Not yet 1.7.7-rc1 but...

... here is an updated preview of the "New Topics" section of the next issue of "What's cooking". People sent in fixes to bugs several topics that are new in 1.7.7-rc0 have introduced, and while they are still on the "pu" (proposed updates) branch for tonight, they should and will be fast tracked to 1.7.7-rc1.

Thanks.

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[New Topics]

* mg/maint-notes-C-doc (2011-08-25) 1 commit
 - git-notes.txt: clarify -C vs. copy and -F

Will merge to "master".

* jc/clean-exclude-doc (2011-08-28) 1 commit
 - Documentation: clarify "git clean -e <pattern>"

Will merge to "master".

* mh/check-ref-format-print-normalize (2011-08-27) 2 commits
 - Forbid DEL characters in reference names
 - check-ref-format --print: Normalize refnames that start with slashes

Will merge to "master".

* bk/ancestry-path (2011-08-25) 3 commits
 - revision: do not include sibling history in --ancestry-path output
 - revision: keep track of the end-user input from the command line
 - rev-list: Demonstrate breakage with --ancestry-path --all

The topic came up a bit too late in the cycle. Will cook for a while.

* mg/branch-list (2011-08-28) 5 commits
 - branch: allow pattern arguments
 - branch: introduce --list option
 - git-branch: introduce missing long forms for the options
 - git-tag: introduce long forms for the options
 - t6040: test branch -vv

The topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.

* mm/rebase-i-exec-edit (2011-08-26) 2 commits
 - rebase -i: notice and warn if "exec $cmd" modifies the index or the working tree
 - rebase -i: clean error message for --continue after failed exec

The topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.

* jk/default-attr (2011-08-26) 1 commit
 - attr: map builtin userdiff drivers to well-known extensions

I fixed up the test breakage just for fun, but this is not urgent.

* hv/submodule-merge-search (2011-08-26) 4 commits
 - submodule: Search for merges only at end of recursive merge
 - allow multiple calls to submodule merge search for the same path
 - submodule: Demonstrate known breakage during recursive merge
 - push: Don't push a repository with unpushed submodules
 (this branch uses fg/submodule-ff-check-before-push.)

The topic came up a bit too late in the cycle. The bottom one needs to be replaced with a properly written commit log message.

* mm/mediawiki-as-a-remote (2011-08-26) 1 commit
 - Add a remote helper to interact with mediawiki (fetch & push)

Fun.

* nd/maint-autofix-tag-in-head (2011-08-26) 3 commits
 - Accept tags in HEAD or MERGE_HEAD
 - merge: remove global variable head[]
 - merge: keep stash[] a local variable

Probably needs a re-roll to aim a bit higher.

* bc/unstash-clean-crufts (2011-08-27) 4 commits
 - git-stash: remove untracked/ignored directories when stashed
 - t/t3905: add missing '&&' linkage
 - git-stash.sh: fix typo in error message
 - t/t3905: use the name 'actual' for test output, swap arguments to test_cmp

* bg/t5540-osx-grep (2011-08-28) 1 commit
 - t5540-http-test: shorten grep pattern

Will merge to "master".

* cb/maint-ls-files-error-report (2011-08-28) 1 commit
 - t3005: do not assume a particular order of stdout and stderr of git-ls-files

Will merge to "master".

* da/make-auto-header-dependencies (2011-08-27) 1 commit
 - Makefile: Improve compiler header dependency check
 (this branch uses fk/make-auto-header-dependencies.)

* ms/daemon-timeout-is-in-seconds (2011-08-28) 1 commit
 - git-daemon.txt: specify --timeout in seconds

Will merge to "master".

* bc/bisect-test-use-shell-path (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - t6030: use $SHELL_PATH to invoke user's preferred shell instead of bare sh

Will merge to "master".

* gb/am-hg-patch (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - am: preliminary support for hg patches

* gb/maint-am-patch-format-error-message (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - am: format is in $patch_format, not parse_patch

Will merge to "master".

* gb/maint-am-stgit-author-to-from-fix (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - am: fix stgit patch mangling

Will merge to "master".

* jc/diff-index-unpack (2011-08-29) 3 commits
 - diff-index: pass pathspec down to unpack-trees machinery
 - unpack-trees: allow pruning with pathspec
 - traverse_trees(): allow pruning with pathspec

Will cook for a while.

* tr/maint-format-patch-empty-output (2011-08-29) 4 commits
 - Document negated forms of format-patch --to --cc --add-headers
 - t4014: "no-add-headers" is actually called "no-add-header"
 - t4014: invoke format-patch with --stdout where intended
 - t4014: check for empty files from git format-patch --stdout

Will merge to "master".

* tr/maint-ident-to-git-memmove (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - Use memmove in ident_to_git

Will merge to "master".

* tr/maint-strbuf-grow-nul-termination (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - strbuf_grow(): maintain nul-termination even for new buffer

Will merge to "master".

* tr/maint-t3903-misquoted-command (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - t3903: fix misquoted rev-parse invocation

Will merge to "master".

* va/p4-branch-import-test-update (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - git-p4: simple branch tests edits

Will merge to "master".