What's cooking (2016/11 #04)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2016, #03; Wed, 16)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2016, #03; Wed, 16)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with
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[New Topics]
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-* dt/empty-submodule-in-merge (2016-11-12) 1 commit
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- - submodules: allow empty working-tree dirs in merge/cherry-pick
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+* jc/for-each-ref-head-segfault-fix (2016-11-18) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-21 at 3c1f352316)
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+ + for-each-ref: do not segv with %(HEAD) on an unborn branch
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- An empty directory in a working tree that can simply be nuked used
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- to interfere while merging or cherry-picking a change to create a
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- submodule directory there, which has been fixed..
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+ Using a %(HEAD) placeholder in "for-each-ref --format=" option
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+ caused the command to segfault when on an unborn branch.
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+ Will cook in 'next'.
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-* bw/grep-recurse-submodules (2016-11-14) 6 commits
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- - grep: search history of moved submodules
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- - grep: enable recurse-submodules to work on <tree> objects
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- - grep: optionally recurse into submodules
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- - grep: add submodules as a grep source type
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- - submodules: load gitmodules file from commit sha1
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- - submodules: add helper functions to determine presence of submodules
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- "git grep" learns to optionally recurse into submodules
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+* js/prepare-sequencer (2016-11-21) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-21 at 7cdf4ca421)
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+ + i18n: fix unmatched single quote in error message
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+ Fix for an error message string.
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+ Will merge to 'master'.
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-* dt/smart-http-detect-server-going-away (2016-11-14) 2 commits
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- - upload-pack: optionally allow fetching any sha1
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- - remote-curl: don't hang when a server dies before any output
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- When the http server gives an incomplete response to a smart-http
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- rpc call, it could lead to client waiting for a full response that
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- will never come. Teach the client side to notice this condition
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- and abort the transfer.
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+* js/rebase-i-commentchar-fix (2016-11-21) 3 commits
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+ - rebase -i: handle core.commentChar=auto
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+ - stripspace: respect repository config
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+ - rebase -i: highlight problems with core.commentchar
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- An improvement counterproposal exists.
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- cf. <20161114194049.mktpsvgdhex2f4zv@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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+ "git rebase -i" did not work well with core.commentchar
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+ configuration variable for two reasons, both of which have been
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+ fixed.
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+ Waiting for an ack for updates.
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+ Hopefully we can merge this before 2.11 final, as one of the
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+ breakages is a recent regression.
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-* mm/push-social-engineering-attack-doc (2016-11-14) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-16 at b7c1b27563)
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- + doc: mention transfer data leaks in more places
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- Doc update on fetching and pushing.
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+* jc/cache-tree-wip (2016-11-18) 4 commits
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+ - cache-tree: freshen the tree object at the top level
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+ - cache-tree: retire cache_tree_fully_valid() API function
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+ - commit: remove redundant check for active_cache_changed
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+ - freshen_object(): factor out a helper function
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- Will cook in 'next'.
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+* jk/trailers-placeholder-in-pretty (2016-11-21) 2 commits
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+ - ref-filter: add support to display trailers as part of contents
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+ - pretty: add %(trailers) format for displaying trailers of a commit message
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-* nd/worktree-lock (2016-11-13) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-16 at 67b731de07)
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- + git-worktree.txt: fix typo "to"/"two", and add comma
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- Typofix.
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+* jt/trailer-with-cruft (2016-11-21) 1 commit
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+ - doc: mention user-configured trailers
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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+* sb/submodule-intern-gitdir (2016-11-21) 3 commits
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+ - submodule--helper: add intern-git-dir function
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+ - test-lib-functions.sh: teach test_commit -C <dir>
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+ - submodule: use absolute path for computing relative path connecting
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-* nd/worktree-move (2016-11-12) 11 commits
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- . worktree remove: new command
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- . worktree move: refuse to move worktrees with submodules
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- . worktree move: accept destination as directory
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- . worktree move: new command
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- . worktree.c: add update_worktree_location()
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- . worktree.c: add validate_worktree()
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- . copy.c: convert copy_file() to copy_dir_recursively()
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- . copy.c: style fix
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- . copy.c: convert bb_(p)error_msg to error(_errno)
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- . copy.c: delete unused code in copy_file()
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- . copy.c: import copy_file() from busybox
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+[Graduated to "master"]
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- "git worktree" learned move and remove subcommands.
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+* jk/create-branch-remove-unused-param (2016-11-09) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-16 at 621254c832)
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+ + create_branch: drop unused "head" parameter
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- Seems to break a test or two.
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+ Code clean-up.
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+* nd/worktree-lock (2016-11-13) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-16 at 67b731de07)
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+ + git-worktree.txt: fix typo "to"/"two", and add comma
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* tk/diffcore-delta-remove-unused (2016-11-14) 1 commit
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Code cleanup.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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-* jc/compression-config (2016-11-15) 1 commit
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- - compression: unify pack.compression configuration parsing
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- Compression setting for producing packfiles were spread across
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- three codepaths, one of which did not honor any configuration.
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- Unify these so that all of them honor core.compression and
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- pack.compression variables the same way.
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- Needs tests for pack-objects and fast-import.
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-* mm/gc-safety-doc (2016-11-16) 1 commit
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- - git-gc.txt: expand discussion of races with other processes
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- Doc update.
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- Will merge to 'next'.
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[Stalled]
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[Cooking]
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+* dt/empty-submodule-in-merge (2016-11-17) 1 commit
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+ - submodules: allow empty working-tree dirs in merge/cherry-pick
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+ An empty directory in a working tree that can simply be nuked used
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+ to interfere while merging or cherry-picking a change to create a
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+ submodule directory there, which has been fixed..
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+ Waiting for review.
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+* bw/grep-recurse-submodules (2016-11-18) 6 commits
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+ - grep: search history of moved submodules
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+ - grep: enable recurse-submodules to work on <tree> objects
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+ - grep: optionally recurse into submodules
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+ - grep: add submodules as a grep source type
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+ - submodules: load gitmodules file from commit sha1
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+ - submodules: add helper functions to determine presence of submodules
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+ "git grep" learns to optionally recurse into submodules
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+ Waiting for review.
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+* dt/smart-http-detect-server-going-away (2016-11-18) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-21 at d502523347)
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+ + upload-pack: optionally allow fetching any sha1
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+ + remote-curl: don't hang when a server dies before any output
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+ When the http server gives an incomplete response to a smart-http
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+ rpc call, it could lead to client waiting for a full response that
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+ will never come. Teach the client side to notice this condition
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+ and abort the transfer.
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+ An improvement counterproposal has failed.
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+ cf. <20161114194049.mktpsvgdhex2f4zv@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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+ Will cook in 'next'.
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+* mm/push-social-engineering-attack-doc (2016-11-14) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-16 at b7c1b27563)
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+ + doc: mention transfer data leaks in more places
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+ Doc update on fetching and pushing.
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+ Will cook in 'next'.
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+* nd/worktree-move (2016-11-12) 11 commits
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+ . worktree remove: new command
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+ . worktree move: refuse to move worktrees with submodules
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+ . worktree move: accept destination as directory
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+ . worktree move: new command
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+ . worktree.c: add update_worktree_location()
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+ . worktree.c: add validate_worktree()
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+ . copy.c: convert copy_file() to copy_dir_recursively()
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+ . copy.c: style fix
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+ . copy.c: convert bb_(p)error_msg to error(_errno)
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+ . copy.c: delete unused code in copy_file()
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+ . copy.c: import copy_file() from busybox
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+ "git worktree" learned move and remove subcommands.
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+ Waiting for a reroll.
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+ Seems to break a test or two.
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+* jc/compression-config (2016-11-15) 1 commit
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+ - compression: unify pack.compression configuration parsing
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+ Compression setting for producing packfiles were spread across
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+ three codepaths, one of which did not honor any configuration.
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+ Unify these so that all of them honor core.compression and
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+ pack.compression variables the same way.
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+ Needs tests for pack-objects and fast-import.
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+* mm/gc-safety-doc (2016-11-16) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-17 at fc0d225b6b)
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+ + git-gc.txt: expand discussion of races with other processes
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+ Doc update.
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+ Will cook in 'next'.
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* hv/submodule-not-yet-pushed-fix (2016-11-16) 4 commits
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- - submodule_needs_pushing(): explain the behaviour when we cannot answer
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- - batch check whether submodule needs pushing into one call
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- - serialize collection of refs that contain submodule changes
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- - serialize collection of changed submodules
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2016-11-21 at 1a599af962)
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+ + submodule_needs_pushing(): explain the behaviour when we cannot answer
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+ + batch check whether submodule needs pushing into one call
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+ + serialize collection of refs that contain submodule changes
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The code in "git push" to compute if any commit being pushed in the
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project that does not have any submodule but have a reasonable
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- Looking good.
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* kn/ref-filter-branch-list (2016-11-15) 18 commits
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-* jk/create-branch-remove-unused-param (2016-11-09) 1 commit
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* jt/fetch-no-redundant-tag-fetch-map (2016-11-11) 1 commit
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+ fetch: do not redundantly calculate tag refmap
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- SQUASH???
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* jc/abbrev-autoscale-config (2016-11-01) 1 commit
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* jk/nofollow-attr-ignore (2016-11-02) 5 commits
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+ tree. This also tightens security a bit by not leaking contents of
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* sb/submodule-config-cleanup (2016-11-02) 3 commits
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+ What's the doneness of this topic?
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* jc/push-default-explicit (2016-10-31) 2 commits
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* nd/rebase-forget (2016-10-28) 1 commit
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looking at the combined diff. "git reset" learned a new
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