What's cooking (2009/11 #02)

Junio C Hamano committed Nov 8, 2009 at 21:17 UTC c5d14f3a1d38706c928811ec2e47c4be8aea14b3
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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #01; Wed, 04)
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2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #02; Sun, 08)
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6 -What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #01; Wed, 04)
6 +What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #02; Sun, 08)
7 --------------------------------------------------
8
9 Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
@@ -63,19 +63,29 @@ backward compatible. Currently planeed changes are:
63
64 I just picked better bits from both versions.
65
66 -* jk/maint-format-patch-p-suppress-stat (2009-11-04) 2 commits.
67 - - format-patch: make "-p" suppress diffstat
68 - - Revert "format-patch -p is now a no-op" series
69 - (this branch uses bg/format-patch-p-noop.)
66 +* jk/maint-format-patch-p-suppress-stat (2009-11-04) 1 commit.
67 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-08 at 0943296)
68 + + format-patch: make "-p" suppress diffstat
69 + (this branch is used by bg/format-patch-doc-update.)
70
71 -This corrects a mistake made soon after 1.6.0.
71 +* bg/format-patch-doc-update (2009-11-07) 3 commits.
72 + - format-patch documentation: Fix formatting
73 + - format-patch documentation: Remove diff options that are not useful
74 + - format-patch: Always generate a patch
75 + (this branch uses jk/maint-format-patch-p-suppress-stat.)
76
77 * rj/maint-simplify-cygwin-makefile (2009-10-27) 1 commit.
78 - Makefile: merge two Cygwin configuration sections into one
79 + (this branch is used by rj/cygwin-msvc.)
80
81 This is one of the most obviously correct bit from "Compiling on Cygwin
77 -using MSVC fails" topic I didn't really look at. If J6t is Ok with the
78 -series, I don't mind queueing the whole thing myself.
82 +using MSVC fails" topic.
83 +
84 +* rj/cygwin-msvc (2009-11-07) 3 commits.
85 + - Add explicit Cygwin check to guard WIN32 header inclusion
86 + - MSVC: Add support for building with NO_MMAP
87 + - Makefile: keep MSVC and Cygwin configuration separate
88 + (this branch uses rj/maint-simplify-cygwin-makefile.)
89
90 * vl/maint-openssl-signature-change (2009-10-31) 1 commit.
91 (merged to 'next' on 2009-10-31 at 0e1ce6b)
@@ -83,6 +93,40 @@ series, I don't mind queueing the whole thing myself.
93
94 Prepare ourselves before newer versions of OpenSSL hits more platforms.
95
96 +* bg/fetch-multi (2009-11-08) 4 commits.
97 + - Re-implement 'git remote update' using 'git fetch'
98 + - Add the configure variable skipFetchAll
99 + - Teach the --multiple option to 'git fetch'
100 + - Teach the --all option to 'git fetch'
101 +
102 +* bs/maint-pre-commit-hook-sample (2009-11-05) 1 commit.
103 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-06 at d70f646)
104 + + pre-commit.sample: Diff against the empty tree when HEAD is invalid
105 +
106 +* cc/bisect-doc (2009-11-08) 1 commit
107 + - Documentation: add "Fighting regressions with git bisect" article
108 +
109 +* jn/add-h-to-all-commands (2009-11-08) 1 commit.
110 + - Show usage string for 'git grep -h'
111 +
112 +* pb/maint-gitweb-blob-lineno (2009-11-06) 1 commit.
113 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-06 at 27b86ec)
114 + + gitweb: Fix blob linenr links in pathinfo mode
115 +
116 +* sb/tutorial-test (2009-11-06) 4 commits
117 + - t1200: prepare for merging with Fast-forward bikeshedding
118 + - t1200: further modernize test script style
119 + - t1200: Make documentation and test agree
120 + - t1200: cleanup and modernize test style
121 +
122 +* pb/gitweb-no-project-list (2009-11-06) 3 commits.
123 + . gitweb: Polish the content tags support
124 + . gitweb: Support for no project list on gitweb front page
125 + . gitweb: Refactor project list routines
126 +
127 +I picked these up but didn't queue as Warthog9's comments made certain
128 +amount of sense to me.
129 +
130 --------------------------------------------------
131 [Stalled]
132
@@ -92,18 +136,6 @@ Prepare ourselves before newer versions of OpenSSL hits more platforms.
136
137 J6t had some comments on this.
138
95 -* ne/rev-cache (2009-10-19) 7 commits.
96 - - support for commit grafts, slight change to general mechanism
97 - - support for path name caching in rev-cache
98 - - full integration of rev-cache into git, completed test suite
99 - - administrative functions for rev-cache, start of integration into git
100 - - support for non-commit object caching in rev-cache
101 - - basic revision cache system, no integration or features
102 - - man page and technical discussion for rev-cache
103 -
104 -The author indicated that there is another round coming. Does not seem to
105 -pass the tests when merged to 'pu'.
106 -
139 * jl/submodule-add-noname (2009-09-22) 1 commit.
140 - git submodule add: make the <path> parameter optional
141
@@ -170,13 +202,12 @@ Fixes a corner case of running --color-words with -U0.
202
203 There is the final draft posted, but I haven't picked it up yet.
204
173 -* sr/vcs-helper (2009-11-04) 13 commits
205 +* sr/vcs-helper (2009-11-06) 12 commits
206 - Add Python support library for remote helpers
207 - Basic build infrastructure for Python scripts
208 - Allow helpers to request the path to the .git directory
209 - Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchanged
178 - - Honour the refspec when updating refs after import
179 - - Write local refs written by the "import" helper command only once
210 + - Allow helper to map private ref names into normal names
211 - Add support for "import" helper command
212 - Allow specifying the remote helper in the url
213 - Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs
@@ -185,20 +216,20 @@ There is the final draft posted, but I haven't picked it up yet.
216 - Allow programs to not depend on remotes having urls
217 - Fix memory leak in helper method for disconnect
218
188 -Supposed to replace db/vcs-helper-rest. Still does not pass tests in
189 -'pu'.
219 +Re-rolled series that contains Daniel's and Johan's.
220
221 * tr/describe-advice (2009-10-28) 1 commit
222 (merged to 'next' on 2009-10-31 at 8084850)
223 + describe: when failing, tell the user about options that work
224
195 -* mr/gitweb-snapshot (2009-10-29) 3 commits.
225 +* mr/gitweb-snapshot (2009-11-07) 4 commits.
226 - gitweb: Smarter snapshot names
227 + - gitweb: Document current snapshot rules via new tests
228 - t/gitweb-lib.sh: Split gitweb output into headers and body
229 (merged to 'next' on 2009-10-11 at 22ba047)
230 + gitweb: check given hash before trying to create snapshot
231
201 -Replaced the tip with Jakub's updates.
232 +Replaced commits near the tip with recent updates.
233
234 * jp/dirty-describe (2009-10-21) 1 commit.
235 (merged to 'next' on 2009-10-30 at 19c7fc7)
@@ -209,14 +240,16 @@ Replaced the tip with Jakub's updates.
240 + fetch: Speed up fetch of large numbers of refs
241 + remote: Make ref_remove_duplicates faster for large numbers of refs
242
212 -* bg/format-patch-p-noop (2009-10-25) 3 commits.
243 +* bg/format-patch-p-noop (2009-11-04) 4 commits.
244 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-08 at 6220d55)
245 + + Revert "format-patch -p is now a no-op" series
246 (merged to 'next' on 2009-10-30 at e34a3db)
247 + format-patch documentation: Fix formatting
248 + format-patch documentation: Remove diff options that are not useful
249 + format-patch: Make implementation and documentation agree
217 - (this branch is used by jk/maint-format-patch-p-suppress-stat.)
250
219 -Will revert from 'next' by merging Peff's fix.
251 +This is now a no-op; jk/maint-format-patch-p-suppress-stat and
252 +bg/format-patch-doc-update topics will replace this.
253
254 * jk/gitignore-anchored (2009-10-26) 1 commit
255 (merged to 'next' on 2009-10-30 at 9391a93)
@@ -237,7 +270,9 @@ Will revert from 'next' by merging Peff's fix.
270 * jc/pretty-lf (2009-10-04) 1 commit.
271 - Pretty-format: %[+-]x to tweak inter-item newlines
272
240 -* rs/pretty-wrap (2009-10-17) 1 commit
273 +* rs/pretty-wrap (2009-11-08) 2 commits
274 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-08 at 8973fd8)
275 + + log --format: don't ignore %w() at the start of format string
276 (merged to 'next' on 2009-10-30 at 403bbfe)
277 + Implement wrap format %w() as if it is a mode switch
278 (this branch uses js/log-rewrap.)
@@ -270,38 +305,39 @@ done as a follow-up fix.
305 + Speedup bash completion loading
306
307 * sp/smart-http (2009-11-04) 30 commits
273 - - http-backend: Test configuration options
274 - - http-backend: Use http.getanyfile to disable dumb HTTP serving
275 - - test smart http fetch and push
276 - - http tests: use /dumb/ URL prefix
277 - - set httpd port before sourcing lib-httpd
278 - - t5540-http-push: remove redundant fetches
279 - - Smart HTTP fetch: gzip requests
280 - - Smart fetch over HTTP: client side
281 - - Smart push over HTTP: client side
282 - - Discover refs via smart HTTP server when available
283 - - http-backend: more explict LocationMatch
284 - - http-backend: add example for gitweb on same URL
285 - - http-backend: use mod_alias instead of mod_rewrite
286 - - http-backend: reword some documentation
287 - - http-backend: add GIT_PROJECT_ROOT environment var
288 - - Smart fetch and push over HTTP: server side
289 - - Add stateless RPC options to upload-pack, receive-pack
290 - - Git-aware CGI to provide dumb HTTP transport
291 - - remote-helpers: return successfully if everything up-to-date
292 - - Move WebDAV HTTP push under remote-curl
293 - - remote-helpers: Support custom transport options
294 - - remote-helpers: Fetch more than one ref in a batch
295 - - fetch: Allow transport -v -v -v to set verbosity to 3
296 - - remote-curl: Refactor walker initialization
297 - - Add multi_ack_detailed capability to fetch-pack/upload-pack
298 - - Move "get_ack()" back to fetch-pack
299 - - fetch-pack: Use a strbuf to compose the want list
300 - - pkt-line: Make packet_read_line easier to debug
301 - - pkt-line: Add strbuf based functions
302 - - http-push: fix check condition on http.c::finish_http_pack_request()
303 -
304 -v5 plus 3 more fix-up patches from today.
308 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-06 at 666837c)
309 + + http-backend: Test configuration options
310 + + http-backend: Use http.getanyfile to disable dumb HTTP serving
311 + + test smart http fetch and push
312 + + http tests: use /dumb/ URL prefix
313 + + set httpd port before sourcing lib-httpd
314 + + t5540-http-push: remove redundant fetches
315 + + Smart HTTP fetch: gzip requests
316 + + Smart fetch over HTTP: client side
317 + + Smart push over HTTP: client side
318 + + Discover refs via smart HTTP server when available
319 + + http-backend: more explict LocationMatch
320 + + http-backend: add example for gitweb on same URL
321 + + http-backend: use mod_alias instead of mod_rewrite
322 + + http-backend: reword some documentation
323 + + http-backend: add GIT_PROJECT_ROOT environment var
324 + + Smart fetch and push over HTTP: server side
325 + + Add stateless RPC options to upload-pack, receive-pack
326 + + Git-aware CGI to provide dumb HTTP transport
327 + + remote-helpers: return successfully if everything up-to-date
328 + + Move WebDAV HTTP push under remote-curl
329 + + remote-helpers: Support custom transport options
330 + + remote-helpers: Fetch more than one ref in a batch
331 + + fetch: Allow transport -v -v -v to set verbosity to 3
332 + + remote-curl: Refactor walker initialization
333 + + Add multi_ack_detailed capability to fetch-pack/upload-pack
334 + + Move "get_ack()" back to fetch-pack
335 + + fetch-pack: Use a strbuf to compose the want list
336 + + pkt-line: Make packet_read_line easier to debug
337 + + pkt-line: Add strbuf based functions
338 + + http-push: fix check condition on http.c::finish_http_pack_request()
339 +
340 +v5 plus 3 more fix-up patches, started cooking in 'next'.
341
342 * ef/msys-imap (2009-10-22) 9 commits.
343 (merged to 'next' on 2009-10-31 at 8630603)
@@ -448,6 +484,18 @@ we could argue that it is a bugfix.
484 --------------------------------------------------
485 [I have been too busy to purge these]
486
487 +* ne/rev-cache (2009-10-19) 7 commits.
488 + . support for commit grafts, slight change to general mechanism
489 + . support for path name caching in rev-cache
490 + . full integration of rev-cache into git, completed test suite
491 + . administrative functions for rev-cache, start of integration into git
492 + . support for non-commit object caching in rev-cache
493 + . basic revision cache system, no integration or features
494 + . man page and technical discussion for rev-cache
495 +
496 +The author indicated that there is another round coming. Does not seem to
497 +pass the tests when merged to 'pu', so it has been ejected for now.
498 +
499 * jc/log-tz (2009-03-03) 1 commit.
500 - Allow --date=local --date=other-format to work as expected
501
@@ -460,3 +508,27 @@ Maybe some people care about this. I dunno.
508
509 * jg/log-format-body-indent (2009-09-19) 1 commit.
510 . git-log --format: Add %B tag with %B(x) option
511 +
512 +* db/vcs-helper-rest (2009-10-27) 7 commits.
513 + . Fix memory leak in helper method for disconnect
514 + . Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchanged
515 + . Add support for "import" helper command
516 + . Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs
517 + . Allow programs to not depend on remotes having urls
518 + . Allow fetch to modify refs
519 + . Use a function to determine whether a remote is valid
520 + (this branch is used by jh/cvs-helper.)
521 +
522 +* jc/log-stdin (2009-11-03) 1 commit
523 + . Teach --stdin option to "log" family
524 +
525 +* jh/cvs-helper (2009-08-18) 8 commits.
526 + . More fixes to the git-remote-cvs installation procedure
527 + . Fix the Makefile-generated path to the git_remote_cvs package in git-remote-cvs
528 + . Add simple selftests of git-remote-cvs functionality
529 + . git-remote-cvs: Remote helper program for CVS repositories
530 + . 2/2: Add Python support library for CVS remote helper
531 + . 1/2: Add Python support library for CVS remote helper
532 + . Basic build infrastructure for Python scripts
533 + . Allow helpers to request marks for fast-import
534 + (this branch uses db/vcs-helper-rest.)