What's cooking (2010/01 #04)

Junio C Hamano committed Jan 13, 2010 at 15:07 UTC 1a76fbc90765494b2c0fd4e54a4c05237f716214
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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2010, #03; Sun, 10)
3 -X-master-at: 637afcf4e07616d1dd15d33f56c6b72f90f39821
4 -X-next-at: e295b7f76150bd2ee9a82c569ccbbde6b8fba391
2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2010, #04; Wed, 13)
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5
6 -What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2010, #03; Sun, 10)
6 +What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2010, #04; Wed, 13)
7 --------------------------------------------------
8
9 Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
@@ -14,70 +14,162 @@ still holding onto them.
14 --------------------------------------------------
15 [Graduated to "master"]
16
17 -* tr/http-updates (2009-12-28) 4 commits
18 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-02 at cf25698)
19 - + Remove http.authAny
20 - + Allow curl to rewind the RPC read buffer
21 - + Add an option for using any HTTP authentication scheme, not only basic
22 - + http: maintain curl sessions
23 -
24 -* jk/maint-1.6.5-reset-hard (2009-12-30) 1 commit
25 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-02 at 190d63b)
26 - + reset: unbreak hard resets with GIT_WORK_TREE
27 -
28 -* jk/push-to-delete (2009-12-30) 1 commit
29 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-03 at 9ee293b)
30 - + builtin-push: add --delete as syntactic sugar for :foo
31 -
32 -* mm/config-path (2009-12-30) 1 commit
33 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-03 at 9c0e81a)
34 - + builtin-config: add --path option doing ~ and ~user expansion.
17 +* nd/sparse (2010-01-04) 25 commits
18 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at fa73d6e)
19 + + t7002: test for not using external grep on skip-worktree paths
20 + + t7002: set test prerequisite "external-grep" if supported
21 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-02 at 5499bbe)
22 + + grep: do not do external grep on skip-worktree entries
23 + + commit: correctly respect skip-worktree bit
24 + + ie_match_stat(): do not ignore skip-worktree bit with CE_MATCH_IGNORE_VALID
25 + + tests: rename duplicate t1009
26 + + sparse checkout: inhibit empty worktree
27 + + Add tests for sparse checkout
28 + + read-tree: add --no-sparse-checkout to disable sparse checkout support
29 + + unpack-trees(): ignore worktree check outside checkout area
30 + + unpack_trees(): apply $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout to the final index
31 + + unpack-trees(): "enable" sparse checkout and load $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout
32 + + unpack-trees.c: generalize verify_* functions
33 + + unpack-trees(): add CE_WT_REMOVE to remove on worktree alone
34 + + Introduce "sparse checkout"
35 + + dir.c: export excluded_1() and add_excludes_from_file_1()
36 + + excluded_1(): support exclude files in index
37 + + unpack-trees(): carry skip-worktree bit over in merged_entry()
38 + + Read .gitignore from index if it is skip-worktree
39 + + Avoid writing to buffer in add_excludes_from_file_1()
40 + + Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (writing part)
41 + + Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (reading part)
42 + + Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit
43 + + Add test-index-version
44 + + update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
45
36 -* pm/cvs-environ (2009-12-30) 1 commit
37 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-03 at 4c22932)
38 - + CVS Server: Support reading base and roots from environment
46 +With the removal of external grep near future, some codepaths will be
47 +slightly simplified.
48
40 -* tr/maint-1.6.5-bash-prompt-show-submodule-changes (2009-12-31) 1 commit
41 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-03 at b785974)
42 - + bash completion: factor submodules into dirty state
49 +* cc/reset-more (2010-01-08) 8 commits
50 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at 84730de)
51 + + t7111: check that reset options work as described in the tables
52 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-06 at 96639cb)
53 + + Documentation: reset: add some missing tables
54 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-04 at 8802c2c)
55 + + Fix bit assignment for CE_CONFLICTED
56 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-03 at f83d4c6)
57 + + "reset --merge": fix unmerged case
58 + + reset: use "unpack_trees()" directly instead of "git read-tree"
59 + + reset: add a few tests for "git reset --merge"
60 + + Documentation: reset: add some tables to describe the different options
61 + + reset: improve mixed reset error message when in a bare repo
62
44 -* bg/maint-remote-update-default (2009-12-31) 1 commit
45 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-03 at 113009e)
46 - + Fix "git remote update" with remotes.defalt set
63 +* rs/maint-archive-match-pathspec (2009-12-12) 1 commit
64 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-03 at 92d7d15)
65 + + archive: complain about path specs that don't match anything
66
48 -* mm/diag-path-in-treeish (2009-12-07) 1 commit
49 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-06 at 6b4201e)
50 - + Detailed diagnosis when parsing an object name fails.
67 +* il/vcs-helper (2010-01-09) 9 commits
68 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at 11e448e)
69 + + Reset possible helper before reusing remote structure
70 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-06 at 7c79f42)
71 + + Remove special casing of http, https and ftp
72 + + Support remote archive from all smart transports
73 + + Support remote helpers implementing smart transports
74 + + Support taking over transports
75 + + Refactor git transport options parsing
76 + + Pass unknown protocols to external protocol handlers
77 + + Support mandatory capabilities
78 + + Add remote helper debug mode
79
52 -* fc/opt-quiet-gc-reset (2009-12-02) 1 commit
53 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-06 at 03e00cd)
54 - + General --quiet improvements
80 +* jc/checkout-merge-base (2010-01-07) 4 commits
81 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-07 at 5229608)
82 + + rebase -i: teach --onto A...B syntax
83 + + rebase: fix --onto A...B parsing and add tests
84 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-02 at 6a8f6fc)
85 + + "rebase --onto A...B" replays history on the merge base between A and B
86 + + "checkout A...B" switches to the merge base between A and B
87
88 --------------------------------------------------
89 [New Topics]
90
59 -* bk/fix-relative-gitdir-file (2010-01-08) 2 commits
60 - - Handle relative paths in submodule .git files
61 - - Test update-index for a gitlink to a .git file
62 -
63 -* jc/ident (2010-01-08) 3 commits
64 - - ident.c: treat $EMAIL as giving user.email identity explicitly
65 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at f1f9ded)
66 - + ident.c: check explicit identity for name and email separately
67 - + ident.c: remove unused variables
68 -
69 -* jc/ls-files-ignored-pathspec (2010-01-08) 4 commits
70 - - ls-files: fix overeager pathspec optimization
71 - - read_directory(): further split treat_path()
72 - - read_directory_recursive(): refactor handling of a single path into a separate function
73 - - t3001: test ls-files -o ignored/dir
74 -
75 -* js/exec-error-report (2010-01-10) 4 commits
76 - - Improve error message when a transport helper was not found
77 - - start_command: detect execvp failures early
78 - - run-command: move wait_or_whine earlier
79 - - start_command: report child process setup errors to the parent's stderr
80 - (this branch uses il/vcs-helper.)
91 +* jc/maint-1.6.4-grep-lookahead (2010-01-10) 1 commit
92 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-13 at 20f8f4b)
93 + + grep: optimize built-in grep by skipping lines that do not hit
94 + (this branch is used by jc/grep-lookahead and jc/maint-grep-lookahead.)
95 +
96 +Optimize the "line-by-line" internal grep by skiping en masse over lines
97 +that cannot possibly match.
98 +
99 +* jc/maint-grep-lookahead (2010-01-12) 0 commits
100 + (this branch uses jc/maint-1.6.4-grep-lookahead; is used by jc/grep-lookahead.)
101 +
102 +Early conflict resolution for the above for recent git.
103 +
104 +* jc/grep-lookahead (2010-01-12) 2 commits
105 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-13 at 20f8f4b)
106 + + grep: rip out pessimization to use fixmatch()
107 + + grep: rip out support for external grep
108 + (this branch uses jc/maint-1.6.4-grep-lookahead and jc/maint-grep-lookahead.)
109 +
110 +This is for eventual inclusion for the next release.
111 +
112 +* jc/symbol-static (2010-01-11) 17 commits
113 + - symlinks.c: remove unused functions
114 + - object.c: remove unused functions
115 + - blob.c: remove unused function
116 + - strbuf.c: remove unused function
117 + - sha1_file.c: remove unused function
118 + - mailmap.c: remove unused function
119 + - utf8.c: mark file-local function static
120 + - submodule.c: mark file-local function static
121 + - quote.c: mark file-local function static
122 + - remote-curl.c: mark file-local function static
123 + - read-cache.c: mark file-local functions static
124 + - parse-options.c: mark file-local function static
125 + - entry.c: mark file-local function static
126 + - http.c: mark file-local functions static
127 + - pretty.c: mark file-local function static
128 + - builtin-rev-list.c: mark file-local function static
129 + - bisect.c: mark file-local function static
130 +
131 +Mark file-local symbols "static", and remove unused functions. Daniel
132 +suggests to leave some comment for blob.c and I agree in principle, but
133 +I don't think of a good description myself.
134 +
135 +* nd/include-termios-for-osol (2010-01-11) 1 commit
136 + - Add missing #include to support TIOCGWINSZ on Solaris
137 +
138 +* pc/uninteresting-submodule-disappear-upon-switch-branches (2010-01-11) 1 commit
139 + - Remove empty directories when checking out a commit with fewer submodules
140 +
141 +Instead of using unlink(2) that will never succeed, use rmdir(2) to remove
142 +an empty directory, knowing that this won't harm a populated directory.
143 +
144 +* sd/cd-p-show-toplevel (2010-01-12) 2 commits
145 + - Use $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) in cd_to_toplevel().
146 + - Add 'git rev-parse --show-toplevel' option.
147 +
148 +Avoid having to use "cd -P" that may not be available on some platforms'
149 +shells.
150 +
151 +* jk/warn-author-committer-after-commit (2010-01-13) 4 commits
152 + - commit: allow suppression of implicit identity advice
153 + - commit: show interesting ident information in summary
154 + - strbuf: add strbuf_addbuf_percentquote
155 + - strbuf_expand: convert "%%" to "%"
156 +
157 +* js/refer-upstream (2009-09-10) 1 commit
158 + - Introduce <branch>@{upstream} notation
159 +
160 +This does not teach the public interface about the new syntax; callers
161 +that care about distinction between name vs SHA-1 might not work as well
162 +as they should.
163 +
164 +* mm/conflict-advice (2010-01-12) 1 commit
165 + - Be more user-friendly when refusing to do something because of conflict.
166 +
167 +* jc/maint-strbuf-add-fix-doubling (2010-01-12) 1 commit
168 + - strbuf_addbuf(): allow passing the same buf to dst and src
169 +
170 +* jl/submodule-diff (2010-01-13) 2 commits
171 + - Teach diff that modified submodule directory is dirty
172 + - Show submodules as modified when they contain a dirty work tree
173
174 --------------------------------------------------
175 [Stalled]
@@ -93,12 +185,11 @@ still holding onto them.
185 "git pull" patch needs sq-then-eval fix to protect it from $IFS
186 but otherwise seemed good.
187
96 -* jh/commit-status (2009-12-07) 1 commit
97 - - [test?] Add commit.status, --status, and --no-status
98 -
99 -Needs tests.
100 -
101 -* mh/rebase-fixup (2009-12-07) 2 commits
188 +* mh/rebase-fixup (2010-01-12) 5 commits
189 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-12 at e84eab0)
190 + + rebase-i: Ignore comments and blank lines in peek_next_command
191 + + lib-rebase: Allow comments and blank lines to be added to the rebase script
192 + + lib-rebase: Provide clearer debugging info about what the editor did
193 (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-06 at c4779a7)
194 + Add a command "fixup" to rebase --interactive
195 + t3404: Use test_commit to set up test repository
@@ -137,76 +228,53 @@ file complaints before I do so if people have objections.
228
229 Hold: JH on 2010-01-05, http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/136183
230
231 +* jh/gitweb-cached (2010-01-13) 7 commits
232 + - (sign-off?) gitweb: File based caching layer (from git.kernel.org)
233 + - (sign-off?) gitweb: add a get function to compliment print_local_time
234 + - (sign-off?) gitweb: Convert output to using indirect file handle
235 + - gitweb: Optionally add "git" links in project list page
236 + - gitweb: Makefile improvements
237 + - gitweb: Add option to force version match
238 + - gitweb: Load checking
239 +
240 +Replaced with a re-roll. Update to t9500 is probably needed.
241 +
242 --------------------------------------------------
141 -[Will graduate after a bit more cooking]
243 +[Cooking]
244
143 -* nd/sparse (2010-01-04) 25 commits
144 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at fa73d6e)
145 - + t7002: test for not using external grep on skip-worktree paths
146 - + t7002: set test prerequisite "external-grep" if supported
147 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-02 at 5499bbe)
148 - + grep: do not do external grep on skip-worktree entries
149 - + commit: correctly respect skip-worktree bit
150 - + ie_match_stat(): do not ignore skip-worktree bit with CE_MATCH_IGNORE_VALID
151 - + tests: rename duplicate t1009
152 - + sparse checkout: inhibit empty worktree
153 - + Add tests for sparse checkout
154 - + read-tree: add --no-sparse-checkout to disable sparse checkout support
155 - + unpack-trees(): ignore worktree check outside checkout area
156 - + unpack_trees(): apply $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout to the final index
157 - + unpack-trees(): "enable" sparse checkout and load $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout
158 - + unpack-trees.c: generalize verify_* functions
159 - + unpack-trees(): add CE_WT_REMOVE to remove on worktree alone
160 - + Introduce "sparse checkout"
161 - + dir.c: export excluded_1() and add_excludes_from_file_1()
162 - + excluded_1(): support exclude files in index
163 - + unpack-trees(): carry skip-worktree bit over in merged_entry()
164 - + Read .gitignore from index if it is skip-worktree
165 - + Avoid writing to buffer in add_excludes_from_file_1()
166 - + Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (writing part)
167 - + Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (reading part)
168 - + Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit
169 - + Add test-index-version
170 - + update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
245 +* jh/commit-status (2010-01-13) 2 commits
246 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-13 at 0905d59)
247 + + t7502: test commit.status, --status and --no-status
248 + + commit: support commit.status, --status, and --no-status
249
172 -I've queued the (close to) original tests for external grep, but as a belt
173 -and suspender measure Nguyễn may also want to add the whitebox test
174 -in the review thread.
250 +I have already given ample time for people to react, but ended up getting
251 +tired of waiting for tests to materialize and doing it myself, as I want
252 +to close merge window for 1.7.0-rc0 by the end of next week to have the
253 +final release early next month.
254
176 -* cc/reset-more (2010-01-08) 8 commits
177 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at 84730de)
178 - + t7111: check that reset options work as described in the tables
179 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-06 at 96639cb)
180 - + Documentation: reset: add some missing tables
181 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-04 at 8802c2c)
182 - + Fix bit assignment for CE_CONFLICTED
183 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-03 at f83d4c6)
184 - + "reset --merge": fix unmerged case
185 - + reset: use "unpack_trees()" directly instead of "git read-tree"
186 - + reset: add a few tests for "git reset --merge"
187 - + Documentation: reset: add some tables to describe the different options
188 - + reset: improve mixed reset error message when in a bare repo
255 +* bk/fix-relative-gitdir-file (2010-01-08) 2 commits
256 + - Handle relative paths in submodule .git files
257 + - Test update-index for a gitlink to a .git file
258
190 -* rs/maint-archive-match-pathspec (2009-12-12) 1 commit
191 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-03 at 92d7d15)
192 - + archive: complain about path specs that don't match anything
259 +* jc/ident (2010-01-08) 3 commits
260 + - ident.c: treat $EMAIL as giving user.email identity explicitly
261 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at f1f9ded)
262 + + ident.c: check explicit identity for name and email separately
263 + + ident.c: remove unused variables
264
194 -* il/vcs-helper (2010-01-09) 9 commits
195 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at 11e448e)
196 - + Reset possible helper before reusing remote structure
197 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-06 at 7c79f42)
198 - + Remove special casing of http, https and ftp
199 - + Support remote archive from all smart transports
200 - + Support remote helpers implementing smart transports
201 - + Support taking over transports
202 - + Refactor git transport options parsing
203 - + Pass unknown protocols to external protocol handlers
204 - + Support mandatory capabilities
205 - + Add remote helper debug mode
206 - (this branch is used by js/exec-error-report.)
265 +Opinions on the topmost one?
266
208 ---------------------------------------------------
209 -[Cooking]
267 +* jc/ls-files-ignored-pathspec (2010-01-08) 4 commits
268 + - ls-files: fix overeager pathspec optimization
269 + - read_directory(): further split treat_path()
270 + - read_directory_recursive(): refactor handling of a single path into a separate function
271 + - t3001: test ls-files -o ignored/dir
272 +
273 +* js/exec-error-report (2010-01-12) 4 commits
274 + - Improve error message when a transport helper was not found
275 + - start_command: detect execvp failures early
276 + - run-command: move wait_or_whine earlier
277 + - start_command: report child process setup errors to the parent's stderr
278
279 * jc/maint-1.6.1-checkout-m-custom-merge (2010-01-06) 1 commit
280 (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at df14116)
@@ -229,30 +297,23 @@ in the review thread.
297 + git-difftool: Add '--gui' for selecting a GUI tool
298 + t7800-difftool: Set a bogus tool for use by tests
299
232 -* jh/gitweb-cached (2010-01-03) 4 commits
233 - - gitweb: Makefile improvements
234 - - gitweb: Optionally add "git" links in project list page
235 - - gitweb: Add option to force version match
236 - - gitweb: Load checking
237 -
238 -Hold: Warthog on 2010-01-06, http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/136306
239 -
300 * tc/test-locate-httpd (2010-01-02) 1 commit
301 (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-06 at 9d913e5)
302 + t/lib-http.sh: Restructure finding of default httpd location
303
304 * jc/fix-tree-walk (2009-09-14) 7 commits
245 - - read-tree --debug-unpack
246 - - unpack-trees.c: look ahead in the index
247 - - unpack-trees.c: prepare for looking ahead in the index
248 - - Aggressive three-way merge: fix D/F case
249 - - traverse_trees(): handle D/F conflict case sanely
250 - - more D/F conflict tests
251 - - tests: move convenience regexp to match object names to test-lib.sh
305 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-13 at 1c01b87)
306 + + read-tree --debug-unpack
307 + + unpack-trees.c: look ahead in the index
308 + + unpack-trees.c: prepare for looking ahead in the index
309 + + Aggressive three-way merge: fix D/F case
310 + + traverse_trees(): handle D/F conflict case sanely
311 + + more D/F conflict tests
312 + + tests: move convenience regexp to match object names to test-lib.sh
313
314 Resurrected from "Ejected" category. This is fix for a tricky codepath
254 -and testing and improving before it hits 'next' by brave souls is greatly
255 -appreciated (I am using this in my private build).
315 +and testing and improving before it hits 'master' is greatly appreciated.
316 +(I have been using this in my private build for some time).
317
318 * jc/branch-d (2009-12-29) 1 commit
319 (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at 61a14b7)
@@ -293,26 +354,16 @@ Perhaps needs an entry in the Release Notes, but otherwise looked Ok.
354 + Smart-http: check if repository is OK to export before serving it
355
356 * jc/cache-unmerge (2009-12-25) 9 commits
296 - - rerere forget path: forget recorded resolution
297 - - rerere: refactor rerere logic to make it independent from I/O
298 - - rerere: remove silly 1024-byte line limit
299 - - resolve-undo: teach "update-index --unresolve" to use resolve-undo info
300 - - resolve-undo: "checkout -m path" uses resolve-undo information
301 - - resolve-undo: allow plumbing to clear the information
302 - - resolve-undo: basic tests
303 - - resolve-undo: record resolved conflicts in a new index extension section
304 - - builtin-merge.c: use standard active_cache macros
305 -
306 -Will wait a bit more before moving it to 'next'. J6t spotted an issue
307 -with "rerere forget" and has a test script.
308 -
309 -* jc/checkout-merge-base (2010-01-07) 4 commits
310 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-07 at 5229608)
311 - + rebase -i: teach --onto A...B syntax
312 - + rebase: fix --onto A...B parsing and add tests
313 - (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-02 at 6a8f6fc)
314 - + "rebase --onto A...B" replays history on the merge base between A and B
315 - + "checkout A...B" switches to the merge base between A and B
357 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-01-13 at 2290c44)
358 + + rerere forget path: forget recorded resolution
359 + + rerere: refactor rerere logic to make it independent from I/O
360 + + rerere: remove silly 1024-byte line limit
361 + + resolve-undo: teach "update-index --unresolve" to use resolve-undo info
362 + + resolve-undo: "checkout -m path" uses resolve-undo information
363 + + resolve-undo: allow plumbing to clear the information
364 + + resolve-undo: basic tests
365 + + resolve-undo: record resolved conflicts in a new index extension section
366 + + builtin-merge.c: use standard active_cache macros
367
368 * tr/http-push-ref-status (2010-01-08) 6 commits
369 - transport-helper.c::push_refs(): emit "no refs" error message