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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2017, #04; Mon, 25)

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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
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Sep 25, 2017, 18:30 UTC
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> * sb/parse-options-blank-line-before-option-list (2017-08-25) 1 commit
>  - usage_with_options: omit double new line on empty option list
>
>  "git worktree" with no option and no subcommand showed too many
>  blank lines in its help text, which has been reduced.
>
>  Superseded by bc/rev-parse-parseopt-fix?
yes it is, please retract this one.
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> * sb/submodule-recursive-checkout-detach-head (2017-07-28) 2 commits
>  - Documentation/checkout: clarify submodule HEADs to be detached
>  - recursive submodules: detach HEAD from new state
>
>  "git checkout --recursive" may overwrite and rewind the history of
>  the branch that happens to be checked out in submodule
>  repositories, which might not be desirable.  Detach the HEAD but
>  still allow the recursive checkout to succeed in such a case.
>
>  Undecided.
>  This needs justification in a larger picture; it is unclear why
>  this is better than rejecting recursive checkout, for example.

I'll revisit this with fresh eyes, the original plan was to get jn/per-repo-obj-store done to have more fundamental operations available to do the right thing, whatever it is, though.

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> * jn/per-repo-obj-store (2017-09-07) 39 commits
We intend to get this one rolling again.
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  1. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2017
  2. Stefan BellerSep 25, 2017

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