What's cooking (2025/06 #07)

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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2025, #06; Wed, 18)
2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2025, #07; Fri, 20)
3 X-master-at: cb3b40381e1d5ee32dde96521ad7cfd68eb308a6
4 -X-next-at: ae732fef4752cc66a4162d6fc9059d9f2028e94b
4 +X-next-at: 3ef4f7f41c906aed207d7dc8fda2df876ddb3c83
5 Bcc: lwn@lwn.net, gitster@pobox.com
6
7 -What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2025, #06; Wed, 18)
7 +What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2025, #07; Fri, 20)
8 --------------------------------------------------
9
10 Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
@@ -60,219 +60,97 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
60 https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
61
62 --------------------------------------------------
63 -[Graduated to 'master']
64 -
65 -* ag/send-email-docs (2025-05-30) 4 commits
66 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at d6b5e97d89)
67 - + docs: make the purpose of using app password for Gmail more clear in send-email
68 - + docs: remove credential helper links for emails from gitcredentials
69 - + docs: improve formatting in git-send-email documentation
70 - + docs: add credential helper for yahoo and link Google's sendgmail tool
71 -
72 - Documentation for "git send-email" has been updated with a bit more
73 - credential helper and OAuth information.
74 - source: <20250530154934.10077-1-gargaditya08@live.com>
75 -
76 -
77 -* bs/solaris-10-and-11 (2025-06-07) 1 commit
78 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-09 at a6d20b3666)
79 - + config.mak.uname: update settings for Solaris 10 and 11
80 -
81 - Add settings for Solaris 10 & 11.
82 -
83 - source: <aETm3O-FE7EpyoE5@humpty.home.comstyle.com>
84 -
85 -
86 -* cf/guideline-documenting-config-vars (2025-06-03) 1 commit
87 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-06 at 72457f666b)
88 - + CodingGuidelines: document formatting of similar config variables.
89 -
90 - CodingGuidelines update.
91 -
92 - source: <802402a288f0976765f1ba1c82d14c2289c8cf72.1748990700.git.collin.funk1@gmail.com>
93 -
94 -
95 -* ds/path-walk-2 (2025-05-16) 13 commits
96 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at e59d4b1701)
97 - + pack-objects: allow --shallow and --path-walk
98 - + path-walk: add new 'edge_aggressive' option
99 - + pack-objects: thread the path-based compression
100 - + pack-objects: refactor path-walk delta phase
101 - + scalar: enable path-walk during push via config
102 - + pack-objects: enable --path-walk via config
103 - + repack: add --path-walk option
104 - + t5538: add tests to confirm deltas in shallow pushes
105 - + pack-objects: introduce GIT_TEST_PACK_PATH_WALK
106 - + p5313: add performance tests for --path-walk
107 - + pack-objects: update usage to match docs
108 - + pack-objects: add --path-walk option
109 - + pack-objects: extract should_attempt_deltas()
110 -
111 - "git pack-objects" learns to find delta bases from blobs at the
112 - same path, using the --path-walk API.
113 - source: <pull.1819.v3.git.1747419124.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
114 -
115 -
116 -* jk/diff-no-index-with-pathspec (2025-05-21) 3 commits
117 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at b0dee92a43)
118 - + diff --no-index: support limiting by pathspec
119 - + pathspec: add flag to indicate operation without repository
120 - + pathspec: add match_leading_pathspec variant
121 -
122 - "git diff --no-index dirA dirB" can limit the comparison with
123 - pathspec at the end of the command line, just like normal "git
124 - diff".
125 - source: <20250521232917.2333291-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
126 -
127 -
128 -* jm/bundle-uri-debug-output-to-fp (2025-06-04) 1 commit
129 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-09 at c58618e2dd)
130 - + bundle-uri: send debug output to given FILE * stream
131 -
132 - Code clean-up.
133 -
134 - source: <pull.1985.v2.git.git.1749057081918.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
135 -
136 -
137 -* jw/doc-txt-to-adoc-refs (2025-05-21) 1 commit
138 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-08 at 041162a215)
139 - + doc: update references to renamed AsciiDoc files
140 -
141 - Some leftover references to documentation source files that no
142 - longer exist, due to recent ".txt" -> ".adoc" renaming, have been
143 - corrected.
144 -
145 - source: <pull.1971.git.git.1747854310479.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
146 -
147 -
148 -* lo/my-first-ow-doc-update (2025-06-02) 2 commits
149 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at 576594dbf9)
150 - + MyFirstContribution: add walken.c to meson.build
151 - + MyFirstContribution: use struct repository in examples
152 -
153 - Doc update to the more recent world order.
154 - source: <20250602205021.4223-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
155 -
156 -
157 -* ly/commit-buffer-reencode-leakfix (2025-06-04) 1 commit
158 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-06 at 47b4fdbbf8)
159 - + repo_logmsg_reencode: fix memory leak when use repo_logmsg_reencode ()
160 -
161 - Leakfix.
162 -
163 - source: <pull.1988.v2.git.git.1749104846531.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
164 -
165 -
166 -* ly/commit-graph-graph-write-leakfix (2025-06-03) 1 commit
167 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at ae03e27cc8)
168 - + commit-graph: fix start_delayed_progress() leak
169 -
170 - A memory-leak in an error code path has been plugged.
171 - source: <pull.1986.git.git.1749006675784.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
172 -
173 -
174 -* ly/do-not-localize-bug-messages (2025-06-02) 1 commit
175 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at 8fb8d5c0bb)
176 - + BUG(): remove leading underscore of the format string
177 -
178 - Code clean-up.
179 - source: <9d69c19273be31135eade258b49582bcc6df27c7.1748916074.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
63 +[New Topics]
64
65 +* bc/use-sha256-by-default-in-3.0 (2025-06-19) 10 commits
66 + - Enable SHA-256 by default in breaking changes mode
67 + - t5300: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo
68 + - t4042: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo
69 + - t1007: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo
70 + - t: default to compile-time default hash if not set
71 + - setup: use the default algorithm to initialize repo format
72 + - Use original hash for legacy formats
73 + - builtin: use default hash when outside a repository
74 + - hash: add a constant for the original hash algorithm
75 + - hash: add a constant for the default hash algorithm
76
182 -* ly/fetch-pack-leakfix (2025-06-03) 1 commit
183 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at 560cfcbe51)
184 - + builtin/fetch-pack: cleanup before return error
77 + Prepare to flip the default hash function to SHA-256.
78
186 - A memory-leak in an error code path has been plugged.
187 - source: <pull.1990.git.git.1749006474694.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
79 + Needs review.
80 + source: <20250620011943.586596-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
81
82
190 -* ly/pack-bitmap-root-leakfix (2025-06-09) 1 commit
191 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-09 at 15ff3f5f36)
192 - + pack-bitmap: remove checks before bitmap_free
83 +* jc/cocci-avoid-regexp-constraint (2025-06-18) 1 commit
84 + - cocci: matching (multiple) identifiers
85
194 - Memleak fix on an error code path.
195 -
196 - source: <pull.1977.v7.git.git.1749457124804.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
86 + Avoid regexp_constraint and instead use comparison_constraint when
87 + listing functions to exclude from application of coccinelle rules,
88 + as spatch can be built with different regexp engine X-<.
89
90 + Will merge to 'next'.
91 + source: <xmqqbjqlexzd.fsf@gitster.g>
92
199 -* ly/sequencer-update-squash-is-fixup-only (2025-06-02) 1 commit
200 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at 0ac9201fee)
201 - + sequencer: replace error() with BUG() in update_squash_messages ()
93
203 - Code clean-up.
204 - source: <f2d2cfd6a876daa6019cd82aa6bf1309f29fea83.1748916074.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
94 +* jc/cocci-dtype (2025-06-18) 1 commit
95 + - cocci: do not directly access the .d_type member in struct dirent
96
97 + Catch direct access to .d_type member of struct dirent, as some
98 + non-POSIX compliant systems we support lack it, and rewrite to use
99 + DTYPE() macro, which is not quite the right thing to do.
100
207 -* ly/submodule-update-failure-leakfix (2025-06-07) 1 commit
208 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-09 at b28794c576)
209 - + builtin/submodule--helper: fix leak when remote_submodule_branch() failed
101 + Will discard.
102 + source: <xmqq4iwcgbzb.fsf@gitster.g>
103
211 - A memory leak on an error code path has been plugged.
212 -
213 - source: <pull.1987.git.git.1749355019495.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
104
105 +* jc/coccicheck-fails-make-when-it-fails (2025-06-19) 1 commit
106 + - coccicheck: fail "make" when it fails
107
216 -* ma/doc-diff-cc-headers (2025-06-06) 1 commit
217 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-08 at e2072501f7)
218 - + diff-generate-patch.adoc: drop spurious backticks
108 + "make coccicheck" succeeds even when spatch made suggestions, which
109 + has been updated to fail in such a case.
110
220 - Doc mark-up update.
221 -
222 - source: <20250606123138.566178-1-martin.agren@gmail.com>
111 + Needs review.
112 + source: <xmqqwm97bv7c.fsf@gitster.g>
113
114
225 -* ps/meson-tap-parse (2025-06-01) 10 commits
226 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-03 at 579d19e8ae)
227 - + meson: parse TAP output generated by our tests
228 - + meson: introduce kwargs variable for tests
229 - + test-lib: fail on unexpectedly passing tests
230 - + t7815: fix unexpectedly passing test on macOS
231 - + t/test-lib: fix TAP format for BASH_XTRACEFD warning
232 - + t/test-lib: don't print shell traces to stdout
233 - + t983*: use prereq to check for Python-specific git-p4(1) support
234 - + t9822: use prereq to check for ISO-8859-1 support
235 - + t: silence output from `test_create_repo()`
236 - + t: stop announcing prereqs
237 - (this branch is used by rj/meson-tap-parse-fixup.)
115 +* jt/imap-send-message-fix (2025-06-20) 3 commits
116 + - imap-send: improve error messages with configuration hints
117 + - imap-send: fix confusing 'store' terminology in error message
118 + - Merge branch 'ag/imap-send-resurrection' into jt/imap-send-message-fix
119 + (this branch uses ag/imap-send-resurrection.)
120
239 - Meson-based build/test framework now understands TAP output
240 - generated by our tests.
241 - source: <20250602-pks-meson-tap-v4-0-052dfde0818a@pks.im>
121 + Update some error messages from "git imap-send".
122
123 + Will merge to 'next'?
124 + source: <20250620155614.901816-1-joerg@thalheim.io>
125
244 -* rc/userdiff-r (2025-05-29) 1 commit
245 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at 28e008821c)
246 - + userdiff: add support for R programming language
126
248 - Userdiff patterns for the R language.
249 - source: <20250529221805.97036-1-rodrigorsdc@gmail.com>
127 +* lo/repo-info (2025-06-19) 7 commits
128 + - repo-info: add field layout.shallow
129 + - repo-info: add field layout.bare
130 + - repo-info: add the field references.format
131 + - repo-info: add the --allow-empty flag
132 + - repo-info: add plaintext as an output format
133 + - repo-info: add the --format flag
134 + - repo-info: declare the repo-info command
135
136 + A new subcommand "git repo-info" gives users a way to grab various
137 + repository characteristics.
138
252 -* rj/meson-tap-parse-fixup (2025-06-09) 1 commit
253 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-10 at 1fc2a0284f)
254 - + test-lib: add missing prerequisites for Darwin
139 + Needs review.
140 + source: <20250619225751.99699-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
141
256 - An earlier test update incorrectly lost three prerequisites on
257 - macOS, which has been corrected.
258 -
259 - source: <33de9e5d-24c8-47cf-b858-6d55d26803b0@ramsayjones.plus.com>
142 +--------------------------------------------------
143 +[Cooking]
144
145 +* cc/fast-import-export-signature-names (2025-06-19) 1 commit
146 + - fast-(import|export): improve on commit signature output format
147
262 -* vd/cat-file-objectmode-update (2025-06-02) 3 commits
263 - (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at fb997e495f)
264 - + cat-file.c: add batch handling for submodules
265 - + cat-file: add %(objectmode) atom
266 - + t1006: update 'run_tests' to test generic object specifiers
148 + Clean up the way how signature on commit objects are exported to
149 + and imported from fast-import stream.
150
268 - "git cat-file --batch" learns to understand %(objectmode) atom to
269 - allow the caller to tell missing objects (due to repository
270 - corruption) and submodules (whose commit objects are OK to be
271 - missing) apart.
272 - source: <pull.1929.git.1748890555.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
151 + Needs review.
152 + source: <20250619133630.727274-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>
153
274 ---------------------------------------------------
275 -[New Topics]
154
155 * ac/deglobal-sparse-variables (2025-06-17) 3 commits
156 - environment: remove the global variable 'sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns'
@@ -286,19 +164,21 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
164 source: <cover.1750157825.git.ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>
165
166
289 -* jk/submodule-remote-lookup-cleanup (2025-06-17) 6 commits
290 - - submodule: look up remotes by URL first
291 - - submodule: move get_default_remote_submodule()
292 - - submodule--helper: improve logic for fallback remote name
293 - - remote: remove the_repository from some functions
294 - - dir: move starts_with_dot(_dot)_slash to dir.h
295 - - remote: fix tear down of struct branch and struct remote
167 +* jk/submodule-remote-lookup-cleanup (2025-06-18) 7 commits
168 + . submodule: look up remotes by URL first
169 + . submodule: move get_default_remote_submodule()
170 + . submodule--helper: improve logic for fallback remote name
171 + . remote: remove the_repository from some functions
172 + . dir: move starts_with_dot(_dot)_slash to dir.h
173 + . remote: fix tear down of struct remote
174 + . remote: remove branch->merge_name and fix branch_release()
175
176 Updating submodules from the upstream did not work well when
177 submodule's HEAD is detached, which has been improved.
178
300 - Comments?
301 - source: <20250617-jk-submodule-helper-use-url-v2-0-04cbb003177d@gmail.com>
179 + Kicked out of 'seen' as it seems to fail the test suite.
180 + cf. <xmqqecve0yvz.fsf@gitster.g>
181 + source: <20250618-jk-submodule-helper-use-url-v3-0-7c60f2679271@gmail.com>
182
183
184 * ly/run-builtin-use-passed-in-repo (2025-06-15) 1 commit
@@ -322,23 +202,23 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
202
203
204 * jc/diff-no-index-with-pathspec-fix (2025-06-18) 1 commit
325 - - diff-no-index: do not reference .d_type member of struct dirent
205 + (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-20 at 936407d5ef)
206 + + diff-no-index: do not reference .d_type member of struct dirent
207
208 Recent code added a direct access to the d_type member in "struct
209 dirent", but some platforms lack it, which has been corrected.
210
330 - Will merge to 'next'.
211 + Will merge to 'master'.
212 source: <xmqqh60ces03.fsf@gitster.g>
213
333 ---------------------------------------------------
334 -[Cooking]
214
215 * jg/mailinfo-leakfix (2025-06-13) 1 commit
337 - - mailinfo.c: fix memory leak in function handle_content_type()
216 + (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-20 at 3ef4f7f41c)
217 + + mailinfo.c: fix memory leak in function handle_content_type()
218
219 Leakfix.
220
341 - Will merge to 'next'.
221 + Will merge to 'master'.
222 source: <SA1PR22MB399911638F342E1AA20F014AE477A@SA1PR22MB3999.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>
223
224
@@ -473,7 +353,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
353 source: <20250611014204.24994-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
354
355
476 -* ag/imap-send-resurrection (2025-06-09) 10 commits
356 +* ag/imap-send-resurrection (2025-06-19) 10 commits
357 - imap-send: fix minor mistakes in the logs
358 - imap-send: display the destination mailbox when sending a message
359 - imap-send: display port alongwith host when git credential is invoked
@@ -484,13 +364,13 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
364 - imap-send: gracefully fail if CRAM-MD5 authentication is requested without OpenSSL
365 - imap-send: fix memory leak in case auth_cram_md5 fails
366 - imap-send: fix bug causing cfg->folder being set to NULL
367 + (this branch is used by jt/imap-send-message-fix.)
368
369 "git imap-send" has been broken for a long time, which has been
370 resurrected and then taught to talk OAuth2.0 etc.
371
491 - Expecting review responses
492 - cf. <F0A06034-99B8-4BD1-9CDE-515A3EA430DA@gmail.com>
493 - source: <PN3PR01MB9597929CF956CBB1B8B7D909B86BA@PN3PR01MB9597.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
372 + Ready?
373 + source: <PN3PR01MB9597F9CAD0DA83152E651194B87CA@PN3PR01MB9597.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
374
375
376 * pw/subtree-gpg-sign (2025-06-04) 2 commits
@@ -610,7 +490,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
490 source: <20250519-501-update-git-fetch-1-to-use-partial-transactions-v3-0-6cdfd4f769b9@gmail.com>
491
492
613 -* kn/fetch-push-bulk-ref-update-fixup (2025-06-13) 3 commits
493 +* kn/fetch-push-bulk-ref-update-fixup (2025-06-20) 3 commits
494 - receive-pack: handle reference deletions separately
495 - refs/files: skip updates with errors in batched updates
496 - Merge branch 'kn/fetch-push-bulk-ref-update' into kn/fetch-push-bulk-ref-update-fixup
@@ -619,7 +499,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
499 Additional fixes to the base topic.
500
501 Comments?
622 - source: <20250613-6769-address-test-failures-in-the-next-branch-caused-by-batched-reference-updates-v4-0-ebf53edb9795@gmail.com>
502 + source: <20250620-6769-address-test-failures-in-the-next-branch-caused-by-batched-reference-updates-v5-0-f35ee6b59a82@gmail.com>
503
504
505 * kj/renamed-submodule (2025-06-07) 2 commits
@@ -754,7 +634,7 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
634 source: <aCoDB9P5XV1lHMil@ArchLinux>
635
636
757 -* tb/midx-avoid-cruft-packs (2025-05-28) 9 commits
637 +* tb/midx-avoid-cruft-packs (2025-06-19) 9 commits
638 - repack: exclude cruft pack(s) from the MIDX where possible
639 - pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow'
640 - pack-objects: swap 'show_{object,commit}_pack_hint'
@@ -769,18 +649,4 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
649 cruft packs from midx.
650
651 Ready?
772 - source: <cover.1748473889.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
773 -
774 ---------------------------------------------------
775 -[Discarded]
776 -
777 -* cc/fast-import-export-signature-names (2025-04-24) 1 commit
778 - . fast-(import|export): improve on the signature algorithm name
779 -
780 - Clean up the way how signature on commit objects are exported to
781 - and imported from fast-import stream.
782 -
783 - Has been expecting a reroll for too long.
784 - cf. <aAq1nvcPRlIPal5l@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net>
785 - cf. https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/14671270673/job/41178138711
786 - source: <20250424203904.909777-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>
652 + source: <cover.1750375803.git.me@ttaylorr.com>