# Jonathan Nieder

GitHub: https://github.com/jrn
Addresses: jrnieder@gmail.com, jrnieder@uchicago.edu
Messages: 7834. Patches: 1739. Threads started: 250.
First message: 2008-06-27T19:00:27Z. Latest: 2025-06-07T08:43:02Z.

## Messages per year

| Year | Messages | Patches |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 77 | 40 |
| 2009 | 145 | 97 |
| 2010 | 2291 | 765 |
| 2011 | 1289 | 304 |
| 2012 | 718 | 123 |
| 2013 | 880 | 99 |
| 2014 | 670 | 144 |
| 2015 | 70 | 0 |
| 2016 | 64 | 4 |
| 2017 | 628 | 94 |
| 2018 | 513 | 35 |
| 2019 | 162 | 12 |
| 2020 | 231 | 14 |
| 2021 | 57 | 7 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 |

## Patch series

222 merged, 119 not merged, 0 in review (posted in the last 90 days); acceptance rate 65%. Re-rolls count once; merged means a patch matches a commit on master by the same author.

- 2022-02-23 not merged (v2): [repo_read_index: add config to expect files outside sparse patterns](https://gitlist.dev/t/57444)
- 2021-08-06 merged: [Revert 'diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p"'](https://gitlist.dev/t/55579) commit 6a38e3333156
- 2021-05-19 merged (v2): [xsize_t: avoid implementation defined behavior when len < 0](https://gitlist.dev/t/55726) commit aafa5df0df39
- 2021-03-13 merged (v2): [mergetool: do not enable hideResolved by default](https://gitlist.dev/t/54871) commit b2a51c1b03c4
- 2020-07-16 merged: [extensions.* fixes for 2.28 (Re: [PATCH] setup: warn about un-enabled extensions)](https://gitlist.dev/t/53852) commit 11664196ac15
- 2020-07-07 merged: [experimental: default to fetch.writeCommitGraph=false](https://gitlist.dev/t/53806) commit b5651a2092c1
- 2020-07-07 not merged: [config: default to protocol v2](https://gitlist.dev/t/53804)
- 2020-05-20 merged (v13): [reftable: file format documentation](https://gitlist.dev/t/53511) commit 35e6c4740485
- 2020-04-22 merged: [Revert "fetch: default to protocol version 2"](https://gitlist.dev/t/53283) commit 11c7f2a30b9d
- 2019-12-26 merged: [Enable protocol v2 by default](https://gitlist.dev/t/52513) commit 07ef3c6604c7
- 2019-08-08 merged: [t: decrease nesting in test_oid_to_path](https://gitlist.dev/t/51404) commit 1c1f6e03e1fb
- 2019-01-14 not merged: [fsck: complain when .gitignore and .gitattributes are symlinks](https://gitlist.dev/t/50223)
- 2018-12-17 merged: [stripspace: allow -s/-c outside git repository](https://gitlist.dev/t/50052) commit 957da7580255
- 2018-12-16 not merged: [gitweb: correctly store previous rev in javascript-actions mode](https://gitlist.dev/t/37190)
- 2018-11-20 merged (v2): [Avoid confusing messages from new index extensions (Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] speed up index load through parallelization)](https://gitlist.dev/t/49204) commit d8465500c3d5
- 2018-09-28 not merged: [git doc: direct bug reporters to mailing list archive (Re: [PATCH v2] git.txt: mention mailing list archive)](https://gitlist.dev/t/49385)
- 2018-09-24 merged (v2): [mailmap: consistently normalize brian m. carlson's name](https://gitlist.dev/t/48427) commit 255eb03edf6e
- 2018-09-11 not merged: [http-backend: treat empty CONTENT_LENGTH as zero](https://gitlist.dev/t/49293)
- 2018-09-08 not merged: [Revert "Merge branch 'sb/submodule-core-worktree'" (was Re: Old submodules broken in 2.19rc1 and 2.19rc2)](https://gitlist.dev/t/49297)
- 2018-08-28 merged: [commit-reach: correct accidental #include of C file](https://gitlist.dev/t/48889) commit 6621c8387438
- 2018-08-14 merged: [partial-clone: render design doc using asciidoc](https://gitlist.dev/t/49128) commit 5641eb94655d
- 2018-07-30 merged: [subtree: fix &&-chain and simplify tests (Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] t/test-lib: teach --chain-lint to detect broken &&-chains in subshells)](https://gitlist.dev/t/48778) commit ad6eee36ba1b
- 2018-07-17 merged (v2): [gc --auto: do not return error for prior errors in daemonized mode](https://gitlist.dev/t/48890) commit 3c426eccc29e
- 2018-06-11 not merged: [completion: correct zsh detection when run from git-completion.zsh (Re: [PATCH v2] completion: reduce overhead of clearing cached --options)](https://gitlist.dev/t/48223)
- 2018-05-31 merged: [fetch: do not pass ref-prefixes for fetch by exact SHA1](https://gitlist.dev/t/48495) commit 6c301adb0a43
- 2018-04-24 merged (v2): [Handle $IFS in $INSTLIBDIR](https://gitlist.dev/t/47346) commit 90df2173f24c
- 2018-03-28 merged: [upload-pack: disable object filtering when disabled by config](https://gitlist.dev/t/48177) commit c7620bd0f35d
- 2018-02-28 not merged: [protocol: treat unrecognized protocol.version setting as 0](https://gitlist.dev/t/47940)
- 2018-01-02 not merged: [perl: treat PERLLIB_EXTRA as an extra path again (Re: [PATCH v6] Makefile: replace perl/Makefile.PL with simple make rules)](https://gitlist.dev/t/47345)
- 2017-12-01 not merged: [git-gui: allow Ctrl+T to toggle multiple paths (Re: [BUG] git gui can't commit multiple files)](https://gitlist.dev/t/44615)

## Recent emails

- 2025-06-07 [Re: [PATCH] config.mak.uname: update settings for Solaris 11](https://gitlist.dev/e/aEP7kpQIHZx94eg6%40google.com)
- 2025-01-02 [Re: [PATCH] git: use U to denote unsigned to prevent UB](https://gitlist.dev/e/Z3a0LzChuIzmr7jw%40google.com)
- 2025-01-02 [Re: [PATCH v2 11/12] t/Makefile: make "check-meson" work with Dash](https://gitlist.dev/e/Z3ayzUEfW1xd4Up0%40google.com)
- 2025-01-02 [Re: Change the grep command called by git with alternative tools, such as ug.](https://gitlist.dev/e/Z3awl9gToJjwap-G%40google.com)
- 2025-01-02 [Re: meson-test syntax error](https://gitlist.dev/e/Z3avRmaMr70FOs8A%40google.com)
- 2025-01-02 [Re: meson-test syntax error](https://gitlist.dev/e/Z3ah2YQSx4ZreBpK%40google.com)
- 2024-07-01 [Re: Determining if a merge was produced automatically](https://gitlist.dev/e/ZoKXt0jPphoM5nmJ%40google.com)
- 2024-07-01 [Re: Git remote origin leaks user access token](https://gitlist.dev/e/ZoKW-yDJMsz9JPSI%40google.com)
- 2024-06-20 [Re: [GSoC][PATCH] t: migrate helper/test-oidmap.c to unit-tests/t-oidmap.c](https://gitlist.dev/e/ZnP6G6SSBynlBNUj%40google.com)
- 2024-06-20 [Re: [PATCH] t5500: fix mistaken $SERVER reference in helper function](https://gitlist.dev/e/ZnM3I11IRporu4sj%40google.com)
- 2024-06-16 [Re: Add warning when v0 protocol is used/downgraded](https://gitlist.dev/e/Zm8EqOfc_v4KBVVK%40google.com)
- 2022-12-28 [Re: [BUG] fatal: transport 'file' not allowed during submodule add](https://gitlist.dev/e/Y6y%2BzkUsPhknTYH%2F%40google.com)
- 2022-05-25 [Re: [PATCH v5 00/17] cruft packs](https://gitlist.dev/e/Yo3gl5Wv82mTZQb2%40google.com)
- 2022-05-25 [Re: [PATCH v5 02/17] pack-mtimes: support reading .mtimes files](https://gitlist.dev/e/Yo3fZkpkCLPbAC8B%40google.com)
- 2022-05-24 [Re: [PATCH v5 00/17] cruft packs](https://gitlist.dev/e/Yo00X0NEu8N0MnZV%40google.com)
- 2022-05-24 [Re: [PATCH v5 02/17] pack-mtimes: support reading .mtimes files](https://gitlist.dev/e/Yo0ysWZKFJoiCSqv%40google.com)
- 2022-05-15 [Re: Let's have a user experience workshop](https://gitlist.dev/e/YoEnsb2UpDwdjDpd%40google.com)
- 2022-05-10 [Re: Let's have a user experience workshop](https://gitlist.dev/e/Ynndk0L6r9O7jLVU%40google.com)
- 2022-05-10 [Re: Weird behaviour of git diff-index in container](https://gitlist.dev/e/YnnRIq3kudurSq4c%40google.com)
- 2022-04-26 [Re: Git user experience workshop](https://gitlist.dev/e/Ymh8VlCTK3m4flWj%40google.com)
- 2022-04-13 [Re: Make commit messages optional](https://gitlist.dev/e/YlZiQemrAuryF0vv%40google.com)
- 2022-04-13 [Re: Too-loose checks for applying safe.directory rules?](https://gitlist.dev/e/YlZe766xu9mHWNdy%40google.com)
- 2022-03-22 [Re: [PATCH v3 01/17] Documentation/technical: add cruft-packs.txt](https://gitlist.dev/e/YjpWFZ95OL7joFa4%40google.com)
- 2022-03-22 [Re: [PATCH v3 01/17] Documentation/technical: add cruft-packs.txt](https://gitlist.dev/e/YjpDbHmKY9XA2p0K%40google.com)
- 2022-03-07 [Re: tb/cruft-packs (was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2022, #01; Thu, 3))](https://gitlist.dev/e/YiZoojeTodMr%2BYpw%40google.com)
- 2022-03-07 [Re: tb/cruft-packs (was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2022, #01; Thu, 3))](https://gitlist.dev/e/YiZJiPVMZwPXbfrK%40google.com)
- 2022-03-07 [Re: [PATCH v3 01/17] Documentation/technical: add cruft-packs.txt](https://gitlist.dev/e/YiZI99yeijQe5Jaq%40google.com)
- 2022-02-25 [Re: en/present-despite-skipped (Re: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2022, #05; Thu, 17))](https://gitlist.dev/e/YhkHKTY9MlR9gUkI%40google.com)
- 2022-02-25 [Re: [PATCH v3] repo_read_index: add config to expect files outside sparse patterns](https://gitlist.dev/e/YhkE2vxI4nM3ut0K%40google.com)
- 2022-02-23 [[PATCH v2] repo_read_index: add config to expect files outside sparse patterns](https://gitlist.dev/e/YhWbWOd6PeF1RZw1%40google.com)