Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2021, #02; Thu, 8)

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> * en/ort-perf-batch-14 (2021-07-01) 7 commits
>  - merge-ort: restart merge with cached renames to reduce process entry cost
>  - merge-ort: avoid recursing into directories when we don't need to
>  - merge-ort: defer recursing into directories when merge base is matched
>  - merge-ort: add a handle_deferred_entries() helper function
>  - merge-ort: add data structures for allowable trivial directory resolves
>  - merge-ort: add some more explanations in collect_merge_info_callback()
>  - merge-ort: resolve paths early when we have sufficient information
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>  Further optimization on "merge -sort" backend.
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>  Reviews?

> * ds/commit-and-checkout-with-sparse-index (2021-06-28) 5 commits
>  - checkout: stop expanding sparse indexes
>  - sparse-index: recompute cache-tree
>  - commit: integrate with sparse-index
>  - p2000: compress repo names
>  - p2000: add 'git checkout -' test and decrease depth
>  (this branch uses ds/status-with-sparse-index.)
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>  "git checkout" and "git commit" learn to work without unnecessarily
>  expanding sparse indexes.
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>  Comments?

> * ds/status-with-sparse-index (2021-06-28) 16 commits
>  - fsmonitor: integrate with sparse index
>  - wt-status: expand added sparse directory entries
>  - status: use sparse-index throughout
>  - status: skip sparse-checkout percentage with sparse-index
>  - diff-lib: handle index diffs with sparse dirs
>  - dir.c: accept a directory as part of cone-mode patterns
>  - unpack-trees: handle dir/file conflict of sparse entries
>  - unpack-trees: unpack sparse directory entries
>  - unpack-trees: rename unpack_nondirectories()
>  - unpack-trees: compare sparse directories correctly
>  - unpack-trees: preserve cache_bottom
>  - t1092: add tests for status/add and sparse files
>  - t1092: expand repository data shape
>  - t1092: replace incorrect 'echo' with 'cat'
>  - sparse-index: include EXTENDED flag when expanding
>  - sparse-index: skip indexes with unmerged entries
>  (this branch is used by ds/commit-and-checkout-with-sparse-index.)
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>  "git status" codepath learned to work with sparsely populated index
>  without hydrating it fully.
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>  Will merge to 'next'?