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What's cooking (2025/01 #04)

Junio C Hamano committed Jan 14, 2025 at 09:59 UTC 13b2e7ed634ec3333cbed99312f620b2aedec0d6
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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2025, #03; Fri, 10)
3 -X-master-at: fbe8d3079d4a96aeb4e4529cc93cc0043b759a05
4 -X-next-at: d3603152ad074a50ed6022133a71b91a16cc7baf
2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2025, #04; Tue, 14)
3 +X-master-at: 757161efcca150a9a96b312d9e780a071e601a03
4 +X-next-at: 85cc9f2d1ee4d65cb1edb00d4f56863185a53e0f
5 Bcc: lwn@lwn.net, gitster@pobox.com
6
7 -What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2025, #03; Fri, 10)
7 +What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2025, #04; Tue, 14)
8 --------------------------------------------------
9
10 Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ topic without enough support may be discarded after a long period of
17 no activity (of course they can be resubmit when new interests
18 arise).
19
20 -Git 2.48.0 has been tagged. Thank you, everybody, for your hard
21 -work.
20 +Git 2.48.1 and other maintenance releases have been tagged and
21 +released. A handful of topics that were marked with "Will discard?"
22 +without seeing any further activity have been discarded.
23
24 There are quite a few topics that are listed here but without much
25 review activities. I'll review the notes below with list archive
@@ -54,55 +55,102 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
55 https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
56
57 --------------------------------------------------
57 -[Graduated to 'master']
58 -
59 -* bf/fetch-set-head-config (2025-01-06) 1 commit
60 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-01-06 at 841c3a38a6)
61 - + fetch: fix erroneous set_head advice message
62 -
63 - A hotfix on an advice message added during this cycle.
64 - source: <20250105161017.210412-1-bence@ferdinandy.com>
58 +[New Topics]
59
60 +* ak/instaweb-python-port-binding-fix (2025-01-10) 1 commit
61 + - instaweb: fix ip binding for the python http.server
62
67 -* js/git-version-gen-update (2025-01-10) 1 commit
68 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-01-10 at e4c4bf6b44)
69 - + GIT-VERSION-GEN: allow it to be run in parallel
63 + The "instaweb" bound only to local IP address without "--local" and
64 + to all addresses with "--local", which was the other way around, when
65 + using Python's http.server class, which has been corrected.
66
71 - Build regression fix.
72 -
73 - source: <pull.1850.v2.git.1736509717426.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
67 + Will merge to 'next'.
68 + source: <20250110101346.30416-1-alecsk@gmail.com>
69
70
76 -* js/reftable-realloc-errors-fix (2025-01-08) 1 commit
77 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-01-08 at 5efe7e2f5d)
78 - + t-reftable-basics: allow for `malloc` to be `#define`d
71 +* bf/fetch-set-head-fix (2025-01-13) 1 commit
72 + - fetch set_head: fix non-mirror remotes in bare repositories
73
80 - Last-minute fix to a recent update.
81 - source: <pull.1848.git.1736352005578.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
74 + Fetching into a bare repository incorrectly assumed it always used
75 + a mirror layout when deciding to update remote-tracking HEAD, which
76 + has been corrected.
77
78 + Needs review.
79 + source: <20250112165125.130400-1-bence@ferdinandy.com>
80
84 -* ps/build-sign-compare (2025-01-10) 2 commits
85 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-01-10 at 8b4d916cbf)
86 - + builtin/blame: fix out-of-bounds write with blank boundary commits
87 - + builtin/blame: fix out-of-bounds read with excessive `--abbrev`
81
89 - Last-minute fix for a regression in "git blame --abbrev=<length>"
90 - when insane <length> is specified; we used to correctly cap it to
91 - the hash output length but broke it during the cycle.
92 -
93 - source: <20250110-b4-pks-blame-truncate-hash-length-v3-0-e61f25b68f30@pks.im>
82 +* mh/doc-credential-helpers-with-pat (2025-01-10) 2 commits
83 + - docs: discuss caching personal access tokens
84 + - docs: list popular credential helpers
85
86 + Document that it is insecure to use Personal Access Tokens, which
87 + some hosting providers take as username/password, embedded in URLs.
88
96 -* sj/meson-perl-build-fix (2025-01-08) 1 commit
97 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-01-08 at cce5ed7397)
98 - + meson: fix perl dependencies
89 + Will merge to 'next'.
90 + source: <pull.1851.v2.git.1736549677.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
91 +
92 +
93 +* ps/build-meson-fixes (2025-01-13) 10 commits
94 + - ci: wire up Visual Studio build with Meson
95 + - meson: fix compilation with Visual Studio
96 + - meson: make the CSPRNG backend configurable
97 + - meson: wire up generation of distribution archive
98 + - meson: wire up fuzzers
99 + - meson: wire up development environments
100 + - meson: fix dependencies for generated headers
101 + - GIT-VERSION-GEN: move default version into a separate file
102 + - GIT-VERSION-GEN: simplify computing the dirty marker
103 + - Merge branch 'ps/meson-weak-sha1-build' into ps/build-meson-fixes
104 + (this branch uses ps/meson-weak-sha1-build.)
105 +
106 + More build fixes and enhancements on meson based build procedure.
107 + source: <20250113-b4-pks-meson-additions-v1-0-97f6a93f691d@pks.im>
108 +
109 +
110 +* ps/zlib-ng (2025-01-10) 9 commits
111 + - compat/zlib: allow use of zlib-ng as backend
112 + - git-zlib: cast away potential constness of `next_in` pointer
113 + - compat/zlib: provide stubs for `deflateSetHeader()`
114 + - compat/zlib: provide `deflateBound()` shim centrally
115 + - git-compat-util: move include of "compat/zlib.h" into "git-zlib.h"
116 + - compat: introduce new "zlib.h" header
117 + - git-compat-util: drop `z_const` define
118 + - compat: drop `uncompress2()` compatibility shim
119 + - Merge branch 'ps/meson-weak-sha1-build' into ps/zlib-ng
120 + (this branch uses ps/meson-weak-sha1-build.)
121 +
122 + The code paths to interact with zlib has been cleaned up in
123 + preparation for building with zlib-ng.
124 + source: <20250110-b4-pks-compat-drop-uncompress2-v1-0-965d0022a74d@pks.im>
125 +
126 +
127 +* rs/ref-fitler-used-atoms-value-fix (2025-01-13) 1 commit
128 + - ref-filter: share bases and is_base_tips between formatting and sorting
129 +
130 + "git branch --sort=..." and "git for-each-ref --format=... --sort=..."
131 + did not work as expected with some atoms, which has been corrected.
132 +
133 + cf. https://lore.kernel.org/git/20250113051700.GA767856@coredump.intra.peff.net/
134 + source: <6b824f05-6f16-4cd9-85b7-3b8b236158b4@web.de>
135 +
136 +
137 +* tb/unsafe-hash-cleanup (2025-01-10) 8 commits
138 + - hash.h: drop unsafe_ function variants
139 + - csum-file: introduce hashfile_checkpoint_init()
140 + - t/helper/test-hash.c: use unsafe_hash_algo()
141 + - csum-file.c: use unsafe_hash_algo()
142 + - hash.h: introduce `unsafe_hash_algo()`
143 + - csum-file.c: extract algop from hashfile_checksum_valid()
144 + - csum-file: store the hash algorithm as a struct field
145 + - t/helper/test-tool: implement sha1-unsafe helper
146
100 - The build procedure in "meson" for the "perl/" hierarchy lacked
101 - necessary dependencies, which has been corrected.
102 - source: <371571630df201b0b0c680f6437decc6c60ecd3b.1736307757.git.sam@gentoo.org>
147 + The API around choosing to use unsafe variant of SHA-1
148 + implementation has been updated in an attempt to make it harder to
149 + abuse.
150 + source: <cover.1736363652.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
151
152 --------------------------------------------------
105 -[New Topics]
153 +[Cooking]
154
155 * dk/zsh-config-completion-fix (2025-01-06) 1 commit
156 (merged to 'next' on 2025-01-10 at efba7d534c)
@@ -110,20 +158,19 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
158
159 Completion script updates for zsh
160
113 - Will cook in 'next'.
161 + Will merge to 'master'.
162 source: <pull.1860.v3.git.git.1736200026899.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
163
164
117 -* en/object-name-with-funny-refname-fix (2025-01-06) 2 commits
165 +* en/object-name-with-funny-refname-fix (2025-01-13) 2 commits
166 - object-name: be more strict in parsing describe-like output
167 - object-name: fix resolution of object names containing curly braces
168
169 Extended SHA-1 expression parser did not work well when a branch
170 with an unusual name (e.g. "foo{bar") is involved.
171
124 - Expecting a reroll.
125 - cf. <CABPp-BHyWgu47mCDH_f_MkS4CMGh_OtX4K-YGFsB-fZvvaNJPQ@mail.gmail.com>
126 - source: <pull.1844.v2.git.1735949870.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
172 + Will merge to 'next'.
173 + source: <pull.1844.v3.git.1736788417.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
174
175
176 * sj/ref-consistency-checks-more (2025-01-06) 10 commits
@@ -151,7 +198,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
198 The code to check LSan results has been simplified and made more
199 robust.
200
154 - Will cook in 'next'.
201 + Will merge to 'master'.
202 source: <20250107070409.GA584456@coredump.intra.peff.net>
203
204
@@ -161,7 +208,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
208
209 Test clean-up.
210
164 - Will cook in 'next'.
211 + Will merge to 'master'.
212 source: <20250107071824.GA594237@coredump.intra.peff.net>
213
214
@@ -172,7 +219,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
219 A misconfigured "fsck.skiplist" configuration variable was not
220 diagnosed as an error, which has been corrected.
221
175 - Will cook in 'next'.
222 + Will merge to 'master'.
223 source: <20250107162914.3756968-2-jltobler@gmail.com>
224
225
@@ -185,7 +232,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
232 get stuck; the callsite does not require cryptographic security.
233 Introduce the "insecure" mode and use it appropriately.
234
188 - Will cook in 'next'.
235 + Will merge to 'master'.
236 source: <20250107-b4-pks-reftable-csprng-v1-0-6109a54a8756@pks.im>
237
238
@@ -203,16 +250,17 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
250
251 Doc markup fix.
252
206 - Will cook in 'next'.
253 + Will merge to 'master'.
254 source: <20250107212421.7yyvuzw4uqxnqv7t@archP14s>
255
256
257 * sk/unit-test-hash (2025-01-09) 1 commit
211 - - t/unit-tests: convert hash to use clar test framework
258 + (merged to 'next' on 2025-01-13 at 865b121824)
259 + + t/unit-tests: convert hash to use clar test framework
260
261 Test update.
262
215 - Will merge to 'next'.
263 + Will merge to 'master'.
264 source: <20250109140952.5267-1-kuforiji98@gmail.com>
265
266
@@ -222,7 +270,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
270
271 Docfix.
272
225 - Will cook in 'next'.
273 + Will merge to 'master'.
274 source: <pull.1849.git.1736379323427.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
275
276
@@ -246,26 +294,23 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
294 source: <20250109082723.GA2748497@coredump.intra.peff.net>
295
296
249 -* sc/help-autocorrect-one (2025-01-09) 1 commit
250 - - help: interpret help.autocorrect=1 as "immediate" rather than 0.1s
297 +* sc/help-autocorrect-one (2025-01-13) 1 commit
298 + - help: interpret boolean string values for help.autocorrect
299
300 "[help] autocorrect = 1" used to be a way to say "please wait for
301 0.1 second after suggesting a typofix of the command name before
302 running that command"; now it means "yes, if there is a plausible
303 typofix for the command name, please run it immediately".
304
257 - Expecting a reroll.
258 - Almost there.
259 - source: <pull.1869.git.git.1736364707068.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
305 + Looking good except for "should 0 and false be 'tell it without doing it'?".
306 + source: <pull.1869.v4.git.git.1736760824201.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
307
261 ---------------------------------------------------
262 -[Cooking]
308
264 -* ja/doc-notes-markup-updates (2025-01-03) 1 commit
265 - - doc: git-notes.txt: migrate to new documentation format
309 +* ja/doc-notes-markup-updates (2025-01-10) 1 commit
310 + - doc: convert git-notes to new documentation format
311
312 Doc mark-up updates.
268 - source: <pull.1846.git.1735924216993.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
313 + source: <pull.1846.v2.git.1736503703573.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
314
315
316 * mb/t7110-use-test-path-helper (2025-01-03) 1 commit
@@ -274,15 +319,15 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
319
320 Test modernization.
321
277 - Will cook in 'next'.
322 + Will merge to 'master'.
323 source: <20250103130035.79376-1-matteobagnolini2003@gmail.com>
324
325
281 -* ja/doc-restore-markup-update (2025-01-04) 1 commit
282 - - doc: git-restore: migrate to new style format
326 +* ja/doc-restore-markup-update (2025-01-10) 1 commit
327 + - doc: convert git-restore to new style format
328
329 Doc mark-up updates.
285 - source: <pull.1847.git.1735996601092.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
330 + source: <pull.1847.v2.git.1736503760086.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
331
332
333 * ua/os-version-capability (2025-01-06) 4 commits
@@ -331,10 +376,11 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
376 + meson: deduplicate access to SHA1/SHA256 backend options
377 + meson: consistenlty spell 'CommonCrypto'
378 + Merge branch 'ps/weak-sha1-for-tail-sum-fix' into ps/meson-weak-sha1-build
379 + (this branch is used by ps/build-meson-fixes and ps/zlib-ng.)
380
381 meson-based build now supports the unsafe-sha1 build knob.
382
337 - Will cook in 'next'.
383 + Will merge to 'master'.
384 source: <20241230-pks-meson-sha1-unsafe-v1-0-efb276e171f5@pks.im>
385
386
@@ -350,7 +396,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
396 object finalization code was giving an error when it did not have
397 to.
398
353 - Will cook in 'next'.
399 + Will merge to 'master'.
400 source: <20250106-b4-pks-object-file-racy-collision-check-v2-0-8b3984ecbb18@pks.im>
401
402
@@ -378,7 +424,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
424
425 More -Wsign-compare fixes.
426
381 - Will cook in 'next'.
427 + Will merge to 'master'.
428 cf. https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2023/07/25/wsign-compare-is-garbage/
429 source: <20241227-b4-pks-commit-reach-sign-compare-v1-0-07c59c2aa632@pks.im>
430
@@ -391,7 +437,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
437 parse-options API so that translations can customize the "<>"
438 placeholder signal (e.g. "--option=<value>").
439
394 - Will cook in 'next'.
440 + Will merge to 'master'.
441 source: <20241228114221.10351-4-ash@kambanaria.org>
442
443
@@ -436,7 +482,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
482 More code paths have a repository passed through the callchain,
483 instead of assuming the primary the_repository object.
484
439 - Will cook in 'next'.
485 + Will merge to 'master'.
486 source: <20241217-pks-use-the-repository-conversion-v1-0-0dba48bcc239@pks.im>
487
488
@@ -509,22 +555,10 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
555 "git submodule" learned various ways to spell the same option,
556 e.g. "--branch=B" can be spelled "--branch B" or "-bB".
557
512 - Will cook in 'next'.
558 + Will merge to 'master'.
559 source: <20241211063234.7610-1-royeldar0@gmail.com>
560
561
516 -* tb/unsafe-hash-test (2024-11-21) 2 commits
517 - - t/helper/test-tool: implement sha1-unsafe helper
518 - - t/helper/test-sha1: prepare for an unsafe mode
519 -
520 - Preliminary addition to the test tool to allow a plain SHA-1 hash
521 - algorithm without collision protection.
522 -
523 - Comments?
524 - cf. <xmqqr073antj.fsf@gitster.g>
525 - source: <cover.1730833506.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
526 -
527 -
562 * tb/incremental-midx-part-2 (2024-11-20) 15 commits
563 - midx: implement writing incremental MIDX bitmaps
564 - pack-bitmap.c: use `ewah_or_iterator` for type bitmap iterators
@@ -611,50 +645,63 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
645 source: <pull.1818.v4.git.1734711675.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
646
647
648 +* ej/cat-file-remote-object-info (2025-01-10) 8 commits
649 + - cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command
650 + - transport: add client support for object-info
651 + - serve: advertise object-info feature
652 + - fetch-pack: move fetch initialization
653 + - fetch-pack: refactor packet writing
654 + - cat-file: split test utility functions into a separate library file
655 + - cat-file: add declaration of variable i inside its for loop
656 + - git-compat-util: add strtoul_ul() with error handling
657 +
658 + "git cat-file --batch" and friends can optionally ask a remote
659 + server about objects it does not have.
660 + source: <20250108183740.67022-1-eric.peijian@gmail.com>
661 +
662 +--------------------------------------------------
663 +[Discarded]
664 +
665 * km/config-remote-by-name (2024-10-21) 1 commit
615 - - config: support remote name in includeIf.hasconfig condition
666 + . config: support remote name in includeIf.hasconfig condition
667
668 Support conditionally including configuration by remote name, instead
669 of just URL.
670
620 - Will discard?
671 + Discarded.
672 source: <20241020173216.40852-2-ken@kmatsui.me>
673
674
675 * y5/diff-pager (2024-10-21) 1 commit
625 - - diff: setup pager only before diff contents truly ready
676 + . diff: setup pager only before diff contents truly ready
677
678 Delay setting up the pager in 'git diff' until after the diff contents
679 itself is fully prepared.
680
630 - Will discard?
681 + Discarded.
682 source: <pull.1817.git.git.1729370390416.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
683
684
634 -* ej/cat-file-remote-object-info (2024-11-25) 6 commits
635 - - cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command
636 - - transport: add client support for object-info
637 - - serve: advertise object-info feature
638 - - fetch-pack: move fetch initialization
639 - - fetch-pack: refactor packet writing
640 - - cat-file: add declaration of variable i inside its for loop
685 +* js/libgit-rust (2024-10-16) 5 commits
686 + . Makefile: add option to build and test libgit-rs and libgit-rs-sys
687 + . libgit: add higher-level libgit crate
688 + . libgit-sys: also export some config_set functions
689 + . libgit-sys: introduce Rust wrapper for libgit.a
690 + . common-main: split init and exit code into new files
691
642 - "git cat-file --batch" and friends can optionally ask a remote
643 - server about objects it does not have.
692 + A rust binding to libgit.a functions has been introduced.
693
645 - Expecting a reroll.
646 - cf. <Z0RIrKwUnaWWm_gJ@pks.im>
647 - source: <20241125053616.25170-1-eric.peijian@gmail.com>
694 + Discarded.
695 + source: <cover.1729032373.git.steadmon@google.com>
696
697
650 -* js/libgit-rust (2024-10-16) 5 commits
651 - - Makefile: add option to build and test libgit-rs and libgit-rs-sys
652 - - libgit: add higher-level libgit crate
653 - - libgit-sys: also export some config_set functions
654 - - libgit-sys: introduce Rust wrapper for libgit.a
655 - - common-main: split init and exit code into new files
698 +* tb/unsafe-hash-test (2024-11-21) 2 commits
699 + . t/helper/test-tool: implement sha1-unsafe helper
700 + . t/helper/test-sha1: prepare for an unsafe mode
701
657 - A rust binding to libgit.a functions has been introduced.
702 + Preliminary addition to the test tool to allow a plain SHA-1 hash
703 + algorithm without collision protection.
704
659 - Will discard?
660 - source: <cover.1729032373.git.steadmon@google.com>
705 + Superseded by tb/unsafe-hash-cleanup
706 + cf. <Z4Km9QaGflwAI7tA@nand.local>
707 + source: <cover.1730833506.git.me@ttaylorr.com>