Re: What's cooking (interim report)

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Aug 4, 2016, 02:46 UTC
Message-ID: <20160804024645.vtjf5jwlz6pfz3lr@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqd1lp78r7.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 04:06:20PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> * jk/parseopt-string-list (2016-08-03) 1 commit
>  - blame: drop strdup of string literal
> 
>  A recent API change to parse_opt_string_list() introduced a small
>  unintended memory leak in the command line parsing of "git blame",
>  which has been plugged.
> 
>  Will merge to 'next'.

Actually, the leak was always there. It's just that parse_opt_string_list used to leak _too_, and it was fixed, but this case left behind.

Not that it matters too much. I doubt this one is exciting enough to make it into the release notes. :)

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> * jk/pack-objects-optim-mru (2016-07-29) 1 commit
>  - pack-objects: use mru list when iterating over packs
>  (this branch uses jk/pack-objects-optim.)
> 
>  This is still questionable in that it can attempt to create a cycle
>  in delta-chain, only to be stopped by the last-ditch recovery logic
>  in there.

I've been doing some thinking and experimenting on this. I'll try to write up the current status tonight.

-Peff