David A. Wheeler

@david-a-wheeler on GitHub. Posts as dwheeler@dwheeler.com.

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patches posted

20%

of 5 series merged

threads started

2005

first message, Apr 17, 2005

Dec 14, 2017

since the latest message

Messages per year

The last 24 months

Patch series

Of 5 patch series (re-rolls counted once), 1 landed on master and 4 did not.

not mergeddoc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area"Dec 13, 2017
mergedExpand documentation describing --signoffJan 5, 2016, b2c150d3aa
not mergedclone: Warn if LICENSE or COPYING file lacking and !clone.skiplicensecheckMar 22, 2015
not mergedclone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING fileMar 21, 2015
not mergedEliminate use of mktemp's "-t" optionApr 22, 2005

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

Dec 14, 2017Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area"
Dec 14, 2017Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area"
Dec 13, 2017Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area"
Dec 13, 2017Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area"
Dec 13, 2017doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area"
Jan 5, 2016Expand documentation describing --signoff
Apr 3, 2015Re: [PATCH] clone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING file
Mar 23, 2015Re: [PATCH] clone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING file
Mar 22, 2015clone: Warn if LICENSE or COPYING file lacking and !clone.skiplicensecheck
Mar 21, 2015clone: Warn if clone lacks LICENSE or COPYING file
May 6, 2005Re: commit-id fails after cg-init
May 6, 2005Re: read-only git repositories (ancient history)
May 4, 2005Re: git and symlinks as tracked content
May 4, 2005Re: commit-id fails after cg-init
May 4, 2005Re: How to get bash to shut up about SIGPIPE?
May 4, 2005Re: Mercurial 0.4b vs git patchbomb benchmark (/usr/bin/env again)
May 1, 2005Re: How to get bash to shut up about SIGPIPE?
Apr 30, 2005Re: questions about cg-update, cg-pull, and cg-clone.
Apr 28, 2005Re: I'm missing isofs.h
Apr 28, 2005Re: Cogito nit: cg-update should default to "origin".
Apr 28, 2005Re: A shortcoming of the git repo format
Apr 28, 2005Cogito nit: cg-update should default to "origin".
Apr 25, 2005Re: [PATCH GIT 0.6] make use of register variables & size_t
Apr 25, 2005Re: Why /usr/bin/env in scripts
Apr 25, 2005Re: Git-commits mailing list feed.
Apr 25, 2005Re: Git-commits mailing list feed.
Apr 25, 2005Re: Git-commits mailing list feed.
Apr 25, 2005Re: Git-commits mailing list feed.
Apr 24, 2005Re: A very basic tutorial
Apr 23, 2005Suggestion: generalize signed tags into "assertion objects"