What's cooking (2012/05 #05)
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2012, #04; Fri, 11)
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-X-master-at: cd07cc53125fb2ca77a644831d4e5d9517bb7a05
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-X-next-at: 441bd9a9d602910692074224920f8049ef81ea99
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2012, #05; Sun, 20)
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-What's cooking in git.git (May 2012, #04; Fri, 11)
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+What's cooking in git.git (May 2012, #05; Sun, 20)
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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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-The tenth and eleventh batch of topics are now in 'master', and there is
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-the second maintenance release on the 1.7.10.x track out.
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+I haven't tagged 1.7.11-rc0 as some of the late "fixup" patches still
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+haven't settled yet, but hopefully we can go directly to rc1 by the end of
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+the week.
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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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-[Graduated to "master"]
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+[New Topics]
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-* ah/maint-grep-double-init (2012-05-07) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at 51f84c5)
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- + grep.c: remove redundant line of code
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-* ef/checkout-empty (2012-05-08) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at fc4d754)
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- + checkout: do not corrupt HEAD on empty repo
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-Running "git checkout" on an unborn branch used to corrupt HEAD
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-(regression in 1.7.10); this makes it error out.
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-* ef/maint-1.7.6-clone-progress-fix (2012-05-07) 1 commit
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- + clone: fix progress-regression
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- (this branch is used by ef/maint-clone-progress-fix.)
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-* ef/maint-clone-progress-fix (2012-05-07) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at b9a6cad)
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- + Merge branch 'ef/maint-1.7.6-clone-progress-fix' into ef/maint-clone-progress-fix
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- (this branch uses ef/maint-1.7.6-clone-progress-fix.)
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-
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-Some time ago, "git clone" lost the progress output for its "checkout"
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-phase; when run without any "--quiet" option, it should give progress to
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-the lengthy operation.
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-* fa/maint-config-doc (2012-05-07) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at 54cc478)
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- + Documentation/git-config: describe and clarify "--local <file>" option
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-* jc/install-no-hardlinks (2012-05-04) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-07 at b69e132)
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- + Makefile: NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS
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-
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-Your build platform may support hardlinks but you may prefer not to use
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-them, e.g. when installing to DESTDIR to make a tarball and untarring on
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-a filesystem that has poor support for hardlinks.
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-
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-The Makefile in git-gui project may need to learn to honor the same
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-setting; it unconditionally creates git-citool by hardlinking git-gui.
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-* jk/maint-reflog-walk-count-vs-time (2012-05-07) 5 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at b1a9987)
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- + reflog-walk: tell explicit --date=default from not having --date at all
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-07 at 3652958)
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- + reflog-walk: always make HEAD@{0} show indexed selectors
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- + reflog-walk: clean up "flag" field of commit_reflog struct
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- + log: respect date_mode_explicit with --format:%gd
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- + t1411: add more selector index/date tests
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-
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-Gives a better DWIM behaviour for --pretty=format:%gd, "stash list", and
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-"log -g", depending on how the starting point ("master" vs "master@{0}" vs
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-"master@{now}") and date formatting options (e.g. "--date=iso") are given
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-on the command line.
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-* jk/maint-status-porcelain-z-b (2012-05-08) 4 commits
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- + status: respect "-b" for porcelain format
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- + status: fix null termination with "-b"
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- + status: refactor null_termination option
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- + commit: refactor option parsing
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- (this branch is used by jk/status-porcelain-z-b.)
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-* jk/status-porcelain-z-b (2012-05-08) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at 31172dd)
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- + status: refactor colopts handling
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- + Merge branch 'jk/maint-status-porcelain-z-b' into HEAD
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- (this branch uses jk/maint-status-porcelain-z-b.)
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-
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-"git status --porcelain" ignored "--branch" option by mistake. The output
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-for "git status --branch -z" was also incorrect and did not terminate the
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-record for the current branch name with NUL as asked.
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-* js/checkout-detach-count (2012-05-04) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-07 at 2957590)
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- + checkout (detached): truncate list of orphaned commits at the new HEAD
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- + t2020-checkout-detach: check for the number of orphaned commits
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-
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-When checking out another commit from an already detached state, we used
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-to report all commits that are not reachable from any of the refs as
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-lossage, but some of them might be reachable from the new HEAD, and there
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-is no need to warn about them.
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-* mh/ref-api-lazy-loose (2012-05-04) 18 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-04 at a70d858)
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- + refs: fix find_containing_dir() regression
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- + refs: read loose references lazily
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- + read_loose_refs(): eliminate ref_cache argument
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- + struct ref_dir: store a reference to the enclosing ref_cache
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- + search_for_subdir(): return (ref_dir *) instead of (ref_entry *)
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- + get_ref_dir(): add function for getting a ref_dir from a ref_entry
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- + read_loose_refs(): rename function from get_ref_dir()
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- + refs: wrap top-level ref_dirs in ref_entries
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- + find_containing_dir(): use strbuf in implementation of this function
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- + bisect: copy filename string obtained from git_path()
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- + do_for_each_reflog(): use a strbuf to hold logfile name
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- + do_for_each_reflog(): return early on error
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- + get_ref_dir(): take the containing directory as argument
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- + refs.c: extract function search_for_subdir()
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- + get_ref_dir(): require that the dirname argument ends in '/'
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- + get_ref_dir(): rename "base" parameter to "dirname"
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- + get_ref_dir(): use a strbuf to hold refname
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- + get_ref_dir(): return early if directory cannot be read
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-Refs API is updated to lazily read sub-hierarchies of refs/ namespace,
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-so that we do not have to grab everything from the filesystem when we
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-are only interested in listing branches, for example.
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-* nd/i18n-apply-lego (2012-05-08) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at c2be904)
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- + apply: remove lego in i18n string in gitdiff_verify_name
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-* nd/i18n-branch-lego (2012-05-04) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-07 at af4e16f)
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- + branch: remove lego in i18n tracking info strings
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-Fix yet another message construction by concatenating pieces of sentenes,
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-which is unfriendly to i18n.
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-* nd/stream-to-archive (2012-05-03) 10 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-07 at 92f11c4)
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- + t5000: rationalize unzip tests
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- + archive-zip: streaming for deflated files
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- + archive-zip: streaming for stored files
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- + archive-zip: factor out helpers for writing sizes and CRC
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- + archive-zip: remove uncompressed_size
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- + archive-tar: stream large blobs to tar file
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- + archive: delegate blob reading to backend
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- + archive-tar: unindent write_tar_entry by one level
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- + archive-tar: turn write_tar_entry into blob-writing only
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- + streaming: void pointer instead of char pointer
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-Stream large blobs directly out to archive files without slurping
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-everything in memory first.
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-* rs/dir-strbuf (2012-05-08) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at 0bc94fb)
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- + Merge branch 'rs/maint-dir-strbuf' into rs/dir-strbuf
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- (this branch uses rs/maint-dir-strbuf.)
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-* rs/maint-dir-strbuf (2012-05-08) 1 commit
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- + dir: convert to strbuf
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- (this branch is used by rs/dir-strbuf.)
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+* hv/submodule-alt-odb (2012-05-14) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-18 at 2f17ac8)
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+ + teach add_submodule_odb() to look for alternates
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+When peeking into object stores of submodules, the code forgot that they
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+might borrow objects from alternate object stores on their own.
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+* jk/ident-gecos-strbuf (2012-05-20) 13 commits
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+ - format-patch: refactor get_patch_filename
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+ - ident: use a dynamic strbuf in fmt_ident
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+ - ident: use full dns names to generate email addresses
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+ - ident: report passwd errors with a more friendly message
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+ - drop length limitations on gecos-derived names and emails
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+ - ident: don't write fallback username into git_default_name
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+ - fmt_ident: drop IDENT_WARN_ON_NO_NAME code
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+ - format-patch: use default email for generating message ids
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+ - fmt-merge-msg: don't use static buffer in record_person
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+ - move git_default_* variables to ident.c
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+ - move identity config parsing to ident.c
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+ - http-push: do not access git_default_email directly
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+ - ident: split setup_ident into separate functions
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+Fixes quite a lot of brokenness when ident information needs to be taken
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+from the system and cleans up the code. The series seem to break tests
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+here and there along the way but at the end everything balances out ;-)
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+* bp/diff-no-index-strbuf-fix (2012-05-16) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-18 at b2c26bb)
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+ + diff --no-index: don't leak buffers in queue_diff
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+ + diff --no-index: reset temporary buffer lengths on directory iteration
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+* js/rebase-i-p-test-fix (2012-05-18) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-18 at b7482fc)
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+ + Fix t3411.3 to actually rebase something
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+* js/rev-parse-doc-fix (2012-05-18) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-18 at c16f1c7)
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+ + rev-parse doc: --git-dir does not always show a relative path
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+* js/submodule-relative (2012-05-20) 2 commits
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+ - submodule: fix handling of superproject with relative origin URLs
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+ - submodule: add tests for add,sync,init in presence of relative super origin URL
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+* mh/ref-api-lazy-loose (2012-05-20) 1 commit
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+ - free_ref_entry(): do not trigger reading of loose refs
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+* mh/test-keep-prove-cache (2012-05-20) 1 commit
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+ - t/Makefile: retain cache t/.prove across prove runs
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+* ng/pack-objects-cleanup (2012-05-18) 2 commits
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+ - pack-objects: refactor write_object() into helper functions
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+ - pack-objects, streaming: turn "xx >= big_file_threshold" to ".. > .."
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+* rs/archive-tree-in-tip-simplify (2012-05-18) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-18 at a8ca614)
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+ + archive-tar: keep const in checksum calculation
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+ + archive: simplify refname handling
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+* rs/maint-grep-F (2012-05-20) 3 commits
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+ - grep: support newline separated pattern list
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+ - grep: factor out do_append_grep_pat()
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+ - grep: factor out create_grep_pat()
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+* rs/xdiff-fast-hash-fix (2012-05-18) 1 commit
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+ - xdiff: signed right shift for 32-bit case of XDL_FAST_HASH
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+* sp/sh-windows-pwd (2012-05-16) 1 commit
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+ - git-sh-setup: define workaround wrappers before they are used
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+* fc/git-complete-helper-fix (2012-05-20) 2 commits
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+ - completion: add support for backwards compatibility
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+ - completion: rename internal helpers _git and _gitk
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+* jc/wip-apply-3way (2012-05-14) 9 commits
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+ . WIP: apply --3way with add/add conflicts
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+ . apply: refactor codepath to check new files
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+ - apply: register conflicted stages to the index
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+ - apply: plug the three-way merge logic in
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+ - apply: fall back on three-way merge
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+ - apply: accept -3/--3way command line option
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+ - apply: split load_preimage() helper function out
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+ - apply: refactor read_file_or_gitlink()
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+ - apply: clear_image() clears things a bit more
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+ (this branch is tangled with jc/apply-3way.)
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+[Graduated to "master"]
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-* rs/xdiff-lose-emit-func (2012-05-09) 6 commits
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+* fc/git-complete-helper (2012-05-20) 2 commits
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+ - completion: add support for backwards compatibility
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+ - completion: rename internal helpers _git and _gitk
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+* fc/git-complete-helper (2012-05-14) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-14 at 759d5f4)
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+ + completion: add new __git_complete helper
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+There is a late fix-up that still need to be merged for backward
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+compatibility for external users of the unpublished internal API.
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+* fc/simplify-complete-revlist-file (2012-05-07) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at ff0b7d1)
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+ + completion: simplify __git_complete_revlist_file
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+* ld/git-p4-tags-and-labels (2012-05-11) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-11 at 441bd9a)
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+ + git p4: fix bug when enabling tag import/export via config variables
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+ + git p4: fix bug when verbose enabled with tag export
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+ + git p4: add test for tag import/export enabled via config
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+* nd/i18n-parseopt (2012-05-08) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at 15eb029)
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+ + i18n: apply: mark parseopt strings for translation
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+ + i18n: parseopt: lookup help and argument translations when showing usage
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+Text from "git cmd --help" are getting prepared for i18n.
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+* nd/threaded-index-pack (2012-05-07) 4 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-08 at 053b797)
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+ + index-pack: disable threading if NO_PREAD is defined
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+ + index-pack: support multithreaded delta resolving
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+ + index-pack: restructure pack processing into three main functions
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+ + compat/win32/pthread.h: Add an pthread_key_delete() implementation
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+Enables threading in index-pack to resolve base data in parallel.
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+* rs/xdiff-lose-emit-func (2012-05-14) 7 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-14 at 422f328)
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+ + builtin/blame.c: Fix a "Using plain integer as NULL pointer" warning
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+ xdiff: remove unused functions
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+ xdiff: remove emit_func() and xdi_diff_hunks()
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-underlying xdiff engine, and removes a lot of unnecessary code from
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+underlying xdiff engine, and removes a lot of unused or unnecessary code
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+from the latter.
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+[Stalled]
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- completion: respect $GIT_DIR
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This is only the "correction" bits taken from the beginning of a larger
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-* jc/apply-3way (2012-05-10) 9 commits
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+* jc/apply-3way (2012-05-16) 12 commits
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+ - WIP: the message is bogus in apply:::check_patch()
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+ - apply: refactor "previous patch" logic
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+ - apply: a bit more comments on PATH_TO_BE_DELETED
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- apply: document --3way option
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- apply: allow rerere() upon --3way results
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- apply: register conflicted stages to the index
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- apply: split load_preimage() helper function out
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- apply: refactor read_file_or_gitlink()
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- apply: clear_image() clears things a bit more
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+ (this branch is tangled with jc/wip-apply-3way.)
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"git apply" learns to wiggle the base version and perform three-way merge
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when a patch does not exactly apply to the version you have.
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- (merged to 'next' on 2012-05-11 at 441bd9a)
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- + git p4: fix bug when enabling tag import/export via config variables
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- + git p4: fix bug when verbose enabled with tag export
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- + git p4: add test for tag import/export enabled via config
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-* rs/dir-strbuf-read-recursive-fix (2012-05-11) 2 commits
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- - dir: simplify fill_directory()
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- - dir: respect string length argument of read_directory_recursive()
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-[Stalled]
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+this code, but it seems necessary if we want to use "apply -3" to replace
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+the use of "apply --build-fake-ancestor" followed by the slow "merge" in
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+* rs/dir-strbuf-read-recursive-fix (2012-05-11) 2 commits
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+ - dir: simplify fill_directory()
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+ - dir: respect string length argument of read_directory_recursive()
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* nl/http-proxy-more (2012-05-11) 2 commits
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-* nd/i18n-parseopt (2012-05-08) 2 commits
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- + i18n: apply: mark parseopt strings for translation
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- + i18n: parseopt: lookup help and argument translations when showing usage
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-Text from "git cmd --help" are getting prepared for i18n.
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-* nd/threaded-index-pack (2012-05-07) 4 commits
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- + index-pack: disable threading if NO_PREAD is defined
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- + index-pack: support multithreaded delta resolving
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- + index-pack: restructure pack processing into three main functions
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- + compat/win32/pthread.h: Add an pthread_key_delete() implementation
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* mm/push-default-switch-warning (2012-04-26) 2 commits
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