Brian Lyles
@zivarah on GitHub. Posts as brianmlyles@gmail.com.
95
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49
patches posted
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of 6 series merged
11
threads started
2024
first message, Jan 4, 2024
Dec 1, 2025
since the latest message
Patch series
Of 6 patch series (re-rolls counted once), 5 landed on master and 1 did not.
- not mergedt/t1517: indicate that `gui--askyesno` fails with GIT_TEST_INSTALLEDDec 1, 2025
- mergedinterpret-trailers: handle message without trailing newlinev3, Sep 6, 2024, c02414a997
- mergedcherry-pick: add `--empty`v5, Mar 25, 2024, 661b671aec
- mergedpretty: find pretty formats case-insensitivelyv2, Mar 25, 2024, f999d5188b
- mergeddocs: correct trailer `key_value_separator` descriptionv2, Mar 18, 2024, cb85ed1eb4
- mergeddocs: clarify file options in git-config `--edit`Mar 16, 2024, 7823a51203
A series is merged when one of its patches matches a commit on master by the same author, by subject. Versions are linked when they share a patch subject. Patches reworded before landing, or applied under someone else's name, count as not merged.
Recent emails
- t/t1517: indicate that `gui--askyesno` fails with GIT_TEST_INSTALLED
- Re: [BUG REPORT] sparseIndexExpanded hint always shows on sparse worktree move
- interpret-trailers: handle message without trailing newline
- interpret-trailers: handle message without trailing newline
- Re: [PATCH] interpret-trailers: handle message without trailing newline
- interpret-trailers: handle message without trailing newline
- [BUG REPORT] `--autostash` rebase + pre-rebase error ends in corrupt state
- [BUG REPORT] sparseIndexExpanded hint always shows on sparse worktree move
- Re: [BUG REPORT] git-gui invokes prepare-commit-msg hook incorrectly
- Re: Should commit-msg hook receive the washed message?
- [BUG REPORT] git-gui invokes prepare-commit-msg hook incorrectly
- Re: [PATCH v2] SubmittingPatches: release-notes entry experiment
- cherry-pick: add `--empty` for more robust redundant commit handling
- cherry-pick: enforce `--keep-redundant-commits` incompatibility
- sequencer: do not require `allow_empty` for redundant commit options
- sequencer: handle unborn branch with `--allow-empty`
- rebase: update `--empty=ask` to `--empty=stop`
- docs: clean up `--empty` formatting in git-rebase(1) and git-am(1)
- docs: address inaccurate `--empty` default with `--exec`
- cherry-pick: add `--empty` for more robust redundant commit handling
- Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] cherry-pick: add `--empty` for more robust redundant commit handling
- Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] pretty: find pretty formats case-insensitively
- pretty: find pretty formats case-insensitively
- pretty: update tests to use `test_config`
- Re: [PATCH] pretty: find pretty formats case-insensitively
- pretty: find pretty formats case-insensitively
- Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2024, #05; Tue, 19)
- Re: A note from the maintainer
- Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2024, #05; Tue, 19)
- Re: A note from the maintainer