# Marc Branchaud

GitHub: https://github.com/marcnarc
Addresses: marcnarc@xiplink.com
Messages: 471. Patches: 70. Threads started: 31.
First message: 2008-10-16T18:17:19Z. Latest: 2026-02-25T21:46:16Z.

## Messages per year

| Year | Messages | Patches |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11 | 0 |
| 2009 | 37 | 5 |
| 2010 | 46 | 6 |
| 2011 | 59 | 8 |
| 2012 | 72 | 20 |
| 2013 | 43 | 6 |
| 2014 | 47 | 5 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6 |
| 2016 | 34 | 3 |
| 2017 | 39 | 9 |
| 2018 | 8 | 1 |
| 2019 | 10 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 0 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 |

## Patch series

6 merged, 23 not merged, 0 in review (posted in the last 90 days); acceptance rate 21%. Re-rolls count once; merged means a patch matches a commit on master by the same author.

- 2019-01-14 not merged: [new-workdir: Never try to recurse into submodules on the initial checkout.](https://gitlist.dev/t/50221)
- 2018-09-21 not merged: [fetch: Ensure that fetch.recurseSubmodules overrides submodule.recurse.](https://gitlist.dev/t/49399)
- 2017-05-08 merged (v4): [Make diff plumbing commands respect the indentHeuristic.](https://gitlist.dev/t/45901) commit cf5e77223a01
- 2016-12-19 not merged: [Tweak help auto-correct phrasing.](https://gitlist.dev/t/44728)
- 2016-11-24 not merged: [Release note spelling and phrasing fixups.](https://gitlist.dev/t/44540)
- 2016-08-15 not merged (v6): [BUG: indent-with-non-tab always on (was: Re: [PATCH v6 00/12] Update git revisions)](https://gitlist.dev/t/42687)
- 2015-04-07 not merged: [gitk: Use translated version of "Command line" in getcommitlines.](https://gitlist.dev/t/39030)
- 2015-03-23 not merged: [Tweaking the gitk window title.](https://gitlist.dev/t/38297)
- 2014-11-21 not merged: [RelNotes: Spelling & grammar tweaks.](https://gitlist.dev/t/38025)
- 2014-08-05 not merged: [Release notes grammatical fixes.](https://gitlist.dev/t/37288)
- 2014-06-11 merged: [docs: Explain the purpose of fetch's and pull's <refspec> parameter.](https://gitlist.dev/t/36829) commit db4e4113ea33
- 2014-06-02 not merged: [fetch doc: Move FETCH_HEAD material, and add an example.](https://gitlist.dev/t/36787)
- 2013-11-14 not merged: [RelNotes: Spelling & grammar fixes.](https://gitlist.dev/t/35333)
- 2013-10-08 not merged: [gitk: Rename "next" and "prev" buttons to "older" and "newer".](https://gitlist.dev/t/35047)
- 2013-08-01 merged (v3): [Specify UK English for the documentation source files.](https://gitlist.dev/t/34562) commit 42e0fae98e59
- 2013-04-29 merged: [Fix grammar in the 1.8.3 release notes.](https://gitlist.dev/t/33626) commit e7a3c902a672
- 2012-12-07 not merged: [sh-setup: Explicitly set IFS to its default, instead of unsetting it.](https://gitlist.dev/t/32286)
- 2012-07-11 not merged (v2): [Default remote](https://gitlist.dev/t/30994)
- 2012-06-18 not merged: [Try harder to find a remote when on a detached HEAD or non-tracking branch.](https://gitlist.dev/t/30831)
- 2012-04-16 not merged: [submodules: recursive fetch also checks new tags for submodule commits](https://gitlist.dev/t/30233)
- 2012-04-11 not merged: [fetch: Only call a new ref a "branch" if it's under refs/heads/.](https://gitlist.dev/t/30210)
- 2011-07-07 not merged: [Changed gitweb.remote_heads config key name to gitweb.remoteHeads.](https://gitlist.dev/t/27771)
- 2011-06-06 not merged: [Tests for some submodule corner cases.](https://gitlist.dev/t/27505)
- 2010-11-04 not merged: [Tag refspecs (was Re: [PATCH] Remove restriction on notes ref base)](https://gitlist.dev/t/25611)
- 2010-04-12 merged: [Docs: Add -X option to git-merge's synopsis.](https://gitlist.dev/t/23433) commit adda3c3beb0a
- 2010-03-24 not merged: [Teach --no-ff option to 'rebase -i'.](https://gitlist.dev/t/23038)
- 2009-06-26 merged: [git svn: Support multiple branch and tag paths in the svn repository.](https://gitlist.dev/t/19792) commit 6224406914c3
- 2009-02-19 not merged: [Expand explanation of the use of + in git push refspecs.](https://gitlist.dev/t/17903)
- 2009-02-10 not merged: [Make 'remote show' distinguish between merged and rebased remote branches](https://gitlist.dev/t/17706)

## Recent emails

- 2026-02-25 [Re: --no-decorate and %d in git-log(1)](https://gitlist.dev/e/cf3d274e-7363-4557-809a-a649b1d304ad%40xiplink.com)
- 2026-02-25 [Re: --no-decorate and %d in git-log(1)](https://gitlist.dev/e/8f6441ab-5c9a-4b42-ab2e-a670d462569d%40xiplink.com)
- 2026-02-19 [Re: [PATCH v5] build: regenerate config-list.h when Documentation changes](https://gitlist.dev/e/b40e96e3-7e22-454c-a69b-56af45795470%40xiplink.com)
- 2026-01-23 [Re: The SHA256 of "xy\n" (ASCII, no CRLF) contains 1337, ACBAD in za, and I am 1aa](https://gitlist.dev/e/e54a3865-b75b-4c28-b3a3-62fcb02bbfb5%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-11-14 [Re: git fails to checkout SHA1 submodule in SHA256 repo with --depth=1](https://gitlist.dev/e/b434bcb1-bf6e-4fe7-af2d-8c33348378fa%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-07-09 [Re: git-subtree documentation fix request: split example causes fatal error](https://gitlist.dev/e/44b6c207-b02b-401a-a621-f4023e780240%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-07-09 [Re: gitk: visually indicate whether a tag exists on a remote](https://gitlist.dev/e/5733c746-96dd-4375-8a68-5b42934ded45%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-06-18 [Re: [PATCH] portability: allow building in systems without d_type](https://gitlist.dev/e/e6fc37e6-7259-4561-888f-c3e892694421%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-05-15 [Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command](https://gitlist.dev/e/a97db895-5121-427a-b64f-df225309f429%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-05-15 [Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command](https://gitlist.dev/e/f01e1e88-c161-43ba-9845-4fc7c9f85d0e%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-05-14 [Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command](https://gitlist.dev/e/6b034b50-4661-4887-8a6e-86bc42c3a935%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-05-14 [Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command](https://gitlist.dev/e/0f491261-bbe1-474d-a240-0ddbf22cc754%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-05-08 [Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command](https://gitlist.dev/e/9109a8ab-d4b2-4ada-8969-bc72edac5ecd%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-05-08 [Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command](https://gitlist.dev/e/b162707d-0da3-4ea7-94da-5546119012c4%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-05-08 [Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command](https://gitlist.dev/e/7a6afafc-6dee-4a09-8779-83748a4d3fc4%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-05-07 [Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command](https://gitlist.dev/e/323dc2c8-41bb-433a-a1c9-662609e359ea%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-04-23 [Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Introduce git-blame-tree(1) command](https://gitlist.dev/e/69a10929-0e44-4ce9-af91-048b8404c752%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-02-27 [Re: General output formatting](https://gitlist.dev/e/18ed50b3-e5a4-43b3-a543-f9a3d2c309e6%40xiplink.com)
- 2025-02-27 [General output formatting (was: Re: \b character escapes in CLI usage)](https://gitlist.dev/e/3a58720f-a572-4e3a-bed1-cc7e8f46e3c7%40xiplink.com)
- 2024-05-17 [Re: [Q] rebase -i: turn "pick" to "edit", make no change, what should happen?](https://gitlist.dev/e/6620412e-a8ea-40fb-8823-13c4b33e9808%40xiplink.com)
- 2024-03-25 [Re: [PATCH] gitk: add "Hightlight commit name" menu entry](https://gitlist.dev/e/742ac151-74cd-46f8-8dfb-3dcdaa513314%40xiplink.com)
- 2024-03-21 [Re: [PATCH] gitk: add "Hightlight commit name" menu entry](https://gitlist.dev/e/27b9c158-5cb1-46bf-851a-88a02448fa2d%40xiplink.com)
- 2024-03-15 [sshd support for Git protocol v2 (was: Re: Name for initial branch is ignored when repository is cloned with SSH)](https://gitlist.dev/e/4b8823f1-5029-4097-a3d5-ab4a6a02c482%40xiplink.com)
- 2024-02-06 [Re: git-gui desktop launcher](https://gitlist.dev/e/e7483f01-8bbb-48d9-8e17-3fbaef5c62c0%40xiplink.com)
- 2024-01-08 [Re: Storing private config files in .git directory?](https://gitlist.dev/e/3717f23b-14a9-4c00-aaa9-ebb0f46f811e%40xiplink.com)
- 2023-10-31 [Re: [PATCH v3] git-rebase.txt: rewrite docu for fixup/squash (again)](https://gitlist.dev/e/cc71b825-8283-44d0-a059-f2c069caebe3%40xiplink.com)
- 2023-10-27 [Re: using oldest date when squashing commits](https://gitlist.dev/e/3aff8ce6-1cb0-465e-9b7a-db6473713786%40xiplink.com)
- 2023-10-27 [Re: using oldest date when squashing commits](https://gitlist.dev/e/6d100655-ffd4-4282-87b5-cfdd101dba63%40xiplink.com)
- 2023-10-27 [Re: [PATCH v3] git-rebase.txt: rewrite docu for fixup/squash (again)](https://gitlist.dev/e/56e3e974-a027-439f-871d-c7fbae65a04e%40xiplink.com)
- 2023-10-27 [Re: [RESEND v2] git-rebase.txt: rewrite docu for fixup/squash (again)](https://gitlist.dev/e/b71d066b-104a-4c60-9319-b3c635be6efc%40xiplink.com)