What's cooking (2010/05 #01)

Junio C Hamano committed May 2, 2010 at 07:54 UTC ac3fecbe2dc9952a1eb656dc08c66cee5a1b9caf
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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2010, #06; Sat, 17)
3 -X-master-at: f3bd6ab7ea7b35ca5f26f106eb00a00f257716d7
4 -X-next-at: 22727aa2c81752284a340d8f7b0dd7df7aecf06f
2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2010, #01; Sun, 2)
3 +X-master-at: ddb27a5a6b5ed74c70d56c96592b32eed415d72b
4 +X-next-at: 6845abd811ce929d456af10c5b4ba79640e19438
5
6 -What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2010, #06; Sat, 17)
6 +What's cooking in git.git (May 2010, #01; Sun, 2)
7 --------------------------------------------------
8
9 Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
@@ -11,37 +11,88 @@ only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'. The ones
11 marked with '.' do not appear in any of the integration branches, but I am
12 still holding onto them.
13
14 -I'll soon be tagging 1.7.1-rc2; please test 'master', report & fix
15 -regressions.
14 +The latest release 1.7.1 has been out for a week and I will soon rewind
15 +'next' and switch 'maint' for 1.7.1.X series. It appears that no grave
16 +regression has been reported, which is a good sign.
17
18 --------------------------------------------------
19 [New Topics]
20
20 -* jk/maint-diffstat-overflow (2010-04-17) 1 commit
21 - - diff: use large integers for diffstat calculations
22 -
23 -* jn/t7006-fixup (2010-04-14) 1 commit
24 - - t7006: guard cleanup with test_expect_success
25 -
26 -* js/maint-receive-pack-symref-alias (2010-04-15) 2 commits
27 - - receive-pack: ignore duplicated commands which can occur with symrefs
28 - - receive-pack: Switch global variable 'commands' to a parameter
29 -
30 -* sp/maint-dumb-http-pack-reidx (2010-04-17) 11 commits
31 - - http-fetch: Use temporary files for pack-*.idx until verified
32 - - http-fetch: Use index-pack rather than verify-pack to check packs
33 - - Allow parse_pack_index on temporary files
34 - - Extract verify_pack_index for reuse from verify_pack
35 - - Introduce close_pack_index to permit replacement
36 - - http.c: Remove unnecessary strdup of sha1_to_hex result
37 - - http.c: Don't store destination name in request structures
38 - - http.c: Drop useless != NULL test in finish_http_pack_request
39 - - http.c: Tiny refactoring of finish_http_pack_request
40 - - t5550-http-fetch: Use subshell for repository operations
41 - - http.c: Remove bad free of static block
42 -
43 -* wp/doc-filter-direction (2010-04-17) 1 commit
44 - - documentation: clarify direction of core.autocrlf
21 +* cb/maint-stash-orphaned-file (2010-04-18) 2 commits
22 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at f9de16c)
23 + + stash tests: stash can lose data in a file removed from the index
24 + + stash: Don't overwrite files that have gone from the index
25 +
26 +* jn/maint-bundle (2010-04-19) 2 commits
27 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at b2668a6)
28 + + fix "bundle --stdin" segfault
29 + + t5704 (bundle): add tests for bundle --stdin
30 +
31 +* pb/patch-id-plus (2010-04-19) 2 commits
32 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 5177f8b)
33 + + patch-id: Add support for mbox format
34 + + patch-id: extract parsing one diff out of generate_id_list
35 +
36 +* rr/doc-submitting (2010-04-19) 1 commit
37 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at b557474)
38 + + SubmittingPatches: Add new section about what to base work on
39 +
40 +* st/remote-tags-no-tags (2010-04-20) 2 commits
41 + - remote add: add a --[no-]tags option
42 + - Honor "tagopt = --tags" configuration option
43 +
44 +* jc/rev-list-ancestry-path (2010-04-20) 1 commit
45 + - revision: --ancestry-path
46 +
47 +Just an illustration patch. merge simplification logic used when
48 +pathspecs are in effect interacts with this rather badly.
49 +
50 +* cb/assume-unchanged-fix (2010-05-01) 2 commits
51 + - Documentation: git-add does not update files marked "assume unchanged"
52 + - do not overwrite files marked "assume unchanged"
53 +
54 +* jn/fsck-ident (2010-04-24) 1 commit
55 + - fsck: check ident lines in commit objects
56 +
57 +* jn/gitweb-caching-prep (2010-04-24) 5 commits
58 + - gitweb: Move generating page title to separate subroutine
59 + - gitweb: Add custom error handler using die_error
60 + - gitweb: Use nonlocal jump instead of 'exit' in die_error
61 + - gitweb: href(..., -path_info => 0|1)
62 + - Export more test-related variables when running external tests
63 +
64 +* jn/gitweb-install (2010-05-01) 2 commits
65 + - gitweb: Create install target for gitweb in Makefile
66 + - gitweb: Improve installation instructions in gitweb/INSTALL
67 +
68 +* jn/gitweb-our-squelch (2010-04-30) 1 commit
69 + - gitweb: Silence 'Variable VAR may be unavailable' warnings
70 +
71 +* jn/maint-request-pull (2010-04-24) 2 commits
72 + - request-pull: protect against OPTIONS_KEEPDASHDASH from environment
73 + - tests for request-pull
74 + (this branch is used by jn/request-pull.)
75 +
76 +* jn/request-pull (2010-04-24) 2 commits
77 + - adapt request-pull tests for new pull request format
78 + - Merge branch 'jn/maint-request-pull' into jn/request-pull
79 + (this branch uses jn/maint-request-pull.)
80 +
81 +* jn/shortlog (2010-04-26) 4 commits
82 + . pretty: Respect --abbrev option
83 + . shortlog: Document and test --format option
84 + . t4201 (shortlog): Test output format with multiple authors
85 + . t4201 (shortlog): guard setup with test_expect_success
86 +
87 +This seems to cause intermittent test failure for me especially when run
88 +under "make -j4".
89 +
90 +* wp/pretty-enhancement (2010-04-30) 5 commits
91 + - pretty: add aliases for pretty formats
92 + - pretty: add infrastructure to allow format aliases
93 + - pretty: make it easier to add new formats
94 + - pretty: make %H/%h/etc respect --abbrev[-commit]
95 + - pretty: add conditional %C?colorname placeholders
96
97 --------------------------------------------------
98 [Graduated to "master"]
@@ -50,15 +101,24 @@ regressions.
101 (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-10 at cd4e8cf)
102 + SubmittingPatches: update GMail section
103
53 ---------------------------------------------------
54 -[Stalled]
104 +* jg/auto-initialize-notes-with-percent-n-in-format (2010-04-13) 1 commit
105 + + pretty: Initialize notes if %N is used
106 +
107 +* jk/maint-diffstat-overflow (2010-04-17) 1 commit
108 + + diff: use large integers for diffstat calculations
109
110 * rr/remote-helper-doc (2010-04-07) 3 commits
57 - - Documentation/remote-helpers: Add invocation section
58 - - Documentation/urls: Rewrite to accomodate <transport>::<address>
59 - - Documentation/remote-helpers: Rewrite description
111 + + Documentation/remote-helpers: Add invocation section
112 + + Documentation/urls: Rewrite to accomodate <transport>::<address>
113 + + Documentation/remote-helpers: Rewrite description
114
61 -I'd like acks or rewrites from transport people on this topic.
115 +* wp/doc-filter-direction (2010-04-17) 1 commit
116 + + documentation: clarify direction of core.autocrlf
117 +
118 +These were pushed out as part of 1.7.1
119 +
120 +--------------------------------------------------
121 +[Stalled]
122
123 * js/rebase-origin-x (2010-02-05) 1 commit
124 - [RFC w/o test and incomplete] rebase: add -x option to record original commit name
@@ -66,7 +126,8 @@ I'd like acks or rewrites from transport people on this topic.
126 I retract my objection against the idea of -x; needs polishing before
127 moving forward.
128
69 -* js/grep-open (2010-03-26) 2 commits
129 +* js/grep-open (2010-05-01) 3 commits
130 + - grep: do not ignore return value from chdir()
131 - grep -O: allow optional argument specifying the pager (or editor)
132 - grep: Add the option '--open-files-in-pager'
133 (this branch is used by jp/hold-string-list-sanity.)
@@ -86,35 +147,61 @@ Probably needs to support --no-index mode as well.
147 (this branch uses js/grep-open and sr/remote-helper-export.)
148
149 Building this on top of slushy codebase is not a very promising endeavor.
89 -Good thing to do, but bad timing.
150 +Good thing to do, but it came at a bad time.
151
152 --------------------------------------------------
153 [Cooking]
154
155 +* jn/t7006-fixup (2010-04-14) 1 commit
156 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 358ea26)
157 + + t7006: guard cleanup with test_expect_success
158 +
159 +* js/maint-receive-pack-symref-alias (2010-04-19) 3 commits
160 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 5d1338f)
161 + + t5516-fetch-push.sh: style cleanup
162 + + receive-pack: detect aliased updates which can occur with symrefs
163 + + receive-pack: switch global variable 'commands' to a parameter
164 +
165 +* sp/maint-dumb-http-pack-reidx (2010-04-19) 12 commits
166 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at c94f19e)
167 + + http.c::new_http_pack_request: do away with the temp variable filename
168 + + http-fetch: Use temporary files for pack-*.idx until verified
169 + + http-fetch: Use index-pack rather than verify-pack to check packs
170 + + Allow parse_pack_index on temporary files
171 + + Extract verify_pack_index for reuse from verify_pack
172 + + Introduce close_pack_index to permit replacement
173 + + http.c: Remove unnecessary strdup of sha1_to_hex result
174 + + http.c: Don't store destination name in request structures
175 + + http.c: Drop useless != NULL test in finish_http_pack_request
176 + + http.c: Tiny refactoring of finish_http_pack_request
177 + + t5550-http-fetch: Use subshell for repository operations
178 + + http.c: Remove bad free of static block
179 +
180 * hg/id-munging (2010-04-06) 2 commits
181 - convert: Keep foreign $Id$ on checkout.
182 - convert: Safer handling of $Id$ contraction.
183
184 * jn/submodule-basic-test (2010-04-10) 3 commits
99 - - t7400: clarify submodule update tests
100 - - t7400: clarify 'submodule add' tests
101 - - t7400: split setup into multiple tests
185 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 6d22343)
186 + + t7400: clarify submodule update tests
187 + + t7400: clarify 'submodule add' tests
188 + + t7400: split setup into multiple tests
189
190 * np/index-pack-memsave (2010-04-12) 3 commits
104 - - index-pack: smarter memory usage when appending objects
105 - - index-pack: rationalize unpack_entry_data()
106 - - index-pack: smarter memory usage when resolving deltas
107 -
108 -* jg/auto-initialize-notes-with-percent-n-in-format (2010-04-13) 1 commit
109 - - pretty: Initialize notes if %N is used
191 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 4135456)
192 + + index-pack: smarter memory usage when appending objects
193 + + index-pack: rationalize unpack_entry_data()
194 + + index-pack: smarter memory usage when resolving deltas
195
196 * jc/am-3-show-corrupted-patch (2010-04-09) 1 commit
112 - - am -3: recover the diagnostic messages for corrupt patches
197 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 49959c8)
198 + + am -3: recover the diagnostic messages for corrupt patches
199
200 * jc/maint-no-reflog-expire-unreach-for-head (2010-04-09) 3 commits
115 - - reflog --expire-unreachable: special case entries in "HEAD" reflog
116 - - more war on "sleep" in tests
117 - - Document gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire variables
201 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at bf9c927)
202 + + reflog --expire-unreachable: special case entries in "HEAD" reflog
203 + + more war on "sleep" in tests
204 + + Document gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire variables
205 (this branch uses jc/maint-reflog-expire-unreachable.)
206
207 Rerolled; instead of ignoring the configuration like the previous round
@@ -122,20 +209,23 @@ did, this one prunes stale entries that are unreachable from any ref from
209 the reflog of HEAD.
210
211 * cw/maint-exec-defpath (2010-04-15) 2 commits
125 - - autoconf: Check if <paths.h> exists and set HAVE_PATHS_H
126 - - exec_cmd.c: replace hard-coded path list with one from <paths.h>
212 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at e990e5b)
213 + + autoconf: Check if <paths.h> exists and set HAVE_PATHS_H
214 + + exec_cmd.c: replace hard-coded path list with one from <paths.h>
215
216 * tr/word-diff (2010-04-14) 1 commit
129 - - diff: add --word-diff option that generalizes --color-words
217 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at a10062e)
218 + + diff: add --word-diff option that generalizes --color-words
219
220 There are gitk patches that go with this series.
221
222 * sp/maint-describe-tiebreak-with-tagger-date (2010-04-12) 5 commits
134 - - describe: Break annotated tag ties by tagger date
135 - - tag.c: Parse tagger date (if present)
136 - - tag.c: Refactor parse_tag_buffer to be saner to program
137 - - tag.h: Remove unused signature field
138 - - tag.c: Correct indentation
223 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at f712ae9)
224 + + describe: Break annotated tag ties by tagger date
225 + + tag.c: Parse tagger date (if present)
226 + + tag.c: Refactor parse_tag_buffer to be saner to program
227 + + tag.h: Remove unused signature field
228 + + tag.c: Correct indentation
229
230 * bg/apply-blank-trailing-context (2010-04-08) 1 commit
231 (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-14 at a393c0b)
@@ -164,18 +254,18 @@ There are gitk patches that go with this series.
254 + attr: Allow multiple changes to an attribute on the same line.
255 + attr: Fixed debug output for macro expansion.
256
167 -* jc/status-show-ignored (2010-04-10) 5 commits
168 - - status: --ignored option shows ignored files
169 - - wt-status: rename and restructure status-print-untracked
170 - - wt-status: collect ignored files
171 - - wt-status: plug memory leak while collecting untracked files
172 - - wt-status: remove unused workdir_untracked member
257 +* jc/status-show-ignored (2010-05-01) 6 commits
258 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-01 at 6845abd)
259 + + wt-status: fix 'fprintf' compilation warning
260 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at c6abe03)
261 + + status: --ignored option shows ignored files
262 + + wt-status: rename and restructure status-print-untracked
263 + + wt-status: collect ignored files
264 + + wt-status: plug memory leak while collecting untracked files
265 + + wt-status: remove unused workdir_untracked member
266
174 -This is merely an illustration patch. I am negative about conflating the
175 -JSON output to the mix at this point. If we are going to add JSON option
176 -to everywhere we would generate "machine readable" output with the -z
177 -and/or --porcelain options, that is fine, but let's stabilize "status"
178 -with the existing --porcelain/-z option first.
267 +I am negative about conflating the JSON output to the mix at this point.
268 +Let's stabilize "status" with the existing --porcelain/-z option first.
269
270 * eb/unpretty-b-format (2010-03-24) 1 commit
271 (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-07 at 7f5c112)
@@ -190,7 +280,8 @@ with the existing --porcelain/-z option first.
280 + war on "sleep" in tests
281
282 * jc/maint-reflog-expire-unreachable (2010-04-07) 1 commit
193 - - reflog --expire-unreachable: avoid merge-base computation
283 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 2a46172)
284 + + reflog --expire-unreachable: avoid merge-base computation
285 (this branch is used by jc/maint-no-reflog-expire-unreach-for-head.)
286
287 * np/malloc-threading (2010-04-08) 2 commits
@@ -202,7 +293,8 @@ The fix should eventually go to 'maint' and 'master'. This queues the one
293 from J6t for Windows compatibility.
294
295 * js/async-thread (2010-03-09) 7 commits
205 - - Enable threaded async procedures whenever pthreads is available
296 + (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at ee8874e)
297 + + Enable threaded async procedures whenever pthreads is available
298 (merged to 'next' on 2010-03-20 at 9939243)
299 + Dying in an async procedure should only exit the thread, not the process.
300 + Reimplement async procedures using pthreads
@@ -211,7 +303,9 @@ from J6t for Windows compatibility.
303 + Make report() from usage.c public as vreportf() and use it.
304 + Modernize t5530-upload-pack-error.
305
214 -Been waiting for resolution of locking issues in malloc-threading.
306 +As the malloc-threading topic has been cooking for a while, the tip one
307 +may not be so bad to unleash to 'next' users, especially because we are in
308 +the pre-release feature freeze.
309
310 * sd/log-decorate (2010-04-08) 6 commits
311 (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-08 at 68fee56)