What's cooking (2026/03 #10)
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2026, #09)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2026, #10)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2026, #09)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2026, #10)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
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[Graduated to 'master']
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-* ac/help-sort-correctly (2026-03-11) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at db220e143f)
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- + help: cleanup the contruction of keys_uniq
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+* dd/cocci-do-not-pass-strbuf-by-value (2026-03-15) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-18 at a2ffed1127)
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+ + stash: do not pass strbuf by value
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+ + coccinelle: detect struct strbuf passed by value
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+ + Merge branch 'dd/list-objects-filter-options-wo-strbuf-split' into dd/cocci-do-not-pass-strbuf-by-value
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+
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+ Add a coccinelle rule to break the build when "struct strbuf" gets
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+ passed by value.
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+ source: <20260315094445.19849-1-deveshigurgaon@gmail.com>
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+
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+
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+* gj/user-manual-fix-grep-example (2026-03-16) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-17 at dbf9137a9d)
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+ + doc: fix git grep args order in Quick Reference
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+ Fix an example in the user-manual.
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+ source: <pull.2069.git.1773670536808.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* jk/transport-color-leakfix (2026-03-14) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-17 at c2d7c74d11)
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+ + transport: plug leaks in transport_color_config()
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+ Leakfix.
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+ source: <20260314160814.GA918806@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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+* jt/fast-import-sign-again (2026-03-12) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-17 at e04808d5f2)
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+ + fast-import: add mode to sign commits with invalid signatures
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+ + gpg-interface: allow sign_buffer() to use default signing key
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+ + commit: remove unused forward declaration
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+ "git fast-import" learned to optionally replace signature on
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+ commits whose signatures get invalidated due to replaying by
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+ signing afresh.
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+ source: <20260313013938.2742124-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
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- The code in "git help" that shows configuration items in sorted
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- order was awkwardly organized and prone to bugs.
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- source: <20260311192453.62213-1-amishhhaaaa@gmail.com>
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+* mf/t0008-cleanup (2026-03-15) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-17 at 2bb0e51243)
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+ + t0008: improve test cleanup to fix failing test
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+ Test clean-up.
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+ source: <20260316011544.13825-1-mroik@delayed.space>
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-* bb/imap-send-openssl-4.0-prep (2026-03-11) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at 0baab97778)
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- + imap-send: move common code into function host_matches()
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- + imap-send: use the OpenSSL API to access the subject common name
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- + imap-send: use the OpenSSL API to access the subject alternative names
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- "imap-send" used to use functions whose use is going to be removed
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- with OpenSSL 4.0; rewrite them using public API that has been
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- available since OpenSSL 1.1 since 2016 or so.
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- source: <20260311121107.1122387-1-dev+git@drbeat.li>
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+* pb/t4200-test-path-is-helpers (2026-03-16) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-17 at a78771f93e)
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+ + t4200: convert test -[df] checks to test_path_* helpers
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+ Test clean-up.
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+ source: <20260316172457.38242-1-prashantjee2025@gmail.com>
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-* cf/constness-fixes (2026-03-08) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-13 at 3c80964399)
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- + dir: avoid -Wdiscarded-qualifiers in remove_path()
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- + bloom: remove a misleading const qualifier
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- Small code clean-up around the constness area.
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- source: <3ad40c3d0762c2e8c14792dfb68cba9f63a883a3.1773026586.git.collin.funk1@gmail.com>
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+* ps/clar-wo-path-max (2026-03-16) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-17 at 1d2f28a677)
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+ + clar: update to fix compilation on platforms without PATH_MAX
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+ Clar (unit testing framework) update from the upstream.
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+ source: <20260316-b4-pks-clar-without-path-max-v1-1-40b4bc91fdc0@pks.im>
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-* jc/test-allow-sed-with-ere (2026-03-11) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at be057bed35)
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- + t: allow use of "sed -E"
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- Adjust test-lint to allow "sed -E" to use ERE in the patterns.
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+* ps/history-split (2026-03-02) 8 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-17 at 456723f018)
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+ + builtin/history: implement "split" subcommand
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+ + builtin/history: split out extended function to create commits
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+ + cache-tree: allow writing in-memory index as tree
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+ + add-patch: allow disabling editing of hunks
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+ + add-patch: add support for in-memory index patching
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+ + add-patch: remove dependency on "add-interactive" subsystem
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+ + add-patch: split out `struct interactive_options`
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+ + add-patch: split out header from "add-interactive.h"
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+ "git history" learned the "split" subcommand.
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+ source: <20260302-pks-history-split-v1-0-444fc987a324@pks.im>
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-* ms/t7605-test-path-is-helpers (2026-03-10) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-16 at 49facdec9f)
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- + t7605: use test_path_is_file instead of test -f
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+* ps/upload-pack-buffer-more-writes (2026-03-12) 10 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-18 at 138ad42ac5)
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+ + builtin/pack-objects: reduce lock contention when writing packfile data
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+ + csum-file: drop `hashfd_throughput()`
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+ + csum-file: introduce `hashfd_ext()`
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+ + sideband: use writev(3p) to send pktlines
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+ + wrapper: introduce writev(3p) wrappers
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+ + compat/posix: introduce writev(3p) wrapper
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+ + upload-pack: reduce lock contention when writing packfile data
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+ + upload-pack: prefer flushing data over sending keepalive
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+ + upload-pack: adapt keepalives based on buffering
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+ + upload-pack: fix debug statement when flushing packfile data
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+ Reduce system overhead "git upload-pack" spends on relaying "git
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+ pack-objects" output to the "git fetch" running on the other end of
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+ the connection.
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+ source: <20260313-pks-upload-pack-write-contention-v4-0-7a9668061f7f@pks.im>
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+* rj/pack-refs-tests-path-is-helpers (2026-03-15) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-17 at 56374095e3)
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+ + t/pack-refs-tests: use test_path_is_missing
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Test updates.
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- source: <pull.2067.v2.git.1773183022175.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+ source: <20260315081032.497-1-riteshjd75@gmail.com>
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+* ss/t0410-delete-object-cleanup (2026-03-12) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-17 at a8d41f4c1f)
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+ + t0410: modernize delete_object helper
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-* ng/submodule-default-remote (2026-03-03) 1 commit
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- + submodule: fetch missing objects from default remote
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+ Test clean-up.
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+ source: <20260313053159.36492-1-r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com>
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- when fetching from submodules.
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- source: <20260303234044.105157-1-nasser.grainawi@oss.qualcomm.com>
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+* ty/doc-diff-u-wo-number (2026-03-10) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-18 at 8a410154ff)
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+ + diff: document -U without <n> as using default context
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+ "git diff -U<num>" was too lenient in its command line parsing and
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+ took an empty string as a valid <num>.
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+ source: <20260310095017.131957-1-cat@malon.dev>
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-* ty/mktree-wo-the-repository (2026-03-12) 1 commit
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- + builtin/mktree: remove USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
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- Code clean-up.
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+* yc/histogram-hunk-shift-fix (2026-03-02) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-18 at 5e49edc821)
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+ + xdiff: re-diff shifted change groups when using histogram algorithm
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+ The final clean-up phase of the diff output could turn the result of
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+ histogram diff algorithm suboptimal, which has been corrected.
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+ source: <pull.2120.v2.git.git.1772463265865.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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[New Topics]
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+* jt/fast-import-signed-modes (2026-03-24) 4 commits
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+ - fast-import: add 'abort-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'
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+ - fast-import: add 'sign-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'
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+ - fast-import: add 'strip-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'
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+ - fast-import: add 'abort-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-commits=<mode>'
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+ Handling of signed commits and tags in fast-import has been made more
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+ configurable.
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+ source: <20260324215513.764739-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+[Cooking]
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* ps/graph-lane-limit (2026-03-23) 3 commits
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- graph: add documentation and tests about --graph-lane-limit
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- graph: truncate graph visual output
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source: <20260323215935.74486-1-pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
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-* rs/use-strvec-pushv (2026-03-19) 1 commit
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- - use strvec_pushv() to add another strvec
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+* rs/use-strvec-pushv (2026-03-24) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-24 at 7c6487dcaf)
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+ + use strvec_pushv() to add another strvec
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+ + Merge branch 'ps/build-tweaks' into rs/use-strvec-pushv
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+ (this branch uses ps/build-tweaks.)
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strvec have been rewritten to use strvec_pushv() instead.
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source: <084f3b43-91ac-4553-8305-03944e97eaa6@web.de>
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-* kj/refspec-parsing-outside-repository (2026-03-21) 2 commits
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+* kj/refspec-parsing-outside-repository (2026-03-23) 2 commits
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- refspec: fix typo in comment
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- - refspec: safely parse refspecs outside a repository
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+ - remote-curl: fall back to default hash outside repo
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refspec is a single-object refspec, which has been corrected.
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* jk/diff-highlight-identical-pairs (2026-03-17) 1 commit
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* jk/diff-highlight-more (2026-03-22) 9 commits
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- - diff-highlight: fetch all config with one process
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- - diff-highlight: allow module callers to pass in color config
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- - diff-highlight: test color config
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- - diff-highlight: use test_decode_color in tests
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- - t: add matching negative attributes to test_decode_color
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- - diff-highlight: check diff-highlight exit status in tests
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- - diff-highlight: drop perl version dependency back to 5.8
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- - diff-highlight: mention build instructions
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- - Merge branch 'jk/diff-highlight-identical-pairs' into jk/diff-highlight-more
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+ + diff-highlight: fetch all config with one process
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+ + diff-highlight: allow module callers to pass in color config
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+ + diff-highlight: test color config
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+ + diff-highlight: use test_decode_color in tests
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+ + t: add matching negative attributes to test_decode_color
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+ + diff-highlight: check diff-highlight exit status in tests
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+ + diff-highlight: drop perl version dependency back to 5.8
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+ + diff-highlight: mention build instructions
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+ + Merge branch 'jk/diff-highlight-identical-pairs' into jk/diff-highlight-more
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(this branch uses jk/diff-highlight-identical-pairs.)
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source: <20260323060139.GA10215@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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-* ps/commit-graph-overflow-fix (2026-03-17) 1 commit
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+* ps/commit-graph-overflow-fix (2026-03-23) 1 commit
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- commit-graph: fix writing generations with dates exceeding 34 bits
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exceeding 34 bits (beyond year 2514) could cause an underflow and
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crash Git during the generation data overflow chunk writing.
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+ Waiting for review response.
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+ cf. <xmqq1ph92pzs.fsf@gitster.g>
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-* tc/replay-down-to-root (2026-03-17) 1 commit
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* mr/merge-file-object-id-worktree-fix (2026-03-10) 1 commit
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* bk/t5315-test-path-is-helpers (2026-03-19) 1 commit
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source: <20260319180803.164335-1-elkhatabibilal@gmail.com>
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- + coccinelle: detect struct strbuf passed by value
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+ + pretty.c: better die message %(count) and %(total)
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-* pb/t4200-test-path-is-helpers (2026-03-16) 1 commit
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* js/parseopt-subcommand-autocorrection (2026-03-16) 10 commits
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-* jt/fast-import-sign-again (2026-03-12) 3 commits
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* mf/apply-p-no-atoi (2026-03-15) 1 commit
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+ contrib: move "coverage-diff.sh" script into "tools/"
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+ contrib: move "coccinelle/" directory into "tools/"
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+ (this branch is used by rs/use-strvec-pushv.)
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-* ps/object-counting (2026-03-19) 8 commits
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-* ty/doc-diff-u-wo-number (2026-03-10) 1 commit
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* kh/doc-interpret-trailers-1 (2026-03-16) 4 commits
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- + add-patch: allow disabling editing of hunks
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- + add-patch: add support for in-memory index patching
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- + add-patch: remove dependency on "add-interactive" subsystem
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-* ps/upload-pack-buffer-more-writes (2026-03-12) 10 commits
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