What's cooking (2024/10 #01)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2024, #12; Sun, 29)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2024, #01; Tue, 1)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2024, #12; Sun, 29)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2024, #01; Tue, 1)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
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https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+[Graduated to 'master']
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+
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+* ds/background-maintenance-with-credential (2024-09-20) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 379a7a1003)
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+ + scalar: configure maintenance during 'reconfigure'
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+ + maintenance: add custom config to background jobs
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+ + credential: add new interactive config option
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+
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+ Background tasks "git maintenance" runs may need to use credential
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+ information when going over the network, but a credential helper
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+ may work only in an interactive environment, and end up blocking a
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+ scheduled task waiting for UI. Credential helpers can now behave
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+ differently when they are not running interactively.
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+ source: <pull.1798.git.1726790423.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* ps/includeif-onbranch-cornercase-fix (2024-09-24) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 229c0bf0e5)
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+ + config: fix evaluating "onbranch" with nonexistent git dir
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+ + t1305: exercise edge cases of "onbranch" includes
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+ "git --git-dir=nowhere cmd" failed to properly notice that it
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+ wasn't in any repository while processing includeIf.onbranch
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+ configuration and instead crashed.
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+ source: <cover.1727171197.git.ps@pks.im>
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+* ps/reftable-concurrent-writes (2024-09-24) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 04df72ad69)
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+ + refs/reftable: reload locked stack when preparing transaction
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+ + reftable/stack: allow locking of outdated stacks
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+ + refs/reftable: introduce "reftable.lockTimeout"
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+ Give timeout to the locking code to write to reftable.
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+ source: <cover.1727155858.git.ps@pks.im>
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+* pw/submodule-process-sigpipe (2024-09-20) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 9e1ce951c6)
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+ + submodule status: propagate SIGPIPE
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+ When a subprocess to work in a submodule spawned by "git submodule"
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+ fails with SIGPIPE, the parent Git process caught the death of it,
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+ but gave a generic "failed to work in that submodule", which was
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+ misleading. We now behave as if the parent got SIGPIPE and die.
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+ source: <pull.1799.git.1726837642511.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* rs/archive-with-attr-pathspec-fix (2024-09-23) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at a81fb17e49)
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+ + archive: load index before pathspec checks
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+ "git archive" with pathspec magic that uses the attribute
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+ information did not work well, which has been corrected.
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+ source: <66c3e9fa-ecfe-4af2-a970-c1afdbc2b7f2@web.de>
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+* rs/commit-graph-ununleak (2024-09-23) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 5845eca9ce)
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+ + commit-graph: remove unnecessary UNLEAK
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+ Code clean-up.
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+ source: <c3a712d5-8e50-453d-be90-f5bf34de744c@web.de>
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[New Topics]
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+* jc/a-commands-without-the-repo (2024-09-30) 4 commits
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+ - archive: remove the_repository global variable
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+ - apply: remove the_repository global variable
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+ - annotate: remove usage of the_repository global
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+ - git: pass in repo for RUN_SETUP_GENTLY
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+
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+ Commands that can also work outside Git have learned to take the
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+ repository instance "repo" when we know we are in a repository, and
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+ NULL when we are not, in a parameter. The uses of the_repository
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+ variable in a few of them have been removed using the new calling
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+ convention.
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+ Comments?
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+ source: <pull.1788.v2.git.git.1727718030.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* kn/osx-fsmonitor-with-submodules-fix (2024-09-30) 1 commit
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+ - fsmonitor OSX: fix hangs for submodules
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+ macOS with fsmonitor daemon can hang forever when a submodule is
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+ involved, which has been corrected.
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+ Will merge to 'next'?
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+ source: <pull.1802.git.1727577690390.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* ps/leakfixes-part-8 (2024-09-30) 25 commits
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+ - builtin/send-pack: fix leaking list of push options
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+ - remote: fix leaking push reports
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+ - t/helper: fix leaks in proc-receive helper
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+ - pack-write: fix return parameter of `write_rev_file_order()`
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+ - revision: fix leaking saved parents
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+ - revision: fix memory leaks when rewriting parents
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+ - midx-write: fix leaking buffer
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+ - pack-bitmap-write: fix leaking OID array
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+ - pseudo-merge: fix leaking strmap keys
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+ - pseudo-merge: fix various memory leaks
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+ - line-log: fix several memory leaks
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+ - diff: improve lifecycle management of diff queues
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+ - builtin/revert: fix leaking `gpg_sign` and `strategy` config
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+ - t/helper: fix leaking repository in partial-clone helper
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+ - builtin/clone: fix leaking repo state when cloning with bundle URIs
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+ - builtin/pack-redundant: fix various memory leaks
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+ - builtin/stash: fix leaking `pathspec_from_file`
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+ - submodule: fix leaking submodule entry list
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+ - wt-status: fix leaking buffer with sparse directories
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+ - shell: fix leaking strings
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+ - scalar: fix leaking repositories
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+ - read-cache: fix leaking hash context in `do_write_index()`
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+ - builtin/annotate: fix leaking args vector
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+ - Merge branch 'jk/http-leakfixes' into ps/leakfixes-part-8
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+ - Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-part-7' into ps/leakfixes-part-8
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+ (this branch uses jk/http-leakfixes and ps/leakfixes-part-7.)
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+ More leakfixes.
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+ Comments?
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+ source: <cover.1727687410.git.ps@pks.im>
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+* tb/notes-amlog-doc (2024-09-30) 2 commits
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+ - Documentation: mention the amlog in howto/maintain-git.txt
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+ - howto-maintain: mention notes/amlog policy
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+ Document "amlog" notes.
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+ Comments?
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+ source: <a4b1da93e16d88323181f8f8444f01d96e09ef45.1727729100.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+[Cooking]
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* ej/cat-file-remote-object-info (2024-09-27) 6 commits
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- cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command
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- cat-file: add declaration of variable i inside its for loop
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- fetch-pack: move fetch initialization
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- fetch-pack: refactor packet writing
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+ "git cat-file --batch" and friends can optionally ask a remote
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+ server about objects it does not have.
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+ Comments?
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source: <20240926013856.35527-1-eric.peijian@gmail.com>
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* jc/doc-discarding-stalled-topics (2024-09-26) 1 commit
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- howto-maintain-git: discarding inactive topics
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+ Document that inactive topics are subject to be discarded.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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source: <xmqqikuii60q.fsf@gitster.g>
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-[Cooking]
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* ds/sparse-checkout-expansion-advice (2024-09-23) 1 commit
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(merged to 'next' on 2024-09-27 at e670bccf7e)
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-* ps/includeif-onbranch-cornercase-fix (2024-09-24) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 229c0bf0e5)
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- + config: fix evaluating "onbranch" with nonexistent git dir
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- + t1305: exercise edge cases of "onbranch" includes
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- "git --git-dir=nowhere cmd" failed to properly notice that it
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- wasn't in any repository while processing includeIf.onbranch
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- configuration and instead crashed.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- source: <cover.1727171197.git.ps@pks.im>
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* jk/http-leakfixes (2024-09-25) 28 commits
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+ http-push: clean up local_refs at exit
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+ fetch-pack: fix leaking sought refs
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+ shallow: fix leak when unregistering last shallow root
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+ http-fetch: clear leaking git-index-pack(1) arguments
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+ (this branch is used by ps/leakfixes-part-8.)
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-* rs/archive-with-attr-pathspec-fix (2024-09-23) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at a81fb17e49)
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- + archive: load index before pathspec checks
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- "git archive" with pathspec magic that uses the attribute
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- information did not work well, which has been corrected.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- source: <66c3e9fa-ecfe-4af2-a970-c1afdbc2b7f2@web.de>
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-* rs/commit-graph-ununleak (2024-09-23) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 5845eca9ce)
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- + commit-graph: remove unnecessary UNLEAK
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- Code clean-up.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- source: <c3a712d5-8e50-453d-be90-f5bf34de744c@web.de>
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* cw/fix-reachable-in-repo-with-promisor (2024-09-19) 2 commits
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- fetch-pack.c: do not declare local commits as "have" in partial repos
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- packfile: split promisor objects oidset into two
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-* ds/background-maintenance-with-credential (2024-09-20) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 379a7a1003)
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- + scalar: configure maintenance during 'reconfigure'
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- + maintenance: add custom config to background jobs
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- + credential: add new interactive config option
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- Background tasks "git maintenance" runs may need to use credential
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- information when going over the network, but a credential helper
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- may work only in an interactive environment, and end up blocking a
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- scheduled task waiting for UI. Credential helpers can now behave
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- differently when they are not running interactively.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- source: <pull.1798.git.1726790423.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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* jc/breaking-changes-early-adopter-option (2024-09-19) 1 commit
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-* ps/reftable-concurrent-writes (2024-09-24) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 04df72ad69)
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- + refs/reftable: reload locked stack when preparing transaction
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- + reftable/stack: allow locking of outdated stacks
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- + refs/reftable: introduce "reftable.lockTimeout"
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- Give timeout to the locking code to write to reftable.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- source: <cover.1727155858.git.ps@pks.im>
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-* pw/submodule-process-sigpipe (2024-09-20) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2024-09-24 at 9e1ce951c6)
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- + submodule status: propagate SIGPIPE
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- When a subprocess to work in a submodule spawned by "git submodule"
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- fails with SIGPIPE, the parent Git process caught the death of it,
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- but gave a generic "failed to work in that submodule", which was
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- misleading. We now behave as if the parent got SIGPIPE and die.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- source: <pull.1799.git.1726837642511.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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* ps/leakfixes-part-7 (2024-09-27) 24 commits
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+ diffcore-break: fix leaking filespecs when merging broken pairs
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+ builtin/help: fix leaking `html_path` when reading config multiple times
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+ builtin/help: fix dangling reference to `html_path`
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+ Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-part-6' into ps/leakfixes-part-7
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-* ps/reftable-alloc-failures (2024-09-24) 24 commits
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- reftable: handle trivial allocation failures
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- reftable/tree: handle allocation failures
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- reftable/pq: handle allocation failures when adding entries
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allocation function given to it may fail to allocate and to deal
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- Expecting a reroll (v3).
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+ Expecting a reroll.
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+ cf. <Zvrsd5JQr8RAhSaN@pks.im>
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* tb/weak-sha1-for-tail-sum (2024-09-27) 8 commits
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- - Makefile: allow specifying a SHA-1 for non-cryptographic uses
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- - hash.h: scaffolding for _unsafe hashing variants
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- - sha1: do not redefine `platform_SHA_CTX` and friends
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- - pack-objects: use finalize_object_file() to rename pack/idx/etc
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- - finalize_object_file(): implement collision check
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- - finalize_object_file(): refactor unlink_or_warn() placement
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- - finalize_object_file(): check for name collision before renaming
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+ + csum-file.c: use unsafe SHA-1 implementation when available
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+ + Makefile: allow specifying a SHA-1 for non-cryptographic uses
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+ + hash.h: scaffolding for _unsafe hashing variants
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+ + sha1: do not redefine `platform_SHA_CTX` and friends
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+ + pack-objects: use finalize_object_file() to rename pack/idx/etc
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+ + finalize_object_file(): implement collision check
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+ + finalize_object_file(): refactor unlink_or_warn() placement
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+ + finalize_object_file(): check for name collision before renaming
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cf. <20240927035712.GH567395@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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cf. <CABPp-BH3y96DjapzLPJ+vCoChQiD_wR9uLc3QPsXqzSUr4AFvQ@mail.gmail.com>
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-* sj/ref-contents-check (2024-09-18) 5 commits
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- ref: add symlink ref content check for files backend
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- - ref: add symref content check for files backend
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+ - t0602: add ref content checks for worktrees
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+ - ref: enhance escape situation for worktrees
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+ - ref: add escape check for the referent of symref
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+ - ref: add basic symref content check for files backend
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- ref: add more strict checks for regular refs
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- ref: port git-fsck(1) regular refs check for files backend
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+ - builtin/refs: support multiple worktrees check for refs.
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* ja/doc-synopsis-markup (2024-09-24) 3 commits
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+ + doc: apply synopsis simplification on git-clone and git-init
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+ + doc: update the guidelines to reflect the current formatting rules
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source: <pull.1766.v5.git.1727161730.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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