What's cooking (2025/06 #07)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2025, #06; Wed, 18)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2025, #07; Fri, 20)
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X-master-at: cb3b40381e1d5ee32dde96521ad7cfd68eb308a6
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-X-next-at: ae732fef4752cc66a4162d6fc9059d9f2028e94b
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Bcc: lwn@lwn.net, gitster@pobox.com
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-What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2025, #06; Wed, 18)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2025, #07; Fri, 20)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
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-[Graduated to 'master']
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-* ag/send-email-docs (2025-05-30) 4 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at d6b5e97d89)
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- + docs: make the purpose of using app password for Gmail more clear in send-email
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- + docs: remove credential helper links for emails from gitcredentials
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- + docs: improve formatting in git-send-email documentation
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- + docs: add credential helper for yahoo and link Google's sendgmail tool
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- Documentation for "git send-email" has been updated with a bit more
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- credential helper and OAuth information.
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- source: <20250530154934.10077-1-gargaditya08@live.com>
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-* bs/solaris-10-and-11 (2025-06-07) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-09 at a6d20b3666)
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- + config.mak.uname: update settings for Solaris 10 and 11
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- Add settings for Solaris 10 & 11.
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- source: <aETm3O-FE7EpyoE5@humpty.home.comstyle.com>
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-* cf/guideline-documenting-config-vars (2025-06-03) 1 commit
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- + CodingGuidelines: document formatting of similar config variables.
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- CodingGuidelines update.
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- source: <802402a288f0976765f1ba1c82d14c2289c8cf72.1748990700.git.collin.funk1@gmail.com>
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-* ds/path-walk-2 (2025-05-16) 13 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at e59d4b1701)
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- + pack-objects: allow --shallow and --path-walk
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- + path-walk: add new 'edge_aggressive' option
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- + pack-objects: thread the path-based compression
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- + pack-objects: refactor path-walk delta phase
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- + scalar: enable path-walk during push via config
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- + pack-objects: enable --path-walk via config
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- + repack: add --path-walk option
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- + t5538: add tests to confirm deltas in shallow pushes
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- + pack-objects: introduce GIT_TEST_PACK_PATH_WALK
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- + p5313: add performance tests for --path-walk
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- + pack-objects: update usage to match docs
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- + pack-objects: add --path-walk option
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- + pack-objects: extract should_attempt_deltas()
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- "git pack-objects" learns to find delta bases from blobs at the
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- same path, using the --path-walk API.
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- source: <pull.1819.v3.git.1747419124.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* jk/diff-no-index-with-pathspec (2025-05-21) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-05 at b0dee92a43)
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- + diff --no-index: support limiting by pathspec
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- + pathspec: add flag to indicate operation without repository
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- + pathspec: add match_leading_pathspec variant
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- "git diff --no-index dirA dirB" can limit the comparison with
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- pathspec at the end of the command line, just like normal "git
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- source: <20250521232917.2333291-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
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-* jm/bundle-uri-debug-output-to-fp (2025-06-04) 1 commit
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- + bundle-uri: send debug output to given FILE * stream
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- Code clean-up.
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- source: <pull.1985.v2.git.git.1749057081918.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* jw/doc-txt-to-adoc-refs (2025-05-21) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-06-08 at 041162a215)
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- + doc: update references to renamed AsciiDoc files
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- Some leftover references to documentation source files that no
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- longer exist, due to recent ".txt" -> ".adoc" renaming, have been
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- source: <pull.1971.git.git.1747854310479.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* lo/my-first-ow-doc-update (2025-06-02) 2 commits
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- + MyFirstContribution: add walken.c to meson.build
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- + MyFirstContribution: use struct repository in examples
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- Doc update to the more recent world order.
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- source: <20250602205021.4223-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
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-* ly/commit-buffer-reencode-leakfix (2025-06-04) 1 commit
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- + repo_logmsg_reencode: fix memory leak when use repo_logmsg_reencode ()
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- Leakfix.
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- source: <pull.1988.v2.git.git.1749104846531.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* ly/commit-graph-graph-write-leakfix (2025-06-03) 1 commit
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- + commit-graph: fix start_delayed_progress() leak
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- A memory-leak in an error code path has been plugged.
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- source: <pull.1986.git.git.1749006675784.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* ly/do-not-localize-bug-messages (2025-06-02) 1 commit
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- + BUG(): remove leading underscore of the format string
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- Code clean-up.
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- source: <9d69c19273be31135eade258b49582bcc6df27c7.1748916074.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+[New Topics]
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+* bc/use-sha256-by-default-in-3.0 (2025-06-19) 10 commits
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+ - Enable SHA-256 by default in breaking changes mode
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+ - t5300: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo
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+ - t4042: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo
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+ - t1007: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo
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+ - t: default to compile-time default hash if not set
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+ - setup: use the default algorithm to initialize repo format
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+ - Use original hash for legacy formats
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+ - builtin: use default hash when outside a repository
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+ - hash: add a constant for the original hash algorithm
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+ - hash: add a constant for the default hash algorithm
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-* ly/fetch-pack-leakfix (2025-06-03) 1 commit
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- + builtin/fetch-pack: cleanup before return error
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+ Prepare to flip the default hash function to SHA-256.
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- A memory-leak in an error code path has been plugged.
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+ Needs review.
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+ source: <20250620011943.586596-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
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-* ly/pack-bitmap-root-leakfix (2025-06-09) 1 commit
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- + pack-bitmap: remove checks before bitmap_free
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+* jc/cocci-avoid-regexp-constraint (2025-06-18) 1 commit
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+ - cocci: matching (multiple) identifiers
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- Memleak fix on an error code path.
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+ Avoid regexp_constraint and instead use comparison_constraint when
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+ listing functions to exclude from application of coccinelle rules,
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+ as spatch can be built with different regexp engine X-<.
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+ source: <xmqqbjqlexzd.fsf@gitster.g>
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- + sequencer: replace error() with BUG() in update_squash_messages ()
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+* jc/cocci-dtype (2025-06-18) 1 commit
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+ - cocci: do not directly access the .d_type member in struct dirent
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+ non-POSIX compliant systems we support lack it, and rewrite to use
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+ DTYPE() macro, which is not quite the right thing to do.
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-* ly/submodule-update-failure-leakfix (2025-06-07) 1 commit
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- + builtin/submodule--helper: fix leak when remote_submodule_branch() failed
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+ Will discard.
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+ source: <xmqq4iwcgbzb.fsf@gitster.g>
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+* jc/coccicheck-fails-make-when-it-fails (2025-06-19) 1 commit
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+ - coccicheck: fail "make" when it fails
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-* ma/doc-diff-cc-headers (2025-06-06) 1 commit
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- + diff-generate-patch.adoc: drop spurious backticks
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+ "make coccicheck" succeeds even when spatch made suggestions, which
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+ has been updated to fail in such a case.
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- Doc mark-up update.
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-* ps/meson-tap-parse (2025-06-01) 10 commits
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- + meson: parse TAP output generated by our tests
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- + meson: introduce kwargs variable for tests
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- + test-lib: fail on unexpectedly passing tests
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- + t7815: fix unexpectedly passing test on macOS
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- + t/test-lib: fix TAP format for BASH_XTRACEFD warning
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- + t/test-lib: don't print shell traces to stdout
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- + t983*: use prereq to check for Python-specific git-p4(1) support
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- + t9822: use prereq to check for ISO-8859-1 support
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- + t: silence output from `test_create_repo()`
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- + t: stop announcing prereqs
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- (this branch is used by rj/meson-tap-parse-fixup.)
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+* jt/imap-send-message-fix (2025-06-20) 3 commits
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+ - imap-send: improve error messages with configuration hints
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+ - imap-send: fix confusing 'store' terminology in error message
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+ - Merge branch 'ag/imap-send-resurrection' into jt/imap-send-message-fix
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+ (this branch uses ag/imap-send-resurrection.)
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+ Update some error messages from "git imap-send".
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+ Will merge to 'next'?
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+ source: <20250620155614.901816-1-joerg@thalheim.io>
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+* lo/repo-info (2025-06-19) 7 commits
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+ - repo-info: add field layout.shallow
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+ - repo-info: add field layout.bare
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+ - repo-info: add the field references.format
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+ - repo-info: add the --allow-empty flag
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+ - repo-info: add plaintext as an output format
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+ - repo-info: add the --format flag
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+ - repo-info: declare the repo-info command
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+ A new subcommand "git repo-info" gives users a way to grab various
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+ source: <20250619225751.99699-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
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+* cc/fast-import-export-signature-names (2025-06-19) 1 commit
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+ - fast-(import|export): improve on commit signature output format
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-* vd/cat-file-objectmode-update (2025-06-02) 3 commits
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+ Clean up the way how signature on commit objects are exported to
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+ and imported from fast-import stream.
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- source: <pull.1929.git.1748890555.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+ source: <20250619133630.727274-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>
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- - submodule: move get_default_remote_submodule()
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- - submodule--helper: improve logic for fallback remote name
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- - remote: remove the_repository from some functions
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+ . submodule: look up remotes by URL first
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+ . submodule: move get_default_remote_submodule()
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+ . submodule--helper: improve logic for fallback remote name
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+ . remote: remove the_repository from some functions
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+ . dir: move starts_with_dot(_dot)_slash to dir.h
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+ . remote: fix tear down of struct remote
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+ cf. <xmqqecve0yvz.fsf@gitster.g>
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+ source: <20250618-jk-submodule-helper-use-url-v3-0-7c60f2679271@gmail.com>
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