What's cooking (2012/01 #01)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2011, #09; Tue, 27)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2012, #01; Thu, 5)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2011, #09; Tue, 27)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2012, #01; Thu, 5)
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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
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'next'.
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-By now I know a bit better than taking the lack of serious regression
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-reports during the holiday weekend as a sign of perfection of the upcoming
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-release, but I will tag -rc0 soonish anyway. As far as I can see the tip
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-of 'master' is feature complete for 1.7.9, modulo possible bugs and
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-regressions.
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+I'll be tagging 1.7.9-rc0 after merging a few topics to "master" to make
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+it feature complete for the upcoming release tomorrow.
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Here are the repositories that have my integration branches:
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@@ -44,76 +41,121 @@ The preformatted documentation in HTML and man format are found in:
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[New Topics]
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-* jh/fetch-head-update (2011-12-27) 1 commit
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- - write first for-merge ref to FETCH_HEAD first
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+* ss/git-svn-prompt-sans-terminal (2012-01-04) 3 commits
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+ - fixup! 15eaaf4
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+ - git-svn, perl/Git.pm: extend Git::prompt helper for querying users
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-05 at 954f125)
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+ + perl/Git.pm: "prompt" helper to honor GIT_ASKPASS and SSH_ASKPASS
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-Needs sign-off. I have squashed minimal fixes in.
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+The bottom one has been replaced with a rewrite based on comments from
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+Ævar. The second one needs more work, both in perl/Git.pm and prompt.c, to
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+give precedence to tty over SSH_ASKPASS when terminal is available.
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-* jv/maint-config-set (2011-12-27) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-12-27 at 551ac8f)
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- + Fix an incorrect reference to --set-all.
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+I think it is OK to include the first one in the upcoming release, but we
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+may want to wait and defer both to the next cycle.
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-Will merge to "master" before -rc0.
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+* pw/p4-view-updates (2012-01-03) 6 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-03 at c3b5872)
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+ + git-p4: view spec documentation
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+ + git-p4: rewrite view handling
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+ + git-p4: support single file p4 client view maps
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+ + git-p4: sort client views by reverse View number
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+ + git-p4: fix test for unsupported P4 Client Views
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+ + git-p4: test client view handling
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-* nd/index-pack-no-recurse (2011-12-27) 4 commits
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- - fixup! 3413d4d
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- - index-pack: eliminate unlimited recursion in get_delta_base()
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- - index-pack: eliminate recursion in find_unresolved_deltas
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- - Eliminate recursion in setting/clearing marks in commit list
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+Will merge to 'master' by 1.7.9 final.
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+Unless real git-p4 users object (I am not one of them, so I cannot really
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+judge), that is.
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-Expecting a reroll.
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+* cb/git-daemon-tests (2012-01-04) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-05 at 86f3e93)
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+ + daemon: add tests
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-* ss/git-svn-askpass (2011-12-27) 5 commits
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- - make askpass_prompt a global prompt method for asking users
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- - ignore empty *_ASKPASS variables
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- - honour *_ASKPASS for querying username and for querying further actions like unknown certificates
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- - switch to central prompt method
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- - add central method for prompting a user using GIT_ASKPASS or SSH_ASKPASS
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+It stirred a related discussion on how the process termination should be
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+handled in the daemon, but the test queued should be OK as-is on systems
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+that have "pkill" (which is outside POSIX).
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-Expecting a reroll.
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+* jc/show-sig (2012-01-05) 6 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-05 at 5da3ae2)
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+ + log --show-signature: reword the common two-head merge case
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+ + log-tree: show mergetag in log --show-signature output
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+ + log-tree.c: small refactor in show_signature()
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+ + commit --amend -S: strip existing gpgsig headers
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+ + verify_signed_buffer: fix stale comment
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+ + Merge branch 'jc/signed-commit' and 'jc/pull-signed-tag'
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+ (this branch uses jc/signed-commit.)
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+Finishing touches to the already graduated "pull signed tags" topic.
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+Will merge to 'master' by 1.7.9 final.
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+* jm/stash-diff-disambiguate (2012-01-01) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-05 at 75a283b)
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+ + stash: Don't fail if work dir contains file named 'HEAD'
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+Will merge to 'master' by 1.7.9 final.
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+* mm/maint-gitweb-project-maxdepth (2012-01-04) 1 commit
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+ - gitweb: accept trailing "/" in $project_list
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+Looked quite sensible.
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+Will merge to 'master' by 1.7.9 final.
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+* nd/shallow-clone-without-tag-following (2012-01-05) 1 commit
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+ - Limit refs to fetch to minimum in shallow clones
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+Needs adjustment of t5500 at least, and possibly an option to ask for the
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+traditional "shallowly clone all branches" behaviour.
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+* jk/parse-object-cached (2012-01-05) 1 commit
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+ - parse_object: try internal cache before reading object db
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+This is a bit scary change, but I do not think of a way it would break
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+anything that is currently working correctly.
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+* jn/maint-gitweb-grep-fix (2012-01-05) 2 commits
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+ - gitweb: Harden "grep" search against filenames with ':'
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+ - gitweb: Fix file links in "grep" search
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+Waiting for a confirmation from bug reporter.
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[Graduated to "master"]
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-* ab/sun-studio-portability (2011-12-21) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-12-21 at 0cc5a63)
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- + Appease Sun Studio by renaming "tmpfile"
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- + Fix a bitwise negation assignment issue spotted by Sun Studio
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- + Fix an enum assignment issue spotted by Sun Studio
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-* jn/maint-gitweb-utf8-fix (2011-12-19) 4 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-12-20 at b816812)
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- + gitweb: Fix fallback mode of to_utf8 subroutine
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- + gitweb: Output valid utf8 in git_blame_common('data')
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- + gitweb: esc_html() site name for title in OPML
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- + gitweb: Call to_utf8() on input string in chop_and_escape_str()
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-* rr/revert-cherry-pick (2011-12-15) 6 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-12-21 at d0428dc)
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- + t3502, t3510: clarify cherry-pick -m failure
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- + t3510 (cherry-pick-sequencer): use exit status
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- + revert: simplify getting commit subject in format_todo()
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- + revert: tolerate extra spaces, tabs in insn sheet
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- + revert: make commit subjects in insn sheet optional
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- + revert: free msg in format_todo()
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-* tr/bash-read-unescaped (2011-12-21) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-12-21 at de865c1)
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- + bash completion: use read -r everywhere
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-* tr/doc-sh-setup (2011-12-20) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-12-21 at bd73695)
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- + git-sh-setup: make require_clean_work_tree part of the interface
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-* tr/pty-all (2011-12-19) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-12-20 at 9b637d3)
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- + test-terminal: set output terminals to raw mode
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-Kept only the second one from the original.
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+* jv/maint-config-set (2011-12-27) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-12-27 at 551ac8f)
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+ + Fix an incorrect reference to --set-all.
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+* pw/p4-docs-and-tests (2011-12-27) 11 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-12-28 at 8acf26e)
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+ + git-p4: document and test submit options
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+ + git-p4: test and document --use-client-spec
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+ + git-p4: test --keep-path
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+ + git-p4: test --max-changes
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+ + git-p4: document and test --import-local
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+ + git-p4: honor --changesfile option and test
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+ + git-p4: document and test clone --branch
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+ + git-p4: test cloning with two dirs, clarify doc
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+ + git-p4: clone does not use --git-dir
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+ + git-p4: introduce asciidoc documentation
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+ + rename git-p4 tests
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[Stalled]
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+* bw/maint-t8006-sed-incomplete-line (2012-01-03) 1 commit
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+ - Work around sed portability issue in t8006-blame-textconv
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+Waiting for a clarification of the reasoning in the log message.
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+* nd/index-pack-no-recurse (2011-12-27) 4 commits
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+ - fixup! 3413d4d
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+ - index-pack: eliminate unlimited recursion in get_delta_base()
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+ - index-pack: eliminate recursion in find_unresolved_deltas
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+ - Eliminate recursion in setting/clearing marks in commit list
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+Expecting a reroll.
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* jc/advise-push-default (2011-12-18) 1 commit
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[Cooking]
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-* pw/p4-docs-and-tests (2011-12-27) 11 commits
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- - git-p4: document and test submit options
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- - git-p4: test and document --use-client-spec
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- - git-p4: test --keep-path
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- - git-p4: test --max-changes
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- - git-p4: document and test --import-local
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- - git-p4: honor --changesfile option and test
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- - git-p4: document and test clone --branch
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- - git-p4: test cloning with two dirs, clarify doc
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- - git-p4: clone does not use --git-dir
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- - rename git-p4 tests
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-Rorolled.
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-Not urgent.
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+* jh/fetch-head-update (2012-01-03) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2012-01-04 at b5778e1)
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+ + write first for-merge ref to FETCH_HEAD first
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+Will merge to 'master' by 1.7.9 final.
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+ test "commit -S" and "log --show-signature"
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+The infrastructure this series adds is used by the finishing touches to
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+the earlier "pull signed tags" topic, so this will graduate to "master"
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+together with it when the latter matures, hopefully before 1.7.9 final.
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-I am ambivalent on this one. I do not desperately need it myself, I know
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-the kernel folks do not, I heard some other people might.
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+* ss/git-svn-askpass (2011-12-27) 5 commits
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+ - make askpass_prompt a global prompt method for asking users
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+ - ignore empty *_ASKPASS variables
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+ - honour *_ASKPASS for querying username and for querying further actions like unknown certificates
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+ - switch to central prompt method
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+ - add central method for prompting a user using GIT_ASKPASS or SSH_ASKPASS
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+This has become more about "prompt without terminal", and was rerolled
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+into a two-patch series, which is structured a lot nicer than this
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+original.