What's cooking (2012/02 #06)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2012, #05; Mon, 13)
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-X-master-at: 6f5e880c68099b185e60b2492c75e506e16d8292
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-X-next-at: adb73538176221d26b30b46087711875caebc24b
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2012, #06; Thu, 16)
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+X-master-at: b0d66b5110faaeb395610ba43b6eb70a18ab5e25
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+X-next-at: a9004c5cb2204cf950debab328e86de5eefb9da4
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-What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2012, #05; Mon, 13)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2012, #06; Thu, 16)
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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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-This round mosty consists of topics to fix new features introduced in
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-1.7.9, in preparation for 1.7.9.1 maintenance release. There are a few
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-more of them to come.
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+The first maintenance release v1.7.9.1 ironed out usability kinks in the
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+new features added in v1.7.9 release. Topics that add new features and
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+fixes that have been cooking in 'next' start to graduate to 'master'
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+again.
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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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http://git-blame.blogspot.com/p/git-public-repositories.html
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-[New Topics]
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+[Graduated to "master"]
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* bl/gitweb-project-filter (2012-02-12) 1 commit
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(merged to 'next' on 2012-02-13 at 35366b8)
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Some systems need to explicitly link -lcharset to get locale_charset().
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+* jk/git-dir-lookup (2012-02-02) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-05 at 1856d74)
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+ + standardize and improve lookup rules for external local repos
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+
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+When you have both .../foo and .../foo.git, "git clone .../foo" did not
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+favor the former but the latter.
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+
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+* jk/grep-binary-attribute (2012-02-02) 9 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-05 at 9dffa7e)
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+ + grep: pre-load userdiff drivers when threaded
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+ + grep: load file data after checking binary-ness
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+ + grep: respect diff attributes for binary-ness
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+ + grep: cache userdiff_driver in grep_source
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+ + grep: drop grep_buffer's "name" parameter
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+ + convert git-grep to use grep_source interface
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+ + grep: refactor the concept of "grep source" into an object
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+ + grep: move sha1-reading mutex into low-level code
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+ + grep: make locking flag global
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+
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+Fixes a longstanding bug that there was no way to tell "git grep" that a
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+path may look like text but it is not, which "git diff" can do using the
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+attributes system. Now "git grep" honors the same "binary" (or "-diff")
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+attribute.
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+
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+* jk/userdiff-config-simplify (2012-02-07) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-10 at e9854c1)
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+ + drop odd return value semantics from userdiff_config
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+
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+Code cleanup.
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+
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+* jn/ancient-meld-support (2012-02-10) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-13 at 28aca31)
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+ + mergetools/meld: Use --help output to detect --output support
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+
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+More reliably tell if the given version of "meld" supports --output
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+option.
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+
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* lt/pull-no-edit (2012-02-12) 1 commit
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(merged to 'next' on 2012-02-13 at 352f0cb)
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+ "git pull" doesn't know "--edit"
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Internal API clean-up that is very cleanly done.
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-[Graduated to "master"]
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-* bw/inet-pton-ntop-compat (2012-02-05) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-06 at 61303e6)
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- + Drop system includes from inet_pton/inet_ntop compatibility wrappers
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-
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-The inclusion order of header files bites Solaris again and this fixes it.
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+* nd/pack-objects-parseopt (2012-02-01) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-05 at d0dc25d)
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+ + pack-objects: convert to use parse_options()
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+ + pack-objects: remove bogus comment
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+ + pack-objects: do not accept "--index-version=version,"
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-* fc/zsh-completion (2012-02-06) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-06 at c94dd12)
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- + completion: simplify __gitcomp and __gitcomp_nl implementations
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- + completion: use ls -1 instead of rolling a loop to do that ourselves
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- + completion: work around zsh option propagation bug
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+"pack-objects" learned use parse-options, losing custom command line
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+parsing code.
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-Fix git subcommand completion for zsh (in contrib/completion).
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+[New Topics]
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-* jc/checkout-out-of-unborn (2012-02-06) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-07 at 60eb328)
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- + git checkout -b: allow switching out of an unborn branch
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+* cb/maint-rev-list-verify-object (2012-02-13) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-16 at a407b9a)
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+ + git rev-list: fix invalid typecast
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-"checkout -b" did not allow switching out of an unborn branch.
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+Fixes an obscure bug in "rev-list --verify" that skipped verification
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+depending on the phase of the moon, which dates back to 1.7.8.x series.
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-* jc/maint-commit-ignore-i-t-a (2012-02-07) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-10 at e0040cf)
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- + commit: ignore intent-to-add entries instead of refusing
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+* cb/maint-t5541-make-server-port-portable (2012-02-13) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-16 at 762eefb)
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+ + t5541: check error message against the real port number used
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-Replaces the nd/commit-ignore-i-t-a series that was made unnecessary
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-complicated by bad suggestions I made earlier.
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+Test fix.
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-* jc/maint-mailmap-output (2012-02-06) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-06 at 0a21425)
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- + mailmap: always return a plain mail address from map_user()
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+* cb/receive-pack-keep-errors (2012-02-13) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-16 at 9ff846e)
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+ + do not override receive-pack errors
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-map_user() was not rewriting its output correctly, which resulted in the
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-user visible symptom that "git blame -e" sometimes showed excess '>' at
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-the end of email addresses.
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+Sometimes error status detected by a check in an earlier phase of
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+receive-pack (the other end of 'git push') was lost by later checks,
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+resulting in false indication of success.
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-* jk/maint-tag-show-fixes (2012-02-08) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-08 at 18459c4)
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- + tag: do not show non-tag contents with "-n"
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- + tag: die when listing missing or corrupt objects
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- + tag: fix output of "tag -n" when errors occur
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+* cb/transfer-no-progress (2012-02-13) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-16 at ff17092)
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+ + push/fetch/clone --no-progress suppresses progress output
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-Bugfixes to "git tag -n" that lacked much error checking.
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+The transport programs ignored --no-progress and showed progress when
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+sending their output to a terminal.
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-* jk/prompt-fallback-to-tty (2012-02-03) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-06 at c0c995a)
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- + prompt: fall back to terminal if askpass fails
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- + prompt: clean up strbuf usage
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+* jk/diff-highlight (2012-02-13) 5 commits
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+ - diff-highlight: document some non-optimal cases
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+ - diff-highlight: match multi-line hunks
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+ - diff-highlight: refactor to prepare for multi-line hunks
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+ - diff-highlight: don't highlight whole lines
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+ - diff-highlight: make perl strict and warnings fatal
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-The code to ask for password did not fall back to the terminal input when
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-GIT_ASKPASS is set but does not work (e.g. lack of X with GUI askpass
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+Updates diff-highlight (in contrib/).
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-* jn/gitweb-search-utf-8 (2012-02-03) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-05 at 055e446)
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- + gitweb: Allow UTF-8 encoded CGI query parameters and path_info
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+* zj/decimal-width (2012-02-14) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-16 at 72805c4)
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+ + make lineno_width() from blame reusable for others
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+ (this branch is used by zj/diff-stat-dyncol.)
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-Search box in "gitweb" did not accept non-ASCII characters correctly.
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+Refactoring.
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-* jn/merge-no-edit-fix (2012-02-09) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-10 at 014eec9)
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- + merge: do not launch an editor on "--no-edit $tag"
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+* zj/term-columns (2012-02-13) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-16 at fe70c88)
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+ + pager: find out the terminal width before spawning the pager
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+ (this branch is used by zj/diff-stat-dyncol.)
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-In 1.7.9, "merge --no-edit $tag" incorrectly ignored --no-edit.
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+Fixes "git -p cmd" for any subcommand that cares about the true terminal
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+width.
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-* mm/empty-loose-error-message (2012-02-06) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-07 at f119cac)
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- + fsck: give accurate error message on empty loose object files
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+* hv/submodule-recurse-push (2012-02-13) 3 commits
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+ - push: teach --recurse-submodules the on-demand option
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+ - Refactor submodule push check to use string list instead of integer
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+ - Teach revision walking machinery to walk multiple times sequencially
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+The bottom one was not clearly explained.
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-* mp/make-cleanse-x-for-exe (2012-02-09) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-09 at 35cc89d)
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- + Explicitly set X to avoid potential build breakage
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+* zj/diff-stat-dyncol (2012-02-15) 6 commits
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+ . diff --stat: use less columns for change counts
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+ - (squash to the previous -- replace the last line of the log with the following)
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+ - diff --stat: use the full terminal width
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+ - (squash to the previous -- replace the log message with this)
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+ - diff --stat: tests for long filenames and big change counts
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+ - Merge branches zj/decimal-width and zj/term-columns
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+ (this branch uses zj/decimal-width and zj/term-columns.)
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-The makefile allowed environment variable X seep into it result in
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-command names suffixed with unnecessary strings.
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+* jc/diff-stat-scaler (2012-02-14) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-16 at 404d336)
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+ + diff --stat: show bars of same length for paths with same amount of changes
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-* nd/cache-tree-api-refactor (2012-02-07) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-08 at a9abbca)
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- + cache-tree: update API to take abitrary flags
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+The output from "git diff --stat" for two paths that have the same amount
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+of changes showed graph bars of different length due to the way we handled
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+rounding errors.
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+* jn/gitweb-unborn-head (2012-02-16) 1 commit
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+ - gitweb: Deal with HEAD pointing to unborn branch in "heads" view
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-* nd/diffstat-gramnum (2012-02-03) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-05 at 7335ecc)
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- + Use correct grammar in diffstat summary line
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+"gitweb" compared non-existent value of HEAD with the names of commit
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+objects at tips of branches, triggering runtime warnings.
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-The commands in the "git diff" family and "git apply --stat" that count
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-the number of files changed and the number of lines inserted/deleted have
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-been updated to match the output from "diffstat". This also opens the
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-door to i18n this line.
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+* tr/perftest (2012-02-16) 3 commits
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+ . Add a performance test for git-grep
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+ . Introduce a performance testing framework
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+ . Move the user-facing test library to test-lib-functions.sh
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-* nd/find-pack-entry-recent-cache-invalidation (2012-02-01) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-01 at e26aed0)
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- + find_pack_entry(): do not keep packed_git pointer locally
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- + sha1_file.c: move the core logic of find_pack_entry() into fill_pack_entry()
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+When merged to 'pu' this seems to break quite a lot of tests. One way it
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+does so is by removing the write_script helper, but there may be others.
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-* nk/ctype-for-perf (2012-02-10) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-10 at b41c6bb)
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- + ctype: implement islower/isupper macro
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- + ctype.c only wants git-compat-util.h
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+* jb/required-filter (2012-02-16) 1 commit
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+ - Add a setting to require a filter to be successful
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-* tt/profile-build-fix (2012-02-09) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-09 at 1c183af)
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- + Makefile: fix syntax for older make
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-07 at c8c5f3f)
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- + Fix build problems related to profile-directed optimization
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+A content filter used to be a way to make the recorded contents "more
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+useful", but this defines a way to optionally mark a filter "required".
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- - column: Fix some compiler and sparse warnings
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- - column: add a corner-case test to t3200
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- - columns: minimum coding style fixes
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- - tag: add --column
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- - column: support piping stdout to external git-column process
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- - status: add --column
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- - branch: add --column
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- - help: reuse print_columns() for help -a
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- - column: add column.ui for default column output settings
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- - column: support columns with different widths
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- - column: add columnar layout
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- - Stop starting pager recursively
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- - Add git-column and column mode parsing
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- - column: add API to print items in columns
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- - Save terminal width before setting up pager
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-The "show list of ..." mode of a handful of commands learn to produce
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-Expecting a reroll.
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+ . column: Fix some compiler and sparse warnings
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+ . column: add a corner-case test to t3200
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+ . columns: minimum coding style fixes
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+ . tag: add --column
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+ . column: support piping stdout to external git-column process
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+ . status: add --column
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+ . branch: add --column
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+ . help: reuse print_columns() for help -a
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+ . column: add column.ui for default column output settings
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+ . column: support columns with different widths
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+ . column: add columnar layout
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+ . Stop starting pager recursively
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+ . Add git-column and column mode parsing
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+ . column: add API to print items in columns
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+ . Save terminal width before setting up pager
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+Expecting a reroll on top of zj/term-columns topic.
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[Cooking]
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-* jn/ancient-meld-support (2012-02-10) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-13 at 28aca31)
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- + mergetools/meld: Use --help output to detect --output support
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-More reliably tell if the given version of "meld" supports --output
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-option.
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-* jk/config-include (2012-02-06) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-13 at 307ddf6)
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- + config: add include directive
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+* jk/config-include (2012-02-16) 9 commits
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+ - config: add include directive
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+ - config: eliminate config_exclusive_filename
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+ - config: stop using config_exclusive_filename
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+ - config: provide a version of git_config with more options
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+ - config: teach git_config_rename_section a file argument
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+ - config: teach git_config_set_multivar_in_file a default path
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+ - config: copy the return value of prefix_filename
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+ - t1300: add missing &&-chaining
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+ docs: add a basic description of the config API
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-* jk/userdiff-config-simplify (2012-02-07) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-10 at e9854c1)
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- + drop odd return value semantics from userdiff_config
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-Code cleanup.
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+Reverted the earlier round from 'next'.
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* tg/tag-points-at (2012-02-13) 2 commits
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* jl/maint-submodule-relative (2012-02-09) 2 commits
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- - git-p4: initial demonstration of possible RCS keyword fixup
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- - git-p4: add test case for RCS keywords
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-Waiting for reviews and user reports.
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-* jk/grep-binary-attribute (2012-02-02) 9 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-05 at 9dffa7e)
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- + grep: pre-load userdiff drivers when threaded
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- + grep: load file data after checking binary-ness
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- + grep: respect diff attributes for binary-ness
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- + grep: cache userdiff_driver in grep_source
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- + grep: drop grep_buffer's "name" parameter
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- + convert git-grep to use grep_source interface
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- + grep: refactor the concept of "grep source" into an object
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- + grep: move sha1-reading mutex into low-level code
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- + grep: make locking flag global
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-Fixes a longstanding bug that there was no way to tell "git grep" that a
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-path may look like text but it is not, which "git diff" can do using the
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-attributes system. Now "git grep" honors the same "binary" (or "-diff")
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-Will merge to 'master' after 1.7.9.1 settles.
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-* jk/git-dir-lookup (2012-02-02) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-05 at 1856d74)
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- + standardize and improve lookup rules for external local repos
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-* nd/pack-objects-parseopt (2012-02-01) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-05 at d0dc25d)
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- + pack-objects: convert to use parse_options()
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- + pack-objects: remove bogus comment
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- + pack-objects: do not accept "--index-version=version,"
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+* ld/git-p4-expanded-keywords (2012-02-14) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-16 at a9004c5)
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-Will merge to 'master' after 1.7.9.1 settles.
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+Teach git-p4 to unexpand $RCS$-like keywords that are embedded in
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+tracked contents in order to reduce unnecessary merge conflicts.