brian m. carlson

@bk2204 on GitHub. Posts as sandals@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net.

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2,874

patches posted

80%

of 176 series merged

274

threads started

2007

first message, Dec 3, 2007

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since the latest message

Messages per year

The last 24 months

Patch series

Of 178 patch series (re-rolls counted once), 140 landed on master and 36 did not; 2 posted in the last 90 days are still in review.

in reviewGit 3.0: restrict hex object IDs to lowercase onlyv2, Sep 7, 2026
in reviewMakefile: read configuration earlierJul 29, 2026
mergedRust hash cleanupsJul 19, 2026, 251e7af992
mergedrev-parse: exit 0 on --helpv3, Jul 8, 2026, 06f9b9501a
mergedcommit: name UTF-8 function appropriatelyv2, Apr 27, 2026, 1ddc0481cf
mergedEnable Rust by defaultv2, Apr 9, 2026, 6077dc8a42
mergeddocs: correct information about reftableApr 2, 2026, e2f25d202e
not mergedfsck: do not loop infinitely when processing packsFeb 22, 2026
mergedSHA-1/SHA-256 interoperability, part 2v3, Feb 7, 2026, e25c7c9393
mergedgitfaq: document using stash import/export to sync working treeJan 9, 2026, 02fc44a989
mergedcheckout: quote invalid treeish in error messageDec 24, 2025, 93f894c001
not mergedFix doc default hash algorithm in WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES modeDec 2, 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

Oct 7, 2026Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] SubmittingPatches: allow responsible AI assistance
Oct 7, 2026Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] sign a SHA-256 digest of the tree in commits and tags
Oct 6, 2026Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] sign a SHA-256 digest of the tree in commits and tags
Oct 6, 2026Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] sign a SHA-256 digest of the tree in commits and tags
Oct 6, 2026Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] sign a SHA-256 digest of the tree in commits and tags
Oct 5, 2026Re: [PATCH] doc: add more examples of overriding LESS in core.pager
Oct 5, 2026Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] sign a SHA-256 digest of the tree in commits and tags
Oct 3, 2026Re: [PATCH 1/4] libgitcore: add `sha1dc` as an optional feature
Oct 3, 2026Re: a "limbo" object-format state for empty repositories?
Oct 3, 2026Re: a "limbo" object-format state for empty repositories?
Oct 2, 2026Re: Confusion with git config list --show-origin
Oct 2, 2026Re: [BUG] branch copy/rename update refs without running the reference-transaction hook
Oct 2, 2026Re: Windows: ~1 GB RAM per git process, many concurrent (2.56.0.windows.1)
Oct 2, 2026Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] sign a SHA-256 digest of the tree in commits and tags
Sep 29, 2026Re: [RFC] git stash: add porcelain for sharing stashes through remotes
Sep 29, 2026Re: [RFC] Optional per-repository consent before running local hooks
Sep 27, 2026Re: [PATCH] name-rev: update hash descriptions
Sep 27, 2026Re: [DOC] name-rev: --annotate-stdin docs still describe SHA-1
Sep 19, 2026Re: pager: consider revisiting automatic LESS=FRX with custom core.pager
Sep 19, 2026Re: [PATCH/RFC] commit: warn when a new commit is dated before its parent
Sep 9, 2026Re: [PATCH v3] Move rust gitcore crate to a different subdirectory
Sep 8, 2026Re: What will come after Git 2.56?
Sep 8, 2026Re: [PATCH 3/3] imap-send: only check the CN if no SAN DNS names are present
Sep 7, 2026object-name: use hexval
Sep 7, 2026t5324: adjust tests for corrupt commit-graph
Sep 7, 2026hex: allow only lowercase object IDs in breaking changes mode
Sep 7, 2026Git 3.0: restrict hex object IDs to lowercase only
Sep 7, 2026hex: label usages of hex parsing for object IDs
Sep 7, 2026hex: add functionality for lowercase-only hex
Sep 7, 2026hex: allow specifying hex type with hex2chr