Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2017, #06; Thu, 22)

> * sd/branch-copy (2017-06-18) 3 commits
>  - branch: add a --copy (-c) option to go with --move (-m)
>  - branch: add test for -m renaming multiple config sections
>  - config: create a function to format section headers
>
>  "git branch" learned "-c/-C" to create and switch to a new branch
>  by copying an existing one.
>
>  Has a bit of interaction with two other topics, so perhaps needs to
>  wait for them to stabilize a bit more.

> * ab/sha1dc (2017-06-07) 2 commits
>  - sha1collisiondetection: automatically enable when submodule is populated
>  - sha1dc: optionally use sha1collisiondetection as a submodule
>
>  The "collission-detecting" implementation of SHA-1 hash we borrowed
>  from is replaced by directly binding the upstream project as our
>  submodule.
>
>  Will keep in 'pu'.
>  Impact to the various build and release infrastructure of using
>  submodule is not yet fully known, but this lets us dip our toes.

> * bp/fsmonitor (2017-06-12) 6 commits
>  - fsmonitor: add a sample query-fsmonitor hook script for Watchman
>  - fsmonitor: add documentation for the fsmonitor extension.
>  - fsmonitor: add test cases for fsmonitor extension
>  - fsmonitor: teach git to optionally utilize a file system monitor to speed up detecting new or changed files.
>  - dir: make lookup_untracked() available outside of dir.c
>  - bswap: add 64 bit endianness helper get_be64
>
>  We learned to talk to watchman to speed up "git status".
>
>  Waiting for discussion to settle.

> * xz/send-email-batch-size (2017-05-23) 1 commit
>  - send-email: --batch-size to work around some SMTP server limit
>
>  "git send-email" learned to overcome some SMTP server limitation
>  that does not allow many pieces of e-mails to be sent over a single
>  session.
>
>  Waiting for response.
>  cf. <CACBZZX5GYV50rjg9X602JHqFPaoofH9TwDf_-r_MDu8-rmNV6Q@mail.gmail.com>