Sam Bostock

@sambostock on GitHub. Posts as sam.bostock@shopify.com.

messages

patches posted

80%

of 5 series merged

threads started

2021

first message, Apr 13, 2021

Feb 6, 2026

since the latest message

Messages per year

The last 24 months

Patch series

Of 5 patch series (re-rolls counted once), 4 landed on master and 1 did not.

mergedmerge-ours: sparse-index integrationv2, Feb 6, 2026, ba447e9cec
mergedworktree: clarify --expire applies to missing worktreesv3, Jan 28, 2026, 6f5ca70580
mergedbundle-uri: validate that bundle entries have a uriv2, Dec 19, 2025, 7796c14a1a
mergeddoc: fix `update-ref` `symref-create` formattingDec 9, 2025, 5ae594f30b
not mergedrefs: support migration with worktreesOct 27, 2025

A series is merged when one of its patches matches a commit on master by the same author, by subject. Versions are linked when they share a patch subject. Patches reworded before landing, or applied under someone else's name, count as not merged.

Recent emails

Feb 6, 2026merge-ours: integrate with sparse-index
Feb 6, 2026merge-ours: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
Feb 6, 2026merge-ours: sparse-index integration
Feb 6, 2026merge-ours: integrate with sparse-index
Feb 6, 2026merge-ours: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
Feb 6, 2026merge-ours: sparse-index integration
Jan 28, 2026worktree: clarify that --expire only affects missing worktrees
Dec 19, 2025worktree: use 'prune' instead of 'expire' in help text
Dec 19, 2025worktree: clarify --expire applies to missing worktrees
Dec 19, 2025worktree: clarify --expire applies to missing worktrees
Dec 19, 2025bundle-uri: validate that bundle entries have a uri
Dec 19, 2025worktree: clarify --expire applies to missing worktrees
Dec 18, 2025bundle-uri: validate that bundle entries have a uri
Dec 9, 2025doc: fix `update-ref` `symref-create` formatting
Oct 27, 2025refs: support migration with worktrees
Apr 13, 2021`git fetch` not updating 'origin/HEAD' after branch rename