What's cooking (2009/05 #03)

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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2009, #02; Sun, 17)
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2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2009, #03; Mon, 25)
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6 -What's cooking in git.git (May 2009, #02; Sun, 17)
6 +What's cooking in git.git (May 2009, #03; Mon, 25)
7 --------------------------------------------------
8
9 Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
@@ -17,32 +17,110 @@ meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names.
17 ----------------------------------------------------------------
18 [New Topics]
19
20 -* jc/mktree (Thu May 14 15:49:10 2009 -0700) 9 commits
21 - - mktree: validate entry type in input
22 - - mktree --batch: build more than one tree object
23 - - mktree --missing: updated usage message and man page
24 - - mktree --missing: allow missing objects
25 - - t1010: add mktree test
26 - - mktree: do not barf on a submodule commit
27 - - builtin-mktree.c: use a helper function to handle one line of
28 - input
29 - - mktree: use parse-options
30 - - build-in git-mktree
31 -
32 -* ar/maint-1.6.2-merge-recursive-d-f (Mon May 11 21:25:36 2009 +0200) 2 commits
33 - - Fix for a merge where a branch has an F->D transition
34 - - Add a reminder test case for a merge with F/D transition
20 +* sb/opt-filename (Sat May 23 11:53:13 2009 -0700) 5 commits
21 + - parse-opts: add OPT_FILENAME and transition builtins
22 + - parse-opts: prepare for OPT_FILENAME
23 + - Merge branch 'jc/mktree' into sb/opt-filename
24 + - Merge branch 'sb/format-patch-parseopt' into sb/opt-filename
25 + - Merge branch 'sb/show-branch-parse-options' into sb/opt-filename
26 + - Merge branch 'master' into sb/opt-filename
27 + + apply, fmt-merge-msg: use relative filenames
28 + + commit: -F overrides -t
29 +
30 +There are quite a few new callers to parse_options() in 'next' and 'pu'
31 +that are more likely to graduate before this series, so for now I merged a
32 +few of them and adjusted the commit "prepare for OPT_FILENAME". I tried
33 +to be careful but extra sets of eyeballs would be helpful.
34 +
35 +* da/araxis-mergetool (Sun May 24 00:24:41 2009 +0000) 1 commit
36 + + mergetool--lib: add support for araxis merge
37 +
38 +I admit that I feel certain distaste in supporting a closed tool, but we
39 +already make things bearable for people on Windows; Araxis is no worse,
40 +right?
41 +
42 +* rs/maint-grep-word-regexp-fix (Sat May 23 13:45:26 2009 +0200) 1 commit
43 + + grep: fix word-regexp at the beginning of lines
44 +
45 +* mm/apply-double-slash (Thu May 21 14:25:11 2009 +0200) 1 commit
46 + + apply: handle filenames with double slashes better
47 +
48 +* bc/old-iconv (Fri May 22 18:47:06 2009 -0500) 10 commits
49 + + t8005: convert CP1251 character set to ISO8859-5
50 + + t8005: use more portable character encoding names
51 + + t5100: use ancient encoding syntax for backwards compatibility
52 + + t9301: use ISO8859-1 rather than ISO-8859-1
53 + + t3901: Use ISO8859-1 instead of ISO-8859-1 for backward
54 + compatibility
55 + + t3901: avoid negation on right hand side of '|'
56 + + builtin-mailinfo.c: use "ISO8859-1" instead of "latin1" as
57 + fallback encoding
58 + + builtin-mailinfo.c: compare character encodings case insensitively
59 + + Use 'UTF-8' rather than 'utf-8' everywhere for backward
60 + compatibility
61 + + t3900: use ancient iconv names for backward compatibility
62 +
63 +* sb/show-branch-parse-options (Thu May 21 00:33:18 2009 -0700) 3 commits
64 + + show-branch: migrate to parse-options API
65 + + Merge branch 'mh/show-branch-color' into sb/show-branch-parse-
66 + options
67 + + parse-options: add PARSE_OPT_LITERAL_ARGHELP for complicated
68 + argh's
69 +
70 +* sb/maint-1.6.2-opt-filename-fix (Sat May 23 11:53:11 2009 -0700) 2 commits
71 + + apply, fmt-merge-msg: use relative filenames
72 + + commit: -F overrides -t
73 +
74 +* jc/cache-tree (Fri May 22 23:14:25 2009 -0700) 5 commits
75 + - Avoid "diff-index --cached" optimization under --find-copies-
76 + harder
77 + - Optimize "diff-index --cached" using cache-tree
78 + - t4007: modernize the style
79 + - cache-tree.c::cache_tree_find(): simplify inernal API
80 + - write-tree --ignore-cache-tree
81 +
82 +* jc/solaris-0811 (Fri May 22 22:55:31 2009 -0700) 2 commits
83 + - OpenSolaris 200811 (SunOS 5.11) does not want OLD_ICONV
84 + - Teach Solaris that _XOPEN_SOURCE=600 really menas XPG6
85 +
86 +* cb/maint-1.6.0-xdl-merge-fix (Mon May 25 01:21:14 2009 +0100) 2 commits
87 + - Change xdl_merge to generate output even for null merges
88 + - t6023: merge-file fails to output anything for a degenerate merge
89 +
90 +* jc/diff-whitespace-only-status (Sat May 23 01:15:35 2009 -0700) 2 commits
91 + - diff: Rename QUIET internal option to QUICK
92 + - diff: change semantics of "ignore whitespace" options
93
36 -Although the reported breakage is covered with the patch, Alex feels the
37 -solution unsatisfactory. Cleaning up D/F conflict handling in merge-recursive
38 -may be long overdue but seems to be a hard problem.
94 +----------------------------------------------------------------
95 +[Graduated to "master"]
96
40 -* jc/maint-add-p-coalesce-fix (Sat May 16 10:48:23 2009 -0700) 2 commits
41 - + Revert "git-add--interactive: remove hunk coalescing"
42 - + Splitting a hunk that adds a line at the top fails in "add -p"
97 +* cc/bisect (Sat May 9 17:55:47 2009 +0200) 20 commits
98 + + bisect: make "git bisect" use new "--next-all" bisect-helper
99 + function
100 + + bisect: add "check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad" function
101 + + bisect: implement the "check_merge_bases" function
102 + + bisect: automatically sort sha1_array if needed when looking it up
103 + + bisect: make skipped array functions more generic
104 + + bisect: remove too much function nesting
105 + + bisect: use new "struct argv_array" to prepare argv for
106 + "setup_revisions"
107 + + bisect: store good revisions in a "sha1_array"
108 + + bisect: implement "rev_argv_push" to fill an argv with revs
109 + + bisect: use "sha1_array" to store skipped revisions
110 + + am: simplify "sq" function by using "git rev-parse --sq-quote"
111 + + bisect: use "git rev-parse --sq-quote" instead of a custom "sq"
112 + function
113 + + rev-parse: add --sq-quote to shell quote arguments
114 + + rev-list: remove stringed output flag from "show_bisect_vars"
115 + + bisect--helper: remove "--next-vars" option as it is now useless
116 + + bisect: use "git bisect--helper --next-exit" in "git-bisect.sh"
117 + + bisect--helper: add "--next-exit" to output bisect results
118 + + bisect: move common bisect functionality to "bisect_common"
119 + + rev-list: refactor printing bisect vars
120 + + rev-list: make "estimate_bisect_steps" non static
121
44 -* sb/format-patch-parseopt (Sat May 16 02:24:46 2009 -0700) 1 commit
45 - - format-patch: migrate to parse-options API
122 +Rewriting major part of "git-bisect" shell script continues. The patches
123 +seem to be reasonably clean.
124
125 * fc/decorate-tag (Thu May 14 00:32:53 2009 +0300) 2 commits
126 + Prettify log decorations even more
@@ -67,43 +145,15 @@ may be long overdue but seems to be a hard problem.
145 * js/maint-no-ln-across-libexec-and-bin (Mon May 11 13:02:18 2009 +0200) 1 commit
146 + Add NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS support to the Makefile
147
70 -* jh/notes (Sat May 16 13:44:17 2009 +0200) 5 commits
71 - - Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"
72 - - Add an expensive test for git-notes
73 - - Speed up git notes lookup
74 - - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
75 - - Introduce commit notes
76 -
148 * tp/send-email-from-config (Tue May 12 15:48:56 2009 -0700) 1 commit
149 + send-email: Add config option for sender address
150
80 -* lt/read-directory (Fri May 15 12:01:29 2009 -0700) 3 commits
81 - - Add initial support for pathname conversion to UTF-8
82 - - read_directory(): infrastructure for pathname character set
83 - conversion
84 - - Add 'fill_directory()' helper function for directory traversal
85 -
86 -----------------------------------------------------------------
87 -[Will merge to "master" soon]
88 -
89 -* mw/send-email (Mon Apr 13 13:23:52 2009 -0500) 6 commits
90 - + send-email: Remove superfluous `my $editor = ...'
91 - + send-email: 'References:' should only reference what is sent
92 - + send-email: Handle "GIT:" rather than "GIT: " during --compose
93 - + Docs: send-email: --smtp-server-port can take symbolic ports
94 - + Docs: send-email: Refer to CONFIGURATION section for
95 - sendemail.multiedit
96 - + Docs: send-email: Put options back into alphabetical order
97 -
151 * ae/anon-fetch-info (Fri Apr 17 10:20:11 2009 +0200) 1 commit
152 + fetch: Strip usernames from url's before storing them
153
154 * ac/graph-horizontal-line (Tue Apr 21 08:47:01 2009 -0400) 1 commit
155 + graph API: Use horizontal lines for more compact graphs
156
104 -* ph/submodule-rebase (Fri Apr 24 09:06:38 2009 +1000) 1 commit
105 - + git-submodule: add support for --rebase.
106 -
157 * mh/show-branch-color (Sat Apr 25 13:46:14 2009 +0200) 2 commits
158 + bash completion: show-branch color support
159 + show-branch: color the commit status signs
@@ -118,12 +168,6 @@ may be long overdue but seems to be a hard problem.
168 * jk/maint-add-empty (Tue Apr 28 23:21:01 2009 -0400) 1 commit
169 + add: don't complain when adding empty project root
170
121 -When you say "git add ." in an empty directory, you get "No path matches
122 -''", instead of "No path matches '.'", and this "fixes" it by hiding the
123 -error and making the command silently succeed. Strictly speaking it
124 -introduces inconsistency, but I think an empty directory is so
125 -uninteresting special case that not signalling it as an error is Ok.
126 -
171 * ar/unlink-err (Wed Apr 29 23:24:52 2009 +0200) 3 commits
172 + print unlink(2) errno in copy_or_link_directory
173 + replace direct calls to unlink(2) with unlink_or_warn
@@ -154,9 +198,6 @@ uninteresting special case that not signalling it as an error is Ok.
198 + parseopt: add OPT_NEGBIT
199 + parseopt: add OPT_NEGBIT
200
157 -I somehow botched the commit log message of the top one; it is about
158 -fixing "ls-files --no-empty-directory".
159 -
201 * jk/maint-1.6.0-trace-argv (Fri May 8 05:06:15 2009 -0400) 1 commit
202 + fix GIT_TRACE segfault with shell-quoted aliases
203
@@ -166,10 +207,6 @@ fixing "ls-files --no-empty-directory".
207 * rr/forbid-bs-in-ref (Fri May 8 07:32:37 2009 +0200) 1 commit
208 + Disallow '\' in ref names
209
169 -This retroactively forbids use of what people could have been using
170 -happily, which, strictly speaking, is a no-no, but makes sense in the
171 -longer term.
172 -
210 * do/maint-merge-recursive-fix (Sat May 9 14:49:59 2009 -0700) 1 commit
211 + merge-recursive: never leave index unmerged while recursing
212
@@ -180,37 +217,51 @@ longer term.
217 + Teach 'git checkout' to preload the index contents
218 + Avoid unnecessary 'lstat()' calls in 'get_stat_data()'
219
183 -* cc/bisect (Sat May 9 17:55:47 2009 +0200) 20 commits
184 - + bisect: make "git bisect" use new "--next-all" bisect-helper
185 - function
186 - + bisect: add "check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad" function
187 - + bisect: implement the "check_merge_bases" function
188 - + bisect: automatically sort sha1_array if needed when looking it up
189 - + bisect: make skipped array functions more generic
190 - + bisect: remove too much function nesting
191 - + bisect: use new "struct argv_array" to prepare argv for
192 - "setup_revisions"
193 - + bisect: store good revisions in a "sha1_array"
194 - + bisect: implement "rev_argv_push" to fill an argv with revs
195 - + bisect: use "sha1_array" to store skipped revisions
196 - + am: simplify "sq" function by using "git rev-parse --sq-quote"
197 - + bisect: use "git rev-parse --sq-quote" instead of a custom "sq"
198 - function
199 - + rev-parse: add --sq-quote to shell quote arguments
200 - + rev-list: remove stringed output flag from "show_bisect_vars"
201 - + bisect--helper: remove "--next-vars" option as it is now useless
202 - + bisect: use "git bisect--helper --next-exit" in "git-bisect.sh"
203 - + bisect--helper: add "--next-exit" to output bisect results
204 - + bisect: move common bisect functionality to "bisect_common"
205 - + rev-list: refactor printing bisect vars
206 - + rev-list: make "estimate_bisect_steps" non static
220 +* da/mergetool-lib (Sat May 2 01:57:21 2009 -0700) 1 commit
221 + + mergetool--lib: specialize diff options for emerge and ecmerge
222
208 -Rewriting major part of "git-bisect" shell script continues. The patches
209 -seem to be reasonably clean.
223 +----------------------------------------------------------------
224 +[Will merge to "master" soon]
225 +
226 +* mw/send-email (Mon Apr 13 13:23:52 2009 -0500) 6 commits
227 + + send-email: Remove superfluous `my $editor = ...'
228 + + send-email: 'References:' should only reference what is sent
229 + + send-email: Handle "GIT:" rather than "GIT: " during --compose
230 + + Docs: send-email: --smtp-server-port can take symbolic ports
231 + + Docs: send-email: Refer to CONFIGURATION section for
232 + sendemail.multiedit
233 + + Docs: send-email: Put options back into alphabetical order
234 +
235 +* ph/submodule-rebase (Fri Apr 24 09:06:38 2009 +1000) 1 commit
236 + + git-submodule: add support for --rebase.
237 +
238 +* cc/bisect (Sun May 17 17:36:46 2009 +0200) 3 commits
239 + + bisect: check ancestors without forking a "git rev-list" process
240 + + commit: add function to unparse a commit and its parents
241 + + bisect: rework some rev related functions to make them more
242 + reusable
243
244 ----------------------------------------------------------------
245 [Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
246
247 +* lt/read-directory (Fri May 15 12:01:29 2009 -0700) 3 commits
248 + - Add initial support for pathname conversion to UTF-8
249 + - read_directory(): infrastructure for pathname character set
250 + conversion
251 + - Add 'fill_directory()' helper function for directory traversal
252 +
253 +Before adding the real "conversion", this needs a few real fixups, I
254 +think. For example there is one hardcoded array that is used without
255 +bounds check.
256 +
257 +* ar/maint-1.6.2-merge-recursive-d-f (Mon May 11 21:25:36 2009 +0200) 2 commits
258 + - Fix for a merge where a branch has an F->D transition
259 + - Add a reminder test case for a merge with F/D transition
260 +
261 +Although the reported breakage is covered with the patch, Alex feels the
262 +solution unsatisfactory. Cleaning up D/F conflict handling in merge-recursive
263 +may be long overdue but seems to be a hard problem.
264 +
265 * ps/blame (Thu Mar 12 21:30:03 2009 +1100) 1 commit
266 - blame.c: start libifying the blame infrastructure
267
@@ -263,13 +314,36 @@ in binary mode as well.
314 ----------------------------------------------------------------
315 [Actively cooking]
316
266 -* da/mergetool-lib (Sat May 2 01:57:21 2009 -0700) 1 commit
267 - - mergetool--lib: specialize diff options for emerge and ecmerge
317 +* jc/mktree (Thu May 14 15:49:10 2009 -0700) 9 commits
318 + + mktree: validate entry type in input
319 + + mktree --batch: build more than one tree object
320 + + mktree --missing: updated usage message and man page
321 + + mktree --missing: allow missing objects
322 + + t1010: add mktree test
323 + + mktree: do not barf on a submodule commit
324 + + builtin-mktree.c: use a helper function to handle one line of
325 + input
326 + + mktree: use parse-options
327 + + build-in git-mktree
328 +
329 +* jc/maint-add-p-coalesce-fix (Sat May 16 10:48:23 2009 -0700) 2 commits
330 + + Revert "git-add--interactive: remove hunk coalescing"
331 + + Splitting a hunk that adds a line at the top fails in "add -p"
332 +
333 +* sb/format-patch-parseopt (Sat May 16 02:24:46 2009 -0700) 1 commit
334 + + format-patch: migrate to parse-options API
335
269 -Can somebody tell me what the current status of this is? I thought there
270 -was some objection, but I lost track...
336 +* jh/notes (Sat May 16 13:44:17 2009 +0200) 5 commits
337 + - Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"
338 + - Add an expensive test for git-notes
339 + - Speed up git notes lookup
340 + - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
341 + - Introduce commit notes
342
272 -* rc/http-push (Sat May 16 11:51:52 2009 +0800) 12 commits
343 +* rc/http-push (Mon May 18 16:14:24 2009 +0800) 15 commits
344 + - http*: add helper methods for fetching objects (loose)
345 + - http*: add helper methods for fetching objects/info/packs
346 + - http*: add helper methods for fetching packs
347 - http*: add fetch_http_pack_index
348 - http: create function end_url_with_slash
349 - http*: move common variables and macros to http.[ch]
@@ -284,8 +358,7 @@ was some objection, but I lost track...
358 - t5540-http-push: test fetching of packed objects
359 - t5540-http-push: test fetching of loose objects
360
287 -There was an 11-patch updates but in the middle there were some
288 -compilation breakage issues; only early part of that series is queued.
361 +This is not the re-rolled 18-patch series we discussed yesterday.
362
363 * cc/replace (Tue Apr 14 00:36:59 2009 +0200) 13 commits
364 - Documentation: add documentation for "git replace"
@@ -318,26 +391,3 @@ command line would not work very well with this series.
391
392 These are for 1.7.0, but the messages when they trigger together may need
393 to be rethought.
321 -
322 -----------------------------------------------------------------
323 -[Discarded]
324 -
325 -* js/notes (Tue Apr 14 00:03:36 2009 +0200) 15 commits
326 - . Documentation: fix 'linkgit' macro in "git-notes.txt"
327 - . tests: fix "export var=val"
328 - . notes: refuse to edit notes outside refs/notes/
329 - . t3301: use test_must_fail instead of !
330 - . t3301: fix confusing quoting in test for valid notes ref
331 - . notes: use GIT_EDITOR and core.editor over VISUAL/EDITOR
332 - . notes: only clean up message file when editing
333 - . handle empty notes gracefully
334 - . git notes show: test empty notes
335 - . git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
336 - . notes: fix core.notesRef documentation
337 - . Add an expensive test for git-notes
338 - . Speed up git notes lookup
339 - . Add a script to edit/inspect notes
340 - . Introduce commit notes
341 -
342 -This has been replaced by jh/notes series.
343 -