What's cooking (2024/05 #05)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2024, #04; Thu, 9)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2024, #05; Sat, 11)
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X-master-at: 0f3415f1f8478b05e64db11eb8aaa2915e48fef6
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-X-next-at: 3402c0e53fb798cb471dd6562eb5c938885b7295
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+X-next-at: 78c648537befcff421d4ad73d5ad976eb9255800
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Bcc: lwn@lwn.net, gitster@pobox.com
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-What's cooking in git.git (May 2024, #04; Thu, 9)
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+What's cooking in git.git (May 2024, #05; Sat, 11)
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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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-* bb/rgb-12-bit-colors (2024-05-02) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-05-02 at 7fe29c98d7)
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- + color: add support for 12-bit RGB colors
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- + t/t4026-color: add test coverage for invalid RGB colors
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- + t/t4026-color: remove an extra double quote character
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- The color parsing code learned to handle 12-bit RGB colors, spelled
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- as "#RGB" (in addition to "#RRGGBB" that is already supported).
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- source: <20240502110331.6347-1-dev+git@drbeat.li>
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-* bc/credential-scheme-enhancement (2024-04-16) 16 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-05-01 at 789ec5bd35)
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- + credential: add method for querying capabilities
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- + credential-cache: implement authtype capability
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- + t: add credential tests for authtype
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- + credential: add support for multistage credential rounds
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- + t5563: refactor for multi-stage authentication
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- + docs: set a limit on credential line length
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- + credential: enable state capability
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- + credential: add an argument to keep state
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- + http: add support for authtype and credential
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- + docs: indicate new credential protocol fields
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- + credential: add a field called "ephemeral"
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- + credential: gate new fields on capability
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- + credential: add a field for pre-encoded credentials
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- + http: use new headers for each object request
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- + remote-curl: reset headers on new request
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- + credential: add an authtype field
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- The credential helper protocol, together with the HTTP layer, have
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- been enhanced to support authentication schemes different from
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- username & password pair, like Bearer and NTLM.
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- source: <20240417000240.3611948-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
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-* bc/zsh-compatibility (2024-04-26) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-05-02 at 10222b2472)
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- + vimdiff: make script and tests work with zsh
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- + t4046: avoid continue in &&-chain for zsh
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- zsh can pretend to be a normal shell pretty well except for some
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- glitches that we tickle in some of our scripts. Work them around
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- so that "vimdiff" and our test suite works well enough with it.
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- source: <20240426221154.2194139-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
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-* dk/zsh-git-repo-path-fix (2024-04-30) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-05-02 at 0446d8e63a)
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- + completion: zsh: stop leaking local cache variable
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- Command line completion support for zsh (in contrib/) has been
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- updated to stop exposing internal state to end-user shell
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- interaction.
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- source: <pull.1725.git.1714513995564.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* jt/doc-submitting-rerolled-series (2024-04-25) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-05-01 at 1c5865f11c)
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- + doc: clarify practices for submitting updated patch versions
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- Developer doc update.
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- source: <20240425213404.133660-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
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-* ps/ci-test-with-jgit (2024-04-12) 13 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-05-01 at 35e293e618)
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- + t0612: add tests to exercise Git/JGit reftable compatibility
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- + t0610: fix non-portable variable assignment
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- + t06xx: always execute backend-specific tests
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- + ci: install JGit dependency
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- + ci: make Perforce binaries executable for all users
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- + ci: merge scripts which install dependencies
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- + ci: fix setup of custom path for GitLab CI
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- + ci: merge custom PATH directories
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- + ci: convert "install-dependencies.sh" to use "/bin/sh"
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- + ci: drop duplicate package installation for "linux-gcc-default"
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- + ci: skip sudo when we are already root
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- + ci: expose distro name in dockerized GitHub jobs
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- + ci: rename "runs_on_pool" to "distro"
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- Tests to ensure interoperability between reftable written by jgit
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- and our code have been added and enabled in CI.
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- source: <cover.1712896868.git.ps@pks.im>
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-* ps/reftable-write-optim (2024-04-08) 11 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-04-30 at 0667e3c05b)
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- + reftable/block: reuse compressed array
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- + reftable/block: reuse zstream when writing log blocks
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- + reftable/writer: reset `last_key` instead of releasing it
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- + reftable/writer: unify releasing memory
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- + reftable/writer: refactorings for `writer_flush_nonempty_block()`
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- + reftable/writer: refactorings for `writer_add_record()`
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- + refs/reftable: don't recompute committer ident
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- + reftable: remove name checks
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- + refs/reftable: skip duplicate name checks
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- + refs/reftable: perform explicit D/F check when writing symrefs
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- + refs/reftable: fix D/F conflict error message on ref copy
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- Code to write out reftable has seen some optimization and
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- simplification.
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- source: <cover.1712578837.git.ps@pks.im>
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-* ps/the-index-is-no-more (2024-04-18) 6 commits
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- + repository: drop `initialize_the_repository()`
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- + repository: drop `the_index` variable
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- + builtin/clone: stop using `the_index`
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- + repository: initialize index in `repo_init()`
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- + builtin: stop using `the_index`
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- + t/helper: stop using `the_index`
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- (this branch is used by ps/undecided-is-not-necessarily-sha1.)
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- The singleton index_state instance "the_index" has been eliminated
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- by always instantiating "the_repository" and replacing references
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- source: <cover.1713442061.git.ps@pks.im>
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-* rh/complete-symbolic-ref (2024-04-25) 3 commits
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- + completion: add docs on how to add subcommand completions
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- + completion: improve docs for using __git_complete
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- + completion: add 'symbolic-ref'
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- Command line completion script (in contrib/) learned to complete
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- "git symbolic-ref" a bit better (you need to enable plumbing
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- source: <20240425101845.708554-3-rhi@pengutronix.de>
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-* rj/add-p-typo-reaction (2024-04-30) 2 commits
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- + add-patch: response to unknown command
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- + add-patch: do not show UI messages on stderr
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- When the user responds to a prompt given by "git add -p" with an
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- unsupported command, list of available commands were given, which
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- was too much if the user knew what they wanted to type but merely
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- made a typo. Now the user gets a much shorter error message.
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- source: <952a9514-3cf1-4601-8f0d-db57adc750c3@gmail.com>
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-* rs/diff-parseopts-cleanup (2024-05-01) 1 commit
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- + diff-lib: stop calling diff_setup_done() in do_diff_cache()
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+* ps/builtin-config-cleanup (2024-05-10) 23 commits
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+ - fixup! builtin/config: move location options into local variables
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+ - builtin/config: pass data between callbacks via local variables
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+ - builtin/config: convert flags to a local variable
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+ - builtin/config: track "fixed value" option via flags only
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+ - builtin/config: convert `key` to a local variable
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+ - builtin/config: convert `key_regexp` to a local variable
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+ - builtin/config: convert `regexp` to a local variable
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+ - builtin/config: convert `value_pattern` to a local variable
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+ - builtin/config: convert `do_not_match` to a local variable
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+ - builtin/config: move `respect_includes_opt` into location options
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+ - builtin/config: move default value into display options
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+ - builtin/config: move type options into display options
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+ - builtin/config: move display options into local variables
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+ - builtin/config: move location options into local variables
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+ - builtin/config: refactor functions to have common exit paths
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+ - config: make the config source const
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+ - builtin/config: check for writeability after source is set up
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+ - builtin/config: move actions into `cmd_config_actions()`
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+ - builtin/config: move legacy options into `cmd_config()`
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+ - builtin/config: move subcommand options into `cmd_config()`
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+ - builtin/config: move legacy mode into its own function
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+ - builtin/config: stop printing full usage on misuse
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+ - Merge branch 'ps/config-subcommands' into ps/builtin-config-cleanup
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+ (this branch uses ps/config-subcommands.)
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+ Code clean-up to reduce inter-function communication inside
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+ builtin/config.c done via the use of global variables.
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+ Will merge to 'next'?
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+ source: <cover.1715339393.git.ps@pks.im>
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+* jc/git-gui-maintainer-update (2024-05-11) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2024-05-11 at 78c648537b)
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+ + SubmittingPatches: welcome the new maintainer of git-gui part
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-[New Topics]
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* vd/doc-merge-tree-x-option (2024-05-07) 1 commit
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* fa/p4-error (2024-05-08) 1 commit
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P4 update.
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source: <pull.1668.v3.git.git.1715206266214.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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- - ci: avoid bare "gcc" for osx-gcc job
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- - ci: drop mention of BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES variable
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+ + ci: stop installing "gcc-13" for osx-gcc
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+ + ci: avoid bare "gcc" for osx-gcc job
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+ + ci: drop mention of BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES variable
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* ps/ci-fuzzers-at-gitlab-fix (2024-05-09) 3 commits
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- - gitlab-ci: fix installing dependencies for fuzz smoke tests
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- - Merge branch 'ps/ci-python-2-deprecation' into ps/ci-fuzzers-at-gitlab-fix
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- - Merge branch 'ps/ci-enable-minimal-fuzzers-at-gitlab' into ps/ci-fuzzers-at-gitlab-fix
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+ + gitlab-ci: fix installing dependencies for fuzz smoke tests
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+ + Merge branch 'ps/ci-python-2-deprecation' into ps/ci-fuzzers-at-gitlab-fix
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* it/refs-name-conflict (2024-05-06) 1 commit
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* kn/ref-transaction-symref (2024-05-07) 8 commits
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- - refs: use transaction in `refs_create_symref()`
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- - refs: add support for transactional symref updates
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- - refs: move `original_update_refname` to 'refs.c'
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- - refs: support symrefs in 'reference-transaction' hook
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- - files-backend: extract out `create_symref_lock()`
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- - refs: accept symref values in `ref_transaction_update()`
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+ + refs: remove `create_symref` and associated dead code
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+ + refs: use transaction in `refs_create_symref()`
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+ + refs: add support for transactional symref updates
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