What's cooking (2012/07 #09)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2012, #08; Thu, 26)
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-X-master-at: cdd159b2f56c9e69e37bbb8f5af301abd93e5407
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-X-next-at: f358a28daf9cd64a842c5aac31fa79dd40c72ecc
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2012, #09; Sun, 29)
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+X-master-at: 425b8a22aa14d624c807d5eed92c92f5cd32f376
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+X-next-at: 3dac0f9a513f5cb0b8689ff36862dd53759d52e3
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-What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2012, #08; Thu, 26)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2012, #09; Sun, 29)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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only in 'pu' (proposed updates) while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'.
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-Please consider that the tip of 'master' is more or less feature
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-complete. Topics that are not in 'next' by the time I tag -rc1
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-sometime early next week will not likely to be part of upcoming
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-1.7.12 release.
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+We are getting closer to 1.7.12-rc1; I do not see any topic in
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+'next' (let alnoe 'pu') right now that is so urgent that cannot wait
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+until the next release.
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You can find the changes described here in the integration branches of the
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repositories listed at
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[New Topics]
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-* dg/submodule-in-dismembered-working-tree (2012-07-25) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at cfa16c4)
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- + git-submodule: work with GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE
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+* mz/cherry-code-cleanup (2012-07-29) 3 commits
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+ - cherry: remove redundant check for merge commit
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+ - cherry: don't set ignored rev_info options
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+ - remove unnecessary parameter from get_patch_ids()
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-Will merge to 'master'.
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+Minor code clean-up on the cherry-pick codepath.
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+Not urgent.
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-* jk/help-plug-memleak (2012-07-25) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at bd57cb8)
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- + help.c::exclude_cmds(): plug a leak
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- + help.c::uniq: plug a leak
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+* nd/maint-i18n-diffstat (2012-07-26) 1 commit
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+ - i18n: leave \n out of translated diffstat
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-Will merge to 'master'.
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+Will merge to 'next' and then down to 'master' by 1.7.2-rc1.
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-* jk/maint-checkout-orphan-check-fix (2012-07-25) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at a513c5a)
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- + checkout: don't confuse ref and object flags
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+* hv/link-alt-odb-entry (2012-07-29) 1 commit
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+ - link_alt_odb_entry: fix read over array bounds reported by valgrind
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-Will merge to 'master', later down to older maintenance releases.
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+The code to avoid mistaken attempt to add the object directory
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+itself as its own alternate could read beyond end of a string while
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+comparison. The patch is different from what was posted by Heiko.
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-* ms/makefile-pl (2012-07-25) 3 commits
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- - The Makefile.PL will now find .pm files itself.
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- - Don't lose Error.pm if $@ gets clobbered.
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- - Quiet warning if Makefile.PL is run with -w and no --localedir
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- (this branch is used by ms/git-svn-pm.)
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+Waiting for comments.
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-Will be part of larger series around git-svn, so I'll most likely
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-drop this copy and wait for Eric to feed it to me later.
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+* jc/maint-config-exit-status (2012-07-29) 1 commit
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+ - config: "git config baa" should exit with status 1
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-* ms/git-svn-pm (2012-07-26) 4 commits
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- - Move initialization of Git::SVN variables into Git::SVN.
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- - Extract Git::SVN from git-svn into its own .pm file.
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- - Prepare Git::SVN for extraction into its own file.
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- - Extract some utilities from git-svn to allow extracting Git::SVN.
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- (this branch uses ms/makefile-pl.)
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+The exit status code from "git config" was way overspecified while
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+being incorrect. Update the implementation to give the documented
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+status for a case that was documented, and introduce a new code for
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+"all other errors".
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-Will be part of larger series around git-svn, so I'll most likely
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-drop this copy and wait for Eric to feed it to me later.
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+* jk/maint-null-in-trees (2012-07-29) 3 commits
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+ - fsck: detect null sha1 in tree entries
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+ - do not write null sha1s to on-disk index
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+ - diff: do not use null sha1 as a sentinel value
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-* sz/submodule-force-update (2012-07-25) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at 3bda2be)
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- + Make 'git submodule update --force' always check out submodules.
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+"git diff" used incorrectly an all-NUL object name as sentinel.
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-We may want a documentation update and a few tests on top.
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-Not urgent.
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+* rj/maint-grep-remove-redundant-test (2012-07-29) 1 commit
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+ - t7810-*.sh: Remove redundant test
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+"git grep" stopped spawning an external "grep" long time ago, but a
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+duplicated test to check internal and external "grep" was left
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+behind.
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+[Graduated to "master"]
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+* dg/submodule-in-dismembered-working-tree (2012-07-25) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at cfa16c4)
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+ + git-submodule: work with GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE
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+
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+In a superproject that has repository outside of its working tree,
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+"git submodule add" failed to clone a new submodule, as GIT_DIR and
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+GIT_WORK_TREE environment variables necessary to work in such a
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+superproject interfered with access to the submodule repository.
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* jk/autoident-test (2012-07-26) 6 commits
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(merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at f358a28)
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+ t7502: properly quote GIT_EDITOR
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+ t7502: clean up fake_editor tests
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-* jc/test-prereq (2012-07-26) 6 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at 0e21c36)
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- + test-lib: provide UTF8 behaviour as a prerequisite
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- + t0050: use the SYMLINKS test prereq
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- + t0050: use the CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS test prereq
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- + test-lib: provide case insensitivity as a prerequisite
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- + test: allow prerequisite to be evaluated lazily
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- + test: rename $satisfied to $satisfied_prereq
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-and make use of it for detecting SYMLINKS, CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS and
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-NKD/NKC MacOS x gotcha.
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-[Graduated to "master"]
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-* cw/rebase-i-root (2012-07-24) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-24 at 01b7c29)
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- + rebase -i: handle fixup of root commit correctly
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+Fix test breakages by a builder who does not have a valid user name
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+in his /etc/password entry.
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-Finishing touches to the "rebase -i --root" (new feature for
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-* jc/mergetool-tool-help (2012-07-23) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-23 at ef256fc)
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- + mergetool: support --tool-help option like difftool does
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-"git mergetool" did not support --tool-help option to give the list
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-of supported backends, like "git difftool" does.
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-* jc/test-lib-source-build-options-early (2012-06-24) 1 commit
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- + test-lib: reorder and include GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS a lot earlier
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-records the shell and Perl the user told us to use with Git a lot
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-early, so that test-lib.sh script itself can use "$PERL_PATH" in
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-* jk/maint-advise-vaddf (2012-07-23) 1 commit
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- + advice: pass varargs to strbuf_vaddf, not strbuf_addf
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-* jk/maint-commit-check-committer-early (2012-07-23) 1 commit
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- + commit: check committer identity more strictly
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-"git commit --amend" let the user edit the log message and then died
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-* jk/maint-commit-document-editmsg (2012-07-23) 1 commit
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+* jk/help-plug-memleak (2012-07-25) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at bd57cb8)
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+ + help.c::exclude_cmds(): plug a leak
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-* mh/maint-revisions-doc (2012-07-24) 2 commits
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- + Enumerate revision range specifiers in the documentation
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- + Make <refname> documentation more consistent.
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+Plug a few trivial memory leaks.
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-* mm/config-xdg (2012-07-24) 4 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-24 at 6ab5783)
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- + t1306: check that XDG_CONFIG_HOME works
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- + ignore: make sure we have an xdg path before using it
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- + attr: make sure we have an xdg path before using it
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+* jk/maint-checkout-orphan-check-fix (2012-07-25) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at a513c5a)
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+ + checkout: don't confuse ref and object flags
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-tests.
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+"git checkout <branchname>" to come back from a detached HEAD state
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[Stalled]
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[Cooking]
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+* sz/submodule-force-update (2012-07-25) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at 3bda2be)
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+ + Make 'git submodule update --force' always check out submodules.
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+We may want a documentation update and a few tests on top.
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+Not urgent.
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+* jc/test-prereq (2012-07-27) 6 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-27 at 448cbbc)
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+ + test-lib: provide UTF8 behaviour as a prerequisite
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+ + t0050: use the SYMLINKS test prereq
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+ + t0050: use the CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS test prereq
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+ + test-lib: provide case insensitivity as a prerequisite
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+ + test: allow prerequisite to be evaluated lazily
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+ + test: rename $satisfied to $satisfied_prereq
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+Teaches the test framework to probe rarely used prerequistes lazily,
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+and make use of it for detecting SYMLINKS, CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS and
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+NKD/NKC MacOS x gotcha.
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+Not urgent.
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* da/difftool-updates (2012-07-26) 10 commits
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(merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at 3263461)
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+ difftool: Disable --symlinks on cygwin
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+* ms/git-svn-pm (2012-07-26) 4 commits
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+ . Move initialization of Git::SVN variables into Git::SVN.
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+ . Extract Git::SVN from git-svn into its own .pm file.
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+ . Prepare Git::SVN for extraction into its own file.
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+ . Extract some utilities from git-svn to allow extracting Git::SVN.
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+ (this branch uses ms/makefile-pl.)
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+Already in 'master' via Eric's git-svn tree.
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+* ms/makefile-pl (2012-07-25) 3 commits
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+ . The Makefile.PL will now find .pm files itself.
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+ . Don't lose Error.pm if $@ gets clobbered.
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+ . Quiet warning if Makefile.PL is run with -w and no --localedir
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+ (this branch is used by ms/git-svn-pm.)
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+Already in 'master' via Eric's git-svn tree.