{"thread":{"id":"39997","subject":"Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","startedAt":"2015-08-02T22:52:13Z","lastAt":"2015-08-07T00:03:01Z","messageCount":9,"participants":["Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen","Andrew Ardill","Junio C Hamano","Mikael Magnusson"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"267298","messageId":"CAEcj5uXXe19APhNaV6Kfm_3SNpRmFHToooo07T0_r6McJOrsaQ@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39997","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","fromName":"Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen","fromEmail":"tfnico@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-08-02T22:52:13Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-02T22:52:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tfnico@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/628cf28a25ca4c596c7284562100f70f0ef908bcbfadd4da1eb3d48c23658d01?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hi,\n\nA draft of Git Rev News edition 6 is available here:\n\nhttps://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/rev_news/drafts/edition-6.md\n\nEveryone is welcome to contribute in any section, either by editing the\nabove page on GitHub and sending a pull request, or by commenting on\nthis GitHub issue:\n\nhttps://github.com/git/git.github.io/issues/89\n\nYou can also reply to this email.\n\nMe and Nicola are planning to ship this edition on Wednesday 5th of\nAugust (as Christian C. is away on vacation these days).\n\nNote that I did not cc everyone involved in the discussed threads, which were:\n\n* \"git log fails to show all changes for a file\"\n* \"Git tag: pre-receive hook issue\"\n\nCheers,\n\n-Thomas\n"},{"id":"267300","messageId":"CAH5451mJBPt37JAjrB3CxOxJyig_3VctitEXrHXUyQPCWQnNow@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39997","inReplyTo":"CAEcj5uXXe19APhNaV6Kfm_3SNpRmFHToooo07T0_r6McJOrsaQ@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","fromName":"Andrew Ardill","fromEmail":"andrew.ardill@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-08-03T00:10:51Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-03T00:10:51Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"andrew.ardill@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/da14cb7c091dd44dc6c63a4d3361b149acaf25226dc78eb4131a17b93d9b0993?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hi Thomas.\n\nOn 3 August 2015 at 08:52, Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen wrote:\n>\n> Hi,\n>\n> A draft of Git Rev News edition 6 is available here:\n>\n> https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/rev_news/drafts/edition-6.md\n>\n> Everyone is welcome to contribute in any section, either by editing the\n> above page on GitHub and sending a pull request, or by commenting on\n> this GitHub issue:\n>\n> https://github.com/git/git.github.io/issues/89\n>\n> You can also reply to this email.\n\nI did a quick read through and it looks like another interesting\nedition, thank you! I couldn't see any obvious issues with it.\n\nThere is quite a lot of discussion in the support section, which I\nreally like. The following sections pack a lot in, but I think could\nwarrant a little more discussion themselves.\n\nFor example, I think it would be good to add a brief discussion about\nthe 2.5 release. This seems important/interesting enough to provide a\nbit more context in the edition itself. Perhaps something like the\nfollowing?\n\n--8<--\n\n## Releases\n\n* Git 2.5 is out! The project maintainer, Junio C. Hamano, has [shared\nhis thoughts on the release at his\nblog](http://git-blame.blogspot.de/2015/07/git-25.html). Git 2.5 is\npacked full of new features, and includes contributions from 21 new\ncontributors. In his post, Junio describes how `git help` has changed:\n\n> One interesting change is to git help. We now list commands, grouped by the situation in which you would want to use them. This came from discussion on usability, inspired by one of the talks at GitMerge conference we had in spring.\n\nHe goes on to talk about some of his favourite new features included\nin the release, such as a new short hand `branch@{push}` that \"denotes\nthe remote-tracking branch that tracks the branch at the remote the\nbranch would be pushed to\", and a new option `--ws-error-highlight`\nthat can be used with `git diff` and friends to show whitespace\nbreakages in deleted and context lines.\n\nBe sure to see the post for more on the new features, or checkout the\n[release notes in the\nsource](https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt)\nfor all the nitty gritty details.\n\n--8<--\n\nI'll copy this over to a pull request so you have it there if you\nthink it's useful.\n\nAgain, thanks for the edition, love reading these each month!\n\nRegards,\n\nAndrew Ardill\n"},{"id":"267338","messageId":"xmqqfv4087b8.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com","threadId":"39997","inReplyTo":"CAEcj5uXXe19APhNaV6Kfm_3SNpRmFHToooo07T0_r6McJOrsaQ@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2015-08-03T20:07:23Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-03T20:07:23Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen writes:\n\n> A draft of Git Rev News edition 6 is available here:\n>\n> https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/rev_news/drafts/edition-6.md\n>\n> Everyone is welcome to contribute in any section, either by editing the\n> above page on GitHub and sending a pull request, or by commenting on\n> this GitHub issue:\n>\n> https://github.com/git/git.github.io/issues/89\n>\n> You can also reply to this email.\n>\n> Me and Nicola are planning to ship this edition on Wednesday 5th of\n> August (as Christian C. is away on vacation these days).\n\nThanks; it seems that the review section is rather thin. No new and\ninteresting changes worth reviewing in the entire month of July?\n"},{"id":"267343","messageId":"CAEcj5uUmsV5xzONaahkEEp7R80_zunSAiwTE2UeSxdS6wo1xmg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39997","inReplyTo":"xmqqfv4087b8.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com","subject":"Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","fromName":"Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen","fromEmail":"tfnico@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-08-03T20:49:49Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-03T20:49:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tfnico@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/628cf28a25ca4c596c7284562100f70f0ef908bcbfadd4da1eb3d48c23658d01?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n> Thanks; it seems that the review section is rather thin. No new and\n> interesting changes worth reviewing in the entire month of July?\n\nOf course there are, but I can only put in a few hours, and that goes\ninto the links-section. The newsletter's coverage is only as good as\nthe coverage that gets contributed. Christian has by far been the most\nactive contributor on that side, and as he is unavailable these days,\nthose parts are scarce.\n\nI hope we can attract more contributors in the future, so the weight\nof this doesn't lie too much on his shoulders. Perhaps we should send\nout the draft earlier next time, and beckon for more contributions\nfrom the list.\n\nWe could also add a call-for-help at the bottom of the respective\nsection, asking people who are trawling the mailing list to\ncontribute.\n"},{"id":"267350","messageId":"xmqqr3nk6pk9.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com","threadId":"39997","inReplyTo":"CAEcj5uUmsV5xzONaahkEEp7R80_zunSAiwTE2UeSxdS6wo1xmg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2015-08-03T21:16:06Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-03T21:16:06Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen writes:\n\n> I hope we can attract more contributors in the future, so the weight\n> of this doesn't lie too much on his shoulders. Perhaps we should send\n> out the draft earlier next time, and beckon for more contributions\n> from the list.\n\nYeah, that is probably a good idea. I was sort of surprised that\nyou announced to publish it in a few days.\n"},{"id":"267357","messageId":"CAEcj5uU=iug=3C_XiGtWyVp=6Zi8qKHA6tjJ8am2-7j80BvHwA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39997","inReplyTo":"xmqqr3nk6pk9.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com","subject":"Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","fromName":"Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen","fromEmail":"tfnico@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-08-03T21:43:18Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-03T21:43:18Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tfnico@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/628cf28a25ca4c596c7284562100f70f0ef908bcbfadd4da1eb3d48c23658d01?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n>> I hope we can attract more contributors in the future, so the weight\n>> of this doesn't lie too much on his shoulders. Perhaps we should send\n>> out the draft earlier next time, and beckon for more contributions\n>> from the list.\n>\n> Yeah, that is probably a good idea. I was sort of surprised that\n> you announced to publish it in a few days.\n\nThere's no deep thoughts behind the scheduling. I just followed the\npattern of how Christian has done it in the past. If anyone is\npreparing something concrete for this edition, let me know before\nWednesday.\n"},{"id":"267592","messageId":"CAEcj5uXJnZ+3R+CWoUnpqixrKiiWMQMVjq2YrXYd2brbP9URQg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39997","inReplyTo":"CAEcj5uUmsV5xzONaahkEEp7R80_zunSAiwTE2UeSxdS6wo1xmg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","fromName":"Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen","fromEmail":"tfnico@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-08-06T22:18:00Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-06T22:18:00Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tfnico@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/628cf28a25ca4c596c7284562100f70f0ef908bcbfadd4da1eb3d48c23658d01?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen\n wrote:\n> I hope we can attract more contributors in the future, so the weight\n> of this doesn't lie too much on his shoulders. Perhaps we should send\n> out the draft earlier next time, and beckon for more contributions\n> from the list.\n\nJust to follow up on this point: The draft for the next edition is\navailable here (still empty):\n\nhttps://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/rev_news/drafts/edition-7.md\n\nSuggestions and comments can go here:\nhttps://github.com/git/git.github.io/issues/94\n\n> We could also add a call-for-help at the bottom of the respective\n> section, asking people who are trawling the mailing list to\n> contribute.\n\nYou may have spotted that I added this in the recently published\nedition, but I think it can bear repeating here for git@vger:\n\n> Before we move on to the link section of this edition,\n> we want to make a \"call-to-arms\" for people reading\n> the Git mailing list. We didn't get enough material in\n> this edition on what was really discussed on the list\n> the last month. In order to to be the window into the\n> Git community that we set out to be, we need your help.\n>\n> So please, the next time you read through an interesting\n> discussion on the mailing list, note down a few lines\n> about it and share them with us.\n\nSo, thanks in advance for the contributions we get for #7 and later editions!\n"},{"id":"267595","messageId":"CAHYJk3QkMM40_HA7MO-h9z8f69rsPLmuKt1bkR+iuz75A+uQZA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39997","inReplyTo":"CAEcj5uXJnZ+3R+CWoUnpqixrKiiWMQMVjq2YrXYd2brbP9URQg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","fromName":"Mikael Magnusson","fromEmail":"mikachu@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-08-06T23:44:33Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-06T23:44:33Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"mikachu@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:18 AM, Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen\n wrote:\n> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen\n> wrote:\n>> I hope we can attract more contributors in the future, so the weight\n>> of this doesn't lie too much on his shoulders. Perhaps we should send\n>> out the draft earlier next time, and beckon for more contributions\n>> from the list.\n>\n> Just to follow up on this point: The draft for the next edition is\n> available here (still empty):\n>\n> https://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/rev_news/drafts/edition-7.md\n>\n> Suggestions and comments can go here:\n> https://github.com/git/git.github.io/issues/94\n>\n>> We could also add a call-for-help at the bottom of the respective\n>> section, asking people who are trawling the mailing list to\n>> contribute.\n>\n> You may have spotted that I added this in the recently published\n> edition, but I think it can bear repeating here for git@vger:\n\nIt is surprisingly difficult to get to the actual post of edition 6\nfrom this thread. The link in the original post is just a 404, and to\nget to it from the link in this mail, which you might not have sent at\nall, I had to click like 5 things, and a few of those turned out to be\ndead ends. I suppose once you know where they are published, it is\neasy to find, but I did not :).\n\n-- \nMikael Magnusson\n"},{"id":"267596","messageId":"CAEcj5uVzGe=tKns_B3+Yh_w4wn+t52SfZcb1UqmroG5xpWqCqg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39997","inReplyTo":"CAHYJk3QkMM40_HA7MO-h9z8f69rsPLmuKt1bkR+iuz75A+uQZA@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Draft of Git Rev News edition 6","fromName":"Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen","fromEmail":"tfnico@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-08-07T00:03:01Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-07T00:03:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tfnico@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/628cf28a25ca4c596c7284562100f70f0ef908bcbfadd4da1eb3d48c23658d01?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:44 AM, Mikael Magnusson wrote:\n> It is surprisingly difficult to get to the actual post of edition 6\n> from this thread. The link in the original post is just a 404, and to\n> get to it from the link in this mail, which you might not have sent at\n> all, I had to click like 5 things, and a few of those turned out to be\n> dead ends. I suppose once you know where they are published, it is\n> easy to find, but I did not :).\n\nSorry about this. It's because at the time of publishing, we move the\ndraft into the CMS' (Jekyll) blogging directory, and as we have no\nnice and easy way of making redirects in that system, the link ends up\ndead.\n\nThe current live edition 6 is here:\nhttp://git.github.io/rev_news/2015/08/05/edition-6/\n\nThe source page is now here:\nhttps://github.com/git/git.github.io/blob/master/_posts/2015-08-05-edition-6.markdown\n\nYou can always find the latest published edition, as well as an\narchive here: http://git.github.io/rev_news/\n\nWe'll make sure to include \"fresh\" links in our emails in the future.\n"}]}