What's cooking as of 1.6.2-rc0
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+To: git@vger.kernel.org
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2009, #03; Sat, 07)
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+X-master-at: 621f1b4bcf40f1469fc59202248df35619e33c82
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+X-next-at: 5e148c2bfc7eda43fad0646e9583a9959b15bb2a
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+What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2009, #03; Sat, 07)
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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+only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'. The ones
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+marked with '.' do not appear in any of the branches, but I am still
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+holding onto them.
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+The topics list the commits in reverse chronological order. The topics
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+meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names.
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+The master branch is at -rc0 now.
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+Traditionally, rc freeze, especially post -rc1, meant that I stop paying
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+attention to whatever topic that did not graduate to 'master', and not
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+queuing further updates to 'next' to encourage people to concentrate on
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+'master' bugfixes by discouraging them from tinkering the topics that
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+won't be in the next release.
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+
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+I do not think that approach has worked well in practice, so let's try
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+something slightly different.
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+I'll try to leave 'next' open during this freeze, but the new topics and
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+topics that hasn't cooked to maturity by -rc1 will not be in 1.6.2. That
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+is what a freeze means, so it may not be necessary to say so, but I am
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+just trying to make it clear.
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+
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[New Topics]
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+
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+* jn/gitweb-committag (Fri Feb 6 10:12:41 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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+ + gitweb: Better regexp for SHA-1 committag match
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+
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+* js/maint-1.6.0-path-normalize (Sat Feb 7 16:08:31 2009 +0100) 5 commits
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+ + Remove unused normalize_absolute_path()
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+ + Test and fix normalize_path_copy()
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+ + Fix GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES on Windows
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+ + Move sanitary_path_copy() to path.c and rename it to
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+ normalize_path_copy()
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+ + Make test-path-utils more robust against incorrect use
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+
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+Replaces one from René that was queued earlier.
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+
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+* js/git-submodule-trailing-slash (Sat Feb 7 14:43:15 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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+ + submodule: warn about non-submodules
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+ + Let ls-files strip trailing slashes in submodules' paths
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+
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+* ms/mailmap (Thu Feb 5 09:06:41 2009 +0100) 4 commits
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+ - Change current mailmap usage to do matching on both name and email
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+ of author/committer.
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+ - Add map_user() and clear_mailmap() to mailmap
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+ - Add find_insert_index, insert_at_index and clear_func functions to
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+ string_list
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+ - Add log.mailmap as configurational option for mailmap location
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+
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+* ff/submodule-no-fetch (Thu Feb 5 20:18:32 2009 -0200) 1 commit
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+ - submodule: add --no-fetch parameter to update command
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+
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+* mc/setup-cd-p (Fri Feb 6 19:24:28 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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+ - git-sh-setup: Use "cd" option, not /bin/pwd, for symlinked work
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+ tree
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+
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+* js/rebase-error-a-bit-more-verbose (Sat Feb 7 18:20:09 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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+ + rebase: explain why when the HEAD could not be detached
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+All of these looked sensible, and I think many deserve to be in 1.6.2.
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+They are not in -rc0 only because I started the release engineering before
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+they arrived.
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
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+
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+* jc/blame (Wed Jun 4 22:58:40 2008 -0700) 2 commits
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+ + blame: show "previous" information in --porcelain/--incremental
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+ format
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+ + git-blame: refactor code to emit "porcelain format" output
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+
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+This gives Porcelains (like gitweb) the information on the commit _before_
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+the one that the final blame is laid on, which should save them one
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+rev-parse to dig further. The line number in the "previous" information
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+may need refining, and sanity checking code for reference counting may
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+need to be resurrected before this can move forward.
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+
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+Recent tig discussion may blow new life into it. Let's see.
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+
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+* db/foreign-scm (Sun Jan 11 15:12:10 2009 -0500) 3 commits
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+ - Support fetching from foreign VCSes
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+ - Add specification of git-vcs helpers
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+ - Add "vcs" config option in remotes
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+
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+The "spec" did not seem quite well cooked yet, but in the longer term I
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+think something like this to allow interoperating with other SCMs as if
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+the other end is a native git repository is a very worthy goal.
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+
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+* cc/replace (Mon Feb 2 06:13:06 2009 +0100) 11 commits
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+ - builtin-replace: use "usage_msg_opt" to give better error messages
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+ - parse-options: add new function "usage_msg_opt"
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+ - builtin-replace: teach "git replace" to actually replace
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+ - Add new "git replace" command
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+ - environment: add global variable to disable replacement
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+ - mktag: call "check_sha1_signature" with the replacement sha1
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+ - replace_object: add a test case
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+ - object: call "check_sha1_signature" with the replacement sha1
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+ - sha1_file: add a "read_sha1_file_repl" function
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+ - replace_object: add mechanism to replace objects found in
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+ "refs/replace/"
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+ - refs: add a "for_each_replace_ref" function
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+
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+I think the code is much cleaner than the first round, but I am not
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+convinced it is doing the right thing in the connectivity traverser.
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+I'd like to keep this out of 1.6.2.
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+
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+* sc/gitweb-category (Fri Dec 12 00:45:12 2008 +0100) 3 commits
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+ - gitweb: Optional grouping of projects by category
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+ - gitweb: Split git_project_list_body in two functions
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+ - gitweb: Modularized git_get_project_description to be more generic
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+Design discussion between Jakub and Sebastien seems to have stalled.
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+
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+* jc/fsck (Fri Jan 30 02:33:47 2009 -0800) 4 commits
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+ - fsck: three levels of validation
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+ - verify-pack: add --quick
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+ - verify_pack(): allow a quicker verification for a pack with
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+ version 2 idx
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+ - pack-check.c: minor formatting fix to match coding style
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+
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+J6t has a good point that if this had any value then medium level should
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+replace the default. I am tempted to actually dropping this as a failed
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+experiment.
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[Reverted]
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+* mh/unify-color (Fri Jan 23 01:25:23 2009 -0800) 3 commits
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+ ? Revert previous two commits
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+ ? move the color variables to color.c
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+ ? handle color.ui at a central place
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+This broke git-format-patch badly.
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+* rs/maint-1.6.0-windows-ceiling (Sat Feb 7 12:40:40 2009 -0800) 2 commits
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+ ? Revert "fix t1504 on Windows"
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+ ? fix t1504 on Windows
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+I'm giving a fresh start to J6t's series which contains this.
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+* lh/reverted-submodule-tree-traversal (Sun Jan 25 18:39:55 2009 -0800) 4 commits
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+ ? Revert round #1 of the series
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+ ? builtin-ls-tree: enable traversal of submodules
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+ ? archive.c: enable traversal of submodules
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+ ? tree.c: add support for traversal of submodules
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+I'm giving a fresh start to Lars's second iteration.
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[Actively cooking]
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+* lh/submodule-tree-traversal (Sun Jan 25 01:52:06 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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+ - archive.c: add support for --submodules[=(all|checkedout)]
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+ + tree.c: allow read_tree_recursive() to traverse gitlink entries
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+
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+I think the first one is Ok to have in 1.6.2 but I didn't audit all the
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+r-t-r callback functions myself to make sure they do not return
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+READ_TREE_RECURSIVE when they shouldn't. Perhaps somebody else should
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+double check.
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+
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+* kb/checkout-optim (Wed Feb 4 13:53:20 2009 +0100) 8 commits
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+ - lstat_cache(): print a warning if doing ping-pong between cache
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+ types
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+ - show_patch_diff(): remove a call to fstat()
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+ - write_entry(): cleanup of some duplicated code
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+ - create_directories(): remove some memcpy() and strchr() calls
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+ - unlink_entry(): introduce schedule_dir_for_removal()
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+ - lstat_cache(): swap func(length, string) into func(string, length)
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+ - lstat_cache(): generalise longest_match_lstat_cache()
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+ - lstat_cache(): small cleanup and optimisation
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+I thought it looked fine, but Kjetil asks to cook this a bit longer.
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+* js/valgrind (Thu Feb 5 22:03:00 2009 +0100) 9 commits
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+ + valgrind: do not require valgrind 3.4.0 or newer
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+ + test-lib: avoid assuming that templates/ are in the GIT_EXEC_PATH
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+ + Tests: let --valgrind imply --verbose and --tee
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+ + Add a script to coalesce the valgrind outputs
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+ + t/Makefile: provide a 'valgrind' target
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+ + test-lib.sh: optionally output to test-results/$TEST.out, too
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+ + Valgrind support: check for more than just programming errors
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+ + valgrind: ignore ldso and more libz errors
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+ + Add valgrind support in test scripts
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[Graduated to "master"]
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+* js/maint-remote-remove-mirror (Wed Feb 4 11:06:07 2009 -0500) 2 commits
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+ + builtin-remote: make rm operation safer in mirrored repository
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+ + builtin-remote: make rm() use properly named variable to hold
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+ return value
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+* ek/maint-filter-branch-bare (Tue Feb 3 13:27:03 2009 -0500) 1 commit
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+ + filter-branch: Fix fatal error on bare repositories
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+* tr/add-p-single (Fri Feb 6 20:30:01 2009 +0100) 3 commits
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+ + add -p: import Term::ReadKey with 'require'
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+ + add -p: print errors in separate color
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+ + add -p: prompt for single characters
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+* js/notes (Tue Jan 13 20:57:16 2009 +0100) 6 commits
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+ + git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
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+ + notes: fix core.notesRef documentation
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+ + Add an expensive test for git-notes
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+ + Speed up git notes lookup
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+ + Add a script to edit/inspect notes
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+ + Introduce commit notes
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+* gt/utf8-width (Fri Jan 30 04:41:29 2009 -0500) 2 commits
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+ + builtin-blame.c: Use utf8_strwidth for author's names
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+ + utf8: add utf8_strwidth()
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+I replaced the bottom one with a cheesy "if it does not look like
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+utf8, give strlen back" to make the result behave sensibly for legacy
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+encodings. It does improve "git blame git-stash.sh" output (especially
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+if you remove .mailmap).
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+
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+* jk/head-symref (Thu Jan 29 03:33:02 2009 -0500) 2 commits
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+ + symbolic ref: refuse non-ref targets in HEAD
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+ + validate_headref: tighten ref-matching to just branches
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+* rc/http-push (Tue Feb 3 20:39:00 2009 +0800) 4 commits
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+ + http-push: wrap signature of get_remote_object_url
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+ + http-push: add back underscore separator before lock token
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+ + http-push.c: get_remote_object_url() is only used under
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+ USE_CURL_MULTI
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+ + http-push: refactor request url creation
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+* jc/refuse-push-to-current (Sat Jan 31 17:34:05 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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+ + receive-pack: explain what to do when push updates the current
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+ branch
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+* cb/mergetool (Fri Jan 30 23:20:11 2009 +0000) 3 commits
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+ + mergetool: fix running mergetool in sub-directories
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+ + mergetool: Add a test for running mergetool in a sub-directory
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+ + mergetool: respect autocrlf by using checkout-index
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[On Hold]
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+* jc/refuse-push-to-current-1.7.0 (Sat Jan 31 17:34:05 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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+ - Refuse updating the current branch in a non-bare repository via
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+ push
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+This is for 1.7.0.
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+* jc/commit-assume-also-during-merge (Thu Jan 22 22:21:49 2009 -0800) 3 commits
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+ - git commit: pathspec without -i/-o implies -i semantics during a
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+ merge
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+ - builtin-commit: shorten eye-sore overlong lines
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+ - Add "partial commit" tests during a conflicted merge
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+This is only meant as a weatherballoon to help facilitate discussion.
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+* jc/merge-convert (Mon Jan 26 16:45:01 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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+ - git-merge-file: allow converting the results for the work tree
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+This is a feature waiting for a user. I do not need it in 1.6.2
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+We did not give scripted Porcelains a way to say "this temporary file I am
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+using for merging is for this path, so use the core.autocrlf and attributes
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+rules for that final path". Instead, merge-file simply wrote out the
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+data in the canonical repository representation.
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+rerere has the same issue, but it is a lot worse. It reads the three
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+files (preimage, postimage and thisimage) from the work tree in the work
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+tree representation, merges them without converting them to the canonical
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+representation first but inserts the conflict markers with the canonical
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+representation and writes the resulting mess out. It needs to be fixed to
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+read with convert_to_git(), merge them while they are still in the
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+canonical representation and possibly add conflict markers, and then write
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+the results out after convert_to_working_tree(). It also needs to write
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+in binary mode as well.
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+* jk/renamelimit (Sat May 3 13:58:42 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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+ . diff: enable "too large a rename" warning when -M/-C is explicitly
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+ asked for
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+* jc/stripspace (Sun Mar 9 00:30:35 2008 -0800) 6 commits
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+ . git-am --forge: add Signed-off-by: line for the author
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+ . git-am: clean-up Signed-off-by: lines
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+ . stripspace: add --log-clean option to clean up signed-off-by:
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+ lines
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+ . stripspace: use parse_options()
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+ . Add "git am -s" test
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+ . git-am: refactor code to add signed-off-by line for the committer
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+* jc/post-simplify (Fri Aug 15 01:34:51 2008 -0700) 2 commits
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+ . revision --simplify-merges: incremental simplification
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+ . revision --simplify-merges: prepare for incremental simplification