Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2026, #05)

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 16, 2026, 15:23 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqsec5a8e4.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BFGPs1ziDFZhbrk25fj5froGPCi92yxGOr9dpgMujKU1Q@mail.gmail.com>

Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> * ac/sparse-checkout-string-list-cleanup (2026-01-15) 1 commit
>>  - sparse-checkout: optimize string_list construction
>>
>>  Code clean-up.
>>
>>  Will merge to 'next'.
>> ...
>
> Shouldn't it restore the string_list_remove_duplicates() calls first?
> (See 20260115200903.GB1053259@coredump.intra.peff.net and
> fc14e0e5-93bc-4805-a20d-d2aa4eb87ddb@web.de )

Yes, my mistake. The draft for the next issue of "What's cooking" report has it corrected, almost immediately after I sent out the one you are responding to. Thanks for confirming.

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>> * pw/replay-drop-empty (2025-12-18) 2 commits
>>  - replay: drop commits that become empty
>>  - Merge branch 'ps/history' into pw/replay-drop-empty
>>  (this branch uses ps/history.)
>>
>>  "git replay" is taught to drop commits that become empty (not the
>>  ones that are empty in the original).
>>
>>  On hold, until the base topic gains consensus and stabilizes.
>>  source: <375adc4e941f3bb22a2b12ee26a083951ed724dd.1766076625.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>
> I think the base topic has done so now (as I'll note below), so this
> should be ready to advance.

THis has been blocked by ps/history for way too long. I think we can finally move them now, which means they are good topics for the next cycle.

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>> * ps/history (2026-01-13) 9 commits
>>  - builtin/history: implement "reword" subcommand
>>  - builtin: add new "history" command
>>  - wt-status: provide function to expose status for trees
>>  - replay: support updating detached HEAD
>>  - replay: support empty commit ranges
>>  - replay: small set of cleanups
>>  - builtin/replay: move core logic into "libgit.a"
>>  - builtin/replay: extract core logic to replay revisions
>>  - Merge branch 'kh/replay-invalid-onto-advance' into ps/history
>>  (this branch is used by pw/replay-drop-empty.)
>>
>>  "git history" history rewriting UI.
>>
>>  Will merge to 'next'?
>>  source: <20260113-b4-pks-history-builtin-v11-0-e74ebfa2652d@pks.im>
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> Yes, I think it's ready.

Thanks.