# Johannes Sixt

GitHub: https://github.com/j6t
Addresses: j.sixt@eudaptics.com, j.sixt@viscovery.net, j6t@kdbg.org, johannes.sixt@telecom.at
Messages: 4940. Patches: 729. Threads started: 361.
First message: 2006-04-11T19:26:39Z. Latest: 2026-10-07T10:36:32Z.

## Messages per year

| Year | Messages | Patches |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | 7 |
| 2007 | 525 | 121 |
| 2008 | 647 | 140 |
| 2009 | 645 | 113 |
| 2010 | 520 | 78 |
| 2011 | 294 | 36 |
| 2012 | 282 | 24 |
| 2013 | 280 | 44 |
| 2014 | 152 | 19 |
| 2015 | 117 | 25 |
| 2016 | 248 | 29 |
| 2017 | 172 | 9 |
| 2018 | 120 | 10 |
| 2019 | 174 | 16 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2 |
| 2021 | 129 | 24 |
| 2022 | 93 | 3 |
| 2023 | 32 | 0 |
| 2024 | 93 | 0 |
| 2025 | 150 | 12 |
| 2026 | 187 | 17 |

## Patch series

267 merged, 65 not merged, 0 in review (posted in the last 90 days); acceptance rate 80%. Re-rolls count once; merged means a patch matches a commit on master by the same author.

- 2026-08-23 merged: [gitk: discourage AI contributions](https://gitlist.dev/t/66208) commit 5dce54916004
- 2026-08-12 merged (v2): [gitk: make color preferences visually more pleasing and better usable](https://gitlist.dev/t/66127) commit 942fe6c42751
- 2026-06-21 merged: [git-gui: reduce complexity of the quiet msgfmt rule](https://gitlist.dev/t/65811) commit ed5ccdaca021
- 2026-04-15 merged (v4): [userdiff: tighten word-diff test case of the scheme driver](https://gitlist.dev/t/64483) commit 955c88fbc5ac
- 2025-10-20 merged: [t7500: fix tests with absolute path following ":(optional)" on Windows](https://gitlist.dev/t/56234) commit 91e6a645e750
- 2025-10-06 merged (v2): [gitk: persist position and size of the Tags and Heads window](https://gitlist.dev/t/64220) commit bf5a55ac5eae
- 2025-08-25 merged (v2): [progress: pay attention to (customized) delay time](https://gitlist.dev/t/64019) commit 457534d0417d
- 2025-08-22 merged: [doc/format-patch: adjust Thunderbird MUA hint to new add-on](https://gitlist.dev/t/64015) commit 785628b173f1
- 2025-08-20 merged (v2): [doc/gitk: update reference to the external project](https://gitlist.dev/t/63983) commit bcb20dda833d
- 2025-08-06 merged: [rebase -i: permit 'drop' of a merge commit](https://gitlist.dev/t/63918) commit 4d491ade8f65
- 2025-07-31 merged: [interactive: do strip trailing CRLF from input](https://gitlist.dev/t/63886) commit 711a20827b7e
- 2025-05-15 merged (v2): [git-gui: do not end the commit message with an empty line](https://gitlist.dev/t/63462) commit 80983c4131e2
- 2022-11-21 merged: [t3920: don't ignore errors of more than one command with `|| true`](https://gitlist.dev/t/58833) commit 500317ae03f6
- 2022-01-15 not merged: [t3705-add-sparse-checkout: ignore a LF->CRLF warning on Windows](https://gitlist.dev/t/57241)
- 2022-01-13 merged: [t1450-fsck: exec-bit is not needed to make loose object writable](https://gitlist.dev/t/57239) commit 59069107948b
- 2021-10-24 merged (v3): [Fun with cpp word regex](https://gitlist.dev/t/56657) commit 1cf93847c1ed
- 2021-09-22 merged: [lazyload.h: fix warnings about mismatching function pointer types](https://gitlist.dev/t/56566) commit d2c470f9bc41
- 2021-08-24 merged: [t9001: PATH must not use Windows-style paths](https://gitlist.dev/t/56369) commit f6a5af0f6218
- 2021-05-24 merged: [t9001-send-email.sh: fix expected absolute paths on Windows](https://gitlist.dev/t/55764) commit 53753a37d091
- 2021-02-23 merged: [replace "parameters" by "arguments" in error messages](https://gitlist.dev/t/55193) commit b865734760c2
- 2021-01-30 merged: [annotate-tests: quote variable expansions containing path names](https://gitlist.dev/t/55077) commit 6eaf624dea68
- 2020-04-09 merged (v2): [gitk: Un-hide selection in added and removed text and search results](https://gitlist.dev/t/52783) commit 2faa6cdc5e4d
- 2019-12-22 merged: [t3008: find test-tool through path lookup](https://gitlist.dev/t/52508) commit 20a67e8ce9d1
- 2019-09-16 merged (v2): [diff, log doc: say "patch text" instead of "patches"](https://gitlist.dev/t/51853) commit 6fae6bd51851
- 2019-06-30 not merged: [t5319: don't trip over a user name with whitespace](https://gitlist.dev/t/51284)
- 2019-06-12 merged (v2): [Reduce number of processes spawned by git-mergetool](https://gitlist.dev/t/51278) commit 8b014655105e
- 2019-05-30 merged: [userdiff: two simplifications of patterns for rust](https://gitlist.dev/t/51132) commit 33be7b38c23f
- 2019-02-03 not merged: [strbuf_vinsertf: provide the correct buffer size to vsnprintf](https://gitlist.dev/t/50389)
- 2018-12-07 merged: [rebase docs: fix incorrect format of the section Behavioral Differences](https://gitlist.dev/t/49939) commit 6fcbad87d476
- 2018-10-27 merged (v2): [t3404-rebase-interactive: test abbreviated commands](https://gitlist.dev/t/49682) commit 8c64bc942056

## Recent emails

- 2026-10-07 [Re: [RFC] git stash: add porcelain for sharing stashes through remotes](https://gitlist.dev/e/09ed5eac-b9fc-4927-8425-1d17b599b73b%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-10-05 [Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] checkout -m: recreate conflict labels](https://gitlist.dev/e/b2f86941-6ae2-4105-9284-e5e4d530b965%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-10-05 [Re: [RFC] git stash: add porcelain for sharing stashes through remotes](https://gitlist.dev/e/7012706b-516b-4cd9-abf3-0144093e0779%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-10-05 [Re: [RFC] git stash: add porcelain for sharing stashes through remotes](https://gitlist.dev/e/e1635b9c-bc03-4835-805f-5fa52f09364d%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH 0/2] checkout -m: recreate conflict labels](https://gitlist.dev/e/35417989-d31e-470c-b366-f6632246112b%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH 0/2] checkout -m: recreate conflict labels](https://gitlist.dev/e/223c99ea-64d9-46da-9631-ed8035f1a062%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-25 [Re: [PATCH v2] git-gui: add Afrikaans translation](https://gitlist.dev/e/b4e8375a-742d-4ba0-9413-f5503e2c6b7e%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-24 [Re: [PATCH] git-gui: add Afrikaans translation](https://gitlist.dev/e/5724f206-e0b4-49eb-baf4-6f5b76d90013%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-24 [Re: [PATCH REGRESSION] builtin/rebase: allow user to amend committed conflicts again](https://gitlist.dev/e/6ff9d1ac-ff06-439c-bb0a-ce57742e8ff9%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-23 [Re: [PATCH v3] compat/winansi: fix die_lasterr() argument formatting](https://gitlist.dev/e/3e2befed-355b-4a82-af82-25dedaee0565%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-21 [Re: [PATCH] exec_cmd: RUNTIME_PREFIX on OpenBSD systems](https://gitlist.dev/e/9d1ac51b-9969-49a1-a911-7669872d28c4%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-21 [Re: Bugreport: git log -L](https://gitlist.dev/e/4c88bb3c-4005-41bc-8ff5-9b8597aa05eb%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-21 [Re: [PATCH] compat/winansi: fix die_lasterr() argument formatting](https://gitlist.dev/e/9c1cde3d-92c4-4684-834e-bae97fd33f5f%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-16 [Re: [PATCH] compat/winansi: fix die_lasterr() argument formatting](https://gitlist.dev/e/1e706ce8-bebd-4ac1-914a-a55195e7d253%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-16 [Re: [PATCH] compat/winansi: fix die_lasterr() argument formatting](https://gitlist.dev/e/1cb6ad12-27bc-458e-b8f5-4b7eb44356fe%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-11 [[GIT PULL] gitk: discourage AI, color preference dialog](https://gitlist.dev/e/e391e55b-4a23-4b84-8a95-1136449cd171%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-09 [Re: [PATCH v3 08/12] mingw: rely on MSYS2's metadata instead of hard-coding it](https://gitlist.dev/e/9f078382-411f-4865-9f01-4fe0b1ee118f%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-09-03 [Re: [PATCH] git-gui: drain the cat-file pipe before closing it](https://gitlist.dev/e/51211bf8-caa6-4aa4-82fd-c80d9b378ea7%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-08-23 [[PATCH] gitk: discourage AI contributions](https://gitlist.dev/e/b4ce8b09-5faa-4e6e-af38-5384a71ae699%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-08-15 [Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] Upstream some more Git for Windows' patches](https://gitlist.dev/e/246b5e7f-ee43-4f3b-9760-2373a1b5b97c%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-08-15 [Re: [PATCH v2 08/12] mingw: rely on MSYS2's metadata instead of hard-coding it](https://gitlist.dev/e/4f4129df-681f-4e99-8b1f-8bb96e206a2d%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-08-13 [Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] gitk: use more natural language for labels of color preferences](https://gitlist.dev/e/d6754ded-89f6-48e9-9755-24c45c90845f%40kdbg.org)
- 2026-08-12 [[PATCH v2 6/6] gitk: move UI for generic colors above diff colors](https://gitlist.dev/e/36590e857d3c9a83b17f32b5790df2bd6c1cb588.1786540582.git.gitgitgadget%40gmail.com)
- 2026-08-12 [[PATCH v2 5/6] gitk: avoid constructing dialog titles from text pieces](https://gitlist.dev/e/697159c20e9903dc720d8afdd6535007e61fa095.1786540582.git.gitgitgadget%40gmail.com)
- 2026-08-12 [[PATCH v2 4/6] gitk: use more natural language for labels of color preferences](https://gitlist.dev/e/45d5b05281cd4f3f43290d128d631a47975225f3.1786540582.git.gitgitgadget%40gmail.com)
- 2026-08-12 [[PATCH v2 3/6] gitk: show color preferences on the button instead of the label](https://gitlist.dev/e/75202a52d7912e67f6b92662f5349127c26c70b7.1786540582.git.gitgitgadget%40gmail.com)
- 2026-08-12 [[PATCH v2 2/6] gitk: condense repetitive code around color buttons into foreach loops](https://gitlist.dev/e/52dacc4924163812f8c68399ba7b56b6352e815a.1786540582.git.gitgitgadget%40gmail.com)
- 2026-08-12 [[PATCH v2 1/6] gitk: set intitial colors of swatches using the available helper](https://gitlist.dev/e/e7e62f428b3f460f0849dd6095643a7769248f29.1786540582.git.gitgitgadget%40gmail.com)
- 2026-08-12 [[PATCH v2 0/6] gitk: make color preferences visually more pleasing and better usable](https://gitlist.dev/e/pull.2194.v2.git.1786540582.gitgitgadget%40gmail.com)
- 2026-08-11 [Re: [PATCH] gitk: add user-defined custom commands](https://gitlist.dev/e/84dd36eb-bc7c-4a35-b0c3-238e6d3c08ed%40kdbg.org)