What's cooking (2025/02 #04)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2025, #03; Mon, 10)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2025, #04; Wed, 12)
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Bcc: lwn@lwn.net, gitster@pobox.com
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-What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2025, #03; Mon, 10)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2025, #04; Wed, 12)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
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[Graduated to 'master']
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-* jk/ci-coverity-update (2025-02-03) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-03 at 9597182d1d)
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- + ci: set CI_JOB_IMAGE for coverity job
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- + Merge branch 'ps/ci-misc-updates' into jk/ci-coverity-update
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+* ac/t5401-use-test-path-is-file (2025-02-03) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-04 at 6bd1c91b06)
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+ + t5401: prefer test_path_is_* helper function
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- CI update to make Coverity job work again.
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- source: <20250131233015.GA3544301@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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+ Test clean-up.
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+ source: <20250201071210.30509-1-amch9605@gmail.com>
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-* jt/gitlab-ci-base-fix (2025-01-31) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-03 at bf225248c9)
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- + ci: fix base commit fallback for check-whitespace and check-style
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+* ac/t6423-unhide-git-exit-status (2025-02-03) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-04 at 5290fb63c2)
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+ + t6423: fix suppression of Git’s exit code in tests
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- Two CI tasks, whitespace check and style check, work on the
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- difference from the base version and the version being checked, but
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- the base was computed incorrectly in GitLab CI in some cases, which
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- has been corrected.
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- source: <20250131173938.3592899-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
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+ Test clean-up.
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+ source: <20250202120926.322417-1-ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>
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+* da/help-autocorrect-one-fix (2025-02-03) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-05 at 74a3c43834)
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+ + help: add "show" as a valid configuration value
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+ + help: show the suggested command when help.autocorrect is false
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+ + Merge branch 'sc/help-autocorrect-one' into da/help-autocorrect-one-fix
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+ (this branch uses sc/help-autocorrect-one.)
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+
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+ "git -c help.autocorrect=0 psuh" shows the suggested typofix,
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+ unlike the previous attempt in the base topic.
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+ source: <pull.1869.v4.git.git.1736760824201.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* ds/name-hash-tweaks (2025-01-27) 7 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-04 at d83bc700a7)
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+ + pack-objects: prevent name hash version change
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+ + test-tool: add helper for name-hash values
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+ + p5313: add size comparison test
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+ + pack-objects: add GIT_TEST_NAME_HASH_VERSION
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+ + repack: add --name-hash-version option
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+ + pack-objects: add --name-hash-version option
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+ + pack-objects: create new name-hash function version
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+ "git pack-objects" and its wrapper "git repack" learned an option
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+ to use an alternative path-hash function to improve delta-base
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+ selection to produce a packfile with deeper history than window
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+ size.
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+ source: <pull.1823.v4.git.1738004554.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* ps/hash-cleanup (2025-01-31) 5 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-03 at 98bdef7666)
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- + global: adapt callers to use generic hash context helpers
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- + hash: provide generic wrappers to update hash contexts
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- + hash: stop typedeffing the hash context
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- + hash: convert hashing context to a structure
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- + Merge branch 'tb/unsafe-hash-cleanup' into ps/hash-cleanup
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+* jp/doc-trailer-config (2025-01-24) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-05 at 7bbd51e504)
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+ + config.txt: add trailer.* variables
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- Further code clean-up on the use of hash functions. Now the
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- context object knows what hash function it is working with.
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- source: <20250131-b4-pks-hash-context-direct-v1-0-67a6d3f49d6e@pks.im>
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+ Documentaiton updates.
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+ source: <pull.1871.git.git.1736429142334.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* ps/setup-reinit-fixes (2025-01-30) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-03 at b4eb8f2fc8)
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- + setup: fix reinit of repos with incompatible GIT_DEFAULT_HASH
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- + setup: fix reinit of repos with incompatible GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT
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- + t0001: remove duplicate test
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+* js/libgit-rust (2025-01-29) 4 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-05 at ac1fefbba1)
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+ + libgit: add higher-level libgit crate
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+ + libgit-sys: also export some config_set functions
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+ + libgit-sys: introduce Rust wrapper for libgit.a
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+ + common-main: split init and exit code into new files
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- change the hash function and ref backends; such a request is
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- silently ignored now.
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- source: <20250130-b4-pks-reinit-default-ref-format-v1-0-d2769ca01207@pks.im>
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+ Foreign language interface for Rust into our code base has been added.
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+ source: <cover.1738187176.git.steadmon@google.com>
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-* pw/apply-ulong-overflow-check (2025-01-30) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-03 at e2b37c2c77)
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- + apply: detect overflow when parsing hunk header
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+* ms/refspec-cleanup (2025-02-04) 5 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-05 at 5b53c49215)
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+ + refspec: relocate apply_refspecs and related funtions
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+ + refspec: relocate matching related functions
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+ + remote: rename query_refspecs functions
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+ + refspec: relocate refname_matches_negative_refspec_item
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+ + remote: rename function omit_name_by_refspec
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- "git apply" internally uses unsigned long for line numbers and uses
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- strtoul() to parse numbers on the hunk headers. It however forgot
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- to check parse errors.
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- source: <pull.1858.git.1738235310815.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+ Code clean-up. cf. <Z6G-toOJjMmK8iJG@pks.im>
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+ source: <20250204040558.34766-1-meetsoni3017@gmail.com>
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-* sk/unit-tests-0130 (2025-01-31) 4 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-03 at 163109072c)
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- + t/unit-tests: convert strcmp-offset test to use clar test framework
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- + t/unit-tests: convert strbuf test to use clar test framework
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- + t/unit-tests: adapt example decorate test to use clar test framework
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- + t/unit-tests: convert hashmap test to use clar test framework
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+* ms/remote-valid-remote-name (2025-02-04) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-05 at 3d58d63932)
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+ + remote: relocate valid_remote_name
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+ Code shuffling.
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+ source: <20250204142852.13035-1-meetsoni3017@gmail.com>
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- source: <20250131221420.38161-1-kuforiji98@gmail.com>
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+* ps/repack-keep-unreachable-in-unpacked-repo (2025-02-04) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-04 at 96a862b6f8)
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+ + builtin/repack: fix `--keep-unreachable` when there are no packs
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+ "git repack --keep-unreachable" to send unreachable objects to the
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+ main pack "git repack -ad" produces did not work when there is no
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+ existing packs, which has been corrected.
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+ source: <20250204-b4-pks-repack-unreachable-objects-wo-packfiles-v2-1-1eae23366711@pks.im>
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+* sc/help-autocorrect-one (2025-01-13) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-05 at 1ecb7c7c9c)
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+ + help: interpret boolean string values for help.autocorrect
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+ (this branch is used by da/help-autocorrect-one-fix.)
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+ "[help] autocorrect = 1" used to be a way to say "please wait for
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+ 0.1 second after suggesting a typofix of the command name before
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+ running that command"; now it means "yes, if there is a plausible
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+ typofix for the command name, please run it immediately".
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+ Will merge together with da/help-autocorrect-one-fix to 'master'.
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+ source: <pull.1869.v4.git.git.1736760824201.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* zh/gc-expire-to (2025-01-24) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-05 at e075d609ae)
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+ + gc: add `--expire-to` option
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+ "git gc" learned the "--expire-to" option and passes it down to
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+ underlying "git repack".
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+ source: <pull.1843.v4.git.1737704954987.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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[New Topics]
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+* ua/update-server-info-sans-the-repository (2025-02-10) 1 commit
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+ - builtin/update-server-info: remove the_repository global variable
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+ Code clean-up.
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+ Will merge ot 'next'.
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+ source: <20250210181103.3609495-1-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
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+* en/doc-renormalize (2025-02-11) 1 commit
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+ - doc: clarify the intent of the renormalize option in the merge machinery
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+ Doc updates.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <pull.1861.git.1739307712372.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* jc/doc-boolean-synonyms (2025-02-11) 1 commit
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+ - doc: centrally document various ways tospell `true` and `false`
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+ Doc updates.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <xmqqy0ycz9dk.fsf@gitster.g>
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+* da/xdiff-w-sign-compare-workaround (2025-02-12) 6 commits
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+ - xdiff: avoid signed vs. unsigned comparisons in xutils.c
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+ - xdiff: avoid signed vs. unsigned comparisons in xpatience.c
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+ - xdiff: avoid signed vs. unsigned comparisons in xhistogram.c
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+ - xdiff: avoid signed vs. unsigned comparisons in xemit.c
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+ - xdiff: avoid signed vs. unsigned comparisons in xdiffi.c
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+ - xdiff: move sign comparison warning guard into each file
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+ Noises from "-Wsign-compare" in the borrowed xdiff code has been
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+ squelched.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <20250212060418.1645241-6-davvid@gmail.com>
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+* jt/diff-pairs (2025-02-12) 4 commits
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+ - builtin/diff-pairs: allow explicit diff queue flush
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+ - builtin: introduce diff-pairs command
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+ - diff: return diff_filepair from diff queue helpers
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+ - Merge branch 'bc/doc-adoc-not-txt' into jt/diff-pairs
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+ (this branch uses bc/doc-adoc-not-txt.)
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+ A post-processing filter for "diff --raw" output has been
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+ introduced.
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+ Needs review (and most likely a bit more polish).
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+ source: <20250212041825.2455031-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
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+* kn/ref-migrate-skip-reflog (2025-02-12) 1 commit
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+ - builtin/refs: add '--skip-reflog' flag to bypass reflog migration
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+ Comments?
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+ source: <20250212-477-refs-migrate-add-a-flag-to-ignore-reflogs-during-migration-v3-1-98b2c4d2bb0c@gmail.com>
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+[Cooking]
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* lo/t7603-path-is-file-update (2025-02-10) 1 commit
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+ + t7603: replace test -f by test_path_is_file
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source: <20250208165731.78804-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
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* ib/diff-S-G-with-longhand (2025-02-06) 1 commit
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-* ac/t5401-use-test-path-is-file (2025-02-03) 1 commit
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- source: <20250201071210.30509-1-amch9605@gmail.com>
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-* ac/t6423-unhide-git-exit-status (2025-02-03) 1 commit
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- source: <20250202120926.322417-1-ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>
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-* bc/contrib-thunderbird-patch-inline-fix (2025-02-04) 1 commit
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+* bc/contrib-thunderbird-patch-inline-fix (2025-02-10) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-11 at d13b5baf06)
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- cf. <Z6F-ySoYbDJxJ3xs@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net>
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- source: <20250204014652.3509928-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
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-* da/help-autocorrect-one-fix (2025-02-03) 3 commits
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- + help: add "show" as a valid configuration value
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- + help: show the suggested command when help.autocorrect is false
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- + Merge branch 'sc/help-autocorrect-one' into da/help-autocorrect-one-fix
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- Code shuffling.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- source: <20250204142852.13035-1-meetsoni3017@gmail.com>
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* da/difftool-sans-the-repository (2025-02-06) 3 commits
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- source: <pull.1871.git.git.1736429142334.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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- + refspec: relocate apply_refspecs and related funtions
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- + refspec: relocate matching related functions
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- + remote: rename query_refspecs functions
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- + refspec: relocate refname_matches_negative_refspec_item
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- cf. <Z6G-toOJjMmK8iJG@pks.im>
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+ editorconfig: add .adoc extension
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+ doc: update gitignore for .adoc extension
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+ (this branch is used by jt/diff-pairs.)
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- "[help] autocorrect = 1" used to be a way to say "please wait for
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- 0.1 second after suggesting a typofix of the command name before
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- running that command"; now it means "yes, if there is a plausible
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- typofix for the command name, please run it immediately".
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- Will merge together with da/help-autocorrect-one-fix to 'master'.
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- source: <pull.1869.v4.git.git.1736760824201.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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* ua/os-version-capability (2025-02-05) 6 commits
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- t5701: add setup test to remove side-effect dependency
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-* ds/name-hash-tweaks (2025-01-27) 7 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-02-04 at d83bc700a7)
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- + pack-objects: prevent name hash version change
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- + test-tool: add helper for name-hash values
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- + p5313: add size comparison test
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- + pack-objects: add GIT_TEST_NAME_HASH_VERSION
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- + repack: add --name-hash-version option
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- + pack-objects: add --name-hash-version option
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- + pack-objects: create new name-hash function version
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- "git pack-objects" and its wrapper "git repack" learned an option
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- to use an alternative path-hash function to improve delta-base
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- selection to produce a packfile with deeper history than window
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- size.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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- cf. <Z51DHdS8SStRGalX@nand.local>
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- source: <pull.1823.v4.git.1738004554.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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* ej/cat-file-remote-object-info (2025-01-14) 8 commits
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- cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command
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"git cat-file --batch" and friends can optionally ask a remote
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- Comments?
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+ Has seen no activity or support for a month or so.
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source: <20250114021502.41499-1-eric.peijian@gmail.com>
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* sk/maintenance-remote-prune (2025-01-03) 1 commit
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. maintenance: add prune-remote-refs task