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Re: the state of diff_free() and release_revisions()

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 20, 2022, 17:23 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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> AFAICT the current status in this area is that with 2cc712324d5 (Merge
> branch 'rs/fast-export-pathspec-fix', 2022-05-04) and 5048b20d1c2 (Merge
> branch 'rs/format-patch-pathspec-fix', 2022-05-04) merged the known bugs
> related to this have been fixed, along with 3da993f2e63 (Merge branch
> 'jc/diff-tree-stdin-fix', 2022-04-28).

There is another possible known breakage around "diff -I --cc" reported, no?

https://lore.kernel.org/git/a6a14213-bc82-d6fb-43dd-5a423c40a4f8@web.de/
> Not coincidentally around the same time my ab/plug-leak-in-revisions got
> un-marked for "next" from [1] to [2], and I'm looking for a path forward
> for this whole thing...

I think this was not because it had known bugs but only because we wanted to avoid distractions and too much churns in the tree.

I think it is a good time to reactivate it; Phillip Wood took a serious look at the latest round, if I am reading [*] correctly.

* https://lore.kernel.org/git/2cc2d026-1496-1ed9-838b-6fdf8cfba285@gmail.com/
Thanks.
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  1. Daniel LiApr 30, 2022
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2022
  3. 2.36 show regression fixJunio C Hamano, Apr 30, 2022
  4. 2.36 format-patch regression fixRené Scharfe, Apr 30, 2022
  5. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 30, 2022
  6. René ScharfeMay 1, 2022
  7. the state of diff_free() and release_revisions() (was: [PATCH] 2.36 format-patch regression fix)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 20, 2022
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2022
  9. 2.36 fast-export regression fixRené Scharfe, Apr 30, 2022
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2022

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