What's cooking (2009/11 #02)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #01; Wed, 04)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #02; Sun, 08)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #01; Wed, 04)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2009, #02; Sun, 08)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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I just picked better bits from both versions.
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-* jk/maint-format-patch-p-suppress-stat (2009-11-04) 2 commits.
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- - format-patch: make "-p" suppress diffstat
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- - Revert "format-patch -p is now a no-op" series
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- (this branch uses bg/format-patch-p-noop.)
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+* jk/maint-format-patch-p-suppress-stat (2009-11-04) 1 commit.
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-08 at 0943296)
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+ + format-patch: make "-p" suppress diffstat
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+ (this branch is used by bg/format-patch-doc-update.)
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-This corrects a mistake made soon after 1.6.0.
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+* bg/format-patch-doc-update (2009-11-07) 3 commits.
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+ - format-patch documentation: Fix formatting
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+ - format-patch documentation: Remove diff options that are not useful
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+ - format-patch: Always generate a patch
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+ (this branch uses jk/maint-format-patch-p-suppress-stat.)
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* rj/maint-simplify-cygwin-makefile (2009-10-27) 1 commit.
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- Makefile: merge two Cygwin configuration sections into one
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+ (this branch is used by rj/cygwin-msvc.)
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This is one of the most obviously correct bit from "Compiling on Cygwin
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-using MSVC fails" topic I didn't really look at. If J6t is Ok with the
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-series, I don't mind queueing the whole thing myself.
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+using MSVC fails" topic.
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+* rj/cygwin-msvc (2009-11-07) 3 commits.
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+ - Add explicit Cygwin check to guard WIN32 header inclusion
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+ - MSVC: Add support for building with NO_MMAP
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+ - Makefile: keep MSVC and Cygwin configuration separate
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+ (this branch uses rj/maint-simplify-cygwin-makefile.)
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* vl/maint-openssl-signature-change (2009-10-31) 1 commit.
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(merged to 'next' on 2009-10-31 at 0e1ce6b)
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Prepare ourselves before newer versions of OpenSSL hits more platforms.
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+* bg/fetch-multi (2009-11-08) 4 commits.
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+ - Re-implement 'git remote update' using 'git fetch'
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+ - Add the configure variable skipFetchAll
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+ - Teach the --multiple option to 'git fetch'
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+ - Teach the --all option to 'git fetch'
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+* bs/maint-pre-commit-hook-sample (2009-11-05) 1 commit.
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-06 at d70f646)
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+ + pre-commit.sample: Diff against the empty tree when HEAD is invalid
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+* cc/bisect-doc (2009-11-08) 1 commit
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+ - Documentation: add "Fighting regressions with git bisect" article
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+* jn/add-h-to-all-commands (2009-11-08) 1 commit.
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+ - Show usage string for 'git grep -h'
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+* pb/maint-gitweb-blob-lineno (2009-11-06) 1 commit.
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-06 at 27b86ec)
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+ + gitweb: Fix blob linenr links in pathinfo mode
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+* sb/tutorial-test (2009-11-06) 4 commits
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+ - t1200: prepare for merging with Fast-forward bikeshedding
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+ - t1200: further modernize test script style
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+ - t1200: Make documentation and test agree
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+ - t1200: cleanup and modernize test style
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+* pb/gitweb-no-project-list (2009-11-06) 3 commits.
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+ . gitweb: Polish the content tags support
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+ . gitweb: Support for no project list on gitweb front page
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+ . gitweb: Refactor project list routines
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+I picked these up but didn't queue as Warthog9's comments made certain
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+amount of sense to me.
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[Stalled]
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J6t had some comments on this.
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-* ne/rev-cache (2009-10-19) 7 commits.
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- - support for commit grafts, slight change to general mechanism
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- - support for path name caching in rev-cache
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- - full integration of rev-cache into git, completed test suite
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- - administrative functions for rev-cache, start of integration into git
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- - support for non-commit object caching in rev-cache
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- - basic revision cache system, no integration or features
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- - man page and technical discussion for rev-cache
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-The author indicated that there is another round coming. Does not seem to
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-pass the tests when merged to 'pu'.
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* jl/submodule-add-noname (2009-09-22) 1 commit.
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- git submodule add: make the <path> parameter optional
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There is the final draft posted, but I haven't picked it up yet.
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-* sr/vcs-helper (2009-11-04) 13 commits
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+* sr/vcs-helper (2009-11-06) 12 commits
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- Add Python support library for remote helpers
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- Basic build infrastructure for Python scripts
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- Allow helpers to request the path to the .git directory
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- Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchanged
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- - Honour the refspec when updating refs after import
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- - Write local refs written by the "import" helper command only once
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+ - Allow helper to map private ref names into normal names
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- Add support for "import" helper command
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- Allow specifying the remote helper in the url
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- Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs
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- Allow programs to not depend on remotes having urls
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- Fix memory leak in helper method for disconnect
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-Supposed to replace db/vcs-helper-rest. Still does not pass tests in
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+Re-rolled series that contains Daniel's and Johan's.
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* tr/describe-advice (2009-10-28) 1 commit
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(merged to 'next' on 2009-10-31 at 8084850)
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+ describe: when failing, tell the user about options that work
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-* mr/gitweb-snapshot (2009-10-29) 3 commits.
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+* mr/gitweb-snapshot (2009-11-07) 4 commits.
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- gitweb: Smarter snapshot names
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+ - gitweb: Document current snapshot rules via new tests
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- t/gitweb-lib.sh: Split gitweb output into headers and body
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+ gitweb: check given hash before trying to create snapshot
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-Replaced the tip with Jakub's updates.
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+Replaced commits near the tip with recent updates.
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* jp/dirty-describe (2009-10-21) 1 commit.
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+ fetch: Speed up fetch of large numbers of refs
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+ remote: Make ref_remove_duplicates faster for large numbers of refs
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-* bg/format-patch-p-noop (2009-10-25) 3 commits.
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+* bg/format-patch-p-noop (2009-11-04) 4 commits.
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-08 at 6220d55)
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+ + Revert "format-patch -p is now a no-op" series
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+ format-patch documentation: Fix formatting
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+ format-patch documentation: Remove diff options that are not useful
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+ format-patch: Make implementation and documentation agree
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-Will revert from 'next' by merging Peff's fix.
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+This is now a no-op; jk/maint-format-patch-p-suppress-stat and
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+bg/format-patch-doc-update topics will replace this.
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* jk/gitignore-anchored (2009-10-26) 1 commit
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* jc/pretty-lf (2009-10-04) 1 commit.
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+* rs/pretty-wrap (2009-11-08) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2009-11-08 at 8973fd8)
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+ + log --format: don't ignore %w() at the start of format string
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* sp/smart-http (2009-11-04) 30 commits
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- - http-backend: Test configuration options
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- - http-backend: Use http.getanyfile to disable dumb HTTP serving
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- - test smart http fetch and push
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- - http tests: use /dumb/ URL prefix
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- - set httpd port before sourcing lib-httpd
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- - t5540-http-push: remove redundant fetches
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- - Smart HTTP fetch: gzip requests
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- - Smart fetch over HTTP: client side
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- - Smart push over HTTP: client side
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- - Discover refs via smart HTTP server when available
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- - http-backend: more explict LocationMatch
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- - http-backend: add example for gitweb on same URL
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- - http-backend: use mod_alias instead of mod_rewrite
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- - http-backend: reword some documentation
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- - http-backend: add GIT_PROJECT_ROOT environment var
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- - Smart fetch and push over HTTP: server side
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- - Add stateless RPC options to upload-pack, receive-pack
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- - Git-aware CGI to provide dumb HTTP transport
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- - remote-helpers: return successfully if everything up-to-date
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- - Move WebDAV HTTP push under remote-curl
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- - remote-helpers: Support custom transport options
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- - remote-helpers: Fetch more than one ref in a batch
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- - fetch: Allow transport -v -v -v to set verbosity to 3
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- - remote-curl: Refactor walker initialization
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- - Add multi_ack_detailed capability to fetch-pack/upload-pack
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- - Move "get_ack()" back to fetch-pack
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- - fetch-pack: Use a strbuf to compose the want list
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- - pkt-line: Make packet_read_line easier to debug
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- - pkt-line: Add strbuf based functions
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- - http-push: fix check condition on http.c::finish_http_pack_request()
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+ + http-backend: Test configuration options
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+ + http-backend: Use http.getanyfile to disable dumb HTTP serving
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+ + test smart http fetch and push
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+ + http tests: use /dumb/ URL prefix
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+ + set httpd port before sourcing lib-httpd
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+ + t5540-http-push: remove redundant fetches
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+ + Smart HTTP fetch: gzip requests
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+ + Smart fetch over HTTP: client side
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+ + Smart push over HTTP: client side
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+ + Discover refs via smart HTTP server when available
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+ + http-backend: more explict LocationMatch
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+ + http-backend: add example for gitweb on same URL
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+ + http-backend: use mod_alias instead of mod_rewrite
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+ + http-backend: reword some documentation
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+ + http-backend: add GIT_PROJECT_ROOT environment var
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+ + Smart fetch and push over HTTP: server side
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+ + Add stateless RPC options to upload-pack, receive-pack
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+ + Git-aware CGI to provide dumb HTTP transport
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+ + remote-helpers: return successfully if everything up-to-date
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+ + Move WebDAV HTTP push under remote-curl
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+ + remote-helpers: Support custom transport options
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+ + remote-helpers: Fetch more than one ref in a batch
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+ + fetch: Allow transport -v -v -v to set verbosity to 3
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+ + remote-curl: Refactor walker initialization
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+ + Add multi_ack_detailed capability to fetch-pack/upload-pack
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+ + Move "get_ack()" back to fetch-pack
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+ + fetch-pack: Use a strbuf to compose the want list
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+ + pkt-line: Make packet_read_line easier to debug
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+ + pkt-line: Add strbuf based functions
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+ + http-push: fix check condition on http.c::finish_http_pack_request()
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[I have been too busy to purge these]
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+ . support for commit grafts, slight change to general mechanism
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+ . support for path name caching in rev-cache
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+ . full integration of rev-cache into git, completed test suite
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+ . administrative functions for rev-cache, start of integration into git
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+ . support for non-commit object caching in rev-cache
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+ . basic revision cache system, no integration or features
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+ . man page and technical discussion for rev-cache
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* jc/log-tz (2009-03-03) 1 commit.
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+ . Fix memory leak in helper method for disconnect
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+ . Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchanged
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+ . Add support for "import" helper command
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+ . Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs
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+ . Allow programs to not depend on remotes having urls
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+ . Allow fetch to modify refs
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+ . Use a function to determine whether a remote is valid
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+ (this branch is used by jh/cvs-helper.)
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+* jc/log-stdin (2009-11-03) 1 commit
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+* jh/cvs-helper (2009-08-18) 8 commits.
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+ . Fix the Makefile-generated path to the git_remote_cvs package in git-remote-cvs
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+ . Add simple selftests of git-remote-cvs functionality
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+ . git-remote-cvs: Remote helper program for CVS repositories
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+ . 2/2: Add Python support library for CVS remote helper
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+ . Basic build infrastructure for Python scripts
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+ . Allow helpers to request marks for fast-import
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+ (this branch uses db/vcs-helper-rest.)