What's cooking (2011/08 #05)

Junio C Hamano committed Aug 19, 2011 at 15:12 UTC 0e0d281e204caa63065ef776574ea31b719ea4e3
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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2011, #04; Tue, 16)
3 -X-master-at: 4bfe7cb6668c43c1136304bbb17eea1b3ddf0237
4 -X-next-at: 0e3f8f0b05033eaaaa60133977cc86dd9a5db4bf
2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2011, #05; Fri, 19)
3 +X-master-at: cee426811c981c62c4b236ebdcb47d1c2945cf56
4 +X-next-at: b5fcad02a1cc9cc1c2b8ebaef4ad67d0f9101c98
5
6 -What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2011, #04; Tue, 16)
6 +What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2011, #05; Fri, 19)
7 --------------------------------------------------
8
9 Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
10 only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'.
11
12 -The kernel.org machine seems to be very busy for the past 48 hours so it
13 -might take a while for tonight's pushout to propagate to mirrors.
14 -
12 There are a few 'fixup!' commits queued in topics still in 'pu', so that
13 authors have a choice to just say "that fix looks good, squash it in!"
14 instead of going through an extra round.
@@ -19,38 +16,184 @@ instead of going through an extra round.
16 --------------------------------------------------
17 [New Topics]
18
22 -* di/fast-import-deltified-tree (2011-08-14) 2 commits
23 - - fast-import: prevent producing bad delta
24 - - fast-import: add a test for tree delta base corruption
19 +* jc/traverse-commit-list (2011-08-17) 3 commits
20 + - revision.c: update show_object_with_name() without using malloc()
21 + - revision.c: add show_object_with_name() helper function
22 + - rev-list: fix finish_object() call
23 +
24 +* rc/diff-cleanup-records (2011-08-17) 2 commits
25 + - Merge branch 'rc/histogram-diff' into HEAD
26 + - xdiff/xprepare: improve O(n*m) performance in xdl_cleanup_records()
27 +
28 +* fk/make-auto-header-dependencies (2011-08-18) 1 commit
29 + - Makefile: Use computed header dependencies if the compiler supports it
30 +
31 +* jk/color-and-pager (2011-08-18) 10 commits
32 + - want_color: automatically fallback to color.ui
33 + - diff: don't load color config in plumbing
34 + - config: refactor get_colorbool function
35 + - color: delay auto-color decision until point of use
36 + - git_config_colorbool: refactor stdout_is_tty handling
37 + - diff: refactor COLOR_DIFF from a flag into an int
38 + - setup_pager: set GIT_PAGER_IN_USE
39 + - t7006: use test_config helpers
40 + - test-lib: add helper functions for config
41 + - t7006: modernize calls to unset
42 + (this branch is used by jk/pager-with-alias.)
43 +
44 +Looked reasonable.
45 +Will merge to "next".
46 +
47 +* jk/pager-with-alias (2011-08-18) 2 commits
48 + - support pager.* for aliases
49 + - support pager.* for external commands
50 + (this branch uses jk/color-and-pager.)
51 +
52 +* nd/decorate-grafts (2011-08-19) 5 commits
53 + - log: decorate "replaced" on to replaced commits
54 + - log: decorate grafted commits with "grafted"
55 + - Move write_shallow_commits to fetch-pack.c
56 + - Add for_each_commit_graft() to iterate all grafts
57 + - decoration: do not mis-decorate refs with same prefix
58 +
59 +Looked reasonable.
60 +Will merge to "next".
61 +
62 +* va/p4-branch-import (2011-08-19) 4 commits
63 + - git-p4: Add simple test case for branch import
64 + - git-p4: Allow branch definition with git config
65 + - git-p4: Allow filtering Perforce branches by user
66 + - git-p4: Correct branch base depot path detection
67 + (this branch uses va/p4-rename-copy.)
68 +
69 +* va/p4-rename-copy (2011-08-18) 4 commits
70 + - git-p4: Add test case for copy detection.
71 + - git-p4: Add test case for rename detection.
72 + - git-p4: Add description of rename/copy detection options.
73 + - git-p4: Allow setting rename/copy detection threshold.
74 + (this branch is used by va/p4-branch-import.)
75 +
76 +* da/difftool-mergtool-refactor (2011-08-19) 4 commits
77 + - mergetools/meld: Use '--output' when available
78 + - mergetool--lib: Refactor tools into separate files
79 + - mergetool--lib: Make style consistent with git
80 + - difftool--helper: Make style consistent with git
81 +
82 +* mg/branch-set-upstream-previous (2011-08-19) 1 commit
83 + - branch.c: use the parsed branch name
84
26 -* di/parse-options-split (2011-08-11) 2 commits
27 - - Reduce parse-options.o dependencies
28 - - parse-options: export opterr, optbug
85 +--------------------------------------------------
86 +[Graduated to "master"]
87
30 -* mh/attr (2011-08-14) 7 commits
31 - - Unroll the loop over passes
32 - - Change while loop into for loop
33 - - Determine the start of the states outside of the pass loop
34 - - Change parse_attr() to take a pointer to struct attr_state
35 - - Increment num_attr in parse_attr_line(), not parse_attr()
36 - - Document struct match_attr
37 - - Add a file comment
88 +* cb/maint-exec-error-report (2011-08-01) 2 commits
89 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-05 at 2764424)
90 + + notice error exit from pager
91 + + error_routine: use parent's stderr if exec fails
92
39 -All looked reasonable.
93 +* cb/maint-quiet-push (2011-08-08) 2 commits
94 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-08 at 917d73b)
95 + + receive-pack: do not overstep command line argument array
96 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-01 at 87df938)
97 + + propagate --quiet to send-pack/receive-pack
98
41 -* mh/iterate-refs (2011-08-14) 6 commits
42 - - Retain caches of submodule refs
43 - - Store the submodule name in struct cached_refs
44 - - Allocate cached_refs objects dynamically
45 - - Change the signature of read_packed_refs()
46 - - Access reference caches only through new function get_cached_refs()
47 - - Extract a function clear_cached_refs()
99 +* db/am-skip-blank-at-the-beginning (2011-08-11) 1 commit
100 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 3637843)
101 + + am: ignore leading whitespace before patch
102
49 -* jn/plug-empty-tree-leak (2011-08-16) 2 commits
50 - - merge-recursive: take advantage of hardcoded empty tree
51 - - revert: plug memory leak in "cherry-pick root commit" codepath
103 +* jc/maint-combined-diff-work-tree (2011-08-04) 1 commit
104 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-05 at 976a4d4)
105 + + diff -c/--cc: do not mistake "resolved as deletion" as "use working tree"
106
53 -Both looked reasonable.
107 +* jc/maint-smart-http-race-upload-pack (2011-08-08) 1 commit
108 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 3f24b64)
109 + + helping smart-http/stateless-rpc fetch race
110 +
111 +* js/bisect-no-checkout (2011-08-09) 11 commits
112 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 6c94a45)
113 + + bisect: add support for bisecting bare repositories
114 + + bisect: further style nitpicks
115 + + bisect: replace "; then" with "\n<tab>*then"
116 + + bisect: cleanup whitespace errors in git-bisect.sh.
117 + + bisect: add documentation for --no-checkout option.
118 + + bisect: add tests for the --no-checkout option.
119 + + bisect: introduce --no-checkout support into porcelain.
120 + + bisect: introduce support for --no-checkout option.
121 + + bisect: add tests to document expected behaviour in presence of broken trees.
122 + + bisect: use && to connect statements that are deferred with eval.
123 + + bisect: move argument parsing before state modification.
124 +
125 +* js/ref-namespaces (2011-07-21) 5 commits
126 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 5b7dcfe)
127 + + ref namespaces: tests
128 + + ref namespaces: documentation
129 + + ref namespaces: Support remote repositories via upload-pack and receive-pack
130 + + ref namespaces: infrastructure
131 + + Fix prefix handling in ref iteration functions
132 +
133 +* js/sh-style (2011-08-05) 2 commits
134 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 4a4c22c)
135 + + filter-branch.sh: de-dent usage string
136 + + misc-sh: fix up whitespace in some other .sh files.
137 +
138 +* ma/am-exclude (2011-08-09) 2 commits
139 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at cf0ba4d)
140 + + am: Document new --exclude=<path> option
141 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-05 at 658e57c)
142 + + am: pass exclude down to apply
143 +
144 +* mh/check-attr-listing (2011-08-04) 23 commits
145 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at f73ad50)
146 + + Rename git_checkattr() to git_check_attr()
147 + + git-check-attr: Fix command-line handling to match docs
148 + + git-check-attr: Drive two tests using the same raw data
149 + + git-check-attr: Add an --all option to show all attributes
150 + + git-check-attr: Error out if no pathnames are specified
151 + + git-check-attr: Process command-line args more systematically
152 + + git-check-attr: Handle each error separately
153 + + git-check-attr: Extract a function error_with_usage()
154 + + git-check-attr: Introduce a new variable
155 + + git-check-attr: Extract a function output_attr()
156 + + Allow querying all attributes on a file
157 + + Remove redundant check
158 + + Remove redundant call to bootstrap_attr_stack()
159 + + Extract a function collect_all_attrs()
160 + + Teach prepare_attr_stack() to figure out dirlen itself
161 + + git-check-attr: Use git_attr_name()
162 + + Provide access to the name attribute of git_attr
163 + + git-check-attr: Add tests of command-line parsing
164 + + git-check-attr: Add missing "&&"
165 + + Disallow the empty string as an attribute name
166 + + Remove anachronism from comment
167 + + doc: Correct git_attr() calls in example code
168 + + doc: Add a link from gitattributes(5) to git-check-attr(1)
169 + (this branch is used by mh/check-attr-relative.)
170 +
171 +* mh/check-attr-relative (2011-08-04) 6 commits
172 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at f94550c)
173 + + test-path-utils: Add subcommand "prefix_path"
174 + + test-path-utils: Add subcommand "absolute_path"
175 + + git-check-attr: Normalize paths
176 + + git-check-attr: Demonstrate problems with relative paths
177 + + git-check-attr: Demonstrate problems with unnormalized paths
178 + + git-check-attr: test that no output is written to stderr
179 + (this branch uses mh/check-attr-listing.)
180 +
181 +* rc/histogram-diff (2011-08-08) 12 commits
182 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 684dfd1)
183 + + xdiff/xhistogram: drop need for additional variable
184 + + xdiff/xhistogram: rely on xdl_trim_ends()
185 + + xdiff/xhistogram: rework handling of recursed results
186 + + xdiff: do away with xdl_mmfile_next()
187 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-03 at f9e2328)
188 + + Make test number unique
189 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 3351028)
190 + + xdiff/xprepare: use a smaller sample size for histogram diff
191 + + xdiff/xprepare: skip classification
192 + + teach --histogram to diff
193 + + t4033-diff-patience: factor out tests
194 + + xdiff/xpatience: factor out fall-back-diff function
195 + + xdiff/xprepare: refactor abort cleanups
196 + + xdiff/xprepare: use memset()
197
198 --------------------------------------------------
199 [Stalled]
@@ -66,12 +209,6 @@ Probably the topmost commit should be dropped.
209
210 Perhaps needs an updated commit log message?
211
69 -* di/fast-import-doc (2011-07-13) 2 commits
70 - - doc/fast-import: document feature import-marks-if-exists
71 - - doc/fast-import: clarify notemodify command
72 -
73 -Comments from fast-import folks?
74 -
212 * jh/receive-count-limit (2011-05-23) 10 commits
213 - receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushes with too many objects
214 - pack-objects: Estimate pack size; abort early if pack size limit is exceeded
@@ -118,6 +255,63 @@ I think a further refactoring (no, not my suggestion) was offered?
255 --------------------------------------------------
256 [Cooking]
257
258 +* di/fast-import-doc (2011-08-17) 1 commit
259 + - doc/fast-import: document feature import-marks-if-exists
260 +
261 +Comments from fast-import folks?
262 +
263 +* di/fast-import-deltified-tree (2011-08-14) 2 commits
264 + - fast-import: prevent producing bad delta
265 + - fast-import: add a test for tree delta base corruption
266 +
267 +Comments from fast-import folks?
268 +
269 +* di/fast-import-ident (2011-08-11) 5 commits
270 + - fsck: improve committer/author check
271 + - fsck: add a few committer name tests
272 + - fast-import: check committer name more strictly
273 + - fast-import: don't fail on omitted committer name
274 + - fast-import: add input format tests
275 +
276 +Comments from fast-import folks?
277 +
278 +* di/parse-options-split (2011-08-11) 2 commits
279 + - Reduce parse-options.o dependencies
280 + - parse-options: export opterr, optbug
281 +
282 +Looked reasonable.
283 +Will merge to "next".
284 +
285 +* mh/attr (2011-08-14) 7 commits
286 + - Unroll the loop over passes
287 + - Change while loop into for loop
288 + - Determine the start of the states outside of the pass loop
289 + - Change parse_attr() to take a pointer to struct attr_state
290 + - Increment num_attr in parse_attr_line(), not parse_attr()
291 + - Document struct match_attr
292 + - Add a file comment
293 +
294 +All looked reasonable.
295 +Will merge to "next".
296 +
297 +* mh/iterate-refs (2011-08-14) 6 commits
298 + - Retain caches of submodule refs
299 + - Store the submodule name in struct cached_refs
300 + - Allocate cached_refs objects dynamically
301 + - Change the signature of read_packed_refs()
302 + - Access reference caches only through new function get_cached_refs()
303 + - Extract a function clear_cached_refs()
304 +
305 +I did not see anything wrong per-se, but it was unclear what the benefit
306 +of these changes are. I probably need to read it once again.
307 +
308 +* jn/plug-empty-tree-leak (2011-08-16) 2 commits
309 + - merge-recursive: take advantage of hardcoded empty tree
310 + - revert: plug memory leak in "cherry-pick root commit" codepath
311 +
312 +Both looked reasonable.
313 +Will merge to "next".
314 +
315 * ac/describe-dirty-refresh (2011-08-11) 1 commit
316 - describe: Refresh the index when run with --dirty
317
@@ -183,13 +377,7 @@ Will merge to "next", but needs Sign-off.
377 - t6042: Add a testcase where git deletes an untracked file
378
379 Rerolled.
186 -
187 -* di/fast-import-ident (2011-08-11) 5 commits
188 - - fsck: improve committer/author check
189 - - fsck: add a few committer name tests
190 - - fast-import: check committer name more strictly
191 - - fast-import: don't fail on omitted committer name
192 - - fast-import: add input format tests
380 +Will merge to "next".
381
382 * fg/submodule-ff-check-before-push (2011-08-09) 1 commit
383 - push: Don't push a repository with unpushed submodules
@@ -198,6 +386,8 @@ Rerolled.
386 - add update 'none' flag to disable update of submodule by default
387 - submodule: move update configuration variable further up
388
389 +Will merge to "next".
390 +
391 * jc/lookup-object-hash (2011-08-11) 6 commits
392 - object hash: replace linear probing with 4-way cuckoo hashing
393 - object hash: we know the table size is a power of two
@@ -213,38 +403,13 @@ Rerolled.
403 - git-am: take advantage of gettextln and eval_gettextln.
404 - gettext: add gettextln, eval_gettextln to encode common idiom
405
406 +Will merge to "next".
407 +
408 * cb/maint-ls-files-error-report (2011-08-11) 1 commit
409 (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-15 at 69f41cf)
410 + ls-files: fix pathspec display on error
411
220 -* jc/maint-combined-diff-work-tree (2011-08-04) 1 commit
221 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-05 at 976a4d4)
222 - + diff -c/--cc: do not mistake "resolved as deletion" as "use working tree"
223 -
224 -Will merge to "master" after cooking for a bit more.
225 -
226 -* js/sh-style (2011-08-05) 2 commits
227 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 4a4c22c)
228 - + filter-branch.sh: de-dent usage string
229 - + misc-sh: fix up whitespace in some other .sh files.
230 -
231 -* ma/am-exclude (2011-08-09) 2 commits
232 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at cf0ba4d)
233 - + am: Document new --exclude=<path> option
234 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-05 at 658e57c)
235 - + am: pass exclude down to apply
236 -
237 -Will merge to "master" after cooking for a bit more.
238 -
239 -* db/am-skip-blank-at-the-beginning (2011-08-11) 1 commit
240 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 3637843)
241 - + am: ignore leading whitespace before patch
242 -
243 -Will merge to "master" after cooking for a bit more.
244 -
245 -* jc/maint-smart-http-race-upload-pack (2011-08-08) 1 commit
246 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 3f24b64)
247 - + helping smart-http/stateless-rpc fetch race
412 +Will merge to "master".
413
414 * jn/maint-test-return (2011-08-11) 3 commits
415 (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-15 at 5a42301)
@@ -252,44 +417,21 @@ Will merge to "master" after cooking for a bit more.
417 + test: cope better with use of return for errors
418 + test: simplify return value of test_run_
419
420 +Will merge to "master".
421 +
422 * rt/zlib-smaller-window (2011-08-11) 2 commits
423 (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-15 at e05b26b)
424 + test: consolidate definition of $LF
425 + Tolerate zlib deflation with window size < 32Kb
426
427 +Will merge to "master".
428 +
429 * fg/submodule-git-file-git-dir (2011-08-16) 3 commits
430 - fixup! Move git-dir for submodules
431 - Move git-dir for submodules
432 - rev-parse: add option --resolve-git-dir <path>
433
265 -* js/bisect-no-checkout (2011-08-09) 11 commits
266 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 6c94a45)
267 - + bisect: add support for bisecting bare repositories
268 - + bisect: further style nitpicks
269 - + bisect: replace "; then" with "\n<tab>*then"
270 - + bisect: cleanup whitespace errors in git-bisect.sh.
271 - + bisect: add documentation for --no-checkout option.
272 - + bisect: add tests for the --no-checkout option.
273 - + bisect: introduce --no-checkout support into porcelain.
274 - + bisect: introduce support for --no-checkout option.
275 - + bisect: add tests to document expected behaviour in presence of broken trees.
276 - + bisect: use && to connect statements that are deferred with eval.
277 - + bisect: move argument parsing before state modification.
278 -
279 -* cb/maint-exec-error-report (2011-08-01) 2 commits
280 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-05 at 2764424)
281 - + notice error exit from pager
282 - + error_routine: use parent's stderr if exec fails
283 -
284 -Will merge to "master" after cooking for a bit more.
285 -
286 -* cb/maint-quiet-push (2011-08-08) 2 commits
287 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-08 at 917d73b)
288 - + receive-pack: do not overstep command line argument array
289 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-01 at 87df938)
290 - + propagate --quiet to send-pack/receive-pack
291 -
292 -Will merge to "master" after cooking for a bit more.
434 +Will merge to "next", after squashing the top one.
435
436 * jk/add-i-hunk-filter (2011-07-27) 5 commits
437 (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 8ff9a56)
@@ -299,42 +441,7 @@ Will merge to "master" after cooking for a bit more.
441 + add--interactive: factor out regex error handling
442 + add--interactive: refactor patch mode argument processing
443
302 -* mh/check-attr-listing (2011-08-04) 23 commits
303 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at f73ad50)
304 - + Rename git_checkattr() to git_check_attr()
305 - + git-check-attr: Fix command-line handling to match docs
306 - + git-check-attr: Drive two tests using the same raw data
307 - + git-check-attr: Add an --all option to show all attributes
308 - + git-check-attr: Error out if no pathnames are specified
309 - + git-check-attr: Process command-line args more systematically
310 - + git-check-attr: Handle each error separately
311 - + git-check-attr: Extract a function error_with_usage()
312 - + git-check-attr: Introduce a new variable
313 - + git-check-attr: Extract a function output_attr()
314 - + Allow querying all attributes on a file
315 - + Remove redundant check
316 - + Remove redundant call to bootstrap_attr_stack()
317 - + Extract a function collect_all_attrs()
318 - + Teach prepare_attr_stack() to figure out dirlen itself
319 - + git-check-attr: Use git_attr_name()
320 - + Provide access to the name attribute of git_attr
321 - + git-check-attr: Add tests of command-line parsing
322 - + git-check-attr: Add missing "&&"
323 - + Disallow the empty string as an attribute name
324 - + Remove anachronism from comment
325 - + doc: Correct git_attr() calls in example code
326 - + doc: Add a link from gitattributes(5) to git-check-attr(1)
327 - (this branch is used by mh/check-attr-relative.)
328 -
329 -* mh/check-attr-relative (2011-08-04) 6 commits
330 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at f94550c)
331 - + test-path-utils: Add subcommand "prefix_path"
332 - + test-path-utils: Add subcommand "absolute_path"
333 - + git-check-attr: Normalize paths
334 - + git-check-attr: Demonstrate problems with relative paths
335 - + git-check-attr: Demonstrate problems with unnormalized paths
336 - + git-check-attr: test that no output is written to stderr
337 - (this branch uses mh/check-attr-listing.)
444 +Needs documentation updates.
445
446 * jk/http-auth-keyring (2011-08-03) 13 commits
447 (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-03 at b06e80e)
@@ -356,31 +463,6 @@ Looked mostly reasonable except for the limitation that it is not clear
463 how to deal with a site at which a user needs to use different passwords
464 for different repositories.
465
359 -* js/ref-namespaces (2011-07-21) 5 commits
360 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 5b7dcfe)
361 - + ref namespaces: tests
362 - + ref namespaces: documentation
363 - + ref namespaces: Support remote repositories via upload-pack and receive-pack
364 - + ref namespaces: infrastructure
365 - + Fix prefix handling in ref iteration functions
366 -
367 -* rc/histogram-diff (2011-08-08) 12 commits
368 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-11 at 684dfd1)
369 - + xdiff/xhistogram: drop need for additional variable
370 - + xdiff/xhistogram: rely on xdl_trim_ends()
371 - + xdiff/xhistogram: rework handling of recursed results
372 - + xdiff: do away with xdl_mmfile_next()
373 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-03 at f9e2328)
374 - + Make test number unique
375 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-07-25 at 3351028)
376 - + xdiff/xprepare: use a smaller sample size for histogram diff
377 - + xdiff/xprepare: skip classification
378 - + teach --histogram to diff
379 - + t4033-diff-patience: factor out tests
380 - + xdiff/xpatience: factor out fall-back-diff function
381 - + xdiff/xprepare: refactor abort cleanups
382 - + xdiff/xprepare: use memset()
383 -
466 * rr/revert-cherry-pick-continue (2011-08-08) 18 commits
467 - revert: Propagate errors upwards from do_pick_commit
468 - revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operation
@@ -400,3 +482,5 @@ for different repositories.
482 - revert: Simplify and inline add_message_to_msg
483 - config: Introduce functions to write non-standard file
484 - advice: Introduce error_resolve_conflict
485 +
486 +Will merge to "next".