From: D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 22:39:12 GMT
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2025, #07; Wed, 26)
Message-ID: <CALnO6CAzCANvC_BGYNV7a704Tmar8XyqE+0L_HEyDr1WYKo1Xg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALnO6CCcE0zyqUtFOkBZetj9HCzg_mmnWq=+gOEaRn9Np32UKQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > * ib/diff-S-G-with-longhand (2025-02-12) 10 commits
> >  - diff: docs: Use --patch-{grep,modifies} over -G/-S
> >  - diff: --pickaxe-{all,regex} help: Add --patch-{grep,modifies}
> >  - diff: test: Use --patch-{grep,modifies} over -G/-S
> >  - completion: Support --patch-{grep,modifies}
> >  - diff: --patch-{grep,modifies} arg names for -G and -S
> >  - docs: gitdiffcore: -G and -S: Use regex/string placeholders
> >  - diff: short help: Add -G and --pickaxe-grep
> >  - diff: short help: Correct -S description
> >  - diff: -G description: Correct copy/paste error
> >  - t/t4209-log-pickaxe: Naming typo: -G takes a regex
> >
> >  The commands in the "diff" family learned longhands for "-S" and
> >  "-G" options.
> >
> >  The core part looked mostly good.
> >  source: <20250212032657.1807939-1-illia.bobyr@gmail.com>
>
> I'd be interested in seeing this land. I think I can read through
> review comments
> and split the cleanups from the addition of long-form options (both of which I
> think are generally improvements), but without signoffs in the original commits
> I feel like I might be overstepping on the intellectual property---and I
> certainly wouldn't want to cause licensing trouble for Git.
>
> What's the usual way to proceed in a case like this?
>
> PS enjoy the vacation Junio---I'm hoping someone else will reply so that you
> don't need to :)
>
> Cheers,
> Ben

Looks like maybe my query got dropped during the vacation time: I saw
the newest "What's cooking" said "Expecting a reroll"—did I miss an
update in the original thread?

-- 
D. Ben Knoble