{"thread":{"id":"28229","subject":"1.7.7-rc0 tagged and pushed out","startedAt":"2011-08-26T23:03:50Z","lastAt":"2011-08-31T00:59:59Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"174357","messageId":"7vwrdzbwrt.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"28229","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"1.7.7-rc0 tagged and pushed out","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2011-08-26T23:03:50Z","receivedAt":"2011-08-26T23:03:50Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"... and I think I've collected all the recent leftover topics from the\nlist that are at least going in the right direction if not perfect and\nqueued them to update 'pu'.\n\nHopefully I can tag 1.7.7-rc1 by the end of the month. Please help find\nregressions in the \"master\" branch, and the topics still in \"next\" that\nare slated for 1.7.7 (see the latest \"What's cooking\").\n\nThanks.\n"},{"id":"174359","messageId":"7vobzbbw0b.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"28229","inReplyTo":"7vwrdzbwrt.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","subject":"Re: 1.7.7-rc0 tagged and pushed out","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2011-08-26T23:20:20Z","receivedAt":"2011-08-26T23:20:20Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:\n\n> ... and I think I've collected all the recent leftover topics from the\n> list that are at least going in the right direction if not perfect and\n> queued them to update 'pu'.\n\nHere is a preview of the \"New Topics\" section of the next \"What's\ncooking\".\n\n\n[New Topics]\n\n* mg/maint-notes-C-doc (2011-08-25) 1 commit\n - git-notes.txt: clarify -C vs. copy and -F\n\n* jc/clean-exclude-doc (2011-08-26) 1 commit\n - Documentation: clarify \"git clean -e <pattern>\"\n\n* mh/check-ref-format-print-normalize (2011-08-25) 1 commit\n - check-ref-format --print: Normalize refnames that start with slashes\n\nThese tiny clean-up topics could go to 1.7.7 final. On the other hand,\nthey are not urgent, either.\n\n* bk/ancestry-path (2011-08-25) 3 commits\n - revision: do not include sibling history in --ancestry-path output\n - revision: keep track of the end-user input from the command line\n - rev-list: Demonstrate breakage with --ancestry-path --all\n\nThe topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* mg/branch-list (2011-08-26) 5 commits\n - branch: allow pattern arguments\n - branch: introduce --list option\n - git-branch: introduce missing long forms for the options\n - git-tag: introduce long forms for the options\n - t6040: test branch -vv\n (this branch uses nk/branch-v-abbrev.)\n\nThe topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* mm/rebase-i-exec-edit (2011-08-26) 2 commits\n - rebase -i: notice and warn if \"exec $cmd\" modifies the index or the working tree\n - rebase -i: clean error message for --continue after failed exec\n\nThe topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* jk/default-attr (2011-08-26) 1 commit\n - attr: map builtin userdiff drivers to well-known extensions\n\nI fixed up the test breakage just for fun, but this is not urgent.\n\n* hv/submodule-merge-search (2011-08-26) 4 commits\n - submodule: Search for merges only at end of recursive merge\n - allow multiple calls to submodule merge search for the same path\n - submodule: Demonstrate known breakage during recursive merge\n - push: Don't push a repository with unpushed submodules\n (this branch uses fg/submodule-ff-check-before-push, fg/submodule-ff-check-before-push and jc/combine-diff-callback.)\n\nThe topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\nThe bottom one needs to be replaced with a properly written commit log message.\n\n* mm/mediawiki-as-a-remote (2011-08-26) 1 commit\n - Add a remote helper to interact with mediawiki (fetch & push)\n\nFun.\n\n* nd/maint-autofix-tag-in-head (2011-08-26) 3 commits\n - Accept tags in HEAD or MERGE_HEAD\n - merge: remove global variable head[]\n - merge: keep stash[] a local variable\n\nProbably needs a re-roll to aim a bit higher.\n"},{"id":"174532","messageId":"7v62lf4ok0.fsf_-_@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"28229","inReplyTo":"7vobzbbw0b.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","subject":"Not yet 1.7.7-rc1 but...","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2011-08-30T02:32:15Z","receivedAt":"2011-08-30T02:32:15Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"... here is an updated preview of the \"New Topics\" section of the next\nissue of \"What's cooking\". People sent in fixes to bugs several topics\nthat are new in 1.7.7-rc0 have introduced, and while they are still on\nthe \"pu\" (proposed updates) branch for tonight, they should and will be\nfast tracked to 1.7.7-rc1.\n\nThanks.\n\n-- >8 --\n\n[New Topics]\n\n* mg/maint-notes-C-doc (2011-08-25) 1 commit\n - git-notes.txt: clarify -C vs. copy and -F\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* jc/clean-exclude-doc (2011-08-28) 1 commit\n - Documentation: clarify \"git clean -e <pattern>\"\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* mh/check-ref-format-print-normalize (2011-08-27) 2 commits\n - Forbid DEL characters in reference names\n - check-ref-format --print: Normalize refnames that start with slashes\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* bk/ancestry-path (2011-08-25) 3 commits\n - revision: do not include sibling history in --ancestry-path output\n - revision: keep track of the end-user input from the command line\n - rev-list: Demonstrate breakage with --ancestry-path --all\n\nThe topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\nWill cook for a while.\n\n* mg/branch-list (2011-08-28) 5 commits\n - branch: allow pattern arguments\n - branch: introduce --list option\n - git-branch: introduce missing long forms for the options\n - git-tag: introduce long forms for the options\n - t6040: test branch -vv\n\nThe topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* mm/rebase-i-exec-edit (2011-08-26) 2 commits\n - rebase -i: notice and warn if \"exec $cmd\" modifies the index or the working tree\n - rebase -i: clean error message for --continue after failed exec\n\nThe topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* jk/default-attr (2011-08-26) 1 commit\n - attr: map builtin userdiff drivers to well-known extensions\n\nI fixed up the test breakage just for fun, but this is not urgent.\n\n* hv/submodule-merge-search (2011-08-26) 4 commits\n - submodule: Search for merges only at end of recursive merge\n - allow multiple calls to submodule merge search for the same path\n - submodule: Demonstrate known breakage during recursive merge\n - push: Don't push a repository with unpushed submodules\n (this branch uses fg/submodule-ff-check-before-push.)\n\nThe topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\nThe bottom one needs to be replaced with a properly written commit log message.\n\n* mm/mediawiki-as-a-remote (2011-08-26) 1 commit\n - Add a remote helper to interact with mediawiki (fetch & push)\n\nFun.\n\n* nd/maint-autofix-tag-in-head (2011-08-26) 3 commits\n - Accept tags in HEAD or MERGE_HEAD\n - merge: remove global variable head[]\n - merge: keep stash[] a local variable\n\nProbably needs a re-roll to aim a bit higher.\n\n* bc/unstash-clean-crufts (2011-08-27) 4 commits\n - git-stash: remove untracked/ignored directories when stashed\n - t/t3905: add missing '&&' linkage\n - git-stash.sh: fix typo in error message\n - t/t3905: use the name 'actual' for test output, swap arguments to test_cmp\n\n* bg/t5540-osx-grep (2011-08-28) 1 commit\n - t5540-http-test: shorten grep pattern\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* cb/maint-ls-files-error-report (2011-08-28) 1 commit\n - t3005: do not assume a particular order of stdout and stderr of git-ls-files\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* da/make-auto-header-dependencies (2011-08-27) 1 commit\n - Makefile: Improve compiler header dependency check\n (this branch uses fk/make-auto-header-dependencies.)\n\n* ms/daemon-timeout-is-in-seconds (2011-08-28) 1 commit\n - git-daemon.txt: specify --timeout in seconds\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* bc/bisect-test-use-shell-path (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - t6030: use $SHELL_PATH to invoke user's preferred shell instead of bare sh\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* gb/am-hg-patch (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - am: preliminary support for hg patches\n\n* gb/maint-am-patch-format-error-message (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - am: format is in $patch_format, not parse_patch\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* gb/maint-am-stgit-author-to-from-fix (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - am: fix stgit patch mangling\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* jc/diff-index-unpack (2011-08-29) 3 commits\n - diff-index: pass pathspec down to unpack-trees machinery\n - unpack-trees: allow pruning with pathspec\n - traverse_trees(): allow pruning with pathspec\n\nWill cook for a while.\n\n* tr/maint-format-patch-empty-output (2011-08-29) 4 commits\n - Document negated forms of format-patch --to --cc --add-headers\n - t4014: \"no-add-headers\" is actually called \"no-add-header\"\n - t4014: invoke format-patch with --stdout where intended\n - t4014: check for empty files from git format-patch --stdout\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* tr/maint-ident-to-git-memmove (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - Use memmove in ident_to_git\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* tr/maint-strbuf-grow-nul-termination (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - strbuf_grow(): maintain nul-termination even for new buffer\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* tr/maint-t3903-misquoted-command (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - t3903: fix misquoted rev-parse invocation\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* va/p4-branch-import-test-update (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - git-p4: simple branch tests edits\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n"},{"id":"174590","messageId":"7vippez980.fsf_-_@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"28229","inReplyTo":"7v62lf4ok0.fsf_-_@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","subject":"Not yet 1.7.7-rc1 but... (take 2)","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2011-08-31T00:59:59Z","receivedAt":"2011-08-31T00:59:59Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:\n\n... here is an updated preview of the \"New Topics\" section of the next\nissue of \"What's cooking\". People sent in fixes to bugs several topics\nthat are new in 1.7.7-rc0 have introduced, and they are being fast\ntracked for 1.7.7-rc1, which probably will happen tomorrow.\n\nThanks.\n\n-- >8 --\n[New Topics]\n\n* mg/maint-notes-C-doc (2011-08-25) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 6f3281a)\n + git-notes.txt: clarify -C vs. copy and -F\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* jc/clean-exclude-doc (2011-08-28) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 79dd173)\n + Documentation: clarify \"git clean -e <pattern>\"\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* mh/check-ref-format-print-normalize (2011-08-27) 2 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at e827410)\n + Forbid DEL characters in reference names\n + check-ref-format --print: Normalize refnames that start with slashes\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* bk/ancestry-path (2011-08-25) 3 commits\n - revision: do not include sibling history in --ancestry-path output\n - revision: keep track of the end-user input from the command line\n - rev-list: Demonstrate breakage with --ancestry-path --all\n\nThe topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\nWill cook for a while.\n\n* mg/branch-list (2011-08-28) 5 commits\n - branch: allow pattern arguments\n - branch: introduce --list option\n - git-branch: introduce missing long forms for the options\n - git-tag: introduce long forms for the options\n - t6040: test branch -vv\n\nNot urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* mm/rebase-i-exec-edit (2011-08-26) 2 commits\n - rebase -i: notice and warn if \"exec $cmd\" modifies the index or the working tree\n - rebase -i: clean error message for --continue after failed exec\n\nNot urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* jk/default-attr (2011-08-26) 1 commit\n - attr: map builtin userdiff drivers to well-known extensions\n\nNot urgent; I fixed up the test breakage just for fun.\n\n* hv/submodule-merge-search (2011-08-26) 4 commits\n - submodule: Search for merges only at end of recursive merge\n - allow multiple calls to submodule merge search for the same path\n - submodule: Demonstrate known breakage during recursive merge\n - push: Don't push a repository with unpushed submodules\n (this branch uses fg/submodule-ff-check-before-push.)\n\nNot urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\nThe bottom one needs to be replaced with a properly written commit log message.\n\n* mm/mediawiki-as-a-remote (2011-08-26) 1 commit\n - Add a remote helper to interact with mediawiki (fetch & push)\n\nFun.\nNot urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* nd/maint-autofix-tag-in-head (2011-08-26) 3 commits\n - Accept tags in HEAD or MERGE_HEAD\n - merge: remove global variable head[]\n - merge: keep stash[] a local variable\n\nProbably needs a re-roll to aim a bit higher.\nNot urgent; will not be in 1.7.7.\n\n* bc/unstash-clean-crufts (2011-08-27) 4 commits\n - git-stash: remove untracked/ignored directories when stashed\n - t/t3905: add missing '&&' linkage\n - git-stash.sh: fix typo in error message\n - t/t3905: use the name 'actual' for test output, swap arguments to test_cmp\n\nNot urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* bg/t5540-osx-grep (2011-08-28) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 894af05)\n + t5540-http-test: shorten grep pattern\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* cb/maint-ls-files-error-report (2011-08-28) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at b606e19)\n + t3005: do not assume a particular order of stdout and stderr of git-ls-files\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* da/make-auto-header-dependencies (2011-08-30) 1 commit\n - Makefile: Improve compiler header dependency check\n (this branch uses fk/make-auto-header-dependencies.)\n\nNot urgent; will not be in 1.7.7.\n\n* ms/daemon-timeout-is-in-seconds (2011-08-28) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 2462eb0)\n + git-daemon.txt: specify --timeout in seconds\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* bc/bisect-test-use-shell-path (2011-08-30) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at c090151)\n + t6030: use $SHELL_PATH to invoke user's preferred shell instead of bare sh\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* gb/am-hg-patch (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - am: preliminary support for hg patches\n\nNot urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* gb/maint-am-patch-format-error-message (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at ed01a1d)\n + am: format is in $patch_format, not parse_patch\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* gb/maint-am-stgit-author-to-from-fix (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 0740010)\n + am: fix stgit patch mangling\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* jc/diff-index-unpack (2011-08-29) 3 commits\n - diff-index: pass pathspec down to unpack-trees machinery\n - unpack-trees: allow pruning with pathspec\n - traverse_trees(): allow pruning with pathspec\n\nWill cook for a while.\n\n* tr/maint-format-patch-empty-output (2011-08-29) 4 commits\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 078c522)\n + Document negated forms of format-patch --to --cc --add-headers\n + t4014: \"no-add-headers\" is actually called \"no-add-header\"\n + t4014: invoke format-patch with --stdout where intended\n + t4014: check for empty files from git format-patch --stdout\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* tr/maint-ident-to-git-memmove (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 9395a9b)\n + Use memmove in ident_to_git\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* tr/maint-strbuf-grow-nul-termination (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at dc87192)\n + strbuf_grow(): maintain nul-termination even for new buffer\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* tr/maint-t3903-misquoted-command (2011-08-30) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at f533857)\n + t3903: fix misquoted rev-parse invocation\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* va/p4-branch-import-test-update (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 5c54fb3)\n + git-p4: simple branch tests edits\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n\n* jn/remote-helpers-doc (2011-08-29) 1 commit\n - Documentation/remote-helpers: explain capabilities first\n\nNot urgent; it would however be a good starting point.\n\n* nm/grep-object-sha1-lock (2011-08-30) 1 commit\n - grep: Fix race condition in delta_base_cache\n\nNot urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* tr/mergetool-valgrind (2011-08-30) 1 commit\n - Symlink mergetools scriptlets into valgrind wrappers\n\nNot urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.\n\n* js/i18n-scripts-2 (2011-08-30) 1 commit\n  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 5a144a2)\n + bisect: take advantage of gettextln, eval_gettextln.\n\nWill merge to \"master\".\n"}]}