# Eric W. Biederman

GitHub: https://github.com/ebiederm
Addresses: ebiederm@xmission.com
Messages: 188. Patches: 76. Threads started: 28.
First message: 2005-05-31T13:45:33Z. Latest: 2025-10-28T16:01:51Z.

## Messages per year

| Year | Messages | Patches |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 61 | 17 |
| 2006 | 61 | 20 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 48 | 35 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |

## Patch series

24 merged, 5 not merged, 0 in review (posted in the last 90 days); acceptance rate 83%. Re-rolls count once; merged means a patch matches a commit on master by the same author.

- 2025-10-28 merged: [t1016-compatObjectFormat: Really freeze time for reproduciblity](https://gitlist.dev/t/61729) commit f711f37b05b7
- 2023-09-12 merged (v3): [SHA256 and SHA1 interoperability](https://gitlist.dev/t/60212) commit d6222a2d05c9
- 2019-05-23 not merged: [send-email: Add an option to suppress adding a specific email address](https://gitlist.dev/t/51158)
- 2009-05-21 merged: [git-send-email: Handle quotes when parsing .mailrc files](https://gitlist.dev/t/19427) commit fe87c92138d9
- 2006-08-04 not merged: [Branch history](https://gitlist.dev/t/5126)
- 2006-06-21 merged: [Check and document the options to prevent mistakes.](https://gitlist.dev/t/4604) commit 79ee555bac7a
- 2006-06-12 merged: [Ignore blank lines among this inbody headers.](https://gitlist.dev/t/4472) commit 2662dbfa58a2
- 2006-06-12 merged: [Fix git-format-patch -s](https://gitlist.dev/t/4486) commit 6c4cca1c72f9
- 2006-05-24 not merged: [Allow transfer of any valid sha1](https://gitlist.dev/t/4274)
- 2006-05-23 merged: [Detect non email patches in git-mailinfo](https://gitlist.dev/t/4267) commit f8128cfb8d58
- 2006-05-17 merged: [Implement git-quiltimport](https://gitlist.dev/t/4166) commit d3d8f361a8c6
- 2006-04-10 merged: [Implement --fuzz= option for git-apply.](https://gitlist.dev/t/3842) commit 474958871394
- 2006-01-25 merged: [Fix git-format-patch -s to include a Signed-off-by: line...](https://gitlist.dev/t/3144) commit fc5be4fdaa06
- 2005-10-02 merged: [Update git-clone documentation](https://gitlist.dev/t/2003) commit a2775c2a410b
- 2005-07-16 not merged: [git-revover-tags-script](https://gitlist.dev/t/1262)
- 2005-07-16 merged: [Install git-verify-tag-script](https://gitlist.dev/t/1261) commit 421cbeb2f7d1
- 2005-07-16 merged: [Cleanup: git-verify-tag-script](https://gitlist.dev/t/1260) commit 62b532b080d5
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Complain about sysadmins in the present tense.](https://gitlist.dev/t/1245) commit 7a868a84143c
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Initial support for building a debian package (.deb)](https://gitlist.dev/t/1254) commit 7421abfdbdfb
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Update the spec file so it can build and install the documentation](https://gitlist.dev/t/1253) commit 49ce3d0c4e73
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Add doc and install-doc targets to the Makefile](https://gitlist.dev/t/1252) commit 87a81c834bf4
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Use gzip -f when building the git-core tarball](https://gitlist.dev/t/1251) commit 9dce3c0617ce
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Add a RPMBUILD make variable](https://gitlist.dev/t/1250) commit d7b8a164e4df
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Update tags to record who made them](https://gitlist.dev/t/1249) commit c818566d5c58
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Update git-tag-script to create the .git/refs/tags if it does not already exist](https://gitlist.dev/t/1248) commit ec3f5a46eae8
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Update the list of diagnostics for git-commit-tree](https://gitlist.dev/t/1247) commit 9153368d1bc2
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Add git-var a tool for reading interesting git variables.](https://gitlist.dev/t/1246) commit aed022ab4ca1
- 2005-07-15 merged: [Move git_author_info and git_commiter_info to ident.c](https://gitlist.dev/t/1244) commit d289d13625ff
- 2005-07-12 not merged: [tagger id](https://gitlist.dev/t/1196)

## Recent emails

- 2025-10-28 [[PATCH] t1016-compatObjectFormat: Really freeze time for reproduciblity](https://gitlist.dev/e/87frb310d2.fsf_-_%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2025-10-27 [Re: [PATCH 0/2] t/lib-gpg: ensure GNUPGHOME is created as needed](https://gitlist.dev/e/87o6ps16pj.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2025-10-27 [Re: [PATCH 0/2] t/lib-gpg: ensure GNUPGHOME is created as needed](https://gitlist.dev/e/875xc02mmq.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2025-10-27 [Re: [PATCH 0/2] t/lib-gpg: ensure GNUPGHOME is created as needed](https://gitlist.dev/e/87zf9c8glu.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-10-04 [Re: Is SANITIZE=leak make test unreliable for anyone else?](https://gitlist.dev/e/87o7he1jp4.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-10-04 [Re: Is SANITIZE=leak make test unreliable for anyone else?](https://gitlist.dev/e/871qea31xf.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-10-04 [Is SANITIZE=leak make test unreliable for anyone else?](https://gitlist.dev/e/878r8j2mu1.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-10-04 [Re: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2023, #01; Mon, 2)](https://gitlist.dev/e/875y3n4207.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-14 [Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/32] SHA256 and SHA1 interoperability](https://gitlist.dev/e/871qf0wmsd.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-12 [Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/32] SHA256 and SHA1 interoperability](https://gitlist.dev/e/87v8cfxf72.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-12 [Re: [PATCH 01/32] doc hash-file-transition: A map file for mapping between sha1 and sha256](https://gitlist.dev/e/87zg1r1pk9.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-12 [Re: [PATCH v3 02/32] doc hash-function-transition: Augment compatObjectFormat with readCompatMap](https://gitlist.dev/e/87msxr8uc1.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-12 [[PATCH v3 02/32] doc hash-function-transition: Augment compatObjectFormat with readCompatMap](https://gitlist.dev/e/87ledcb7ec.fsf_-_%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-11 [[PATCH v2 02/32] doc hash-function-transition: Replace compatObjectFormat with mapObjectFormat](https://gitlist.dev/e/87sf7kd5xg.fsf_-_%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-11 [Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/32] SHA256 and SHA1 interoperability](https://gitlist.dev/e/87cyyoeli0.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-10 [Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/32] SHA256 and SHA1 interoperability](https://gitlist.dev/e/878r9dgaad.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-10 [Re: [PATCH 01/32] doc hash-file-transition: A map file for mapping between sha1 and sha256](https://gitlist.dev/e/87zg1tgaw6.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-10 [Re: [PATCH 02/32] doc hash-function-transition: Replace compatObjectFormat with compatMap](https://gitlist.dev/e/87bke9hprr.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-09 [Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/32] SHA256 and SHA1 interoperability](https://gitlist.dev/e/87msxvlczq.fsf%40email.froward.int.ebiederm.org)
- 2023-09-09 [[PATCH 13/32] object-file: Add a compat_oid_in parameter to write_object_file_flags](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-13-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-09 [[PATCH 05/32] repository: add a compatibility hash algorithm](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-5-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-09 [[PATCH 11/32] pack: Communicate the compat_oid through struct pack_idx_entry](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-11-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-09 [[PATCH 09/32] object-file: Update the loose object map when writing loose objects](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-9-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-08 [[PATCH 17/32] object-file-convert: add a function to convert trees between algorithms](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-17-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-08 [[PATCH 18/32] object-file-convert: convert commit objects when writing](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-18-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-08 [[PATCH 24/32] builtin/pack-objects: Communicate the compatibility hash through struct pack_idx_entry](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-24-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-08 [[PATCH 21/32] tree-walk: init_tree_desc take an oid to get the hash algorithm](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-21-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-08 [[PATCH 25/32] pack-compat-map: Add support for .compat files of a packfile](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-25-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-08 [[PATCH 28/32] builtin/index-pack: Add a simple oid index](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-28-ebiederm%40xmission.com)
- 2023-09-08 [[PATCH 30/32] builtin/index-pack: Make the stack in compute_compat_oid explicit](https://gitlist.dev/e/20230908231049.2035003-30-ebiederm%40xmission.com)