What's cooking (2009/03 #05)

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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2009, #04; Sat, 14)
3 -X-master-at: bba2a7b22fdde7a214516e93d957a950571a2026
4 -X-next-at: 333522ea3cea320f865fda2140ad362fbf46932f
2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2009, #05; Tue, 17)
3 +X-master-at: 642d0844b9795ca7b1424f4afc8d8c86abd7bf34
4 +X-next-at: 34201954f04a3f0a1f9457670f24b26704fa31f1
5
6 -What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2009, #04; Sat, 14)
6 +What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2009, #05; Tue, 17)
7 --------------------------------------------------
8
9 Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
@@ -17,90 +17,24 @@ meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names.
17 ----------------------------------------------------------------
18 [New Topics]
19
20 -* bw/autoconf (Thu Mar 12 15:20:12 2009 -0400) 7 commits
21 - - configure: rework pthread handling to allow for user defined flags
22 - - configure: make iconv tests aware of user arguments
23 - - configure: asciidoc version test cleanup
24 - - configure: wrap some library tests with GIT_STASH_FLAGS
25 - - configure: add macros to stash FLAG variables
26 - - configure: reorganize flow of argument checks
27 - - configure: ensure settings from user are also usable in the script
28 -
29 -Looked quite expertly done but I do not use autoconf myself, so I'd merge
30 -this to 'next' soon and see anybody screams.
31 -
32 -* jc/maint-1.6.0-read-tree-overlay (Thu Mar 12 00:02:12 2009 -0700) 1 commit
33 - - read-tree A B C: do not create a bogus index and do not segfault
34 -
35 -* fg/push-default (Wed Mar 11 23:01:45 2009 +0100) 1 commit
36 - - New config push.default to decide default behavior for push
37 -
38 -Replaced the old series with the first step to allow a smooth transition.
39 -Some might argue that this should not give any warning but just give users
40 -this new configuration to play with first, and after we know we are going
41 -to switch default some day, start the warning.
42 -
43 -* ps/blame (Thu Mar 12 21:30:03 2009 +1100) 1 commit
44 - - blame.c: start libifying the blame infrastructure
20 +* dm/maint-docco (Mon Mar 16 23:16:17 2009 -0700) 4 commits
21 + + Documentation: minor grammatical fixes in git-branch.txt.
22 + + Documentation: minor grammatical fixes in git-blame.txt.
23 + + Documentation: reword the "Description" section of git-bisect.txt.
24 + + Documentation: minor grammatical fixes in git-archive.txt.
25
46 -* jc/attributes-checkout (Fri Mar 13 21:24:08 2009 -0700) 1 commit
47 - - Read attributes from the index that is being checked out
26 +* mg/test-installed (Mon Mar 16 18:03:12 2009 +0100) 2 commits
27 + + test-lib.sh: Allow running the test suite against installed git
28 + + test-lib.sh: Test for presence of git-init in the right path.
29
30 ----------------------------------------------------------------
31 [Graduated to "master"]
32
52 -* mg/maint-submodule-normalize-path (Tue Mar 3 16:08:21 2009 +0100) 2 commits
53 - + git submodule: Fix adding of submodules at paths with ./, .. and
54 - //
55 - + git submodule: Add test cases for git submodule add
56 -
57 -* rs/memmem (Tue Mar 3 00:19:30 2009 +0100) 2 commits
58 - + optimize compat/ memmem()
59 - + diffcore-pickaxe: use memmem()
60 -
61 -* tv/rebase-stat (Sun Mar 1 22:28:28 2009 +0100) 2 commits
62 - + git-pull: Allow --stat and --no-stat to be used with --rebase
63 - + git-rebase: Add --stat and --no-stat for producing diffstat on
64 - rebase
65 -
66 -* jk/clone-post-checkout (Tue Mar 3 00:37:51 2009 -0500) 1 commit
67 - + clone: run post-checkout hook when checking out
68 -
69 -* jc/maint-1.6.0-keep-pack (Sat Feb 28 00:37:19 2009 -0800) 6 commits
70 - + is_kept_pack(): final clean-up
71 - + Simplify is_kept_pack()
72 - + Consolidate ignore_packed logic more
73 - + has_sha1_kept_pack(): take "struct rev_info"
74 - + has_sha1_pack(): refactor "pretend these packs do not exist"
75 - interface
76 - + git-repack: resist stray environment variable
77 -
78 -This is in response to Linus's "Really slow 'git gc'" ($gmane/110743)
79 -
80 -* el/blame-date (Fri Feb 20 14:51:11 2009 -0800) 1 commit
81 - + Make git blame's date output format configurable, like git log
82 -
83 -* tr/gcov (Thu Feb 19 12:13:42 2009 +0100) 8 commits
84 - + Test git-patch-id
85 - + Test rev-list --parents/--children
86 - + Test log --decorate
87 - + Test fsck a bit harder
88 - + Test log --graph
89 - + Test diff --dirstat functionality
90 - + Test that diff can read from stdin
91 - + Support coverage testing with GCC/gcov
92 -
93 -* tr/format-patch-thread (Thu Feb 19 22:26:33 2009 +0100) 4 commits
94 - + format-patch: support deep threading
95 - + format-patch: thread as reply to cover letter even with in-reply-
96 - to
97 - + format-patch: track several references
98 - + format-patch: threading test reactivation
99 -
100 -----------------------------------------------------------------
101 -[Will merge to 'master' soon]
102 -
103 -* kb/checkout-optim (Sun Mar 8 17:22:51 2009 -0400) 18 commits
33 +* kb/checkout-optim (Tue Mar 17 19:20:29 2009 +0100) 20 commits
34 + + Revert "lstat_cache(): print a warning if doing ping-pong between
35 + cache types"
36 + + checkout bugfix: use stat.mtime instead of stat.ctime in two
37 + places
38 + Makefile: Set compiler switch for USE_NSEC
39 + Create USE_ST_TIMESPEC and turn it on for Darwin
40 + Not all systems use st_[cm]tim field for ns resolution file
@@ -125,9 +59,6 @@ This is in response to Linus's "Really slow 'git gc'" ($gmane/110743)
59 + lstat_cache(): generalise longest_match_lstat_cache()
60 + lstat_cache(): small cleanup and optimisation
61
128 -Kjetil has another fix-up patch for ctime/mtime gotcha that is not on this
129 -list but after that is applied this series can go to 'master'.
130 -
62 * tr/maint-1.6.0-send-email-irt (Wed Mar 11 23:40:13 2009 +0100) 2 commits
63 + send-email: test --no-thread --in-reply-to combination
64 + send-email: respect in-reply-to regardless of threading
@@ -162,20 +93,94 @@ list but after that is applied this series can go to 'master'.
93 + add basic http clone/fetch tests
94 + test scripts: refactor start_httpd helper
95
96 +* rs/color-grep (Mon Mar 16 13:20:04 2009 +1100) 7 commits
97 + + grep: prefer builtin over external one when coloring results
98 + + grep: cast printf %.*s "precision" argument explicitly to int
99 + + grep: add support for coloring with external greps
100 + + grep: color patterns in output
101 + + grep: add pmatch and eflags arguments to match_one_pattern()
102 + + grep: remove grep_opt argument from match_expr_eval()
103 + + grep: micro-optimize hit collection for AND nodes
104 +
105 +* js/rsync-local (Mon Mar 9 19:44:55 2009 +0100) 1 commit
106 + + rsync transport: allow local paths, and fix tests
107 +
108 +* js/sideband-stderr (Tue Mar 10 22:58:09 2009 +0100) 2 commits
109 + + winansi: support ESC [ K (erase in line)
110 + + recv_sideband: Bands #2 and #3 always go to stderr
111 +
112 +* db/maint-missing-origin (Mon Mar 16 00:35:09 2009 -0700) 2 commits
113 + + Remove total confusion from git-fetch and git-push
114 + + Give error when no remote is configured
115 +
116 +* jc/maint-1.6.0-read-tree-overlay (Thu Mar 12 00:02:12 2009 -0700) 1 commit
117 + + read-tree A B C: do not create a bogus index and do not segfault
118 +
119 +With new test.
120 +
121 ----------------------------------------------------------------
166 -[Discarded]
122 +[Will merge to 'master' soon]
123
168 -* jc/commit-assume-also-during-merge (Thu Jan 22 22:21:49 2009 -0800) 3 commits
169 - . git commit: pathspec without -i/-o implies -i semantics during a
170 - merge
171 - . builtin-commit: shorten eye-sore overlong lines
172 - . Add "partial commit" tests during a conflicted merge
124 +* fc/parseopt-config (Tue Mar 17 10:46:37 2009 +0100) 10 commits
125 + + config: test for --replace-all with one argument and fix
126 + documentation.
127 + + config: set help text for --bool-or-int
128 + + git config: don't allow --get-color* and variable type
129 + + git config: don't allow extra arguments for -e or -l.
130 + + git config: don't allow multiple variable types
131 + + git config: don't allow multiple config file locations
132 + + git config: reorganize to use parseopt
133 + + git config: reorganize get_color*
134 + + git config: trivial rename in preparation for parseopt
135 + + git_config(): not having a per-repo config file is not an error
136 +
137 +* js/rebase-i-opt (Tue Mar 3 10:55:31 2009 +0100) 1 commit
138 + + rebase -i: avoid 'git reset' when possible
139 +
140 +* mh/cvsimport-tests (Mon Feb 23 06:08:14 2009 +0100) 5 commits
141 + + Add a test of "git cvsimport"'s handling of tags and branches
142 + + Add some tests of git-cvsimport's handling of vendor branches
143 + + Test contents of entire cvsimported "master" tree contents
144 + + Use CVS's -f option if available (ignore user's ~/.cvsrc file)
145 + + Start a library for cvsimport-related tests
146 +
147 +* hv/cvsimport-tests (Mon Mar 2 18:59:36 2009 +0100) 1 commit
148 + + cvsimport: add test illustrating a bug in cvsps
149 +
150 +* jc/clone-branch-rebase (Tue Mar 10 01:20:42 2009 -0700) 2 commits
151 + + Improve "git branch --tracking" output
152 + + Make git-clone respect branch.autosetuprebase
153 +
154 +This is a rewrite of a patch from Pat Notz.
155 +
156 +* xx/db-refspec-vs-js-remote (Sun Mar 8 00:12:33 2009 -0800) 1 commit
157 + + Adjust js/remote-improvements and db/refspec-wildcard-in-the-
158 + middle
159 +
160 +* db/refspec-wildcard-in-the-middle (Sat Mar 7 01:11:39 2009 -0500) 5 commits
161 + + Support '*' in the middle of a refspec
162 + + Keep '*' in pattern refspecs
163 + + Use the matching function to generate the match results
164 + + Use a single function to match names against patterns
165 + + Make clone parse the default refspec with the normal code
166
174 -This was only meant as a weatherballoon to help facilitate discussion.
167 +* bw/autoconf (Thu Mar 12 15:20:12 2009 -0400) 7 commits
168 + + configure: rework pthread handling to allow for user defined flags
169 + + configure: make iconv tests aware of user arguments
170 + + configure: asciidoc version test cleanup
171 + + configure: wrap some library tests with GIT_STASH_FLAGS
172 + + configure: add macros to stash FLAG variables
173 + + configure: reorganize flow of argument checks
174 + + configure: ensure settings from user are also usable in the script
175
176 ----------------------------------------------------------------
177 [Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
178
179 +* ps/blame (Thu Mar 12 21:30:03 2009 +1100) 1 commit
180 + - blame.c: start libifying the blame infrastructure
181 +
182 +A few minor point remains in this initial one.
183 +
184 * jc/log-tz (Tue Mar 3 00:45:37 2009 -0800) 1 commit
185 - Allow --date=local --date=other-format to work as expected
186
@@ -187,6 +192,7 @@ out of 'next'
192 - archive.c: add support for --submodules[=(all|checkedout)]
193
194 Discussion stalled on the submodule selection criteria.
195 +Probably I should discard it and wait for a reroll if needed.
196
197 * jc/merge-convert (Mon Jan 26 16:45:01 2009 -0800) 1 commit
198 - git-merge-file: allow converting the results for the work tree
@@ -213,9 +219,7 @@ in binary mode as well.
219 - Add specification of git-vcs helpers
220 - Add "vcs" config option in remotes
221
216 -The "spec" did not seem quite well cooked yet, but in the longer term I
217 -think something like this to allow interoperating with other SCMs as if
218 -the other end is a native git repository is a very worthy goal.
222 +Daniel seems to have a plan for going forward with this series.
223
224 * cc/replace (Mon Feb 2 06:13:06 2009 +0100) 11 commits
225 - builtin-replace: use "usage_msg_opt" to give better error messages
@@ -231,9 +235,40 @@ the other end is a native git repository is a very worthy goal.
235 "refs/replace/"
236 - refs: add a "for_each_replace_ref" function
237
238 +I know, I really have to drop everything else and re-read these, but I
239 +haven't managed to.
240 +
241 +* js/notes (Wed Feb 18 11:17:27 2009 -0800) 14 commits
242 + - tests: fix "export var=val"
243 + - notes: refuse to edit notes outside refs/notes/
244 + - t3301: use test_must_fail instead of !
245 + - t3301: fix confusing quoting in test for valid notes ref
246 + - notes: use GIT_EDITOR and core.editor over VISUAL/EDITOR
247 + - notes: only clean up message file when editing
248 + - handle empty notes gracefully
249 + - git notes show: test empty notes
250 + - git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
251 + - notes: fix core.notesRef documentation
252 + - Add an expensive test for git-notes
253 + - Speed up git notes lookup
254 + - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
255 + - Introduce commit notes
256 +
257 ----------------------------------------------------------------
258 [Actively cooking]
259
260 +* jc/attributes-checkout (Fri Mar 13 21:24:08 2009 -0700) 1 commit
261 + - Read attributes from the index that is being checked out
262 +
263 +* fg/push-default (Mon Mar 16 16:42:52 2009 +0100) 2 commits
264 + - Display warning for default git push with no push.default config
265 + + New config push.default to decide default behavior for push
266 +
267 +Replaced the old series with the first step to allow a smooth transition.
268 +Some might argue that this should not give any warning but just give users
269 +this new configuration to play with first, and after we know we are going
270 +to switch default some day, start the warning.
271 +
272 * mg/http-auth (Thu Mar 12 22:34:43 2009 -0700) 4 commits
273 + http.c: CURLOPT_NETRC_OPTIONAL is not available in ancient
274 versions of cURL
@@ -242,51 +277,12 @@ the other end is a native git repository is a very worthy goal.
277 + http.c: style cleanups
278
279 This does only the fetch side but without any additional configuration
245 -variables that looked like band-aid.
246 -
247 -* db/maint-missing-origin (Wed Mar 11 01:47:20 2009 -0400) 1 commit
248 - + Give error when no remote is configured
249 -
250 -* js/sideband-stderr (Tue Mar 10 22:58:09 2009 +0100) 2 commits
251 - + winansi: support ESC [ K (erase in line)
252 - + recv_sideband: Bands #2 and #3 always go to stderr
253 -
254 -* js/rsync-local (Mon Mar 9 19:44:55 2009 +0100) 1 commit
255 - + rsync transport: allow local paths, and fix tests
256 -
257 -* rs/color-grep (Sun Mar 8 18:22:44 2009 -0700) 6 commits
258 - + grep: cast printf %.*s "precision" argument explicitly to int
259 - + grep: add support for coloring with external greps
260 - + grep: color patterns in output
261 - + grep: add pmatch and eflags arguments to match_one_pattern()
262 - + grep: remove grep_opt argument from match_expr_eval()
263 - + grep: micro-optimize hit collection for AND nodes
264 -
265 -* db/refspec-wildcard-in-the-middle (Sat Mar 7 01:11:39 2009 -0500) 5 commits
266 - + Support '*' in the middle of a refspec
267 - + Keep '*' in pattern refspecs
268 - + Use the matching function to generate the match results
269 - + Use a single function to match names against patterns
270 - + Make clone parse the default refspec with the normal code
280 +variables that looked like band-aid. Support for push side seems to be in
281 +the works somewhere.
282
283 * db/push-cleanup (Sun Mar 8 21:06:07 2009 -0400) 2 commits
273 - - Move push matching and reporting logic into transport.c
274 - - Use a common function to get the pretty name of refs
275 -
276 -* xx/db-refspec-vs-js-remote (Sun Mar 8 00:12:33 2009 -0800) 1 commit
277 - + Adjust js/remote-improvements and db/refspec-wildcard-in-the-
278 - middle
279 -
280 -* hv/cvsimport-tests (Mon Mar 2 18:59:36 2009 +0100) 1 commit
281 - + cvsimport: add test illustrating a bug in cvsps
282 -
283 -Yet more tests without fixing anything...
284 -
285 -* jc/clone-branch-rebase (Tue Mar 10 01:20:42 2009 -0700) 2 commits
286 - + Improve "git branch --tracking" output
287 - + Make git-clone respect branch.autosetuprebase
288 -
289 -This is a rewrite of a patch from Pat Notz.
284 + + Move push matching and reporting logic into transport.c
285 + + Use a common function to get the pretty name of refs
286
287 * kb/tracking-count-no-merges (Wed Mar 4 18:47:39 2009 +0100) 1 commit
288 + stat_tracking_info(): only count real commits
@@ -299,9 +295,6 @@ add any real value to the end result, giving them absolute zero weight
295 somehow feels wrong. At least it shows that your have been _active_ on the
296 branch. But I do not feel very strongly about it.
297
302 -* js/rebase-i-opt (Tue Mar 3 10:55:31 2009 +0100) 1 commit
303 - + rebase -i: avoid 'git reset' when possible
304 -
298 * mv/parseopt-ls-files (Sat Mar 7 20:27:22 2009 -0500) 4 commits
299 + ls-files: fix broken --no-empty-directory
300 + t3000: use test_cmp instead of diff
@@ -311,46 +304,6 @@ branch. But I do not feel very strongly about it.
304 The tip one was a subject for further discussion, but nothing is queued
305 yet.
306
314 -* fc/parseopt-config (Sat Mar 7 12:14:05 2009 -0500) 9 commits
315 - + config: set help text for --bool-or-int
316 - + git config: don't allow --get-color* and variable type
317 - + git config: don't allow extra arguments for -e or -l.
318 - + git config: don't allow multiple variable types
319 - + git config: don't allow multiple config file locations
320 - + git config: reorganize to use parseopt
321 - + git config: reorganize get_color*
322 - + git config: trivial rename in preparation for parseopt
323 - + git_config(): not having a per-repo config file is not an error
324 -
325 -* mh/cvsimport-tests (Mon Feb 23 06:08:14 2009 +0100) 5 commits
326 - + Add a test of "git cvsimport"'s handling of tags and branches
327 - + Add some tests of git-cvsimport's handling of vendor branches
328 - + Test contents of entire cvsimported "master" tree contents
329 - + Use CVS's -f option if available (ignore user's ~/.cvsrc file)
330 - + Start a library for cvsimport-related tests
331 -
332 -Tests without fixes are of dubious value. Any takers?
333 -
334 -* js/notes (Wed Feb 18 11:17:27 2009 -0800) 14 commits
335 - - tests: fix "export var=val"
336 - - notes: refuse to edit notes outside refs/notes/
337 - - t3301: use test_must_fail instead of !
338 - - t3301: fix confusing quoting in test for valid notes ref
339 - - notes: use GIT_EDITOR and core.editor over VISUAL/EDITOR
340 - - notes: only clean up message file when editing
341 - - handle empty notes gracefully
342 - - git notes show: test empty notes
343 - - git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
344 - - notes: fix core.notesRef documentation
345 - - Add an expensive test for git-notes
346 - - Speed up git notes lookup
347 - - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
348 - - Introduce commit notes
349 -
350 -Rebased and then kicked back to 'pu' to give the author a chance to
351 -rearrange if necessary. Nothing happened yet, but I see Dscho has been
352 -busy on msysgit side of the world, so it is understandable.
353 -
307 ----------------------------------------------------------------
308 [On Hold]
309