# Karthik Nayak GitHub: https://github.com/KarthikNayak Addresses: karthik.188@gmail.com Messages: 3983. Patches: 1810. Threads started: 190. First message: 2014-03-03T07:47:55Z. Latest: 2026-10-07T11:20:16Z. ## Messages per year | Year | Messages | Patches | |---|---|---| | 2014 | 15 | 4 | | 2015 | 1083 | 574 | | 2016 | 348 | 233 | | 2017 | 25 | 21 | | 2022 | 28 | 12 | | 2023 | 74 | 36 | | 2024 | 927 | 400 | | 2025 | 914 | 361 | | 2026 | 569 | 169 | ## Patch series 52 merged, 11 not merged, 1 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. - 2026-10-07 in review (v4): [packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/t/66427) - 2026-09-24 merged: [ci: fix unit tests not running on windows](https://gitlist.dev/t/66384) commit 933247f61c53 - 2026-09-11 merged (v10): [hook: introduce the report hook for git-receive-pack(1)](https://gitlist.dev/t/66186) commit 87fcb886b471 - 2026-08-24 merged (v2): [reftable/stack: avoid reloading the stack when locked](https://gitlist.dev/t/66211) commit aae63be1d839 - 2026-05-17 merged (v3): [refs/files: skip lock files during consistency checks](https://gitlist.dev/t/65519) commit e0fcba2d9cf8 - 2026-05-04 merged (v4): [refs: move some of the generic logic out of the backends](https://gitlist.dev/t/65517) commit 8a349a1d7970 - 2026-02-25 merged (v9): [refs: allow setting the reference directory](https://gitlist.dev/t/64513) commit 01dc84594ee3 - 2026-01-25 merged (v5): [refs: provide detailed error messages when using batched update](https://gitlist.dev/t/64802) commit be54b10fd7f3 - 2025-11-21 merged (v8): [fetch: fix non-conflicting tags not being committed](https://gitlist.dev/t/64423) commit 8ff2eef8ada1 - 2025-11-08 merged (v4): [maintenance: add an 'is-needed' subcommand](https://gitlist.dev/t/64412) commit 9b93ab8a9c61 - 2025-10-07 merged (v6): [refs/reftable: add fsck checks](https://gitlist.dev/t/63987) commit 5a71321ddba8 - 2025-10-01 merged (v3): [refs/ref-cache: stop seeking into empty directories](https://gitlist.dev/t/64197) commit 351c6e719ae9 - 2025-09-17 merged (v4): [refs/files: fix issues with git-fetch on case-insensitive FS](https://gitlist.dev/t/64069) commit 770f389b2d4b - 2025-08-26 merged: [Documentation: note styling for bit fields](https://gitlist.dev/t/63984) commit 929b1d08f790 - 2025-07-28 merged (v2): [ref-filter: small cleanups and fixes](https://gitlist.dev/t/63835) commit a7c8a4c5f5bb - 2025-07-24 merged (v5): [for-each-ref: introduce seeking functionality via '--skip-until'](https://gitlist.dev/t/63722) commit 883a7ea05434 - 2025-07-02 merged (v3): [clang-format: modify rules to reduce false-positives](https://gitlist.dev/t/63693) commit 9e45fc6ce541 - 2025-06-20 merged (v5): [refs: fix some bugs with batched-updates](https://gitlist.dev/t/63560) commit 15c45c745872 - 2025-05-20 merged: [t: remove unexpected SANITIZE_LEAK variables](https://gitlist.dev/t/63484) commit 368d8c86f71a - 2025-05-19 merged (v3): [fetch/receive: use batched reference updates](https://gitlist.dev/t/63480) commit 0e358de64a9e - 2025-04-23 merged (v5): [meson: add corresponding target for Makefile's hdr-check](https://gitlist.dev/t/63271) commit 8e980b7f2501 - 2025-04-08 merged (v2): [bundle: fix non-linear performance scaling with refs](https://gitlist.dev/t/63235) commit a52d459e72b8 - 2025-04-08 merged (v6): [refs: introduce support for partial reference transactions](https://gitlist.dev/t/62915) commit c3baddf04f8f - 2025-04-03 merged (v5): [blame: fix unblamable and ignored lines in porcelain mode](https://gitlist.dev/t/63172) commit 4d253071ddd4 - 2025-03-19 merged: [ci/github: add missing 'CI_JOB_IMAGE' env variable](https://gitlist.dev/t/63120) commit ee89f7c79ddb - 2025-03-14 merged (v3): [EDITME: cover title for 493-add-command-to-purge-reflog-entries](https://gitlist.dev/t/63072) commit d1270689a11e - 2025-02-21 merged (v5): [builtin/refs: add '--skip-reflog' flag to bypass reflog migration](https://gitlist.dev/t/62917) commit 89be7d2774f8 - 2025-01-24 not merged (v3): [reftable: write correct max_update_index to header](https://gitlist.dev/t/62796) - 2025-01-23 not merged (v2): [refs: fix creation of corrupted reflogs for symrefs](https://gitlist.dev/t/62839) - 2025-01-22 merged (v3): [refs: small followups to the migration corruption fix](https://gitlist.dev/t/62820) commit af47976cc044 ## Recent emails - 2026-10-07 [[PATCH v4] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/e/20261007-kn-speedup-packed-refs-v4-1-79a411026596%40gmail.com) - 2026-10-07 [Re: [PATCH v3] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZS0KPEmqeTKi89EL-j05_A6hweTnd3zUJqfhT1uQZ57aw%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH v3] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZSbT6AHfU178khN7n9rHAmNE5HEM1acr96HXqXpRcSzmg%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH v3] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZQx%3DxWMjLuTekA0xFS4_WophOcVKGU4K-P3QE%3D%2BX_2F-Q%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH 00/13] odb/source-files: move alternates into the backend](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZTHSRmwJgsxi9Fq5ek5wVsFYUHD_ohwSmzWLQjcM3TYLA%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH 12/13] odb/source-files: move alternates into the backend](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZT8wHAkCHiRqG1Op3YuBR6M6X%2Bf0Wtu2Q%2BTR2GTcC8q0g%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH 08/13] tmp-objdir: manage quarantine as an object directory](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZSXdYjfX3Q%3De9CTq6d7bLReZZD9QECUWYKqe3RJFttUCA%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH 08/13] tmp-objdir: manage quarantine as an object directory](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZT7tOCBtd3hHfXgkFaqgMgCt99HquD%3DhZ7WB0g3PbErKg%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH 02/13] commit-graph: stop depending on `struct odb_source`](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZSbgtBStEWz_gnqDTUVp_GdFfu0qghq_rzzfqUPqb3Stg%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH] builtin/repo: rename "references.format" to "references.storageFormat"](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZTULXyr0%2BrdByroEjs1ncjjt3w66z7enOprJ%3D7gPY64JQ%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH v2] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZR12Xc2ZV2T4q%2BHZTa4TfeO8G7GiabZr3EYdrG-n6YA8A%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [[PATCH v3] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/e/20261006-kn-speedup-packed-refs-v3-1-a1c76b1df9e0%40gmail.com) - 2026-10-06 [Re: [PATCH 04/13] odb: refactor `odb_for_each_alternate()` to yield dirs](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZT-%3DVQNXBs%3Di8ZkB1yZoJV_i_n90S%2BYgdgt5%3DtmquVOOA%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-05 [Re: [PATCH 02/13] commit-graph: stop depending on `struct odb_source`](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZSNHWFw5Vj_5qg16ipp1QA0pDcV8h%3DhOA%3Dma4hy6F_LcQ%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-05 [Re: [PATCH 01/13] commit-graph: require resolved packfile paths for `stdin_packs`](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZS_S3bYXEufor7AgXpX76NwtV4NJdGRO57-bpSkYZrzvw%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-05 [Re: [PATCH] builtin/repo: rename "references.format" to "references.storageFormat"](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZTNNY_XuixqZ96TK0zFfDpWvxSupxVGOnH1VGXK4KF_0w%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-02 [[PATCH v2] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/e/20261002-kn-speedup-packed-refs-v2-1-2ae75772ebc1%40gmail.com) - 2026-10-02 [Re: [PATCH] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZRTtE%2BFMrVZBwSmZ-aVBXFphnQB414-PASCAAXJJCgNww%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-01 [Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] refs/reftable: fix on-disk representation of reflog timezones](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZRVt%3De3MqjLY%3DUkitfSg_YjpsfFjeDsEmqJQm-5YhopxA%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-10-01 [Re: [PATCH 1/3] date: add helpers to convert between "+HHMM" timezones and minutes](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZQHhf2obR2OjvgmE5HqRpkWvn9WjE%2B-LeTx1WYgbQp0Dw%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [[PATCH] packed-refs: use `fwrite()` when passing refs verbatim](https://gitlist.dev/e/20260930-kn-speedup-packed-refs-v1-1-111cd03d9b0e%40gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH 0/7] A couple of Meson improvements](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZS8Exa_WkMLiFNspeYaKFf40eOM19ZgecC%3DyTnFEAhMzQ%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH 7/7] gitlab-ci: fix hanging MSVC jobs](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZShU_FhuudX6JSPO7q6w9xBR-QRyEd1UbCZ15o-S3xtqQ%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH 6/7] meson: update wrappers](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZSMixcSF3enAPNK74U4Qn93veafvodpiPpgZNJEnP%2BM3A%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH 3/7] meson: use precompiled headers for our test-helper](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZRdeuYTv4f-1EEJmF%2BDp76kDvz5%2BdWNkmnuMDjipDyV5w%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH 1/7] meson: avoid recompiling HTTP sources several times](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZQ0qVCS2Bi3QrDokBRfgtTFH9bqudYiFozHtmEzKgRVeA%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH 3/3] refs/reftable: fix on-disk representation of reflog timezones](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZQorPk_Kkewkw5k-gdeh%3DVRVBMcaDA54S0ByJfAswcCWQ%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH 1/3] date: add helpers to convert between "+HHMM" timezones and minutes](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZQRDVL2Djh4du1zWGg_ABZTyzaWDYYb0PDg3EXAfpn7bA%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH RFC 4/5] backfill: add --dry-run option](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZR2Ka%2B5o8HxgZtnO98oH6vo6B_HmjVekYT8hC3HTMq-QQ%40mail.gmail.com) - 2026-09-30 [Re: [PATCH RFC 2/5] fetch-object-info: add enum for fetch_object_info() statuses](https://gitlist.dev/e/CAOLa%3DZQ8hvAxpU6SQ-KvN4eK5xMtJh4PoLXfDiNPmG89GQkMYQ%40mail.gmail.com)