Re: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2013, #10; Mon, 29)

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 1, 2013, 01:48 UTC
Message-ID: <CAMP44s0AWOH+X5oBV0fY1zh5m+nXJknjOMJpmjJK0=7BGteb3A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vppxdgife.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> * fc/transport-helper-error-reporting (2013-04-25) 10 commits
>   (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-25 at 3358f1a)
>  + t5801: "VAR=VAL shell_func args" is forbidden
>   (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-22 at 5ba6467)
>  + transport-helper: update remote helper namespace
>  + transport-helper: trivial code shuffle
>  + transport-helper: warn when refspec is not used
>  + transport-helper: clarify pushing without refspecs
>  + transport-helper: update refspec documentation
>  + transport-helper: clarify *:* refspec

>  + transport-helper: improve push messages

I wish this commit wasn't blobbed with all these others, it has nothing to do with them, and in fact, it probably has enough merits to be in 'maint', since without it, each and every fetch from remote helpers will show up as 'new branch' for the user.

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>  + transport-helper: mention helper name when it dies
>  + transport-helper: report errors properly
>  (this branch is used by js/transport-helper-error-reporting-fix.)
>
>  Update transport helper to report errors and maintain ref hierarchy
>  used to keep track of remote helper state better.
>
>  Will cook in 'next', but may be 1.8.3 material depending on how things go.

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Felipe Contreras