{"thread":{"id":"23907","subject":"What's cooking in git.git (May 2010, #05; Tue, 25)","startedAt":"2010-05-26T05:03:32Z","lastAt":"2010-05-26T05:03:32Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"142303","messageId":"7vpr0js197.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"23907","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"What's cooking in git.git (May 2010, #05; Tue, 25)","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2010-05-26T05:03:32Z","receivedAt":"2010-05-26T05:03:32Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Here are the topics that have been cooking.  Commits prefixed with '-' are\nonly in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'.  The ones\nmarked with '.' do not appear in any of the integration branches, but I am\nstill holding onto them.\n\nMany topics that have been cooking since 1.7.1 pre-release freeze period\nare now in master; maybe it is a good time to start freezing feature\nbranches for 1.7.2---I think I said I'll keep this cycle shorter, no?\n\nBtw, fwiw, I recently took a position with Google.  The primary\ndevelopment machine has been unpacked but I still haven't managed to get\nback to speed yet.\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[Graduated to \"master\"]\n\n* ar/config-from-command-line (2010-03-26) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 2962717)\n + Use strbufs instead of open-coded string manipulation\n + Allow passing of configuration parameters in the command line\n\n* by/blame-doc-m-c (2010-05-06) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at c975ad5)\n + blame-options.txt: Add default value for `-M/-C` options.\n\n* by/log-follow (2010-05-10) 4 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-10 at f4ce9f8)\n + tests: rename duplicate t4205\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at d97e924)\n + Make git log --follow find copies among unmodified files.\n + Make diffcore_std only can run once before a diff_flush\n + Add a macro DIFF_QUEUE_CLEAR.\n\n* cb/maint-stash-orphaned-file (2010-04-18) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 38488ba)\n + stash tests: stash can lose data in a file removed from the index\n + stash: Don't overwrite files that have gone from the index\n\n* cw/maint-exec-defpath (2010-04-15) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 8d1591f)\n + autoconf: Check if <paths.h> exists and set HAVE_PATHS_H\n + exec_cmd.c: replace hard-coded path list with one from <paths.h>\n\n* jc/am-3-show-corrupted-patch (2010-04-09) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 951f0e6)\n + am -3: recover the diagnostic messages for corrupt patches\n\n* jc/maint-no-reflog-expire-unreach-for-head (2010-04-09) 3 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at d23a180)\n + reflog --expire-unreachable: special case entries in \"HEAD\" reflog\n + more war on \"sleep\" in tests\n + Document gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire variables\n\n* jc/status-show-ignored (2010-05-01) 6 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 8b32120)\n + wt-status: fix 'fprintf' compilation warning\n + status: --ignored option shows ignored files\n + wt-status: rename and restructure status-print-untracked\n + wt-status: collect ignored files\n + wt-status: plug memory leak while collecting untracked files\n + wt-status: remove unused workdir_untracked member\n\nI am negative about conflating the JSON output to the mix at this point.\nLet's stabilize \"status\" with the existing --porcelain/-z option first.\n\n* jn/fsck-ident (2010-04-24) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at 0d36355)\n + fsck: check ident lines in commit objects\n\nThere also was a companion patch to fast-import to deal with foreign SCM\ninterface that may not have human-readable author identifier.\n\n* jn/gitweb-caching-prep (2010-04-24) 5 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at ceb4dad)\n + gitweb: Move generating page title to separate subroutine\n + gitweb: Add custom error handler using die_error\n + gitweb: Use nonlocal jump instead of 'exit' in die_error\n + gitweb: href(..., -path_info => 0|1)\n + Export more test-related variables when running external tests\n (this branch shares commits with jn/gitweb-fastcgi.)\n\n* jn/gitweb-install (2010-05-01) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at 9ea6cad)\n + gitweb: Create install target for gitweb in Makefile\n + gitweb: Improve installation instructions in gitweb/INSTALL\n\n* jn/gitweb-our-squelch (2010-04-30) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at 060726a)\n + gitweb: Silence 'Variable VAR may be unavailable' warnings\n\n* jn/maint-bundle (2010-04-19) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at f2086f5)\n + fix \"bundle --stdin\" segfault\n + t5704 (bundle): add tests for bundle --stdin\n\n* jn/maint-request-pull (2010-05-07) 3 commits\n + t5150: protect backslash with backslash in shell\n + request-pull: protect against OPTIONS_KEEPDASHDASH from environment\n + tests for request-pull\n (this branch is used by jn/request-pull.)\n\n* jn/request-pull (2010-05-10) 3 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-10 at fcae760)\n + tests: chmod +x t5150\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at 05aadd6)\n + adapt request-pull tests for new pull request format\n + Merge branch 'jn/maint-request-pull' into jn/request-pull\n (this branch uses jn/maint-request-pull.)\n\n* jn/shortlog (2010-05-03) 5 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at efd1311)\n + pretty: Respect --abbrev option\n + shortlog: Document and test --format option\n + t4201 (shortlog): Test output format with multiple authors\n + t4201 (shortlog): guard setup with test_expect_success\n + Documentation/shortlog: scripted users should not rely on implicit HEAD\n\n* jn/submodule-basic-test (2010-04-10) 3 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 0bec27a)\n + t7400: clarify submodule update tests\n + t7400: clarify 'submodule add' tests\n + t7400: split setup into multiple tests\n\n* jn/t7006-fixup (2010-04-14) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 490ab5d)\n + t7006: guard cleanup with test_expect_success\n\n* js/maint-receive-pack-symref-alias (2010-04-19) 3 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 259f4f1)\n + t5516-fetch-push.sh: style cleanup\n + receive-pack: detect aliased updates which can occur with symrefs\n + receive-pack: switch global variable 'commands' to a parameter\n\n* mg/advice-statushints (2010-04-22) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at 4642509)\n + wt-status: take advice.statusHints seriously\n + t7508: test advice.statusHints\n\n* np/index-pack-memsave (2010-04-12) 3 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 366b014)\n + index-pack: smarter memory usage when appending objects\n + index-pack: rationalize unpack_entry_data()\n + index-pack: smarter memory usage when resolving deltas\n\n* np/malloc-threading (2010-04-08) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 1b0567f)\n + Thread-safe xmalloc and xrealloc needs a recursive mutex\n + Make xmalloc and xrealloc thread-safe\n (this branch is used by js/try-to-free-stackable.)\n\nThis fix should eventually go to 'maint' and 'master'.\n\n* pb/patch-id-plus (2010-04-19) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 59881b8)\n + patch-id: Add support for mbox format\n + patch-id: extract parsing one diff out of generate_id_list\n\n* rr/doc-submitting (2010-04-19) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 5f040bd)\n + SubmittingPatches: Add new section about what to base work on\n\n* sp/maint-describe-tiebreak-with-tagger-date (2010-04-12) 5 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at af2d605)\n + describe: Break annotated tag ties by tagger date\n + tag.c: Parse tagger date (if present)\n + tag.c: Refactor parse_tag_buffer to be saner to program\n + tag.h: Remove unused signature field\n + tag.c: Correct indentation\n\n* sp/maint-dumb-http-pack-reidx (2010-04-19) 12 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 166443a)\n + http.c::new_http_pack_request: do away with the temp variable filename\n + http-fetch: Use temporary files for pack-*.idx until verified\n + http-fetch: Use index-pack rather than verify-pack to check packs\n + Allow parse_pack_index on temporary files\n + Extract verify_pack_index for reuse from verify_pack\n + Introduce close_pack_index to permit replacement\n + http.c: Remove unnecessary strdup of sha1_to_hex result\n + http.c: Don't store destination name in request structures\n + http.c: Drop useless != NULL test in finish_http_pack_request\n + http.c: Tiny refactoring of finish_http_pack_request\n + t5550-http-fetch: Use subshell for repository operations\n + http.c: Remove bad free of static block\n\n* sr/remote-helper-export (2010-04-12) 9 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 519ab16)\n + t5800: testgit helper requires Python support\n + Makefile: Simplify handling of python scripts\n + remote-helpers: add tests for testgit helper\n + remote-helpers: add testgit helper\n + remote-helpers: add support for an export command\n + remote-helpers: allow requesing the path to the .git directory\n + fast-import: always create marks_file directories\n + clone: also configure url for bare clones\n + clone: pass the remote name to remote_get\n (this branch is used by jp/hold-string-list-sanity.)\n\n* st/remote-tags-no-tags (2010-04-20) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at fa9e04e)\n + remote add: add a --[no-]tags option\n + Honor \"tagopt = --tags\" configuration option\n\n* tr/word-diff (2010-04-14) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at d191b25)\n + diff: add --word-diff option that generalizes --color-words\n\nThere are gitk patches that go with this series.\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[New Topics]\n\n* em/checkout-orphan (2010-05-21) 5 commits\n - [sign-off?] bash completion: add --orphan to 'git checkout'\n - [sign-off?] t3200: test -l with core.logAllRefUpdates options\n - [sign-off?] checkout --orphan: respect -l option always\n - [sign-off?] refs: split log_ref_write logic into log_ref_setup\n - [sign-off?] Documentation: alter checkout --orphan description\n\n* ec/diff-noprefix-config (2010-05-02) 1 commit\n - diff: add configuration option for disabling diff prefixes.\n\n* jk/diff-m-doc (2010-05-08) 1 commit\n - docs: clarify meaning of -M for git-log\n\n* mc/maint-zoneparse (2010-05-17) 1 commit\n - Add \"Z\" as an alias for the timezone \"UTC\"\n\n* mg/notes-dry-run (2010-05-14) 1 commit\n - notes: dry-run and verbose options for prune\n\n* mg/rev-parse-lrbranches-locals (2010-05-14) 1 commit\n - revlist: Introduce --lrbranches and --locals revision specifiers\n (this branch uses mg/rev-parse-option-sifter-deprecation.)\n\n* mg/rev-parse-option-sifter-deprecation (2010-05-14) 3 commits\n - t6018: make sure all tested symbolic names are different revs\n - t6018: add tests for rev-list's --branches and --tags\n - rev-parse: deprecate use as an option sifter\n (this branch is used by mg/rev-parse-lrbranches-locals.)\n\n* ab/cvsserver (2010-05-15) 6 commits\n - git-cvsserver: test for pserver authentication support\n - git-cvsserver: document making a password without htpasswd\n - git-cvsserver: Improved error handling for pserver\n - git-cvsserver: indent & clean up authdb code\n - git-cvsserver: use a password file cvsserver pserver\n - git-cvsserver: authentication support for pserver\n\n* eb/core-eol (2010-05-19) 4 commits\n - Add \"core.eol\" config variable\n - Rename the \"crlf\" attribute \"text\"\n - Add per-repository eol normalization\n - Add tests for per-repository eol normalization\n (this branch uses fg/autocrlf.)\n\n* jn/remote-set-branches (2010-05-19) 1 commit\n - Add git remote set-branches\n\n* js/maint-windows (2009-07-20) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at 16abe03)\n + Recent MinGW has a C99 implementation of snprintf functions\n + mingw: use _commit to implement fsync\n\n* rs/grep-binary (2010-05-22) 8 commits\n - grep: support NUL chars in search strings for -F\n - grep: use REG_STARTEND for all matching if available\n - grep: continue case insensitive fixed string search after NUL chars\n - grep: use memmem() for fixed string search\n - grep: --name-only over binary\n - grep: --count over binary\n - grep: grep: refactor handling of binary mode options\n - grep: add test script for binary file handling\n\n* ab/submodule-foreach-toplevel (2010-05-21) 1 commit\n - git-submodule foreach: Add $toplevel variable\n\n* cb/ls-files-cdup (2010-05-22) 1 commit\n - ls-files: allow relative pathspec\n\n* jk/maint-pull-dry-run-noop (2010-05-25) 1 commit\n - pull: do nothing on --dry-run\n\n* jk/maint-sha1-file-name-fix (2010-05-22) 1 commit\n - remove over-eager caching in sha1_file_name\n\n* jk/url-decode (2010-05-23) 2 commits\n - decode file:// and ssh:// URLs\n - make url-related functions reusable\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[Stalled]\n\n* jc/rev-list-ancestry-path (2010-04-20) 1 commit\n - revision: --ancestry-path\n\nJust an illustration patch.  merge simplification logic used when\npathspecs are in effect interacts with this rather badly.\n\n* js/rebase-origin-x (2010-02-05) 1 commit\n - [RFC w/o test and incomplete] rebase: add -x option to record original commit name\n\nI retract my objection against the idea of -x; needs polishing before\nmoving forward.\n\n* js/grep-open (2010-05-01) 3 commits\n - grep: do not ignore return value from chdir()\n - grep -O: allow optional argument specifying the pager (or editor)\n - grep: Add the option '--open-files-in-pager'\n (this branch is used by jp/hold-string-list-sanity.)\n\nProbably needs to support --no-index mode as well.\n\n* jp/hold-string-list-sanity (2010-04-06) 9 commits\n . string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_append\n . Merge branch 'sr/remote-helper-export' into HEAD\n . Merge branch 'js/grep-open' into HEAD\n . Merge branch 'sb/fmt-merge-msg' into HEAD\n . string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_lookup\n . string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_insert_at_index\n . string_list: Fix argument order for string_list_insert\n . string_list: Fix argument order for for_each_string_list\n . string_list: Fix argument order for print_string_list\n (this branch uses js/grep-open.)\n\nBuilding this on top of slushy codebase is not a very promising endeavor.\nGood thing to do, but it came at a bad time.\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[Cooking]\n\n* bw/diff-metainfo-color (2010-05-04) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at 3aa552e)\n + diff: fix coloring of extended diff headers\n\n* ph/clone-message-reword (2010-05-09) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at 1785bd0)\n + clone: reword messages to match the end-user perception\n\n* rc/ls-remote-default (2010-05-12) 1 commit\n - ls-remote: print URL when no repo is specified\n\n* fg/autocrlf (2010-05-12) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at 5f43b66)\n + autocrlf: Make it work also for un-normalized repositories\n (this branch is used by eb/core-eol.)\n\n* tc/merge-m-log (2010-05-11) 8 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at e889876)\n + merge: --log appends shortlog to message if specified\n + fmt-merge-msg: add function to append shortlog only\n + fmt-merge-msg: refactor merge title formatting\n + fmt-merge-msg: minor refactor of fmt_merge_msg()\n + merge: rename variable\n + merge: update comment\n + t7604-merge-custom-message: show that --log doesn't append to -m\n + t7604-merge-custom-message: shift expected output creation\n\n* jn/gitweb-fastcgi (2010-05-07) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at cb1724f)\n + gitweb: Add support for FastCGI, using CGI::Fast\n + gitweb: Put all per-connection code in run() subroutine\n\n* jn/make-header-dependency (2010-05-08) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at d4ed230)\n + Makefile: let header dependency checker override COMPUTE_HEADER_DEPENDENCIES\n + Makefile: fix header dependency checker to allow NO_CURL builds\n\n* js/try-to-free-stackable (2010-05-08) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at 4c1afcb)\n + Do not call release_pack_memory in malloc wrappers when GIT_TRACE is used\n + Have set_try_to_free_routine return the previous routine\n\n* jn/gitweb-syntax-highlight (2010-04-27) 2 commits\n - gitweb: Refactor syntax highlighting support\n - gitweb: Syntax highlighting support\n\n* jn/maint-amend-missing-name (2010-05-02) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at 9023332)\n + commit --amend: cope with missing display name\n\n* rs/diff-no-minimal (2010-05-02) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at 6c74aa0)\n + git diff too slow for a file\n\n* ab/test-cleanup (2010-05-07) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at a3cbd67)\n + Turn setup code in t2007-checkout-symlink.sh into a test\n + Move t6000lib.sh to lib-*\n\n* jn/notes-doc (2010-05-08) 8 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at 1c28059)\n + Documentation/notes: nitpicks\n + Documentation/notes: clean up description of rewriting configuration\n + Documentation/notes: simplify treatment of default display refs\n + Documentation/log: add a CONFIGURATION section\n + Documentation/notes: simplify treatment of default notes ref\n + Documentation/notes: add configuration section\n + Documentation/notes: describe content of notes blobs\n + Documentation/notes: document format of notes trees\n\n* cb/assume-unchanged-fix (2010-05-01) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at bab2342)\n + Documentation: git-add does not update files marked \"assume unchanged\"\n + do not overwrite files marked \"assume unchanged\"\n\n* wp/pretty-enhancement (2010-05-08) 4 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-09 at eeaa4dc)\n + pretty: initialize new cmt_fmt_map to 0\n + pretty: add aliases for pretty formats\n + pretty: add infrastructure for commit format aliases\n + pretty: make it easier to add new formats\n\n* hg/id-munging (2010-04-06) 2 commits\n - convert: Keep foreign $Id$ on checkout.\n - convert: Safer handling of $Id$ contraction.\n\n* js/async-thread (2010-03-09) 7 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-21 at 9d31940)\n + Enable threaded async procedures whenever pthreads is available\n  (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-04 at 2644e74)\n + Dying in an async procedure should only exit the thread, not the process.\n + Reimplement async procedures using pthreads\n + Windows: more pthreads functions\n + Fix signature of fcntl() compatibility dummy\n + Make report() from usage.c public as vreportf() and use it.\n + Modernize t5530-upload-pack-error.\n\n(all except for the tip has been in 'next' since 2010-03-20).\n\n* ld/discovery-limit-to-fs (2010-04-04) 1 commit\n - write-index: check and warn when worktree crosses a filesystem boundary\n\nThis one is a bit iffy.\n"}]}