merge-recursive: Record more data needed for merging with dual renames - + merge-recursive: Defer rename/rename(2to1) handling until process_entry - + merge-recursive: Small cleanups for conflict_rename_rename_1to2 - + merge-recursive: Fix rename/rename(1to2) resolution for virtual merge base - + merge-recursive: Introduce a merge_file convenience function - + merge-recursive: Fix modify/delete resolution in the recursive case - + merge-recursive: When we detect we can skip an update, actually skip it - + merge-recursive: Provide more info in conflict markers with file renames - + merge-recursive: Cleanup and consolidation of rename_conflict_info - + merge-recursive: Consolidate process_entry() and process_df_entry() - + merge-recursive: Improve handling of rename target vs. directory addition - + merge-recursive: Add comments about handling rename/add-source cases - + merge-recursive: Make dead code for rename/rename(2to1) conflicts undead - + merge-recursive: Fix deletion of untracked file in rename/delete conflicts - + merge-recursive: Split update_stages_and_entry; only update stages at end - + merge-recursive: Allow make_room_for_path() to remove D/F entries - + string-list: Add API to remove an item from an unsorted list - + merge-recursive: Split was_tracked() out of would_lose_untracked() - + merge-recursive: Save D/F conflict filenames instead of unlinking them - + merge-recursive: Fix code checking for D/F conflicts still being present - + merge-recursive: Fix sorting order and directory change assumptions - + merge-recursive: Fix recursive case with D/F conflict via add/add conflict - + merge-recursive: Avoid working directory changes during recursive case - + merge-recursive: Remember to free generated unique path names - + merge-recursive: Consolidate different update_stages functions - + merge-recursive: Mark some diff_filespec struct arguments const - + merge-recursive: Correct a comment - + merge-recursive: Make BUG message more legible by adding a newline - + t6022: Add testcase for merging a renamed file with a simple change - + t6022: New tests checking for unnecessary updates of files - + t6022: Remove unnecessary untracked files to make test cleaner - + t6036: criss-cross + rename/rename(1to2)/add-source + modify/modify - + t6036: criss-cross w/ rename/rename(1to2)/modify+rename/rename(2to1)/modify - + t6036: tests for criss-cross merges with various directory/file conflicts - + t6036: criss-cross with weird content can fool git into clean merge - + t6036: Add differently resolved modify/delete conflict in criss-cross test - + t6042: Add failing testcases for rename/rename/add-{source,dest} conflicts - + t6042: Ensure rename/rename conflicts leave index and workdir in sane state - + t6042: Add tests for content issues with modify/rename/directory conflicts - + t6042: Add a testcase where undetected rename causes silent file deletion - + t6042: Add a pair of cases where undetected renames cause issues - + t6042: Add failing testcase for rename/modify/add-source conflict - + t6042: Add a testcase where git deletes an untracked file - -I've taken advantage of the end-of-summer lull and reproduced all 16000+ -two-head merges in the Linux kernel repository with and without this -series to make sure they get the identical results (either cleanly merged, -or getting conflicted the same way). - -* fg/submodule-ff-check-before-push (2011-08-20) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at 398e764) - + push: Don't push a repository with unpushed submodules - (this branch is used by hv/submodule-merge-search.) - -This is only the "check" part, which was sensible. The "auto-push" patch -has been moved to its own topic. - -* fk/use-kwset-pickaxe-grep-f (2011-08-28) 6 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-28 at 3be2039) - + obstack: Fix portability issues - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at 93ba509) - + Use kwset in grep - + Use kwset in pickaxe - + Adapt the kwset code to Git - + Add string search routines from GNU grep - + Add obstack.[ch] from EGLIBC 2.10 - -* gb/maint-am-patch-format-error-message (2011-08-29) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at ed01a1d) - + am: format is in $patch_format, not parse_patch - -* gb/maint-am-stgit-author-to-from-fix (2011-08-29) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 0740010) - + am: fix stgit patch mangling - -* jc/clean-exclude-doc (2011-08-28) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 79dd173) - + Documentation: clarify "git clean -e " - -* jc/combine-diff-callback (2011-08-20) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at 9f9b42d) - + combine-diff: support format_callback - (this branch is used by fg/submodule-ff-check-before-push and hv/submodule-merge-search.) - -* jc/maint-autofix-tag-in-head (2011-08-19) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at 18cee02) - + commit: reduce use of redundant global variables - -* jc/maint-clone-alternates (2011-08-23) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at 7280deb) - + clone: clone from a repository with relative alternates - + clone: allow more than one --reference - -* jc/merge-reword (2011-05-25) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at aa5cf7b) - + merge: reword the final message - -* jk/color-and-pager (2011-08-19) 10 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at cbb9495) - + want_color: automatically fallback to color.ui - + diff: don't load color config in plumbing - + config: refactor get_colorbool function - + color: delay auto-color decision until point of use - + git_config_colorbool: refactor stdout_is_tty handling - + diff: refactor COLOR_DIFF from a flag into an int - + setup_pager: set GIT_PAGER_IN_USE - + t7006: use test_config helpers - + test-lib: add helper functions for config - + t7006: modernize calls to unset - (this branch is used by jk/pager-with-alias and jk/pager-with-external-command.) - -* jk/pager-with-external-command (2011-08-19) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at 083f5da) - + support pager.* for external commands - (this branch is used by jk/pager-with-alias and jk/pager-with-alias; uses jk/color-and-pager.) - -* jn/plug-empty-tree-leak (2011-08-16) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at aee2184) - + merge-recursive: take advantage of hardcoded empty tree - + revert: plug memory leak in "cherry-pick root commit" codepath - -* js/i18n-scripts (2011-08-08) 5 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at a1b5529) - + submodule: take advantage of gettextln and eval_gettextln. - + stash: take advantage of eval_gettextln - + pull: take advantage of eval_gettextln - + git-am: take advantage of gettextln and eval_gettextln. - + gettext: add gettextln, eval_gettextln to encode common idiom - -* js/i18n-scripts-2 (2011-08-30) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 5a144a2) - + bisect: take advantage of gettextln, eval_gettextln. - -* mg/branch-set-upstream-previous (2011-08-19) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at acef0b6) - + branch.c: use the parsed branch name - -* mg/maint-notes-C-doc (2011-08-25) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 6f3281a) - + git-notes.txt: clarify -C vs. copy and -F - -* mh/attr (2011-08-14) 7 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at 22faa6e) - + Unroll the loop over passes - + Change while loop into for loop - + Determine the start of the states outside of the pass loop - + Change parse_attr() to take a pointer to struct attr_state - + Increment num_attr in parse_attr_line(), not parse_attr() - + Document struct match_attr - + Add a file comment - -* ms/daemon-timeout-is-in-seconds (2011-08-28) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 2462eb0) - + git-daemon.txt: specify --timeout in seconds - -* nd/decorate-grafts (2011-08-25) 6 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-25 at 44967e7) - + log: Do not decorate replacements with --no-replace-objects - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at 475d27e) - + log: decorate "replaced" on to replaced commits - + log: decorate grafted commits with "grafted" - + Move write_shallow_commits to fetch-pack.c - + Add for_each_commit_graft() to iterate all grafts - + decoration: do not mis-decorate refs with same prefix - -* nd/maint-clone-gitdir (2011-08-22) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at cbf052b) - + clone: allow to clone from .git file - + read_gitfile_gently(): rename misnamed function to read_gitfile() - -* nk/branch-v-abbrev (2011-07-01) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at e9152cf) - + branch -v: honor core.abbrev - (this branch is used by mg/branch-list.) - -* rc/diff-cleanup-records (2011-08-17) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-23 at b8414f5) - + Merge branch 'rc/histogram-diff' into HEAD - + xdiff/xprepare: improve O(n*m) performance in xdl_cleanup_records() - -* tr/maint-format-patch-empty-output (2011-08-29) 4 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 078c522) - + Document negated forms of format-patch --to --cc --add-headers - + t4014: "no-add-headers" is actually called "no-add-header" - + t4014: invoke format-patch with --stdout where intended - + t4014: check for empty files from git format-patch --stdout - -* tr/maint-ident-to-git-memmove (2011-08-29) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 9395a9b) - + Use memmove in ident_to_git - -* tr/maint-strbuf-grow-nul-termination (2011-08-29) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at dc87192) - + strbuf_grow(): maintain nul-termination even for new buffer - -* tr/maint-t3903-misquoted-command (2011-08-30) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at f533857) - + t3903: fix misquoted rev-parse invocation - -* va/p4-branch-import (2011-08-22) 4 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at f67f8af) - + git-p4: Add simple test case for branch import - + git-p4: Allow branch definition with git config - + git-p4: Allow filtering Perforce branches by user - + git-p4: Correct branch base depot path detection - (this branch uses va/p4-rename-copy.) - -* va/p4-branch-import-test-update (2011-08-29) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 5c54fb3) - + git-p4: simple branch tests edits - -* va/p4-rename-copy (2011-08-22) 5 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at f1faa94) - + git-p4: Process detectCopiesHarder with --bool - + git-p4: Add test case for copy detection - + git-p4: Add test case for rename detection - + git-p4: Add description of rename/copy detection options - + git-p4: Allow setting rename/copy detection threshold - (this branch is used by va/p4-branch-import.) - --------------------------------------------------- -[Stalled] - -* jk/add-i-hunk-filter (2011-07-27) 5 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 8ff9a56) - + 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 - -Needs documentation updates, tests, and integration with the higher level -callers, e.g. "git add -p". - -* 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. - -* sr/transport-helper-fix-rfc (2011-07-19) 2 commits - - t5800: point out that deleting branches does not work - - t5800: document inability to push new branch with old content - -* po/cygwin-backslash (2011-08-05) 2 commits - - On Cygwin support both UNIX and DOS style path-names - - git-compat-util: add generic find_last_dir_sep that respects is_dir_sep - -I think a further refactoring (no, not my suggestion) was offered? - --------------------------------------------------- -[Cooking] - * jc/traverse-commit-list (2011-08-22) 3 commits (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-24 at df50dd7) + revision.c: update show_object_with_name() without using malloc() + revision.c: add show_object_with_name() helper function + rev-list: fix finish_object() call - (this branch is used by jc/fetch-verify.) + (this branch is used by jc/fetch-verify and jc/receive-verify.) Not urgent; will not be in 1.7.7.