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-What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2026, #08)
+What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2026, #09)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated to 'master']
+
+* ac/help-sort-correctly (2026-03-11) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at db220e143f)
+ + help: cleanup the contruction of keys_uniq
+
+ The code in "git help" that shows configuration items in sorted
+ order was awkwardly organized and prone to bugs.
+ source: <20260311192453.62213-1-amishhhaaaa@gmail.com>
+
+
+* bb/imap-send-openssl-4.0-prep (2026-03-11) 3 commits
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at 0baab97778)
+ + imap-send: move common code into function host_matches()
+ + imap-send: use the OpenSSL API to access the subject common name
+ + imap-send: use the OpenSSL API to access the subject alternative names
+
+ "imap-send" used to use functions whose use is going to be removed
+ with OpenSSL 4.0; rewrite them using public API that has been
+ available since OpenSSL 1.1 since 2016 or so.
+ source: <20260311121107.1122387-1-dev+git@drbeat.li>
+
+
+* cf/constness-fixes (2026-03-08) 2 commits
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-13 at 3c80964399)
+ + dir: avoid -Wdiscarded-qualifiers in remove_path()
+ + bloom: remove a misleading const qualifier
+
+ Small code clean-up around the constness area.
+ source: <3ad40c3d0762c2e8c14792dfb68cba9f63a883a3.1773026586.git.collin.funk1@gmail.com>
+
+
+* jc/test-allow-sed-with-ere (2026-03-11) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at be057bed35)
+ + t: allow use of "sed -E"
+
+ Adjust test-lint to allow "sed -E" to use ERE in the patterns.
+ source: <xmqq3425lvtq.fsf@gitster.g>
+
+
+* ms/t7605-test-path-is-helpers (2026-03-10) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at 49facdec9f)
+ + t7605: use test_path_is_file instead of test -f
+
+ Test updates.
+ source: <pull.2067.v2.git.1773183022175.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+
+
+* ng/submodule-default-remote (2026-03-03) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at d41fd28450)
+ + submodule: fetch missing objects from default remote
+
+ Instead of hardcoded 'origin', use the configured default remote
+ when fetching from submodules.
+ source: <20260303234044.105157-1-nasser.grainawi@oss.qualcomm.com>
+
+
+* ty/mktree-wo-the-repository (2026-03-12) 1 commit
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at 8d20ceb853)
+ + builtin/mktree: remove USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
+
+ Code clean-up.
+ source: <20260312164203.964033-1-cat@malon.dev>
+
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[New Topics]
+* ps/graph-lane-limit (2026-03-23) 3 commits
+ - graph: add documentation and tests about --graph-lane-limit
+ - graph: truncate graph visual output
+ - graph: add --graph-lane-limit option
+
+ The graph output from commands like "git log --graph" can now be
+ limited to a specified number of lanes, preventing overly wide output
+ in repositories with many branches.
+
+ Needs review.
+ source: <20260323215935.74486-1-pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
+
+
+* rs/use-strvec-pushv (2026-03-19) 1 commit
+ - use strvec_pushv() to add another strvec
+
+ Code paths that loop over another array to push each element into a
+ strvec have been rewritten to use strvec_pushv() instead.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+ source: <084f3b43-91ac-4553-8305-03944e97eaa6@web.de>
+
+
+* cc/promisor-auto-config-url (2026-03-23) 16 commits
+ - doc: promisor: improve acceptFromServer entry
+ - promisor-remote: auto-configure unknown remotes
+ - promisor-remote: trust known remotes matching acceptFromServerUrl
+ - promisor-remote: introduce promisor.acceptFromServerUrl
+ - t5710: use proper file:// URIs for absolute paths
+ - promisor-remote: refactor should_accept_remote() control flow
+ - promisor-remote: pass config entry to all_fields_match() directly
+ - promisor-remote: add 'local_name' to 'struct promisor_info'
+ - promisor-remote: remove the 'accepted' strvec
+ - promisor-remote: keep accepted promisor_info structs alive
+ - promisor-remote: refactor accept_from_server()
+ - promisor-remote: refactor has_control_char()
+ - promisor-remote: clarify that a remote is ignored
+ - urlmatch: add url_is_valid_pattern() helper
+ - urlmatch: change 'allow_globs' arg to bool
+ - promisor-remote: try accepted remotes before others in get_direct()
+
+ Promisor remote handling is enhanced to auto-configure remotes based
+ on a URL whitelist.
+
+ Needs review.
+ source: <20260323080520.887550-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>
+
+
+* kj/refspec-parsing-outside-repository (2026-03-21) 2 commits
+ - refspec: fix typo in comment
+ - refspec: safely parse refspecs outside a repository
+
+ "git ls-remote '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*' https://..." run outside a
+ repository would dereference a NULL while trying to see if the given
+ refspec is a single-object refspec, which has been corrected.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'?
+ source: <20260322023557.15907-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Cooking]
+
* jk/diff-highlight-identical-pairs (2026-03-17) 1 commit
(merged to 'next' on 2026-03-20 at a8aa5bd14e)
+ contrib/diff-highlight: do not highlight identical pairs
source: <20260317230223.GA716496@coredump.intra.peff.net>
-* jk/diff-highlight-more (2026-03-19) 9 commits
+* jk/diff-highlight-more (2026-03-22) 9 commits
- diff-highlight: fetch all config with one process
- diff-highlight: allow module callers to pass in color config
- diff-highlight: test color config
updates, test improvements, and color configuration handling.
Will merge to 'next'.
- source: <20260320004138.GA3653623@coredump.intra.peff.net>
-
-
-* js/macos-homebrew-forgets-reg-enhanced (2026-03-20) 1 commit
- - osx-clang: work around Homebrew's clang lacking REG_ENHANCED
-
- The build on macOS with Clang is fixed to work around a Homebrew change
- that exposed an issue with missing REG_ENHANCED.
-
- Will merge to 'next'?
- source: <d340af9e-334c-4e81-e58a-fc3dea73ebdd@gmx.de>
+ source: <20260323060139.GA10215@coredump.intra.peff.net>
-* ps/fsck-wo-the-repository (2026-03-20) 14 commits
+* ps/fsck-wo-the-repository (2026-03-23) 12 commits
- builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` in error reporting
- - fsck: provide repository in `struct fsck_report_object`
- builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when marking objects
- builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when checking packed objects
- builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` with loose objects
- builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when checking refs
- builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when snapshotting refs
- builtin/fsck: fix trivial dependence on `the_repository`
- - fsck: stop relying on global state via `parse_oid_hex()`
- - fsck: drop `the_repository` in `fsck_set_msg_types()`
- - fsck: refactor interface to parse fsck options
- - fsck: drop `the_repository` in `fsck_finish()`
- - fsck: drop `the_repository` in `fsck_walk()`
+ - fsck: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY
+ - fsck: store repository in fsck options
+ - fsck: initialize fsck options via a function
+ - fetch-pack: move fsck options into function scope
Internals of "git fsck" have been refactored to not depend on the
global `the_repository` variable.
- Comments?
- source: <20260320-b4-pks-fsck-without-the-repository-v1-0-6594f997926b@pks.im>
+ Needs review.
+ source: <20260323-b4-pks-fsck-without-the-repository-v2-0-e8dc79bca651@pks.im>
* tb/stdin-packs-excluded-but-open (2026-03-19) 5 commits
The value of a wrong pointer variable was referenced in an error
message that reported that it shouldn't be NULL.
- Will merge to 'next'?
+ Reproduction being discussed.
+ cf. <994f92e9-3576-455a-a142-0fefc559131c@gmail.com>
source: <20260320114823.3151961-1-ysinghcin@gmail.com>
cf. <xmqqfr5tdbpc.fsf@gitster.g>
source: <20260320-bisect-terms-v1-1-c30c9540542a@schlaraffenlan.de>
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-[Cooking]
* jc/whitespace-incomplete-line (2026-03-17) 1 commit
- apply: fix new-style empty context line triggering incomplete-line check
source: <20260317155230.619378-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>
-* ds/backfill-revs (2026-03-16) 5 commits
+* ds/backfill-revs (2026-03-23) 6 commits
+ - t5620: test backfill's unknown argument handling
- path-walk: support wildcard pathspecs for blob filtering
- backfill: work with prefix pathspecs
- backfill: accept revision arguments
`git backfill` learned to accept revision and pathspec arguments.
- Needs review.
- source: <pull.2070.git.1773707361.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+ Comments?
+ source: <pull.2070.v2.git.1774266019.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
* jw/t2203-status-pipe-fix (2026-03-16) 1 commit
- - t2203: avoid suppressing git status exit code
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-23 at 521c6eb44b)
+ + t2203: avoid suppressing git status exit code
Test clean-up.
- Will merge to 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
source: <20260317011544.65952-1-jerrywang183@yahoo.com>
* jw/object-name-bitset-to-enum (2026-03-18) 1 commit
- - object-name: turn INTERPRET_BRANCH_* constants into enum values
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-23 at 881af371ef)
+ + object-name: turn INTERPRET_BRANCH_* constants into enum values
The unsigned integer that is used as an bitset to specify the kind
of branches interpret_branch_name() function has been changed to
use a dedicated enum type.
- Will merge to 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
source: <20260318190942.22595-1-jerrywang183@yahoo.com>
* ai/t2107-test-path-is-helpers (2026-03-18) 1 commit
- - t2107: modernize path existence check
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-23 at 56d10e5f76)
+ + t2107: modernize path existence check
Test cleanup.
- Will merge to 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
source: <pull.2071.v2.git.1773864455956.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
"git push" learned to take a "remote group" name to push to, which
causes pushes to multiple places, just like "git fetch" would do.
- Will merge to 'next'?
+ Expecting a (hopefully small and final) reroll?
+ cf. <20260318204028.1010487-1-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
source: <20260318204028.1010487-1-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
Test clean-up.
- Will merge to 'next'?
- cf. <8669d87c1b7f96dd0de37dabfb9011c8745a17c9.camel@gmail.com>
+ Will merge to 'next'.
source: <20260319180803.164335-1-elkhatabibilal@gmail.com>
* jw/apply-corrupt-location (2026-03-17) 3 commits
- - apply: report input location in binary and garbage patch errors
- - apply: report input location in header parsing errors
- - apply: report the location of corrupt patches
+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-23 at 18e9b8f91f)
+ + apply: report input location in binary and garbage patch errors
+ + apply: report input location in header parsing errors
+ + apply: report the location of corrupt patches
"git apply" now reports the name of the input file along with the
line number when it encounters a corrupt patch, and correctly
resets the line counter when processing multiple patch files.
- Will merge to 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
source: <20260317162321.71812-1-jerrywang183@yahoo.com>
source: <20260315081032.497-1-riteshjd75@gmail.com>
-* mf/format-patch-commit-list-format (2026-03-19) 9 commits
+* mf/format-patch-commit-list-format (2026-03-23) 9 commits
- format-patch: --commit-list-format without prefix
- format-patch: add preset for --commit-list-format
- format-patch: wrap generate_commit_list_cover()
--commit-list-format` (formerly `--cover-letter-format`) option,
including a new "modern" preset and better CLI ergonomics.
- Comments?
- source: <cover.1773959395.git.mroik@delayed.space>
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+ source: <cover.1774284699.git.mroik@delayed.space>
* mf/t0008-cleanup (2026-03-15) 1 commit
source: <20260310095017.131957-1-cat@malon.dev>
-* ms/t7605-test-path-is-helpers (2026-03-10) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at 49facdec9f)
- + t7605: use test_path_is_file instead of test -f
-
- Test updates.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <pull.2067.v2.git.1773183022175.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
-
-
-* bb/imap-send-openssl-4.0-prep (2026-03-11) 3 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at 0baab97778)
- + imap-send: move common code into function host_matches()
- + imap-send: use the OpenSSL API to access the subject common name
- + imap-send: use the OpenSSL API to access the subject alternative names
-
- "imap-send" used to use functions whose use is going to be removed
- with OpenSSL 4.0; rewrite them using public API that has been
- available since OpenSSL 1.1 since 2016 or so.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <20260311121107.1122387-1-dev+git@drbeat.li>
-
-
-* jc/test-allow-sed-with-ere (2026-03-11) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at be057bed35)
- + t: allow use of "sed -E"
-
- Adjust test-lint to allow "sed -E" to use ERE in the patterns.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <xmqq3425lvtq.fsf@gitster.g>
-
-
* kh/doc-interpret-trailers-1 (2026-03-16) 4 commits
(merged to 'next' on 2026-03-20 at 6acc8b5a8a)
+ interpret-trailers: use placeholder instead of *
source: <V2_CV_doc_interpret-tr_synopsis.50a@msgid.xyz>
-* ty/mktree-wo-the-repository (2026-03-12) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at 8d20ceb853)
- + builtin/mktree: remove USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
-
- Code clean-up.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <20260312164203.964033-1-cat@malon.dev>
-
-
* mm/line-log-use-standard-diff-output (2026-03-16) 4 commits
- doc: note that -L supports patch formatting and pickaxe options
- t4211: add tests for -L with standard diff options
source: <20260320115211.177351-1-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>
-* cf/constness-fixes (2026-03-08) 2 commits
- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-13 at 3c80964399)
- + dir: avoid -Wdiscarded-qualifiers in remove_path()
- + bloom: remove a misleading const qualifier
-
- Small code clean-up around the constness area.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <3ad40c3d0762c2e8c14792dfb68cba9f63a883a3.1773026586.git.collin.funk1@gmail.com>
-
-
* ab/clone-default-object-filter (2026-03-14) 1 commit
- clone: add clone.<url>.defaultObjectFilter config
source: <pull.2147.v8.git.git.1772648125.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
-* ac/help-sort-correctly (2026-03-11) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at db220e143f)
- + help: cleanup the contruction of keys_uniq
-
- The code in "git help" that shows configuration items in sorted
- order was awkwardly organized and prone to bugs.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <20260311192453.62213-1-amishhhaaaa@gmail.com>
-
-
* sa/replay-revert (2026-03-12) 2 commits
- replay: add --revert mode to reverse commit changes
- sequencer: extract revert message formatting into shared function
source: <20260320135311.331463-1-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>
-* ng/submodule-default-remote (2026-03-03) 1 commit
- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at d41fd28450)
- + submodule: fetch missing objects from default remote
-
- Instead of hardcoded 'origin', use the configured default remote
- when fetching from submodules.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <20260303234044.105157-1-nasser.grainawi@oss.qualcomm.com>
-
-
* yc/histogram-hunk-shift-fix (2026-03-02) 1 commit
(merged to 'next' on 2026-03-18 at 5e49edc821)
+ xdiff: re-diff shifted change groups when using histogram algorithm
Will merge to 'master'.
source: <cover.1771959555.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
+
+* js/macos-homebrew-forgets-reg-enhanced (2026-03-20) 1 commit
+ . osx-clang: work around Homebrew's clang lacking REG_ENHANCED
+
+ The build on macOS with Clang is fixed to work around a Homebrew change
+ that exposed an issue with missing REG_ENHANCED.
+
+ No longer needed.
+ cf. <6c108696-2d41-4fa1-9662-fbf6db97f767@web.de>
+ cf. <458ad3c1-96df-4575-ee42-e6eb754f25f6@gmx.de>
+ source: <d340af9e-334c-4e81-e58a-fc3dea73ebdd@gmx.de>
+
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