What's cooking
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #04; Mon, 16)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #04; Tue, 17)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #04; Mon, 16)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #04; Tue, 17)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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* tz/maint-rpm (2009-11-11) 1 commit.
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+ Makefile: Ensure rpm packages can be read by older rpm versions
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+* np/maint-sideband-favor-status (2009-11-11) 1 commit.
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-15 at 3ecd874)
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+ + give priority to progress messages
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+* sb/tutorial-test (2009-11-06) 4 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-15 at 5c82651)
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+ + t1200: prepare for merging with Fast-forward bikeshedding
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+ + t1200: further modernize test script style
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+ + t1200: Make documentation and test agree
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+ + t1200: cleanup and modernize test style
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+* ef/msys-imap (2009-10-22) 9 commits.
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-10-31 at 8630603)
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+ + Windows: use BLK_SHA1 again
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+ + MSVC: Enable OpenSSL, and translate -lcrypto
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+ + mingw: enable OpenSSL
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+ + mingw: wrap SSL_set_(w|r)fd to call _get_osfhandle
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+ + imap-send: build imap-send on Windows
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+ + imap-send: fix compilation-error on Windows
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+ + imap-send: use run-command API for tunneling
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+ + imap-send: use separate read and write fds
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+ + imap-send: remove useless uid code
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[New Topics]
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-* jn/faster-completion-startup (2009-11-15) 1 commit.
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+* jn/faster-completion-startup (2009-11-17) 1 commit.
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- Speed up bash completion loading
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* th/maint-remote-update-help-string (2009-11-15) 1 commit.
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* tr/maint-merge-ours-clarification (2009-11-15) 3 commits.
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- rebase: refuse to rebase with -s ours
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- - rebase docs: clarify --merge and --strategy
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- - Documentation: clarify 'ours' merge strategy
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-17 at 3291125)
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+ + rebase docs: clarify --merge and --strategy
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+ + Documentation: clarify 'ours' merge strategy
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* tc/format-attribute (2009-11-14) 1 commit
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- Check the format of more printf-type functions
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+ diffcore-break: free filespec data as we go
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* bc/grep-i-F (2009-11-06) 1 commit.
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- - grep: Allow case insensitive search of fixed-strings
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-17 at a9b138c)
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+ + grep: Allow case insensitive search of fixed-strings
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-* mm/config-pathname-tilde-expand (2009-11-16) 2 commits.
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- - Squash as a fix-up
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- - Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.template
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+* mm/config-pathname-tilde-expand (2009-11-17) 1 commit.
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-17 at 7ba213d)
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+ + Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.template
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* pb/maint-use-custom-perl (2009-11-17) 1 commit.
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- - Make sure $PERL_PATH is defined when the test suite is run.
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-17 at 1ee8d46)
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+ + Make sure $PERL_PATH is defined when the test suite is run.
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* th/remote-usage (2009-11-16) 1 commit.
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- git remote: Separate usage strings for subcommands
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* mo/maint-crlf-doc (2009-11-14) 1 commit.
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- - core.autocrlf documentation: mention the crlf attribute
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-17 at abd9133)
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+ + core.autocrlf documentation: mention the crlf attribute
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[Stalled]
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[Cooking]
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+* jp/fetch-cull-many-refs (2009-11-13) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-15 at db0f967)
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+ + remote: fix use-after-free error detected by glibc in ref_remove_duplicates
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-01 at 1f09ce9)
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+ + fetch: Speed up fetch of large numbers of refs
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+ + remote: Make ref_remove_duplicates faster for large numbers of refs
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+Soon in 'master'.
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* jn/help-everywhere (2009-11-09) 21 commits
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- - diff --no-index: make the usage string less scary
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- - merge-{recursive,subtree}: use usagef() to print usage
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- - Introduce usagef() that takes a printf-style format
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- - Let 'git <command> -h' show usage without a git dir
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- - Show usage string for 'git http-push -h'
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- - Let 'git http-fetch -h' show usage outside any git repository
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- - Show usage string for 'git stripspace -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git unpack-file -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git show-index -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git rev-parse -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git merge-one-file -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git mailsplit -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git imap-send -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git get-tar-commit-id -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git fast-import -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git check-ref-format -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git show-ref -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git merge-ours -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git commit-tree -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git cherry -h'
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- - Show usage string for 'git grep -h'
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-17 at 3a2dffe)
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+ + diff --no-index: make the usage string less scary
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+ + merge-{recursive,subtree}: use usagef() to print usage
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+ + Introduce usagef() that takes a printf-style format
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+ + Let 'git <command> -h' show usage without a git dir
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+ + Show usage string for 'git http-push -h'
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+ + Let 'git http-fetch -h' show usage outside any git repository
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+ + Show usage string for 'git stripspace -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git unpack-file -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git show-index -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git rev-parse -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git merge-one-file -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git mailsplit -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git imap-send -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git get-tar-commit-id -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git fast-import -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git check-ref-format -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git show-ref -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git merge-ours -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git commit-tree -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git cherry -h'
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+ + Show usage string for 'git grep -h'
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(this branch uses jn/maint-http-fetch-mingw and jn/remove-fetch--tool.)
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There were unrelated but still worthy fixes, so I reordered some of them;
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* jn/maint-http-fetch-mingw (2009-11-09) 1 commit.
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- - http-fetch: add missing initialization of argv0_path
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(this branch is used by jn/help-everywhere.)
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* jn/remove-fetch--tool (2009-11-09) 1 commit
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- - Retire fetch--tool helper to contrib/examples
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+ + Retire fetch--tool helper to contrib/examples
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(this branch is used by jn/help-everywhere.)
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These two were originally part of the "help-everywhere" topic but
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they can stand on their own.
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-All of the above should be ready for 'next'.
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* jc/log-stdin (2009-11-03) 1 commit
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- Teach --stdin option to "log" family
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* jn/gitweb-log-history (2009-11-13) 3 commits
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- - gitweb: Make 'history' view (re)use git_log_generic()
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- - gitweb: Refactor common parts of 'log' and 'shortlog' views
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- - gitweb: Refactor 'log' action generation, adding git_log_body()
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+ + gitweb: Make 'history' view (re)use git_log_generic()
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+ + gitweb: Refactor common parts of 'log' and 'shortlog' views
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+ + gitweb: Refactor 'log' action generation, adding git_log_body()
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* jn/rfc-pull-rebase-error-message (2009-11-12) 1 commit
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- git-pull.sh --rebase: overhaul error handling when no candidates are found
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I heard this needs at least retitling among other changes?
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-* np/maint-sideband-favor-status (2009-11-11) 1 commit.
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- (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-15 at 3ecd874)
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- + give priority to progress messages
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-Soon in 'master'.
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-* rg/doc-workflow (2009-11-15) 3 commits.
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+* rg/doc-workflow (2009-11-17) 4 commits.
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+ - [Further RFC updates from Raman]
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- [An RFC fix-up to further reword release section]
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- Corrections to release management section in gitworkflows.txt
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- Add branch management for releases to gitworkflows
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-Thomas's further rewording is added to the top but its log message needs
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-rewriting and the text might need further restructuring.
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+The top three patches are meant to be squashed into the first one.
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* sb/ls-tree-parseopt (2009-11-13) 2 commits.
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- - ls-tree: migrate to parse-options
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- - t3101: test more ls-tree options
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+ + ls-tree: migrate to parse-options
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+ + t3101: test more ls-tree options
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* jl/submodule-add-noname (2009-09-22) 1 commit.
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(merged to 'next' on 2009-11-15 at 3a77d01)
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* bg/format-patch-doc-update (2009-11-07) 4 commits.
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- - format-patch: Add "--no-stat" as a synonym for "-p"
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- - format-patch documentation: Fix formatting
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- - format-patch documentation: Remove diff options that are not useful
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- - format-patch: Always generate a patch
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+ + format-patch: Add "--no-stat" as a synonym for "-p"
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+ + format-patch documentation: Fix formatting
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+ + format-patch documentation: Remove diff options that are not useful
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+Looked sensible, even though this may want to wait for 1.7.0. We'll see.
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* rj/maint-simplify-cygwin-makefile (2009-10-27) 1 commit.
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-* sb/tutorial-test (2009-11-06) 4 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-15 at 5c82651)
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- + t1200: prepare for merging with Fast-forward bikeshedding
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- + t1200: further modernize test script style
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- + t1200: Make documentation and test agree
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* jn/editor-pager (2009-10-30) 9 commits
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+ Provide a build time default-pager setting
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- Add Python support library for remote helpers
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- Basic build infrastructure for Python scripts
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- - Allow helpers to request the path to the .git directory
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- Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchanged
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+ - Fix various memory leaks in transport-helper.c
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- Allow helper to map private ref names into normal names
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- Add support for "import" helper command
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- Allow specifying the remote helper in the url
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-Any comments? Is everybody happy?
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* mr/gitweb-snapshot (2009-11-07) 4 commits.
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- gitweb: Smarter snapshot names
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-* jp/fetch-cull-many-refs (2009-11-13) 3 commits
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- + remote: fix use-after-free error detected by glibc in ref_remove_duplicates
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* jc/pretty-lf (2009-10-04) 1 commit.
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+ http-backend: Fix bad treatment of uintmax_t in Content-Length
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- + Windows: use BLK_SHA1 again
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- + MSVC: Enable OpenSSL, and translate -lcrypto
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- + mingw: enable OpenSSL
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- + mingw: wrap SSL_set_(w|r)fd to call _get_osfhandle
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- + imap-send: build imap-send on Windows
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- + imap-send: fix compilation-error on Windows
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- + imap-send: use run-command API for tunneling
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* nd/sparse (2009-08-20) 19 commits.
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