What's cooking (2013/03 #01)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2013, #10; Tue, 26)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2013, #01; Sun, 3)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2013, #10; Tue, 26)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2013, #01; Sun, 3)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with
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'-' are only in 'pu' (proposed updates) while commits prefixed with
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'+' are in 'next'.
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-The tip of the 'master' is a bit past 1.8.2-rc1. I am hoping to do
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-an -rc2 by the end of this week.
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+The tip of the 'master' is at 1.8.2-rc2. Hopefully we can tag the
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+final in the middle of the month.
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You can find the changes described here in the integration branches of the
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repositories listed at
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[Graduated to "master"]
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-* as/check-ignore (2013-02-19) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2013-02-21 at 27927a2)
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- + name-hash: allow hashing an empty string
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- + t0008: document test_expect_success_multi
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+* mh/maint-ceil-absolute (2013-02-22) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2013-02-26 at ba83c45)
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+ + Provide a mechanism to turn off symlink resolution in ceiling paths
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+
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+ An earlier workaround designed to help people who list logical
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+ directories that will not match what getcwd(3) returns in the
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+ GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES had an adverse effect when it is slow to
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+ stat and readlink a directory component of an element listed on it.
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- "git check-ignore ." segfaulted, as a function it calls deep in its
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- callchain took a string in the <ptr, length> form but did not stop
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- when given an empty string.
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+[New Topics]
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+* kb/name-hash (2013-02-27) 1 commit
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+ - name-hash.c: fix endless loop with core.ignorecase=true
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+
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+ The code to keep track of what directory names are known to Git on
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+ platforms with case insensitive filesystems can get confused upon
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+ a hash collision between these pathnames and looped forever.
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-* ct/autoconf-htmldir (2013-02-19) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2013-02-21 at 44f127d)
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- + Bugfix: undefined htmldir in config.mak.autogen
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+* rs/zip-compresssed-size-with-export-subst (2013-02-27) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2013-03-03 at c1ac6d8)
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+ + archive-zip: fix compressed size for stored export-subst files
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- An earlier change to config.mak.autogen broke a build driven by the
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- ./configure script when --htmldir is not specified on the command
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- line of ./configure.
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+ When export-subst is used, "zip" output recorded incorrect
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+ size of the file.
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+ Will cook in 'next'.
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-* jn/less-reconfigure (2013-02-20) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2013-02-21 at 811e0c0)
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- + Makefile: avoid infinite loop on configure.ac change
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+* hv/config-from-strbuf (2013-02-28) 4 commits
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+ - teach config parsing to read from strbuf
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+ - config: make parsing stack struct independent from actual data source
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+ - config: drop file pointer validity check in get_next_char()
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+ - config: factor out config file stack management
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- A change made on v1.8.1.x maintenance track had a nasty regression
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- to break the build when autoconf is used.
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+* jc/describe (2013-02-28) 1 commit
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+ - describe: --match=<pattern> must limit the refs even when used with --all
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-* wk/man-deny-current-branch-is-default-these-days (2013-02-18) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2013-02-21 at e67b15b)
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- + user-manual: typofix (ofthe->of the)
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+ Comments?
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-* wk/user-manual (2013-02-19) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2013-02-19 at dbc0eb2)
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- + user-manual: Flesh out uncommitted changes and submodule updates
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- + user-manual: Use request-pull to generate "please pull" text
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- + user-manual: Reorganize the reroll sections, adding 'git rebase -i'
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+* jk/mailsplit-maildir-muttsort (2013-03-02) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2013-03-03 at d5f7735)
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+ + mailsplit: sort maildir filenames more cleverly
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+ Will cook in 'next'.
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- Further updates to the user manual.
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+* pc/subtree-add-before-fetch (2013-02-28) 1 commit
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+ - contrib/subtree: allow addition of remote branch with name not locally present
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+ Comments?
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+* tr/line-log (2013-02-28) 5 commits
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+ - log -L: :pattern:file syntax to find by funcname
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+ - Implement line-history search (git log -L)
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+ - Export rewrite_parents() for 'log -L'
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+ - blame: introduce $ as "end of file" in -L syntax
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+ - Refactor parse_loc
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-[New Topics]
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+[Stalled]
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+* mb/gitweb-highlight-link-target (2012-12-20) 1 commit
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+ - Highlight the link target line in Gitweb using CSS
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+ Expecting a reroll.
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+ $gmane/211935
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+* jc/add-delete-default (2012-08-13) 1 commit
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+ - git add: notice removal of tracked paths by default
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+ "git add dir/" updated modified files and added new files, but does
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+ not notice removed files, which may be "Huh?" to some users. They
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+ can of course use "git add -A dir/", but why should they?
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+ Resurrected from graveyard, as I thought it was a worthwhile thing
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+ to do in the longer term.
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+ There seems to be some interest. Let's see if it results in a solid
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+ execution of a sensible transition plan towards Git 2.0.
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+* mb/remote-default-nn-origin (2012-07-11) 6 commits
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+ - Teach get_default_remote to respect remote.default.
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+ - Test that plain "git fetch" uses remote.default when on a detached HEAD.
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+ - Teach clone to set remote.default.
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+ - Teach "git remote" about remote.default.
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+ - Teach remote.c about the remote.default configuration setting.
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+ - Rename remote.c's default_remote_name static variables.
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+ When the user does not specify what remote to interact with, we
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+ often attempt to use 'origin'. This can now be customized via a
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+ configuration variable.
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+ Expecting a reroll.
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+ $gmane/210151
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+ "The first remote becomes the default" bit is better done as a
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+ separate step.
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+[Cooking]
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* jc/perl-cat-blob (2013-02-22) 1 commit
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Will cook in 'next'.
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-* ap/maint-diff-rename-avoid-overlap (2013-02-26) 2 commits
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+* ap/maint-diff-rename-avoid-overlap (2013-03-02) 3 commits
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+ - tests: make sure rename pretty print works
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(merged to 'next' on 2013-02-26 at 19d70bf)
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+ diff: prevent pprint_rename from underrunning input
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files before and after a rename did not work correctly when the
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common prefix and suffix between the two filenames overlapped.
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- Will cook in 'next'.
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* ap/maint-update-index-h-is-for-help (2013-02-23) 1 commit
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- describe: make --all and --match=PATTERN mutually incompatible
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(this branch uses gp/describe-match-uses-glob-pattern.)
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- semantics better, perhaps by giving a better synonym to "--all",
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- which meant "disable the usual limit that only gives the annotated
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- tags".
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+ "describe --match=<pattern> --all <commit>" ought to mean "use refs
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+ that match <pattern> to describe <commit>; you do not have to limit
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+ yourself to annotated tags." But it doesn't. Disable the
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+ We may want to discard this if jc/describe topic turns out to be a
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* jk/common-make-variables-export-safety (2013-02-25) 1 commit
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Will cook in 'next'.
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-[Stalled]
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-* mb/gitweb-highlight-link-target (2012-12-20) 1 commit
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- - Highlight the link target line in Gitweb using CSS
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- Expecting a reroll.
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- $gmane/211935
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-* jc/add-delete-default (2012-08-13) 1 commit
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- - git add: notice removal of tracked paths by default
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- not notice removed files, which may be "Huh?" to some users. They
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- can of course use "git add -A dir/", but why should they?
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- Resurrected from graveyard, as I thought it was a worthwhile thing
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- to do in the longer term.
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- There seems to be some interest. Let's see if it results in a solid
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- execution of a sensible transition plan towards Git 2.0.
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-* mb/remote-default-nn-origin (2012-07-11) 6 commits
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- - Teach get_default_remote to respect remote.default.
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- - Test that plain "git fetch" uses remote.default when on a detached HEAD.
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- - Teach clone to set remote.default.
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- - Teach "git remote" about remote.default.
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- - Teach remote.c about the remote.default configuration setting.
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- - Rename remote.c's default_remote_name static variables.
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-
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- When the user does not specify what remote to interact with, we
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- often attempt to use 'origin'. This can now be customized via a
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- configuration variable.
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- Expecting a reroll.
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- $gmane/210151
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- "The first remote becomes the default" bit is better done as a
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- separate step.
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-[Cooking]
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* jk/pkt-line-cleanup (2013-02-24) 19 commits
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Not ready for inclusion.
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-* mh/maint-ceil-absolute (2013-02-22) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2013-02-26 at ba83c45)
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- + Provide a mechanism to turn off symlink resolution in ceiling paths
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- An earlier workaround designed to help people who list logical
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- directories that will not match what getcwd(3) returns in the
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- GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES had an adverse effect when it is slow to
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- stat and readlink a directory component of an element listed on it.
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- Will fast-track to 'master' (regression fix).
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* tk/doc-filter-branch (2013-02-26) 2 commits
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Will cook in 'next'.
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-* mn/send-email-works-with-credential (2013-02-12) 6 commits
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- - git-send-email: use git credential to obtain password
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- - Git.pm: add interface for git credential command
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- - Git.pm: allow pipes to be closed prior to calling command_close_bidi_pipe
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- - Git.pm: refactor command_close_bidi_pipe to use _cmd_close
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