# Ramsay Jones

GitHub: https://github.com/ramsay-jones
Addresses: ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk, ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com
Messages: 1826. Patches: 678. Threads started: 668.
First message: 2006-08-02T01:03:09Z. Latest: 2026-09-24T18:12:03Z.

## Messages per year

| Year | Messages | Patches |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 24 | 12 |
| 2007 | 35 | 18 |
| 2008 | 20 | 7 |
| 2009 | 52 | 26 |
| 2010 | 89 | 48 |
| 2011 | 92 | 49 |
| 2012 | 146 | 69 |
| 2013 | 153 | 74 |
| 2014 | 96 | 21 |
| 2015 | 67 | 24 |
| 2016 | 190 | 51 |
| 2017 | 204 | 52 |
| 2018 | 184 | 55 |
| 2019 | 78 | 30 |
| 2020 | 65 | 31 |
| 2021 | 39 | 5 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4 |
| 2023 | 18 | 0 |
| 2024 | 52 | 7 |
| 2025 | 168 | 87 |
| 2026 | 34 | 8 |

## Patch series

210 merged, 271 not merged, 2 in review (posted in the last 90 days); acceptance rate 44%. Re-rolls count once; merged means a patch matches a commit on master by the same author.

- 2026-07-11 in review: [fixup! fetch: add fetch.submoduleErrors to make submodule fetch errors non-fatal](https://gitlist.dev/t/65976)
- 2026-07-10 in review: [Makefile: fix up lib directory move](https://gitlist.dev/t/65975)
- 2026-05-03 not merged: [name-rev: fix an 'may be used uninitialized' error](https://gitlist.dev/t/65581)
- 2026-04-23 not merged: [parse-options: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer'](https://gitlist.dev/t/65543)
- 2026-03-19 not merged: [Subject: [PATCH] object-file: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer' error](https://gitlist.dev/t/65312)
- 2026-01-16 merged: [t0610-reftable-basics: mitigate a flaky test on cygwin](https://gitlist.dev/t/64824) commit 59da9f292a1d
- 2026-01-16 merged: [t9700/test.pl: fix path type expectation on cygwin](https://gitlist.dev/t/64823) commit c381a2149082
- 2026-01-16 not merged: [Subject: [PATCH 0/2] v2.53.0-rc0 test failures on cygwin](https://gitlist.dev/t/64822)
- 2025-10-16 merged (v3): [technical docs in make build](https://gitlist.dev/t/64240) commit 52751000bc99
- 2025-08-08 merged: [t6137-*.sh: fix test failure on cygwin](https://gitlist.dev/t/63932) commit cf7efa4f331d
- 2025-07-15 merged: [meson regression fix](https://gitlist.dev/t/63776) commit 586919c3b2b7
- 2025-07-04 merged: [build: fix FreeBSD build when sysinfo compat library installed](https://gitlist.dev/t/63743) commit 0c83bbc70412
- 2025-06-09 merged: [test-lib: add missing prerequisites for Darwin](https://gitlist.dev/t/63611) commit 2f71f6104526
- 2025-05-19 merged (v4): [miscellaneous build mods (part 2)](https://gitlist.dev/t/63423) commit f783b3fe740e
- 2025-04-18 not merged: [t/meson.build: remove deleted performance test script](https://gitlist.dev/t/63310)
- 2025-04-16 merged (v3): [miscellaneous build mods (part 1)](https://gitlist.dev/t/63129) commit 064eed36c7f6
- 2024-10-20 not merged: [t/meson.build: fix up tests for 'seen' branch](https://gitlist.dev/t/62374)
- 2024-10-20 not merged: [meson: fix meson build on 'seen' branch](https://gitlist.dev/t/62371)
- 2024-09-09 merged: [config.mak.uname: add HAVE_DEV_TTY to cygwin config section](https://gitlist.dev/t/62081) commit 39ba986b0ea7
- 2024-08-31 merged (v2): [compat/terminal: mark parameter of git_terminal_prompt() UNUSED](https://gitlist.dev/t/62030) commit d4dc0efd7d4b
- 2024-07-18 not merged: [Subject: [PATCH 0/2] misc Makefile patches](https://gitlist.dev/t/61800)
- 2022-11-09 not merged: [Makefile: fix cygwin build failure](https://gitlist.dev/t/58781)
- 2022-07-07 not merged: [credential-cache--daemon: make exit action follow timeout exit](https://gitlist.dev/t/58114)
- 2022-07-07 not merged: [credential-cache--daemon: close input before exit-ing](https://gitlist.dev/t/58113)
- 2022-07-07 not merged: [credential-cache: also handle ECONNABORTED connection closure](https://gitlist.dev/t/58112)
- 2021-08-28 not merged: [t7900: add '--scheduler=launchctl' parameter to fix test](https://gitlist.dev/t/56390)
- 2021-04-29 merged (v2): [bisect--helper: use BISECT_TERMS in 'bisect skip' command](https://gitlist.dev/t/55592) commit 4cd66e7d6b42
- 2021-04-17 not merged: [list-objects-filter-options.h: fix an 'hdr-check' warning](https://gitlist.dev/t/55510)
- 2021-01-28 not merged: [transport-internal.h: fix a 'hdr-check' warning](https://gitlist.dev/t/55068)
- 2020-12-08 merged (v3): [Makefile: don't use a versioned temp distribution directory](https://gitlist.dev/t/54799) commit c5312033dd81

## Recent emails

- 2026-09-24 [Re: Git v3.0 timeline, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2026, #08)](https://gitlist.dev/e/d1ad4da9-e5b6-41c8-8049-0d8ac012a1e2%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-07-13 [Re: cygwin v2.55.0 test failures](https://gitlist.dev/e/910f130f-ea0b-4086-a43f-3842b0df0fce%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-07-13 [Re: cygwin v2.55.0 test failures](https://gitlist.dev/e/82ef71fc-8099-48dd-b841-87188bd39fa0%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-07-12 [Re: [PATCH] Makefile: fix up lib directory move](https://gitlist.dev/e/94e744f1-12b1-4ba4-8f9b-266c1642b5ff%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-07-11 [[PATCH] fixup! fetch: add fetch.submoduleErrors to make submodule fetch errors non-fatal](https://gitlist.dev/e/387a34d5-fdf5-4513-9aaf-4e73d9304c1d%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-07-10 [[PATCH] Makefile: fix up lib directory move](https://gitlist.dev/e/0c94331b-7eb1-4116-afa5-811082ad5854%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-07-10 [cygwin v2.55.0 test failures](https://gitlist.dev/e/f65466c9-bede-472e-ad57-e72a5289be27%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-06-02 [Re: [PATCH 1/2] b4: introduce configuration for the Git project](https://gitlist.dev/e/8dbdb553-9633-46bb-8a51-040d06d0d10e%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-05-14 [Re: [PATCH] trailer: change strbuf in-place in unfold_value()](https://gitlist.dev/e/a4da346d-3800-40ea-8828-970b15088bf3%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-05-05 [Re: [PATCH] name-rev: fix an 'may be used uninitialized' error](https://gitlist.dev/e/aad833e9-d34e-4e57-a1e7-99dc0c6c7d24%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-05-04 [Re: [PATCH] name-rev: fix an 'may be used uninitialized' error](https://gitlist.dev/e/b04e98e3-0840-456d-a627-351f2378c037%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-05-03 [[PATCH] name-rev: fix an 'may be used uninitialized' error](https://gitlist.dev/e/e74a8fd8-0617-46a8-8bef-a454d51a99c1%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-04-26 [Re: [PATCH v3] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point](https://gitlist.dev/e/0c589c18-e8f6-42ac-842f-ec1f5f6fb3ff%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-04-24 [Re: [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point](https://gitlist.dev/e/d7ffcab0-cec3-4cea-97d7-1b359b4ff55e%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-04-24 [Re: Problem with git send-email and --reply-to](https://gitlist.dev/e/cb3bcb25-ed95-40ec-a924-c9924a025c87%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-04-23 [[PATCH] parse-options: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer'](https://gitlist.dev/e/7aac2206-8b60-484f-a5f6-4943348ad3f6%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-20 [Re: Subject: [PATCH] object-file: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer' error](https://gitlist.dev/e/12187836-0b2d-4e82-ae0c-4da972aee7e7%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-20 [Re: Subject: [PATCH] object-file: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer' error](https://gitlist.dev/e/b2656d8c-7878-489e-a78b-ecb441570bf6%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-19 [Subject: [PATCH] object-file: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer' error](https://gitlist.dev/e/97c623fe-4e03-4fbe-a6af-9c01c101bae4%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-11 [Re: [RFC] t: allow use of "sed -E"](https://gitlist.dev/e/77fce76d-07e2-4586-bb6c-f0043d171591%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-06 [Re: [PATCH 0/4] plugging some mmap() leaks](https://gitlist.dev/e/c3ae9ff6-8577-48de-8473-9ec8d22ebc71%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-06 [Re: [PATCH 0/4] plugging some mmap() leaks](https://gitlist.dev/e/c3e66e36-cba0-49d3-b2a6-d65367f4be0f%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-06 [Re: [PATCH 5/4] meson: turn on NO_MMAP when building with LSan](https://gitlist.dev/e/d5a22245-662b-4caa-9ed6-0e981f9e0d37%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-06 [Re: [PATCH 0/4] plugging some mmap() leaks](https://gitlist.dev/e/aa83861a-cc0f-4fc2-9599-182dac8b4e9a%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-06 [Re: [PATCH 0/4] plugging some mmap() leaks](https://gitlist.dev/e/9137fd66-9ac3-42ff-a892-1b6f20b49972%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-03-03 [Re: [PATCH v5] submodule: fetch missing objects from default remote](https://gitlist.dev/e/2e62dc94-b821-4815-8dd2-f806580d2027%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-02-10 [Re: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2026, #03)](https://gitlist.dev/e/60d1c37d-518a-47af-a823-6e6c173d84df%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-02-09 [Re: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2026, #03)](https://gitlist.dev/e/c29e0c1d-337c-4411-8d52-07c9155e8abe%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-01-19 [Re: [PATCH 2/2] t0610-reftable-basics: mitigate a flaky test on cygwin](https://gitlist.dev/e/f4599b1e-78df-44f3-a9b8-ed28411e169c%40ramsayjones.plus.com)
- 2026-01-18 [Re: Subject: [PATCH 0/2] v2.53.0-rc0 test failures on cygwin](https://gitlist.dev/e/a19baa0c-e084-44c4-bd77-a6c18626a6f4%40ramsayjones.plus.com)