What's cooking (2010/05 #01)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2010, #06; Sat, 17)
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-X-master-at: f3bd6ab7ea7b35ca5f26f106eb00a00f257716d7
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2010, #01; Sun, 2)
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+X-master-at: ddb27a5a6b5ed74c70d56c96592b32eed415d72b
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+X-next-at: 6845abd811ce929d456af10c5b4ba79640e19438
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-What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2010, #06; Sat, 17)
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+What's cooking in git.git (May 2010, #01; Sun, 2)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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marked with '.' do not appear in any of the integration branches, but I am
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still holding onto them.
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-I'll soon be tagging 1.7.1-rc2; please test 'master', report & fix
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-regressions.
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+The latest release 1.7.1 has been out for a week and I will soon rewind
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+'next' and switch 'maint' for 1.7.1.X series. It appears that no grave
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+regression has been reported, which is a good sign.
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[New Topics]
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-* jk/maint-diffstat-overflow (2010-04-17) 1 commit
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- - diff: use large integers for diffstat calculations
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-* jn/t7006-fixup (2010-04-14) 1 commit
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- - t7006: guard cleanup with test_expect_success
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-* js/maint-receive-pack-symref-alias (2010-04-15) 2 commits
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- - receive-pack: ignore duplicated commands which can occur with symrefs
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- - receive-pack: Switch global variable 'commands' to a parameter
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-* sp/maint-dumb-http-pack-reidx (2010-04-17) 11 commits
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- - http-fetch: Use temporary files for pack-*.idx until verified
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- - http-fetch: Use index-pack rather than verify-pack to check packs
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- - Allow parse_pack_index on temporary files
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- - Extract verify_pack_index for reuse from verify_pack
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- - Introduce close_pack_index to permit replacement
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- - http.c: Remove unnecessary strdup of sha1_to_hex result
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- - http.c: Don't store destination name in request structures
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- - http.c: Drop useless != NULL test in finish_http_pack_request
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- - http.c: Tiny refactoring of finish_http_pack_request
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- - t5550-http-fetch: Use subshell for repository operations
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- - http.c: Remove bad free of static block
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-* wp/doc-filter-direction (2010-04-17) 1 commit
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- - documentation: clarify direction of core.autocrlf
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+* cb/maint-stash-orphaned-file (2010-04-18) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at f9de16c)
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+ + stash tests: stash can lose data in a file removed from the index
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+ + stash: Don't overwrite files that have gone from the index
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+
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+* jn/maint-bundle (2010-04-19) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at b2668a6)
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+ + fix "bundle --stdin" segfault
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+ + t5704 (bundle): add tests for bundle --stdin
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+
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+* pb/patch-id-plus (2010-04-19) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 5177f8b)
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+ + patch-id: Add support for mbox format
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+ + patch-id: extract parsing one diff out of generate_id_list
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+
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+* rr/doc-submitting (2010-04-19) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at b557474)
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+ + SubmittingPatches: Add new section about what to base work on
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+
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+* st/remote-tags-no-tags (2010-04-20) 2 commits
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+ - remote add: add a --[no-]tags option
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+ - Honor "tagopt = --tags" configuration option
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+
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+* jc/rev-list-ancestry-path (2010-04-20) 1 commit
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+ - revision: --ancestry-path
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+
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+Just an illustration patch. merge simplification logic used when
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+pathspecs are in effect interacts with this rather badly.
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+* cb/assume-unchanged-fix (2010-05-01) 2 commits
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+ - Documentation: git-add does not update files marked "assume unchanged"
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+ - do not overwrite files marked "assume unchanged"
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+
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+* jn/fsck-ident (2010-04-24) 1 commit
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+ - fsck: check ident lines in commit objects
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+* jn/gitweb-caching-prep (2010-04-24) 5 commits
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+ - gitweb: Move generating page title to separate subroutine
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+ - gitweb: Add custom error handler using die_error
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+ - gitweb: Use nonlocal jump instead of 'exit' in die_error
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+ - gitweb: href(..., -path_info => 0|1)
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+ - Export more test-related variables when running external tests
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+* jn/gitweb-install (2010-05-01) 2 commits
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+ - gitweb: Create install target for gitweb in Makefile
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+ - gitweb: Improve installation instructions in gitweb/INSTALL
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+* jn/gitweb-our-squelch (2010-04-30) 1 commit
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+ - gitweb: Silence 'Variable VAR may be unavailable' warnings
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+* jn/maint-request-pull (2010-04-24) 2 commits
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+ - request-pull: protect against OPTIONS_KEEPDASHDASH from environment
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+ - tests for request-pull
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+ (this branch is used by jn/request-pull.)
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+* jn/request-pull (2010-04-24) 2 commits
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+ - adapt request-pull tests for new pull request format
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+ - Merge branch 'jn/maint-request-pull' into jn/request-pull
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+ (this branch uses jn/maint-request-pull.)
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+
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+* jn/shortlog (2010-04-26) 4 commits
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+ . pretty: Respect --abbrev option
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+ . shortlog: Document and test --format option
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+ . t4201 (shortlog): Test output format with multiple authors
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+ . t4201 (shortlog): guard setup with test_expect_success
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+This seems to cause intermittent test failure for me especially when run
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+under "make -j4".
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+* wp/pretty-enhancement (2010-04-30) 5 commits
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+ - pretty: add aliases for pretty formats
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+ - pretty: add infrastructure to allow format aliases
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+ - pretty: make it easier to add new formats
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+ - pretty: make %H/%h/etc respect --abbrev[-commit]
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+ - pretty: add conditional %C?colorname placeholders
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[Graduated to "master"]
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(merged to 'next' on 2010-04-10 at cd4e8cf)
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+ SubmittingPatches: update GMail section
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-[Stalled]
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+* jg/auto-initialize-notes-with-percent-n-in-format (2010-04-13) 1 commit
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+ + pretty: Initialize notes if %N is used
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+* jk/maint-diffstat-overflow (2010-04-17) 1 commit
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+ + diff: use large integers for diffstat calculations
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* rr/remote-helper-doc (2010-04-07) 3 commits
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- - Documentation/remote-helpers: Add invocation section
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- - Documentation/urls: Rewrite to accomodate <transport>::<address>
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- - Documentation/remote-helpers: Rewrite description
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+ + Documentation/remote-helpers: Add invocation section
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+ + Documentation/urls: Rewrite to accomodate <transport>::<address>
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+ + Documentation/remote-helpers: Rewrite description
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-I'd like acks or rewrites from transport people on this topic.
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+* wp/doc-filter-direction (2010-04-17) 1 commit
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+ + documentation: clarify direction of core.autocrlf
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+These were pushed out as part of 1.7.1
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+[Stalled]
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* js/rebase-origin-x (2010-02-05) 1 commit
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- [RFC w/o test and incomplete] rebase: add -x option to record original commit name
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-* js/grep-open (2010-03-26) 2 commits
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+* js/grep-open (2010-05-01) 3 commits
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+ - grep: do not ignore return value from chdir()
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- grep -O: allow optional argument specifying the pager (or editor)
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- grep: Add the option '--open-files-in-pager'
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Building this on top of slushy codebase is not a very promising endeavor.
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-Good thing to do, but bad timing.
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[Cooking]
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+* jn/t7006-fixup (2010-04-14) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 358ea26)
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+ + t7006: guard cleanup with test_expect_success
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+* js/maint-receive-pack-symref-alias (2010-04-19) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 5d1338f)
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+ + t5516-fetch-push.sh: style cleanup
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+ + receive-pack: detect aliased updates which can occur with symrefs
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+ + receive-pack: switch global variable 'commands' to a parameter
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+* sp/maint-dumb-http-pack-reidx (2010-04-19) 12 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at c94f19e)
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+ + http.c::new_http_pack_request: do away with the temp variable filename
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+ + http-fetch: Use temporary files for pack-*.idx until verified
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+ + http-fetch: Use index-pack rather than verify-pack to check packs
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+ + Allow parse_pack_index on temporary files
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+ + Extract verify_pack_index for reuse from verify_pack
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+ + Introduce close_pack_index to permit replacement
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+ + http.c: Remove unnecessary strdup of sha1_to_hex result
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+ + http.c: Don't store destination name in request structures
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+ + http.c: Drop useless != NULL test in finish_http_pack_request
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+ + http.c: Tiny refactoring of finish_http_pack_request
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+ + t5550-http-fetch: Use subshell for repository operations
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+ + http.c: Remove bad free of static block
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* hg/id-munging (2010-04-06) 2 commits
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- convert: Keep foreign $Id$ on checkout.
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- convert: Safer handling of $Id$ contraction.
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* jn/submodule-basic-test (2010-04-10) 3 commits
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- - t7400: clarify submodule update tests
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- - t7400: clarify 'submodule add' tests
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- - t7400: split setup into multiple tests
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+ + t7400: clarify submodule update tests
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+ + t7400: clarify 'submodule add' tests
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+ + t7400: split setup into multiple tests
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* np/index-pack-memsave (2010-04-12) 3 commits
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- - index-pack: smarter memory usage when appending objects
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- - index-pack: rationalize unpack_entry_data()
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- - index-pack: smarter memory usage when resolving deltas
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-* jg/auto-initialize-notes-with-percent-n-in-format (2010-04-13) 1 commit
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- - pretty: Initialize notes if %N is used
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 4135456)
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+ + index-pack: smarter memory usage when appending objects
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+ + index-pack: rationalize unpack_entry_data()
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* jc/am-3-show-corrupted-patch (2010-04-09) 1 commit
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- - am -3: recover the diagnostic messages for corrupt patches
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-04-22 at 49959c8)
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+ + am -3: recover the diagnostic messages for corrupt patches
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* jc/maint-no-reflog-expire-unreach-for-head (2010-04-09) 3 commits
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- - reflog --expire-unreachable: special case entries in "HEAD" reflog
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- - more war on "sleep" in tests
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- - Document gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire variables
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+ + reflog --expire-unreachable: special case entries in "HEAD" reflog
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+ + more war on "sleep" in tests
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+ + Document gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire variables
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* cw/maint-exec-defpath (2010-04-15) 2 commits
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* sp/maint-describe-tiebreak-with-tagger-date (2010-04-12) 5 commits
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- - describe: Break annotated tag ties by tagger date
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- - tag.c: Parse tagger date (if present)
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- - tag.c: Refactor parse_tag_buffer to be saner to program
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- - tag.h: Remove unused signature field
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+ + describe: Break annotated tag ties by tagger date
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+ + tag.c: Parse tagger date (if present)
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+ + tag.c: Refactor parse_tag_buffer to be saner to program
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+ + tag.h: Remove unused signature field
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- - wt-status: collect ignored files
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- - wt-status: plug memory leak while collecting untracked files
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- - wt-status: remove unused workdir_untracked member
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+* jc/status-show-ignored (2010-05-01) 6 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2010-05-01 at 6845abd)
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+ + wt-status: fix 'fprintf' compilation warning
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+ + status: --ignored option shows ignored files
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+ + wt-status: rename and restructure status-print-untracked
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+I am negative about conflating the JSON output to the mix at this point.
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+Let's stabilize "status" with the existing --porcelain/-z option first.
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* np/malloc-threading (2010-04-08) 2 commits
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