What's cooking (2025/08 #09)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2025, #08; Mon, 18)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2025, #09; Wed, 20)
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Bcc: lwn@lwn.net, gitster@pobox.com
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-What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2025, #08; Mon, 18)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2025, #09; Wed, 20)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
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[New Topics]
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+* ar/submodule-gitdir-tweak (2025-08-18) 10 commits
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+ - fixup! t: add gitdir encoding tests
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+ - t: add gitdir encoding tests
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+ - t: move nested gitdir tests to proper location
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+ - submodule: remove validate_submodule_git_dir()
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+ - submodule: encode gitdir paths to avoid conflicts
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+ - strbuf: bring back is_rfc3986_unreserved
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+ - t: submodules: add basic mixed gitdir path tests
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+ - submodule: add gitdir path config override
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+ - submodule: create new gitdirs under submodules path
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+ - submodule--helper: use submodule_name_to_gitdir in add_submodule
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+ Avoid local submodule repository directory paths overlapping with
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+ each other by encoding submodule names before using them as path
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+ components.
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+ Expecting a reroll.
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+ source: <20250816213642.3517822-1-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>
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+* jk/describe-blob (2025-08-18) 5 commits
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+ - describe: pass commit to describe_commit()
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+ - describe: handle blob traversal with no commits
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+ - describe: catch unborn branch in describe_blob()
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+ - describe: error if blob not found
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+ - describe: pass oid struct by const pointer
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+ "git describe <blob>" misbehaves and/or crashes in some corner
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+ cases, which has been taught to exit with failure gracefully.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <20250818205812.GA1018043@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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+* ds/doc-community-discord (2025-08-20) 1 commit
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+ - doc: add discord to ways of getting help
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+ Discord has been added to the first contribution documentation as
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+ another way to ask for help.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <pull.2033.v3.git.git.1755679018997.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* je/doc-add (2025-08-19) 2 commits
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+ - doc: git-add: simplify discussion of ignored files
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+ - doc: git-add: clarify intro & add an example
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+ Documentation for "git add" has been updated.
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+ Comments?
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+ source: <pull.1952.v3.git.1755636370.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* jk/no-clobber-dangling-symref-with-fetch (2025-08-19) 4 commits
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+ - refs: do not clobber dangling symrefs
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+ - t5510: prefer "git -C" to subshell for followRemoteHEAD tests
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+ - t5510: stop changing top-level working directory
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+ - t5510: make confusing config cleanup more explicit
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+ (this branch uses ps/reflog-migrate-fixes.)
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+ "git fetch" can clobber a symref that is dangling when the
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+ remote-tracking HEAD is set to auto update, which has been
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+ corrected.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <20250819192004.GA1058857@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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+* ds/path-walk-repack-fix (2025-08-20) 3 commits
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+ - path-walk: create initializer for path lists
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+ - path-walk: fix setup of pending objects
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+ - t7700: add failing --path-walk test
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+ "git repack --path-walk" lost objects in some corner cases, which
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+ has been corrected.
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+ Comments?
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+ source: <pull.1956.git.1755715196.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* js/doc-gitk-history (2025-08-19) 1 commit
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+ - doc/gitk: update reference to the external project
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+ Manual page for "gitk" is updated with the current maintainer's
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+ name.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <249056e7-1332-4e6f-8d07-16c80fd4913e@kdbg.org>
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+* sg/line-log-boundary-fixes (2025-08-18) 2 commits
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+ - line-log: show all line ranges touched by the same diff range
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+ - line-log: fix assertion error
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+ Fix for a corner case bug in "git log -L...".
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+ Will merge to 'next'?
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+ source: <20250818111310.1283932-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>
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+* ja/asciidoc-doctor-verbatim-fixes (2025-08-20) 1 commit
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+ - doc: fix asciidoc format compatibility in pretty-formats.adoc
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+ Doc mark-up fix.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <20250820212319.41044-1-jn.avila@free.fr>
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+[Cooking]
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* ds/doc-count-objects-fix (2025-08-14) 1 commit
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(merged to 'next' on 2025-08-17 at 1740ef34dd)
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+ count-objects: document count-objects pack
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Docfix.
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source: <pull.2031.v3.git.git.1755182034719.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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- + t/t1517: mark tests that fail with GIT_TEST_INSTALLED
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+* ad/t1517-short-help-tests-fix (2025-08-19) 1 commit
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+ - t/t1517: mark tests that fail with GIT_TEST_INSTALLED
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(this branch uses ua/t1517-short-help-tests.)
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Test fix.
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- source: <20250808010651.591906-1-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
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+ source: <20250816103656.1693607-1-adam@dinwoodie.org>
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* dk/t7005-editor-updates (2025-08-13) 3 commits
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(merged to 'next' on 2025-08-17 at ad0ab2e2a9)
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source: <20250812170256.71751-1-ben.knoble+github@gmail.com>
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Code clean-up.
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source: <cover.1754868681.git.ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>
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been a die(), as it is a response to a usual but invalid end-user
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cf. <xmqqo6spiyqp.fsf@gitster.g>
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Doc lint updates to encourage the newer and easier-to-use
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source: <pull.1945.v3.git.1754945600.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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During interactive rebase, using 'drop' on a merge commit lead to
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source: <37f6e34c-91aa-4e55-88e1-019d2e042df3@kdbg.org>
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The "list" subcommand of "git refs" acts as a front-end for
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source: <20250805092758.5321-1-meetsoni3017@gmail.com>
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contained wildcards; now they take advantage of the filter when
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source: <20250811060137.75135-1-yldhome2d2@gmail.com>
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Remove dependency on the_repository and other globals from the
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"git jump" (in contrib/) fails to parse the diff header correctly
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work correctly because of it. Correct the set-up by undoing what
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Test fix for breakage introduced in Git 2.50.
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"differences in lines that match these regular expressions are
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