Re: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2010, #04; Wed, 18)

> [New Topics]
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> * ab/maint-reset-mixed-w-pathspec-advice (2010-08-15) 1 commit
>  - reset: Better warning message on git reset --mixed <paths>
>
> Probably needs a "better" title; the commit shouldn't advertise itself
> being "better" (or "clean" for that matter), but say what it changed and
> leave it to the readers to judge if it is better.

> * ab/test-1 (2010-08-18) 5 commits
>  . t/t0000-basic.sh: Run the passing TODO test inside its own test-lib
>  . test-lib: Allow overriding of TEST_DIRECTORY
>  . test-lib: Use "$GIT_BUILD_DIR" instead of "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../
>  . test-lib: Use $TEST_DIRECTORY or $GIT_BUILD_DIR instead of $(pwd) and ../
>  . Merge branch 'ab/i18n' into ab/test-1
>  (this branch uses ab/i18n and ab/test.)
>
> Not merged to 'pu' as it seemed to have broken something.

> * ab/perl-install (2010-08-03) 1 commit
>  (merged to 'next' on 2010-08-14 at f2a27ee)
>  + perl/Makefile: Unset INSTALL_BASE when making perl.mak
>
> * ab/test (2010-08-16) 43 commits
>  (merged to 'next' on 2010-08-18 at f88bdb1)
>  + cvs tests: do not touch test CVS repositories shipped with source
>  + t/t9602-cvsimport-branches-tags.sh: Add a PERL prerequisite
>  + t/t9601-cvsimport-vendor-branch.sh: Add a PERL prerequisite
>  + t/t7105-reset-patch.sh: Add a PERL prerequisite
>  + t/t9001-send-email.sh: convert setup code to tests
>  + t/t9001-send-email.sh: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + t/t9001-send-email.sh: Remove needless PROG=* assignment
>  + t/t9600-cvsimport.sh: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + lib-patch-mode tests: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + t/t3701-add-interactive.sh: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + tests: Move FILEMODE prerequisite to lib-prereq-FILEMODE.sh
>  + t/Makefile: Create test-results dir for smoke target
>  + git-notes: Run partial expensive test everywhere
>  + t/t3300-funny-names: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + t/t3902-quoted: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + t/t4016-diff-quote: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + t/t5503-tagfollow: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + t/t7005-editor: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + t/t5705-clone-2gb: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + t/t1304-default-acl: change from skip_all=* to prereq skip
>  + t/README: Update "Skipping tests" to align with best practices
>  + t/t7800-difftool.sh: Skip with prereq on no PERL
>  + t/t5800-remote-helpers.sh: Skip with prereq on python <2.4
>  + t/t4004-diff-rename-symlink.sh: use three-arg <prereq>
>  + tests: implicitly skip SYMLINKS tests using <prereq>
>  + Makefile: make gcov invocation configurable
>  + t/README: Add a note about the dangers of coverage chasing
>  + t/README: A new section about test coverage
>  + Makefile: Add cover_db_html target
>  + Makefile: Add cover_db target
>  + Makefile: Split out the untested functions target
>  + Makefile: Include subdirectories in "make cover" reports
>  + gitignore: Ignore files generated by "make coverage"
>  + t/README: Add SMOKE_{COMMENT,TAGS}= to smoke_report target
>  + t/Makefile: Can't include GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS, it's a .sh
>  + t/README: Document the Smoke testing
>  + tests: Infrastructure for Git smoke testing
>  + test-lib: Multi-prereq support only checked the last prereq
>  + tests: A SANITY test prereq for testing if we're root
>  + t/README: Document the predefined test prerequisites
>  + test-lib: Print missing prerequisites in test output
>  + test-lib: Add support for multiple test prerequisites
>  + test-lib: Don't write test-results when HARNESS_ACTIVE
>  (this branch is used by ab/test-1.)
>
> Previously many individual topic branches from the same author, all
> regarding tests.  I thought it probably was ready for 'next' but was
> holding off as we seem to still keep getting many fixes on top.

> * ab/i18n (2010-07-25) 4 commits
>  - tests: locate i18n lib&data correctly under --valgrind
>  - gettext: setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") breaks Git's C function assumptions
>  - tests: rename test to work around GNU gettext bug
>  - Add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext
>  (this branch is used by ab/test-1.)