What's cooking (2009/01 #05)
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, #04; Mon, 19)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #05; Wed, 21)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #04; Mon, 19)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #05; Wed, 21)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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[New Topics]
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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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-* 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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-* 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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-* 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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+* js/valgrind (Wed Jan 21 02:36:40 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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+ - valgrind: ignore ldso errors
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+ - Add valgrind support in test scripts
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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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-* 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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-* 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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-* 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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+Dscho seems to have some updates out of discussion with Peff.
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[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
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[Actively cooking]
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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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+* sp/runtime-prefix (Sun Jan 18 13:00:15 2009 +0100) 7 commits
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+ - Windows: Revert to default paths and convert them by
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+ RUNTIME_PREFIX
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+ - Compute prefix at runtime if RUNTIME_PREFIX is set
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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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+ - Refactor git_set_argv0_path() to git_extract_argv0_path()
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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 the tenth round, now in 'next'.
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+We should move this to 'next' soon with J6t's blessing.
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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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+ + 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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-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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+I think choosing the submodules to descend into by seeing if the commit
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+happens to be available is a horribly broken semantics; it needs to be
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+fixed before this can move to 'master'.
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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: 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_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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+I think this can move to 'next', as Peff and J6t agreed on how to fix
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+things up as needed for Windows.
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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: 'From:' header should be unfold as well
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+ mailinfo: correctly handle multiline 'Subject:' header
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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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+As far as I can see, the only remaining thing is a minor fix-up in the
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+"comment removal" one before we can move this fully to 'next'.
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* js/notes (Tue Jan 13 20:57:16 2009 +0100) 6 commits
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+ git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
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+ Add a script to edit/inspect notes
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+ Introduce commit notes
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+It would be nice to hear a real world success story using the notes
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+mechanism before casting this design in stone.
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* sc/gitweb-category (Fri Dec 12 00:45:12 2008 +0100) 3 commits
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- gitweb: Optional grouping of projects by category
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- gitweb: Split git_project_list_body in two functions
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- gitweb: Modularized git_get_project_description to be more generic
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+Design discussion between Jakub and Sebastien continues.
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[Graduated to "master"]
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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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-See if anybody screams.
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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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-* 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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- + git-commit: color status output when color.ui is set
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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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-* rs/maint-shortlog-foldline (Tue Jan 6 21:41:06 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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- + shortlog: handle multi-line subjects like log --pretty=oneline et.
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- al. do
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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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-* rs/fgrep (Sat Jan 10 00:18:34 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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- + grep: don't call regexec() for fixed strings
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- + grep -w: forward to next possible position after rejected match
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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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-* as/autocorrect-alias (Sun Jan 4 18:16:01 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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- + git.c: make autocorrected aliases work
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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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-* tr/maint-no-index-fixes (Wed Jan 7 12:15:30 2009 +0100) 3 commits
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- + diff --no-index -q: fix endless loop
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- + diff --no-index: test for pager after option parsing
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- + diff: accept -- when using --no-index
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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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-* jc/maint-format-patch (Sat Jan 10 12:41:33 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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- + format-patch: show patch text for the root commit
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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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-* ap/clone-into-empty (Sun Jan 11 15:19:12 2009 +0300) 2 commits
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- + Allow cloning to an existing empty directory
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- + add is_dot_or_dotdot inline function
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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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-* gb/gitweb-patch (Thu Dec 18 08:13:19 2008 +0100) 4 commits
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- + gitweb: link to patch(es) view in commit(diff) and (short)log view
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- + gitweb: add patches view
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- + gitweb: change call pattern for git_commitdiff
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- + gitweb: add patch view
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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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-[Will merge to "master" soon]
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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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* 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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* 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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+[Will merge to "master" soon]
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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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+* tr/previous-branch (Wed Jan 21 00:37:38 2009 -0800) 10 commits
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+ + Simplify parsing branch switching events in reflog
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+ + Introduce for_each_recent_reflog_ent().
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+ + interpret_nth_last_branch(): plug small memleak
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+ + Fix reflog parsing for a malformed branch switching entry
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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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+* 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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+* 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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+* 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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+* js/diff-color-words (Tue Jan 20 21:46:57 2009 -0600) 8 commits
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+ + color-words: Support diff.wordregex config option
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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: 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_lines(), a function coloring each line
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+ individually
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+
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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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* jc/replace (Fri Oct 31 09:21:39 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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