What's cooking (2008/07 #09)

index d5fac5ab0b..7be6a1ea13 100644 --- a/whats-cooking.txt +++ b/whats-cooking.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2008, issue #08; Sat, 19) +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2008, issue #09; Sun, 20) -What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2008, issue #08; Sat, 19) +What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2008, issue #09; Sun, 20) -------------------------------------------------------- Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed @@ -25,11 +25,20 @@ Tentative schedule, my wishful thinking: - 1.6.0-rc3 (Aug 6) - 1.6.0 (Aug 10) -No real activity on 'next', as I was busy tending bugfixes and pushing out -v1.5.6.4 today. +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[New Topics] + +* pb/sane-mv (Mon Jul 21 02:25:56 2008 +0200) 2 commits + - git-mv: Keep moved index entries inact + - git-mv: Remove dead code branch + +Running "git mv A B" when you have local changes to A automatically staged +it while moving it to B, which was a longstanding nonsense. This attempts +to fix it. Pasky has other plans to build on a more solidified foundation +to enhance the command to work with submodules better on top of this. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -[Will merge to "master" soon] +[Graduated to "master"] * ns/am-abort (Wed Jul 16 19:39:10 2008 +0900) 1 commit + git am --abort @@ -56,6 +65,30 @@ clearer. * ap/trackinfo (Wed Jul 16 15:19:27 2008 -0400) 1 commit + Reword "your branch has diverged..." lines to reduce line length +* xx/merge-in-c-into-next (Wed Jul 9 13:51:46 2008 -0700) 4 commits + + Teach git-merge -X<option> again. + + Merge branch 'jc/merge-theirs' into xx/merge-in-c-into-next + + builtin-merge.c: use parse_options_step() "incremental parsing" + machinery + + Merge branch 'ph/parseopt-step-blame' into xx/merge-in-c-into-next + +* jc/merge-theirs (Fri Jul 18 02:43:00 2008 -0700) 6 commits + - Document that merge strategies can now take their own options + + Make "subtree" part more orthogonal to the rest of merge- + recursive. + + Teach git-pull to pass -X<option> to git-merge + + Teach git-merge to pass -X<option> to the backend strategy module + + git-merge-recursive-{ours,theirs} + + git-merge-file --ours, --theirs + +It appears nobody wants "theirs" nor "ours", so I'll soon apply a +wholesale revert for these series to 'next', and then these will be +dropped when we rewind 'next' after 1.6.0 final. + +Please make sure next time somebody asks "ours/theirs" merge on the list +and #git s/he is quickly told that it was unanimously rejected so that +people do not have to waste time rehashing the topic ever again. + ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Stalled/Needs more work] @@ -93,21 +126,6 @@ I haven't looked at the updated series yet. I should, but nobody else seems to be looking at these patches, which is somewhat depressing but understandable. Summer is slower ;-) -* pb/submodule (Wed Jul 16 21:11:40 2008 +0200) 7 commits - . t7403: Submodule git mv, git rm testsuite - . git rm: Support for removing submodules - . git mv: Support moving submodules - . submodule.*: Introduce simple C interface for submodule lookup by - path - . git submodule add: Fix naming clash handling - . t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuite - . git-mv: Remove dead code branch - -Long overdue usability improvement series for submodule. Very much -welcomed. It would be nice to have some submodule improvements in 1.6.0, -but it would take us a few more rounds to hit 'next' with this, and it -will not be in 'master' when 1.6.0 ships. - * jc/grafts (Wed Jul 2 17:14:12 2008 -0700) 1 commit - [BROKEN wrt shallow clones] Ignore graft during object transfer @@ -127,7 +145,7 @@ This is for peeling the line from the blamed version to see what's behind it, which may or may not help applications like gitweb. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -[Will drop] +[Dropped] * xx/merge-in-c-into-next (Wed Jul 9 13:51:46 2008 -0700) 4 commits + Teach git-merge -X<option> again.