{"thread":{"id":"63794","subject":"What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2025, #04; Mon, 14)","startedAt":"2025-07-14T20:53:39Z","lastAt":"2025-07-15T17:43:25Z","messageCount":5,"participants":["Junio C Hamano","Karthik Nayak","Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"521920","messageId":"xmqqa556sddb.fsf@gitster.g","threadId":"63794","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2025, #04; Mon, 14)","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2025-07-14T20:53:36Z","receivedAt":"2025-07-14T20:53:39Z","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 in my tree. Commits\nprefixed with '+' are in 'next' (being in 'next' is a sign that a\ntopic is stable enough to be used and are candidate to be in a\nfuture release). Commits prefixed with '-' are only in 'seen', and\naren't considered \"accepted\" at all and may be annotated with an URL\nto a message that raises issues but they are no means exhaustive. A\ntopic without enough support may be discarded after a long period of\nno activity (of course they can be resubmit when new interests\narise).\n\nCopies of the source code to Git live in many repositories, and the\nfollowing is a list of the ones I push into or their mirrors. Some\nrepositories have only a subset of branches.\n\nWith maint, master, next, seen, todo:\n\n\tgit://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/\n\tgit://repo.or.cz/alt-git.git/\n\thttps://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/\n\thttps://github.com/git/git/\n\thttps://gitlab.com/git-scm/git/\n\nWith all the integration branches and topics broken out:\n\n\thttps://github.com/gitster/git/\n\nEven though the preformatted documentation in HTML and man format\nare not sources, they are published in these repositories for\nconvenience (replace \"htmldocs\" with \"manpages\" for the manual\npages):\n\n\tgit://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git-htmldocs.git/\n\thttps://github.com/gitster/git-htmldocs.git/\n\nRelease tarballs are available at:\n\n\thttps://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[Graduated to 'master']\n\n* ac/prune-wo-the-repository (2025-07-04) 2 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 3dd296a911)\n + builtin/prune: stop depending on 'the_repository'\n + repository: move 'repository_format_precious_objects' to repo scope\n\n Some code paths in the \"git prune\" used to ignore passed in\n repository object and used the_repository singleton instance\n instead, which has been corrected.\n \n source: \n\n\n* bs/config-mak-freebsd (2025-07-02) 2 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at d6761aa225)\n + build: retire NO_UINTMAX_T\n + config.mak.uname: set NO_MEMMEM only for functional version\n\n Drop FreeBSD 4 support and assume we are at least at FreeBSD 6 with\n memmem() supported.\n \n source: <20250702093736.36074-1-carenas@gmail.com>\n\n\n* bs/remote-helpers-doc-markup-fix (2025-07-02) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 60c2a47d1b)\n + gitremote-helpers.adoc: fix formatting\n\n Docfix.\n \n source: <20250702161951.22908-2-bacs@librecast.net>\n\n\n* cb/total-ram-bsd-fix (2025-07-07) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at d9a7ca747c)\n + builtin/gc: correct total_ram calculation with HAVE_BSD_SYSCTL\n\n Use of sysctl() system call to learn the total RAM size used on\n BSDs has been corrected.\n \n source: <20250707164518.6600-1-carenas@gmail.com>\n\n\n* hy/read-cache-lock-error-fix (2025-07-03) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at a97a188a9e)\n + read-cache: report lock error when refreshing index\n\n A failure to open the index file for writing due to conflicting\n access did not state what went wrong, which has been corrected.\n \n source: <20250703074502.45593-1-hanyang.tony@bytedance.com>\n\n\n* jc/coccicheck-fails-make-when-it-fails (2025-06-23) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 0b7affe7cd)\n + coccicheck: fail \"make\" when it fails\n\n \"make coccicheck\" succeeds even when spatch made suggestions, which\n has been updated to fail in such a case.\n \n source: \n\n\n* jk/all-negative-diff-filter-fix (2025-07-03) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 139dd3db75)\n + setup_revisions(): turn on diffs for all-negative diff filter\n\n A diff-filter with negative-only specification like \"git log\n --diff-filter=d\" did not trigger correctly, which has been fixed.\n \n source: <20250703224428.GB1909836@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n\n\n* kh/doc-config-subcommands (2025-07-01) 5 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at b0db48b397)\n + config: mention --url in the synopsis\n + config: use --value instead of value-pattern\n + config: document --[no-]value\n + config: use --value= consistently\n + config: document --[no-]show-names\n\n Documentation updates.\n \n source: \n\n\n* kn/clang-format-updates (2025-07-02) 3 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 0b0770e97a)\n + meson: add rule to run 'git clang-format'\n + clang-format: add 'RemoveBracesLLVM' to the main config\n + clang-format: set 'ColumnLimit' to 0\n\n Update \".clang-format\" and \".editorconfig\" to match our style guide\n a bit better.\n \n source: <20250702-525-make-clang-format-more-robust-v3-0-705344f30580@gmail.com>\n\n\n* mc/netrc-service-names (2025-06-25) 3 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at e98100afdd)\n + contrib: better support symbolic port names in git-credential-netrc\n + contrib: warn for invalid netrc file ports in git-credential-netrc\n + contrib: use a more portable shebang for git-credential-netrc\n\n \"netrc\" credential helper has been improved to understand textual\n service names (like smtp) in addition to the numeric port numbers\n (like 25).\n \n source: <20250625142511.28857-1-maxim@guixotic.coop>\n\n\n* ps/perlless-test-fixes (2025-07-07) 2 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 2c56966ff8)\n + t5333: fix missing terminator for sed(1) 's' command\n + t4150: fix warning printed by awk due to escaped '\\@'\n\n Test fixes.\n \n source: <20250707-b4-pks-t-perlless-fixes-v1-0-92b2de1c3dd0@pks.im>\n\n\n* ps/use-reftable-as-default-in-3.0 (2025-07-04) 2 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 3f3402f221)\n + setup: use \"reftable\" format when experimental features are enabled\n + BreakingChanges: announce switch to \"reftable\" format\n\n The reftable ref backend has matured enough; Git 3.0 will make it\n the default format in a newly created repositories by default.\n \n source: <20250704-pks-reftable-default-backend-v3-0-a1eb63e8442a@pks.im>\n\n\n* re/ssh-sign-buffer-fix (2025-07-07) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 36dad3e4dc)\n + ssh signing: don't detach the filename strbuf from key_file tempfile\n\n Tempfile removal fix in the codepath to sign commits with SSH keys.\n \n source: <20250707184852.16010-1-redoste@redoste.xyz>\n\n\n* rj/freebsd-sysinfo-build-fix (2025-07-04) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at bc4cbfd76d)\n + build: fix FreeBSD build when sysinfo compat library installed\n\n Build fix for FreeBSD.\n \n source: \n\n\n* rp/apply-intent-to-add-fix (2025-07-07) 4 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 957e3fd081)\n + apply docs: clarify wording for --intent-to-add\n + t4140: test apply --intent-to-add interactions\n + apply: only write intents to add for new files\n + apply: read in the index in --intent-to-add mode\n\n \"git apply -N\" should start from the current index and register\n only new files, but it instead started from an empty index, which\n has been corrected.\n \n source: <20250707121534.2933349-1-ray@ameretat.dev>\n\n\n* sj/string-list (2025-06-28) 8 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 5a95dc8007)\n + u-string-list: move \"remove duplicates\" test to \"u-string-list.c\"\n + u-string-list: move \"filter string\" test to \"u-string-list.c\"\n + u-string-list: move \"test_split_in_place\" to \"u-string-list.c\"\n + u-string-list: move \"test_split\" into \"u-string-list.c\"\n + string-list: enable sign compare warnings check\n + string-list: return index directly when inserting an existing element\n + string-list: remove unused \"insert_at\" parameter from add_entry\n + string-list: fix sign compare warnings for loop iterator\n\n Code and test clean-up around string-list API.\n \n source: \n\n\n* ts/merge-orig-head-doc-fix (2025-07-05) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 08f4a573e5)\n + docs: correct ORIG_HEAD example in \"git merge\" documentation\n\n Doc fix.\n \n source: \n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[New Topics]\n\n* ps/sane-ctype-workaround (2025-07-09) 1 commit\n - sane-ctype: fix compiler error on Amazon Linux 2\n\n Our header file relied on that the system-supplied\n header is not later included, which would override our\n macro definitions, but \"amazon linux\" broke this assumption. Fix\n this by preemptively including near the beginning of\n ourselves.\n\n Will merge to 'next'.\n source: \n\n\n* rh/doc-glob-pathspec-fix (2025-07-07) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-14 at 1561f0726d)\n + doc: correct doc for glob pathspec\n\n Docfix.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: <20250708024507.62386-2-rhanneken@pobox.com>\n\n\n* cb/meson-avoid-broken-macos-pcre2 (2025-07-13) 1 commit\n - meson: disable PCRE2 dependency by default in macOS\n\n Build fix for macOS.\n\n Will merge to 'next'.\n source: <20250713174807.32444-1-carenas@gmail.com>\n\n\n* jb/gpg-program-variable-is-a-pathname (2025-07-11) 1 commit\n - gpg-interface: expand gpg.program as a path\n\n The gpg.program configuration variable, which names a pathname to\n the (custom) GPG compatible program, can now be spelled with ~tilde\n expansion.\n\n Will merge to 'next'.\n source: <20250711232348.460804-1-jonas.brandstoetter@gmx.at>\n\n\n* pw/adopt-c99-bool-officially (2025-07-14) 3 commits\n - strbuf: convert predicates to return bool\n - git-compat-util: convert string predicates to return bool\n - CodingGuildlines: allow the use of bool\n\n Declare weather-balloon we raised for \"bool\" type 18 months ago a\n success and officially allow using the type in our codebase.\n\n Comments?\n source: \n\n\n* pw/compound-literal-test-balloon (2025-07-14) 1 commit\n - strbuf: add compound literal test balloon\n\n Gauge if the world is ready for compound literal that can make the\n resulting code clearer in some places.\n\n Comments?\n source: <7ac55a5096c261b706f47ca239c381f71db2b67a.1752499653.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[Cooking]\n\n* ps/doc-pack-refs-auto-with-files-backend-fix (2025-07-08) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at 200b4b24a8)\n + docs/git-pack-refs: document heuristic used for packing loose refs\n\n Doc update.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: <20250708-b4-pks-pack-refs-document-files-heuristic-v1-1-e28d65a94573@pks.im>\n\n\n* ps/refs-files-remove-empty-parent (2025-07-08) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at f726af7117)\n + refs/files: remove empty parent dirs when ref creation fails\n\n When a ref creation at refs/heads/foo/bar fails, the files backend\n now removes refs/heads/foo/ if the directory is otherwise not used.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: <20250708-b4-pks-reffiles-prune-empty-dirs-on-abort-v1-1-3bae02e4f034@pks.im>\n\n\n* ps/t1006-tap-fix (2025-07-08) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at bbed1acc2a)\n + t1006: fix broken TAP format\n\n Test fix.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: <20250708-b4-pks-t1006-fix-tap-format-v1-1-c3f837448364@pks.im>\n\n\n* pw/3.0-commentchar-auto-deprecation (2025-07-08) 2 commits\n - commit: print advice when core.commentString=auto\n - breaking-changes: deprecate support for core.commentString=auto\n\n Proposes to deprecate \"core.commentChar=auto\" that attempts to\n dynamically pick a suitable comment character, as it is too much\n trouble to support for little benefit.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* ps/object-store-midx (2025-07-09) 9 commits\n - midx: remove now-unused linked list of multi-pack indices\n - packfile: stop using linked MIDX list in `get_all_packs()`\n - packfile: stop using linked MIDX list in `find_pack_entry()`\n - packfile: refactor `get_multi_pack_index()` to work on sources\n - midx: track whether we have loaded the MIDX\n - midx: stop using linked list when closing MIDX\n - packfile: refactor `prepare_packed_git_one()` to work on sources\n - midx: start tracking per object database source\n - Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx\n (this branch uses ps/object-store.)\n\n Redefine where the multi-pack-index sits in the object subsystem,\n which recently was restructured to allow multiple backends that\n support a single object source that belongs to one repository. A\n midx does span mulitple \"object sources\".\n\n Expecting responses.\n source: <20250709-b4-pks-midx-via-odb-alternate-v1-0-f31150d21331@pks.im>\n\n\n* ps/object-file-wo-the-repository (2025-07-09) 20 commits\n - object-file: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE\n - environment: move object creation mode into repo settings\n - environment: move compression level into repo settings\n - object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in index-related functions\n - object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `force_object_loose()`\n - object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `read_loose_object()`\n - object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in loose object iterators\n - object-file: remove declaration for `for_each_file_in_obj_subdir()`\n - object-file: inline `for_each_loose_file_in_objdir_buf()`\n - object-file: get rid of `the_repository` when writing objects\n - odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`\n - loose: write loose objects map via their source\n - object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`\n - object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `loose_object_info()`\n - object-file: get rid of `the_repository` when freshening objects\n - object-file: inline `check_and_freshen()` functions\n - object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `has_loose_object()`\n - object-file: stop using `the_hash_algo`\n - object-file: fix -Wsign-compare warnings\n - Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository\n (this branch uses ps/object-store.)\n\n Reduce implicit assumption and dependence on the_repository in the\n object-file subsystem.\n\n Needs a bit of redoing around the configuration reading.\n cf. <32fceddc-c867-4a47-bde8-c873279edbc1@gmail.com>\n source: <20250709-pks-object-file-wo-the-repository-v1-0-62627b55707f@pks.im>\n\n\n* jk/remote-avoid-overlapping-names (2025-07-08) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-11 at 097c87760a)\n + remote: detect collisions in remote names\n\n \"git remote\" now detects remote names that overlap with each other\n (e.g., remote nickname \"outer\" and \"outer/inner\" are used at the\n same time), as it will lead to overlapping remote-tracking\n branches.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: <20250708225946.GC1180568@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n\n\n* ps/meson-cleanups (2025-07-08) 7 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-14 at 5fb402f51a)\n + ci: use Meson's new `--slice` option\n + meson: update subproject wrappers\n + meson: fix lookup of shell on MINGW64\n + meson: clean up unnecessary variables\n + meson: improve summary of auto-detected features\n + meson: stop printing 'https' option twice in our summaries\n + meson: stop discovering native version of Python\n\n Meson-based build update.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. <87h5zkcbk2.fsf@iotcl.com>\n source: <20250709-b4-pks-meson-cleanups-v3-0-29ab15b9ab85@pks.im>\n\n\n* ua/t1517-short-help-tests (2025-07-06) 7 commits\n - t/t1517: move verify-tag -h test to t1517\n - t/t1517: move verify-commit -h test to t1517\n - t/t1517: move send-pack -h test to t1517\n - t/t1517: move pack-refs -h test to t1517\n - t/t1517: move ls-files -h test to t1517\n - t/t1517: move for-each-ref -h test to t1517\n - t/t1517: move checkout-index -h test to t1517\n\n Test shuffling.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. \n source: <20250706215039.715732-1-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>\n\n\n* ag/doc-send-email (2025-06-30) 5 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at cf940e82a1)\n + docs: mention possible options for Proton Mail users\n + docs: add a paragraph explaining the `sendmailCmd` option of sendemail\n + docs: add an OAuth2.0 credential helper for AOL accounts\n + docs: add outlookidfix config option to sendemail documentation\n + docs: link OpenSSL's verify(1) manual page to know about -CAfile and -CApath options\n\n Documentation updates for \"git send-email\".\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: <20250630180511.499-1-gargaditya08@proton.me>\n\n\n* rs/parse-options-precision (2025-07-09) 7 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at aefffa21b7)\n + parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_COUNTUP\n + parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_BITOP\n + parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_NEGBIT\n + parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_BIT\n + parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_SET_INT\n + parse-options: add precision handling for PARSE_OPT_CMDMODE\n + parse-options: require PARSE_OPT_NOARG for OPTION_BITOP\n\n Define .precision to more canned parse-options type to avoid bugs\n coming from using a variable with a wrong type to capture the\n parsed values.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: <802eba72-c100-429a-80b7-7a0e8b6559ed@web.de>\n\n\n* kn/for-each-ref-skip (2025-07-11) 4 commits\n - for-each-ref: introduce a '--start-after' option\n - refs: selectively set prefix in the seek functions\n - ref-cache: remove unused function 'find_ref_entry()'\n - refs: expose `ref_iterator` via 'refs.h'\n\n \"git for-each-ref\" learns \"--skip-until\" option to help\n applications that want to page its output.\n\n Will merge to 'next'.\n cf. \n source: <20250711-306-git-for-each-ref-pagination-v4-0-ed3303ad5b89@gmail.com>\n\n\n* tc/last-modified (2025-07-09) 3 commits\n - last-modified: use Bloom filters when available\n - t/perf: add last-modified perf script\n - last-modified: new subcommand to show when files were last modified\n\n A new command \"git last-modified\" is proposed to show the closest\n ancestor commit that touched each path.\n\n Comments?\n source: <20250630-toon-new-blame-tree-v3-0-3516025dc3bc@iotcl.com>\n\n\n* cb/daemon-reap-children (2025-07-10) 2 commits\n - daemon: use sigaction() to install child_handler()\n - compat/mingw: allow sigaction(SIGCHLD)\n\n Futz with SIGCHLD handling in \"git daemon\".\n\n Will merge to 'next'?\n source: \n\n\n* ac/auto-comment-char-fix (2025-06-30) 1 commit\n - commit: avoid scanning trailing comments when 'core.commentChar' is \"auto\"\n\n \"git commit\" that concludes a conflicted merge failed to notice and remove\n existing comment added automatically (like \"# Conflicts:\") when the\n core.commentstring is set to 'auto'.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. \n source: <20250630182527.69167-1-ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>\n\n\n* ly/changed-paths-traversal (2025-07-12) 5 commits\n - bloom: optimize multiple pathspec items in revision\n - revision: make helper for pathspec to bloom keyvec\n - bloom: replace struct bloom_key * with struct bloom_keyvec\n - bloom: rename function operates on bloom_key\n - bloom: add test helper to return murmur3 hash\n\n Lift the limitation to use changed-path filter in \"git log\" so that\n it can be used for a pathspec with multiple literal paths.\n\n Will merge to 'next'?\n source: <20250712093517.17907-1-yldhome2d2@gmail.com>\n\n\n* ph/fetch-prune-optim (2025-07-01) 3 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at f0a1daff6a)\n + clean up interface for refs_warn_dangling_symrefs\n + refs: remove old refs_warn_dangling_symref\n + fetch-prune: optimize dangling-ref reporting\n\n \"git fetch --prune\" used to be O(n^2) expensive when there are many\n refs, which has been corrected.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. <20250708013612.GB549007@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n source: <20250702011214.2835529-2-phil.hord@gmail.com>\n\n\n* bc/use-sha256-by-default-in-3.0 (2025-07-01) 11 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-11 at 893c183a5f)\n + Enable SHA-256 by default in breaking changes mode\n + help: add a build option for default hash\n + t5300: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo\n + t4042: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo\n + t1007: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo\n + t: default to compile-time default hash if not set\n + setup: use the default algorithm to initialize repo format\n + Use legacy hash for legacy formats\n + builtin: use default hash when outside a repository\n + hash: add a constant for the legacy hash algorithm\n + hash: add a constant for the default hash algorithm\n\n Prepare to flip the default hash function to SHA-256.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: <20250701212237.766774-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>\n\n\n* lo/repo-info (2025-06-19) 7 commits\n . repo-info: add field layout.shallow\n . repo-info: add field layout.bare\n . repo-info: add the field references.format\n . repo-info: add the --allow-empty flag\n . repo-info: add plaintext as an output format\n . repo-info: add the --format flag\n . repo-info: declare the repo-info command\n\n A new subcommand \"git repo-info\" gives users a way to grab various\n repository characteristics.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. <0FEC4502-867F-4B9C-B752-376EF9464983@gmail.com>\n source: <20250619225751.99699-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>\n\n\n* cc/fast-import-export-signature-names (2025-07-09) 1 commit\n - fast-(import|export): improve on commit signature output format\n\n Clean up the way how signature on commit objects are exported to\n and imported from fast-import stream.\n\n Will merge to 'next'?\n source: <20250709141253.623563-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>\n\n\n* ac/deglobal-sparse-variables (2025-06-30) 3 commits\n - environment: remove the global variable 'sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns'\n - environment: move access to \"core.sparsecheckoutcone\" into repo_settings\n - environment: move access to \"core.sparsecheckout\" into repo_settings\n\n Two global variables related to sparse checkout have been moved to\n the repository settings structure.\n\n Needs a bit of redoing around the configuration reading.\n cf. <17b7f51c-0c3d-4d63-a501-47ce829f7345@gmail.com>\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* ow/rebase-verify-insn-fmt-before-initializing-state (2025-06-09) 1 commit\n - rebase: write script before initializing state\n\n \"git rebase -i\" with bogus rebase.instructionFormat configuration\n failed to produce the todo file after recording the state files,\n leading to confused \"git status\"; this has been corrected.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. <7e796844-97e2-4b45-a76e-4c1fcb1da3ae@gmail.com>\n source: <20250609221055.136074-1-oystwa@gmail.com>\n\n\n* jc/tag-idempotent-no-op (2025-07-11) 1 commit\n - tag: allow idempotent \"git tag\" without \"--force\"\n\n \"git tag T O\" when the tag T is already pointing at the object O is\n a no-op; we used to but no longer error out such a request and\n require \"--force\" and instead turn it into a no-op.\n\n Will discard.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* ss/compat-bswap-revamp (2025-06-11) 6 commits\n - bswap.h: provide a built-in based version of bswap32/64 if possible\n - bswap.h: remove optimized x86 version of bswap32/64\n - bswap.h: always overwrite ntohl/ntohll macros\n - bswap.h: define GIT_LITTLE_ENDIAN on MSVC as little endian\n - bswap.h: add support for __BYTE_ORDER__\n - Merge branch 'ss/revert-builtin-bswap-stuff' into ss/compat-bswap-revamp\n\n Clean-up compat/bswap.h mess.\n\n Stalled.\n cf. \n source: <20250611221444.1567638-1-sebastian@breakpoint.cc>\n\n\n* ja/doc-git-log-markup (2025-07-07) 9 commits\n - doc: git-log: convert log config to new doc format\n - doc: git-log: convert diff options to new doc format\n - doc: git-log: convert pretty formats to new doc format\n - doc: git-log: convert pretty options to new doc format\n - doc: git-log: convert rev list options to new doc format\n - doc: git-log: convert line range format to new doc format\n - doc: git-log: convert line range options to new doc format\n - doc: git-log convert rev-list-description to new doc format\n - doc: convert git-log to new documentation format\n\n Doc mark-up updates.\n\n Will merge to 'next'.\n source: \n\n\n* sk/reftable-clarify-tests (2025-06-05) 10 commits\n - t/unit-tests: finalize migration of reftable-related tests\n - t/unit-tests: convert reftable stack test to use clar\n - t/unit-tests: convert reftable record test to use clar\n - t/unit-tests: convert reftable readwrite test to use clar\n - t/unit-tests: convert reftable table test to use clar\n - t/unit-tests: convert reftable pq test to use clar\n - t/unit-tests: convert reftable merged test to use clar\n - t/unit-tests: convert reftable block test to use clar\n - t/unit-tests: convert reftable basics test to use clar test framework\n - t/unit-tests: implement clar specific reftable test helper functions\n\n The reftable unit tests are now ported to the \"clar\" unit testing\n framework.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. \n source: <20250605140644.239199-1-kuforiji98@gmail.com>\n\n\n* ly/load-bitmap-leakfix (2025-06-30) 3 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-08 at 6e6d182a8c)\n + pack-bitmap: add load corrupt bitmap test\n + pack-bitmap: reword comments in test_bitmap_commits()\n + pack-bitmap: fix memory leak if load_bitmap() failed\n\n Leakfix with a new and a bit invasive test.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* tb/prepare-midx-pack-cleanup (2025-05-28) 5 commits\n - midx: return a `packed_git` pointer from `prepare_midx_pack()`\n - midx-write.c: extract inner loop from fill_packs_from_midx()\n - midx-write.c: guard against incremental MIDXs in want_included_pack()\n - midx: access pack names through `nth_midxed_pack_name()`\n - Merge branch 'ps/midx-negative-packfile-cache' into tb/prepare-midx-pack-cleanup\n\n Improvement on Multi-pack-index API.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. <20250530065034.GC1321283@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n source: \n\n\n* kj/renamed-submodule (2025-06-07) 2 commits\n - submodule: skip redundant active entries when pattern covers path\n - submodule: prevent overwriting .gitmodules entry on path reuse\n\n The case where a new submodule takes a path where used to be a\n completely different subproject is now dealt a bit better than\n before.\n\n What's the status of this one?\n cf. \n source: <20250608032705.11990-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>\n\n\n* lm/add-p-context (2025-06-28) 4 commits\n - add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides\n - add-patch: respect diff.context configuration\n - test: use \"test_config\"\n - test: use \"test_grep\"\n\n \"git add/etc -p\" now honors diff.context configuration variable,\n and learns to honor -U option.\n\n Expecting responses.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* ps/object-store (2025-07-01) 17 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at e19db55858)\n + odb: rename `read_object_with_reference()`\n + odb: rename `pretend_object_file()`\n + odb: rename `has_object()`\n + odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`\n + odb: rename `oid_object_info()`\n + odb: trivial refactorings to get rid of `the_repository`\n + odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling submodule sources\n + odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling the primary source\n + odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `for_each()` functions\n + odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling alternates\n + odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `odb_mkstemp()`\n + odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `assert_oid_type()`\n + odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `find_odb()`\n + odb: introduce parent pointers\n + object-store: rename files to \"odb.{c,h}\"\n + object-store: rename `object_directory` to `odb_source`\n + object-store: rename `raw_object_store` to `object_database`\n (this branch is used by ps/object-file-wo-the-repository and ps/object-store-midx.)\n\n Code clean-up around object access API.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: <20250701-pks-object-store-wo-the-repository-v6-0-dbf3894ab4e2@pks.im>\n\n\n* cc/promisor-remote-capability (2025-06-25) 5 commits\n - promisor-remote: use string constants for 'name' and 'url' too\n - promisor-remote: allow a client to check fields\n - promisor-remote: refactor how we parse advertised fields\n - promisor-remote: allow a server to advertise more fields\n - promisor-remote: refactor to get rid of 'struct strvec'\n\n The \"promisor-remote\" capability mechanism has been updated to\n allow the \"partialCloneFilter\" settings and the \"token\" value to be\n communicated from the server side.\n\n What's the status of this one?\n cf. \n source: <20250625125055.1375596-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>\n\n\n* tb/midx-avoid-cruft-packs (2025-06-23) 9 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-11 at 3fc02a8a1a)\n + repack: exclude cruft pack(s) from the MIDX where possible\n + pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow'\n + pack-objects: swap 'show_{object,commit}_pack_hint'\n + pack-objects: fix typo in 'show_object_pack_hint()'\n + pack-objects: perform name-hash traversal for unpacked objects\n + pack-objects: declare 'rev_info' for '--stdin-packs' earlier\n + pack-objects: factor out handling '--stdin-packs'\n + pack-objects: limit scope in 'add_object_entry_from_pack()'\n + pack-objects: use standard option incompatibility functions\n\n \"pack-objects\" has been taught to avoid pointing into objects in\n cruft packs from midx.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n source: \n"},{"id":"521975","messageId":"CAOLa=ZTtgQqMZLNL0jLfVMWaSgn7-APt_NYVpJTj4zz54kXH-A@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"63794","inReplyTo":"xmqqa556sddb.fsf@gitster.g","subject":"Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2025, #04; Mon, 14)","fromName":"Karthik Nayak","fromEmail":"karthik.188@gmail.com","sentAt":"2025-07-15T11:29:35Z","receivedAt":"2025-07-15T11:29:38Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"karthik.188@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1786334?v=4"},"body":"Junio C Hamano writes:\n\n> * kn/for-each-ref-skip (2025-07-11) 4 commits\n> - for-each-ref: introduce a '--start-after' option\n> - refs: selectively set prefix in the seek functions\n> - ref-cache: remove unused function 'find_ref_entry()'\n> - refs: expose `ref_iterator` via 'refs.h'\n>\n> \"git for-each-ref\" learns \"--skip-until\" option to help\n> applications that want to page its output.\n>\n> Will merge to 'next'.\n> cf. \n> source: <20250711-306-git-for-each-ref-pagination-v4-0-ed3303ad5b89@gmail.com>\n>\n\nChristian left some comments, so I've pushed a new version here.\n\n[snip]\n"},{"id":"521991","messageId":"hm5m7i3vyzimr7afq47uitxl2la2obgetg6arks2mvgafekjfw@ppfqnb5ercsn","threadId":"63794","inReplyTo":"xmqqa556sddb.fsf@gitster.g","subject":"Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2025, #04; Mon, 14)","fromName":"Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón","fromEmail":"carenas@gmail.com","sentAt":"2025-07-15T13:16:09Z","receivedAt":"2025-07-15T13:16:12Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"carenas@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/76036?v=4"},"body":"On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 01:53:36PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n> \n> * bs/config-mak-freebsd (2025-07-02) 2 commits\n> (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at d6761aa225)\n> + build: retire NO_UINTMAX_T\n> + config.mak.uname: set NO_MEMMEM only for functional version\n> \n> Drop FreeBSD 4 support and assume we are at least at FreeBSD 6 with\n> memmem() supported.\n> \n> source: <20250702093736.36074-1-carenas@gmail.com>\n\nApologies for not mentioning earlier, but the minimum version of\nFreeBSD supported with memmem() by this patch is 12, not 6.\n\n> * cb/meson-avoid-broken-macos-pcre2 (2025-07-13) 1 commit\n> - meson: disable PCRE2 dependency by default in macOS\n> \n> Build fix for macOS.\n> \n> Will merge to 'next'.\n> source: <20250713174807.32444-1-carenas@gmail.com>\n\nBetter hold, as there is a better option posted with a v4 in\n20250715114407.37955-1-carenas@gmail.com but more importantly\nthe discussion is still open and might require further changes.\n\nCarlo\n"},{"id":"522016","messageId":"xmqqa555icar.fsf@gitster.g","threadId":"63794","inReplyTo":"CAOLa=ZTtgQqMZLNL0jLfVMWaSgn7-APt_NYVpJTj4zz54kXH-A@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2025, #04; Mon, 14)","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2025-07-15T17:39:08Z","receivedAt":"2025-07-15T17:39:11Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Karthik Nayak writes:\n\n> Junio C Hamano writes:\n>\n>> * kn/for-each-ref-skip (2025-07-11) 4 commits\n>> - for-each-ref: introduce a '--start-after' option\n>> - refs: selectively set prefix in the seek functions\n>> - ref-cache: remove unused function 'find_ref_entry()'\n>> - refs: expose `ref_iterator` via 'refs.h'\n>>\n>> \"git for-each-ref\" learns \"--skip-until\" option to help\n>> applications that want to page its output.\n>>\n>> Will merge to 'next'.\n>> cf. \n>> source: <20250711-306-git-for-each-ref-pagination-v4-0-ed3303ad5b89@gmail.com>\n>>\n>\n> Christian left some comments, so I've pushed a new version here.\n\nThanks, will take a look.\n"},{"id":"522017","messageId":"xmqq5xftic3p.fsf@gitster.g","threadId":"63794","inReplyTo":"hm5m7i3vyzimr7afq47uitxl2la2obgetg6arks2mvgafekjfw@ppfqnb5ercsn","subject":"Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2025, #04; Mon, 14)","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2025-07-15T17:43:22Z","receivedAt":"2025-07-15T17:43:25Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón writes:\n\n> On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 01:53:36PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n>> \n>> * bs/config-mak-freebsd (2025-07-02) 2 commits\n>> (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at d6761aa225)\n>> + build: retire NO_UINTMAX_T\n>> + config.mak.uname: set NO_MEMMEM only for functional version\n>> \n>> Drop FreeBSD 4 support and assume we are at least at FreeBSD 6 with\n>> memmem() supported.\n>> \n>> source: <20250702093736.36074-1-carenas@gmail.com>\n>\n> Apologies for not mentioning earlier, but the minimum version of\n> FreeBSD supported with memmem() by this patch is 12, not 6.\n\nThanks, I realized the same and updated the draft release notes with\nthat ;-)\n\n>> * cb/meson-avoid-broken-macos-pcre2 (2025-07-13) 1 commit\n>> - meson: disable PCRE2 dependency by default in macOS\n>> \n>> Build fix for macOS.\n>> \n>> Will merge to 'next'.\n>> source: <20250713174807.32444-1-carenas@gmail.com>\n>\n> Better hold, as there is a better option posted with a v4 in\n> 20250715114407.37955-1-carenas@gmail.com but more importantly\n> the discussion is still open and might require further changes.\n\nAgain, thanks. I saw the exchange and your latest round with Eli's\ninput is what I'll be queuing for today's integration cycle, without\nmerging it down to 'next' just yet.\n\n"}]}