What's cooking (2008/08 #02)

index c91bcf9a08..394b44a983 100644 --- a/whats-cooking.txt +++ b/whats-cooking.txt @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2008, #01; Tue, 05) +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2008, #02; Mon, 11) +X-master-at: 10d9d887ecdc81197162d7bbe5dfc0d028498fd6 +X-next-at: 3cb9d94cdc74f3137599446af9f5442b7ae1ab27 -What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2008, #01; Tue, 05) +What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2008, #02; Mon, 11) -------------------------------------------------- Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed @@ -10,20 +12,39 @@ in 'next'. The topics list the commits in reverse chronological order. The topics meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names. -Due to increased activity level from people including GSoC students, I -expect 'next' to stay somewhat more active than previous rounds during the -1.6.0-rc cycle. The request for people who usually follow 'next' is the -same as usual, though. After -rc1 is tagged, please run 'master' for your -daily git use instead, in order to make sure 'master' does what it claims -to do without regression. +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[New Topics] + +* jc/test-deeper (Fri Aug 8 02:26:28 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - tests: use $TEST_DIRECTORY to refer to the t/ directory -Tentative schedule, my wishful thinking: +* kh/diff-tree (Sun Aug 10 18:13:04 2008 +0200) 4 commits + + Add test for diff-tree --stdin with two trees + + Teach git diff-tree --stdin to diff trees + + diff-tree: Note that the commit ID is printed with --stdin + + Refactoring: Split up diff_tree_stdin - - 1.6.0-rc2 (Aug 6) - - 1.6.0-rc3 (Aug 10) +* js/parallel-test (Fri Aug 8 13:08:37 2008 +0200) 3 commits + + Enable parallel tests + + tests: Clarify dependencies between tests, 'aggregate-results' and + 'clean' + + t9700: remove useless check + +* xx/post-1.6.0 (Sun Aug 10 19:10:04 2008 -0400) 3 commits + + git-submodule - Add 'foreach' subcommand + + builtin-reflog: Allow reflog expire to name partial ref + + git-am: ignore --binary option + +Some collection of patches to queue for post-1.6.0 development. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -[New Topics] +[Graduated to "master"] + +* rs/archive-parse-options (Fri Jul 25 12:41:26 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + archive: allow --exec and --remote without equal sign + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[On Hold and/or Cooking] * jc/post-simplify (Sun Aug 3 17:47:16 2008 -0700) 3 commits + Topo-sort before --simplify-merges @@ -42,11 +63,12 @@ The "magic" detection protocol was revised to use POST to info/refs; the top one queued is from before that discussion. * jc/add-stop-at-symlink (Mon Aug 4 00:52:37 2008 -0700) 2 commits - - add: refuse to add working tree items beyond symlinks - - update-index: refuse to add working tree items beyond symlinks + + add: refuse to add working tree items beyond symlinks + + update-index: refuse to add working tree items beyond symlinks -The performance impact of this needs to be discussed in a separate -thread. +Fix for a longstanding bug that allows "git add" and "git update-index" to +add a path "a/b" to the index when "a" is a symbolic link. We would need +a similar fix for the case where "a" is a submodule. * dp/hash-literally (Sun Aug 3 18:36:22 2008 +0400) 6 commits + add --no-filters option to git hash-object @@ -59,20 +81,6 @@ thread. Gives a bit more flexibility to hash-objects by allowing us to lie about the path the contents comes from. -* jn/svn-log (Sun Aug 3 14:07:21 2008 +0200) 1 commit - - git-svn: --clean-changelog=<style> to sanitize messages - -Eric firmly rejected this one so I won't be merging this to 'next' but -this was an interesting firestarter for discussion nevertheless. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- -[On Hold and/or Cooking] - -* rs/archive-parse-options (Fri Jul 25 12:41:26 2008 +0200) 1 commit - + archive: allow --exec and --remote without equal sign - -None of the following is for 1.6.0. - * mv/merge-custom (Sat Aug 2 10:08:38 2008 +0200) 6 commits + Builtin git-help. + builtin-help: always load_command_list() in cmd_help() @@ -144,7 +152,7 @@ This is the "botched" one. Will be resurrected during 1.7.0 or 1.8.0 timeframe. * jk/renamelimit (Sat May 3 13:58:42 2008 -0700) 1 commit - . diff: enable "too large a rename" warning when -M/-C is explicitly + - diff: enable "too large a rename" warning when -M/-C is explicitly asked for This would be the right thing to do for command line use, but gitk will be