What's cooking (2009/01 #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 (Jan 2009, #03; Wed, 14)
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-X-master-at: 3cf3b838c7b379824c68ee87799aaaa9028b36cd
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-X-next-at: 5b4a894b226c0bf6c51c888eeb06524eeb201ab9
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #04; Mon, 19)
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+X-master-at: 28da86a58d7861626eb9d33a1bcfa3e1e79a4d13
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+X-next-at: 9c367b51316264d3883a39443778c45b2439bb3d
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-What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #03; Wed, 14)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #04; Mon, 19)
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-Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed
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-with '-' are only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are
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-in 'next'. The ones marked with '.' do not appear in any of the branches,
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-but I am still holding onto them.
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+Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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+only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'. The ones
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+marked with '.' do not appear in any of the branches, but I am still
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+holding onto them.
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The topics list the commits in reverse chronological order. The topics
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meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names.
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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[New Topics]
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-* kb/am-directory (Sun Jan 11 22:21:48 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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- + git-am: add --directory=<dir> option
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+* jk/color-parse (Sat Jan 17 10:38:46 2009 -0500) 2 commits
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+ + expand --pretty=format color options
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+ + color: make it easier for non-config to parse color specs
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+
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+* sb/hook-cleanup (Sat Jan 17 04:02:55 2009 +0100) 5 commits
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+ + run_hook(): allow more than 9 hook arguments
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+ + run_hook(): check the executability of the hook before filling
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+ argv
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+ + api-run-command.txt: talk about run_hook()
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+ + Move run_hook() from builtin-commit.c into run-command.c (libgit)
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+ + checkout: don't crash on file checkout before running post-
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+ checkout hook
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+
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+* js/maint-all-implies-HEAD (Sat Jan 17 22:27:08 2009 -0800) 2 commits
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+ - bundle: allow the same ref to be given more than once
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+ - revision walker: include a detached HEAD in --all
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+
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+* tr/previous-branch (Sat Jan 17 19:08:12 2009 +0100) 6 commits
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+ - Fix parsing of @{-1}@{1}
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+ - interpret_nth_last_branch(): avoid traversing the reflog twice
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+ - checkout: implement "-" abbreviation, add docs and tests
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+ - sha1_name: support @{-N} syntax in get_sha1()
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+ - sha1_name: tweak @{-N} lookup
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+ - checkout: implement "@{-N}" shortcut name for N-th last branch
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+
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+* rs/ctype (Sat Jan 17 16:50:37 2009 +0100) 4 commits
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+ + Add is_regex_special()
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+ + Change NUL char handling of isspecial()
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+ + Reformat ctype.c
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+ + Add ctype test
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+
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+* mh/unify-color (Sun Jan 18 21:39:12 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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+ - move the color variables to color.c
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+ - handle color.ui at a central place
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+
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+* jf/am-failure-report (Sun Jan 18 19:34:31 2009 -0800) 2 commits
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+ + git-am: re-fix the diag message printing
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+ + git-am: Make it easier to see which patch failed
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+
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+* cb/add-pathspec (Wed Jan 14 15:54:35 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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+ - remove pathspec_match, use match_pathspec instead
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+ - clean up pathspec matching
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+
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+* sg/maint-gitdir-in-subdir (Fri Jan 16 16:37:33 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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+ + Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdir
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+
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+This has my "don't do the fullpath if you are directly inside .git"
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+squashed in, so it should be much safer.
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+
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+* am/maint-push-doc (Sun Jan 18 15:36:58 2009 +0100) 4 commits
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+ + Documentation: avoid using undefined parameters
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+ + Documentation: mention branches rather than heads
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+ + Documentation: remove a redundant elaboration
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+ + Documentation: git push repository can also be a remote
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+
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+* sp/runtime-prefix (Sun Jan 18 13:00:15 2009 +0100) 5 commits
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+ - Windows: Revert to default paths and convert them by
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+ RUNTIME_PREFIX
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+ - Modify setup_path() to only add git_exec_path() to PATH
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+ - Add calls to git_extract_argv0_path() in programs that call
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+ git_config_*
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+ - git_extract_argv0_path(): Move check for valid argv0 from caller
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+ to callee
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+ - Move computation of absolute paths from Makefile to runtime (in
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+ preparation for RUNTIME_PREFIX)
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-This is "third-time-lucky, perhaps?" resurrection. I do not think I'd be
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-using this very often, but it originated from a real user request.
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
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-* jk/signal-cleanup (Sun Jan 11 06:36:49 2009 -0500) 3 commits
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- - pager: do wait_for_pager on signal death
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- - refactor signal handling for cleanup functions
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- - chain kill signals for cleanup functions
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+* jc/blame (Wed Jun 4 22:58:40 2008 -0700) 2 commits
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+ + blame: show "previous" information in --porcelain/--incremental
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+ format
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+ + git-blame: refactor code to emit "porcelain format" output
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+
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+This gives Porcelains (like gitweb) the information on the commit _before_
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+the one that the final blame is laid on, which should save them one
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+rev-parse to dig further. The line number in the "previous" information
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+may need refining, and sanity checking code for reference counting may
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+need to be resurrected before this can move forward.
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-* kb/lstat-cache (Tue Jan 13 13:29:08 2009 +0100) 5 commits
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- - lstat_cache(): introduce clear_lstat_cache() function
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- - lstat_cache(): introduce invalidate_lstat_cache() function
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- - lstat_cache(): introduce has_dirs_only_path() function
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- - lstat_cache(): introduce has_symlink_or_noent_leading_path()
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+* db/foreign-scm (Sun Jan 11 15:12:10 2009 -0500) 3 commits
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+ - Support fetching from foreign VCSes
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+ - Add specification of git-vcs helpers
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+ - Add "vcs" config option in remotes
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+
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+The "spec" did not seem quite well cooked yet, but in the longer term I
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+think something like this to allow interoperating with other SCMs as if
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+the other end is a native git repository is a very worthy goal.
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+
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[Actively cooking]
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+
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+* kb/lstat-cache (Sun Jan 18 16:14:54 2009 +0100) 5 commits
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+ + lstat_cache(): introduce clear_lstat_cache() function
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+ + lstat_cache(): introduce invalidate_lstat_cache() function
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+ + lstat_cache(): introduce has_dirs_only_path() function
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+ + lstat_cache(): introduce has_symlink_or_noent_leading_path()
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function
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- - lstat_cache(): more cache effective symlink/directory detection
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+ + lstat_cache(): more cache effective symlink/directory detection
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-This is the seventh round; although the author asked me not to bother, I
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-couldn't resist. I renamed one helper function while reading the patches
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-and made minor adjustments on styles, but it looked reasonable.
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+This is the tenth round, now in 'next'.
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* lh/submodule-tree-traversal (Mon Jan 12 00:45:55 2009 +0100) 3 commits
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- builtin-ls-tree: enable traversal of submodules
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- archive.c: enable traversal of submodules
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- tree.c: add support for traversal of submodules
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-* jc/maint-format-patch-o-relative (Mon Jan 12 15:18:02 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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- - Teach format-patch to handle output directory relative to cwd
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-
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-This was my lunchtime "this may fix it" response to a breakage report. I
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-haven't really thought things through but my gut feeling is this might
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-break things for minorities who are accustomed to the existing behaviour,
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-especially wrt the filenames reported on the standard output.
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+Still getting active reviews.
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* lt/maint-wrap-zlib (Wed Jan 7 19:54:47 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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+ Wrap inflate and other zlib routines for better error reporting
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Needs the "free our memory upon seeing Z_MEM_ERROR and try again" bits
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extracted from Shawn's patch on top of this one.
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-* js/diff-color-words (Sun Jan 11 21:00:58 2009 +0100) 4 commits
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+* jk/signal-cleanup (Sun Jan 11 06:36:49 2009 -0500) 3 commits
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+ - pager: do wait_for_pager on signal death
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+ - refactor signal handling for cleanup functions
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+ - chain kill signals for cleanup functions
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+Sorry, I lost track. What is the status of this one?
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+* js/diff-color-words (Sat Jan 17 17:29:48 2009 +0100) 7 commits
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+ - color-words: make regex configurable via attributes
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+ - color-words: expand docs with precise semantics
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+ - color-words: enable REG_NEWLINE to help user
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- color-words: take an optional regular expression describing words
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- - color-words: refactor to allow for 0-character word boundaries
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+ - color-words: change algorithm to allow for 0-character word
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+ boundaries
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- color-words: refactor word splitting and use ALLOC_GROW()
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- - Add color_fwrite(), a function coloring each line individually
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+ - Add color_fwrite_lines(), a function coloring each line
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+ individually
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Dscho's series that was done in response to Thomas's original; two agreed
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to work together on this codebase.
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-* db/foreign-scm (Sun Jan 11 15:12:10 2009 -0500) 3 commits
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- - Support fetching from foreign VCSes
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- - Add specification of git-vcs helpers
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- - Add "vcs" config option in remotes
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-[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
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-* ds/uintmax-config (Mon Nov 3 09:14:28 2008 -0900) 1 commit
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- . autoconf: Enable threaded delta search when pthreads are supported
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+* ks/maint-mailinfo-folded (Tue Jan 13 01:21:04 2009 +0300) 5 commits
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+ - mailinfo: tests for RFC2047 examples
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+ - mailinfo: add explicit test for mails like '<a.u.thor@example.com>
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+ (A U Thor)'
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+ - mailinfo: more smarter removal of rfc822 comments from 'From'
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+ + mailinfo: 'From:' header should be unfold as well
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+ + mailinfo: correctly handle multiline 'Subject:' header
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-I haven't heard neither positive nor negative comments from minority
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-platforms that might be harmed, but this feels like the right thing to do,
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-so perhaps the best course of action is to merge this down to 'master' and
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-see if anybody screams.
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-* jc/blame (Wed Jun 4 22:58:40 2008 -0700) 2 commits
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- + blame: show "previous" information in --porcelain/--incremental
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- format
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- + git-blame: refactor code to emit "porcelain format" output
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-This gives Porcelains (like gitweb) the information on the commit _before_
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-the one that the final blame is laid on, which should save them one
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-rev-parse to dig further. The line number in the "previous" information
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-may need refining, and sanity checking code for reference counting may
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-need to be resurrected before this can move forward.
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-[Actively cooking]
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-* gb/gitweb-opml (Fri Jan 2 13:49:30 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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- + gitweb: suggest name for OPML view
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- + gitweb: don't use pathinfo for global actions
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-* ks/maint-mailinfo-folded (Mon Jan 12 15:22:11 2009 -0800) 2 commits
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- - mailinfo: 'From:' header should be unfold as well
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- - mailinfo: correctly handle multiline 'Subject:' header
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-
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-The author seems to have more updates, but I couldn't extract them from
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-the e-mail.
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+I think "more smarter" one is too aggressive for our purpose. Perhaps not
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+removing comments at all would be what we want.
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* js/patience-diff (Thu Jan 1 17:39:37 2009 +0100) 3 commits
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+ bash completions: Add the --patience option
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+ Introduce the diff option '--patience'
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+ Implement the patience diff algorithm
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-* mv/apply-parse-opt (Fri Jan 9 22:21:36 2009 -0800) 2 commits
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- + Resurrect "git apply --flags -" to read from the standard input
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- + parse-opt: migrate builtin-apply.
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-* tr/rebase-root (Fri Jan 2 23:28:29 2009 +0100) 4 commits
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- + rebase: update documentation for --root
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- + rebase -i: learn to rebase root commit
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- + rebase: learn to rebase root commit
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- + rebase -i: execute hook only after argument checking
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-Looked reasonable.
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+ git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
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-* nd/grep-assume-unchanged (Sat Dec 27 15:21:03 2008 +0700) 2 commits
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- + grep: grep cache entries if they are "assume unchanged"
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- + grep: support --no-ext-grep to test builtin grep
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-* as/maint-shortlog-cleanup (Tue Dec 30 22:01:44 2008 +0100) 1 commit
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- + builtin-shortlog.c: use string_list_append(), and don't strdup
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-* jc/maint-ls-tree (Wed Dec 31 19:00:50 2008 +0900) 2 commits
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- + Document git-ls-tree --full-tree
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- + ls-tree: add --full-tree option
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-* js/bundle-tags (Fri Jan 2 19:08:46 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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- + bundle: allow rev-list options to exclude annotated tags
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-* js/add-not-submodule (Fri Jan 2 19:08:40 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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- + git add: do not add files from a submodule
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-* pb/maint-git-pm-false-dir (Mon Dec 29 01:25:00 2008 +0100) 1 commit
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- + Git.pm: correctly handle directory name that evaluates to "false"
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-* pj/maint-ldflags (Sun Jan 4 21:27:41 2009 -0500) 1 commit
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- + configure clobbers LDFLAGS
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-* fe/cvsserver (Fri Jan 2 16:40:14 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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- + cvsserver: change generation of CVS author names
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- + cvsserver: add option to configure commit message
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-* js/maint-bisect-gitk (Fri Jan 2 19:08:00 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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- + bisect view: call gitk if Cygwin's SESSIONNAME variable is set
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-* np/no-loosen-prune-expire-now (Tue Dec 30 14:45:11 2008 -0500) 1 commit
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- + objects to be pruned immediately don't have to be loosened
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+* ds/uintmax-config (Mon Nov 3 09:14:28 2008 -0900) 1 commit
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+ + autoconf: Enable threaded delta search when pthreads are supported
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-* cb/maint-unpack-trees-absense (Thu Jan 1 21:54:33 2009 +0100) 3 commits
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- + unpack-trees: remove redundant path search in verify_absent
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- + unpack-trees: fix path search bug in verify_absent
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- + unpack-trees: handle failure in verify_absent
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+See if anybody screams.
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-* mc/cd-p-pwd (Tue Dec 30 07:10:24 2008 -0800) 1 commit
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- + git-sh-setup: Fix scripts whose PWD is a symlink to a work-dir on
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+* gb/gitweb-opml (Fri Jan 2 13:49:30 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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+ + gitweb: suggest name for OPML view
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+ + gitweb: don't use pathinfo for global actions
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-* mh/cherry-default (Thu Jan 1 22:56:29 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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- + Documentation: clarify which parameters are optional to git-cherry
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- + git-cherry: make <upstream> parameter optional
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+* mv/apply-parse-opt (Fri Jan 9 22:21:36 2009 -0800) 2 commits
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+ + Resurrect "git apply --flags -" to read from the standard input
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+ + parse-opt: migrate builtin-apply.
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+* tr/rebase-root (Fri Jan 2 23:28:29 2009 +0100) 4 commits
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+ + rebase: update documentation for --root
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+ + rebase -i: learn to rebase root commit
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+ + rebase: learn to rebase root commit
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+ + rebase -i: execute hook only after argument checking
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+Looked reasonable.
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* mh/maint-commit-color-status (Thu Jan 8 19:53:05 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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+ git-status -v: color diff output when color.ui is set
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+ gitweb: change call pattern for git_commitdiff
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+ gitweb: add patch view
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+[Will merge to "master" soon]
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+* kb/am-directory (Wed Jan 14 16:29:59 2009 -0800) 2 commits
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+ + git-am: fix shell quoting
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+ + git-am: add --directory=<dir> option
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+This is "third-time-lucky, perhaps?" resurrection. I do not think I'd be
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+using this very often, but it originated from a real user request.
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+* jc/maint-format-patch-o-relative (Mon Jan 12 15:18:02 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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+ + Teach format-patch to handle output directory relative to cwd
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+* jc/post-simplify (Fri Aug 15 01:34:51 2008 -0700) 2 commits
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+ . revision --simplify-merges: incremental simplification
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+ . revision --simplify-merges: prepare for incremental simplification
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+* jk/valgrind (Thu Oct 23 04:30:45 2008 +0000) 2 commits
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+ . valgrind: ignore ldso errors
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+ . add valgrind support in test scripts
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+* wp/add-patch-find (Thu Nov 27 04:08:03 2008 +0000) 3 commits
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+ . In add --patch, Handle K,k,J,j slightly more gracefully.
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+ . Add / command in add --patch
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+ . git-add -i/-p: Change prompt separater from slash to comma
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+* jc/grafts (Wed Jul 2 17:14:12 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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+ . [BROKEN wrt shallow clones] Ignore graft during object transfer
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+* jc/replace (Fri Oct 31 09:21:39 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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+ . WIP
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