What's cooking (2011/05 #06)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2011, #05; Wed, 11)
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-X-master-at: dbe9c5adf95e99c35dd728af2114fccfb9117c65
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-X-next-at: 5aaf5cf1a3addf544db48634fb8abc1aec4e8174
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2011, #06; Fri, 13)
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+X-master-at: 2de58b398b5a1f81bf74a385e41cfc2fcd9cb427
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-What's cooking in git.git (May 2011, #05; Wed, 11)
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+What's cooking in git.git (May 2011, #06; Fri, 13)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'.
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+I am somewhat frustrated that I so almost no reviews on gitweb
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+patches. Does this mean nobody is interested in viewing the projects
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+on gitweb? How can we improve this lack of review bandwidth situation?
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The main part of this cycle is expected to run thru May, aiming for a
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feature freeze in early June.
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-We are in the middle of week #3.
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+We are about to finish the week #3 of this cycle.
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[Graduated to "master"]
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-* dm/http-cleanup (2011-05-04) 4 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-06 at 711ff78)
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- + t5541-http-push: add test for chunked
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- + http-push: refactor curl_easy_setup madness
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- + http-push: use const for strings in signatures
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- + http: make curl callbacks match contracts from curl header
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-* jc/maint-add-p-overlapping-hunks (2011-05-08) 5 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-08 at bcf9228)
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- + t3701: add-p-fix makes the last test to pass
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-02 at e57b66f)
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- + "add -p": work-around an old laziness that does not coalesce hunks
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- + add--interactive.perl: factor out repeated --recount option
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- + t3701: Editing a split hunk in an "add -p" session
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- + add -p: 'q' should really quit
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-* jc/maint-branch-mergeoptions (2011-05-06) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-08 at fa6b154)
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- + merge: make branch.<name>.mergeoptions correctly override merge.<option>
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- (this branch is used by mg/merge-ff-config.)
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-* jn/ctags (2011-04-29) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-06 at 5c574ff)
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- + gitweb: Mark matched 'ctag' / contents tag (?by_tag=foo)
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- + gitweb: Change the way "content tags" ('ctags') are handled
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- + gitweb: Restructure projects list generation
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- (this branch is used by jn/ctags-more.)
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-* jn/gitweb-dependency (2011-05-08) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-08 at 9101342)
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- + Remove gitweb/gitweb.cgi and other legacy targets from main Makefile
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- + git-instaweb: Simplify build dependency on gitweb
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-* jn/maint-test-merge-verify-parents (2011-05-06) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-08 at 35a7c66)
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- + tests: teach verify_parents to check for extra parents
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- + tests: eliminate unnecessary setup test assertions
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-* sr/maint-fast-import-tighten-option-parsing (2011-05-05) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-08 at 367b148)
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- + fast-import: fix option parser for no-arg options
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-* vh/config-interactive-singlekey-doc (2011-05-05) 5 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-06 at 46b522c)
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- + git-reset.txt: better docs for '--patch'
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- + git-checkout.txt: better docs for '--patch'
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- + git-stash.txt: better docs for '--patch'
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- + git-add.txt: document 'interactive.singlekey'
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- + config.txt: 'interactive.singlekey; is used by...
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- (this branch is used by ci/commit--interactive-atomic.)
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+* bf/commit-template-no-cleanup (2011-05-11) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-11 at 01fde0d)
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+ + Do not strip empty lines / trailing spaces from a commit message template
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+
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+* cn/log-parse-opt (2011-04-14) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-04-28 at 02f2eac)
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+ + log: convert to parse-options
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+
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+* jc/fix-add-u-unmerged (2011-04-23) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-04-28 at f7ed821)
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+ + Fix "add -u" that sometimes fails to resolve unmerged paths
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+ (this branch is used by jc/add-delete-default.)
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+* jc/t1506-shell-param-expansion-gotcha (2011-05-09) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-11 at 6c8619e)
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+ + t1507: avoid "${parameter<op>'word'}" inside double-quotes
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+* jh/dirstat-lines (2011-04-29) 8 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-04-29 at a302674)
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+ + Mark dirstat error messages for translation
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+ + Improve error handling when parsing dirstat parameters
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+ + New --dirstat=lines mode, doing dirstat analysis based on diffstat
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+ + Allow specifying --dirstat cut-off percentage as a floating point number
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+ + Add config variable for specifying default --dirstat behavior
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+ + Refactor --dirstat parsing; deprecate --cumulative and --dirstat-by-file
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+ + Make --dirstat=0 output directories that contribute < 0.1% of changes
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+ + Add several testcases for --dirstat and friends
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+* jn/setup-revisions-glob-and-friends-passthru (2011-04-21) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-04-28 at 6006cc4)
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+ + revisions: allow --glob and friends in parse_options-enabled commands
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+ + revisions: split out handle_revision_pseudo_opt function
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+
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+* js/maint-1.6.6-send-pack-stateless-rpc-deadlock-fix (2011-05-05) 2 commits
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+ + send-pack: unbreak push over stateless rpc
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+ + send-pack: avoid deadlock when pack-object dies early
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+ (this branch is used by js/maint-send-pack-stateless-rpc-deadlock-fix.)
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+* js/maint-send-pack-stateless-rpc-deadlock-fix (2011-05-05) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-05 at 3f4ffb9)
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+ + Merge branch 'js/maint-1.6.6-send-pack-stateless-rpc-deadlock-fix' into js/maint-send-pack-stateless-rpc-deadlock-fix
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-04-28 at db7e04a)
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+ + Merge branch 'js/maint-1.6.6-send-pack-stateless-rpc-deadlock-fix' into js/maint-send-pack-stateless-rpc-deadlock-fix
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+ (this branch uses js/maint-1.6.6-send-pack-stateless-rpc-deadlock-fix.)
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+* rr/rerere-libify-clear-gc (2011-05-08) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-11 at b1d8c88)
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+ + rerere: libify rerere_clear() and rerere_gc()
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+This is pure code movement. Changing them to suit the need of other
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+callers can be built on it as separate patches.
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[New Topics]
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-* jc/bigfile (2011-05-09) 3 commits
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- - Bigfile: teach "git add" to send a large file straight to a pack
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- - index_fd(): split into two helper functions
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- - index_fd(): turn write_object and format_check arguments into one flag
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+* jc/maint-1.6.6-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline (2011-05-11) 1 commit
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+ + setup_revisions(): take pathspec from command line and --stdin correctly
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+ (this branch is used by jc/magic-pathspec, jc/maint-1.7.4-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline and jc/maint-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline.)
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-This covers the entry point for a big file to the system. Other parts that
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-need to know about them are the exit point (i.e. write_entry()), packing
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-and repacking (as long as bigfilethreshold is sane this should work),
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-diffs and status (avoid slurping large binary in core only to do nothing,
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-which we already should), and transport (receive-pack/fetch-pack call
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-either unpack-objects or index-pack, which still want to hold the full
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-object in-core and need to be fixed).
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+* jc/maint-1.7.4-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline (2011-05-11) 1 commit
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+ - Merge branch 'jc/maint-1.6.6-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline'
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+ (this branch uses jc/maint-1.6.6-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline; is tangled with jc/magic-pathspec and jc/maint-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline.)
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-* jc/convert (2011-05-09) 4 commits
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- - convert: make it harder to screw up adding a conversion attribute
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- - convert: make it safer to add conversion attributes
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- - convert: give saner names to crlf/eol variables, types and functions
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- - convert: rename the "eol" global variable to "core_eol"
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-Will merge to "next" by the end of week #3.
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+* jc/maint-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline (2011-05-11) 2 commits
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+ - Merge branch 'jc/maint-1.7.4-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline'
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+ - Merge branch 'jc/maint-1.6.6-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline'
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+ (this branch uses jc/maint-1.6.6-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline; is tangled with jc/magic-pathspec and jc/maint-1.7.4-pathspec-stdin-and-cmdline.)
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-* jk/blame-line-porcelain (2011-05-09) 3 commits
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- - blame: add --line-porcelain output format
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- - blame: refactor porcelain output
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- - add tests for various blame formats
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+These are to fix an ancient bug where feeding "git log --stdin path" with
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+an input that also has additional pathspec corrupted memory.
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-* ms/tagname-does-not-begin-with-dash (2011-05-10) 1 commit
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- - tag: disallow '-' as tag name
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+* jl/read-tree-m-dry-run (2011-05-11) 1 commit
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+ - Teach read-tree the -n|--dry-run option
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+Looked good. We _might_ want to make -n simply ignore -u, though.
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-* fc/completion-zsh (2011-05-10) 1 commit
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- + git-completion: fix regression in zsh support
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- (this branch is used by sg/completion-updates.)
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+* jc/streaming (2011-05-12) 5 commits
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+ - write_entry(): use streaming API for writing working tree files
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+ - stream: a streaming interface to read from the object store
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+ - sha1_object_info_extended(): expose a bit more information from object-info
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+ - write_entry(): separate two helper functions out
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+ - packed_object_info_detail(): do not return a string
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+ (this branch uses jc/convert.)
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-* nd/sparse-co-fix (2011-05-10) 2 commits
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- - sparse checkout: do not eagerly decide the fate for whole directory
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- - t1011: fix sparse-checkout initialization and add new file
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+The counterpart to jc/bigfile to cover the write-out codepath. This does
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+not yet have "read directly from pack or loose object without slurping the
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+whole thing in memory" yet, which is still work in progress.
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* jc/add-delete-default (2011-04-27) 1 commit
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[Cooking]
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+* jc/bigfile (2011-05-12) 3 commits
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+ - Bigfile: teach "git add" to send a large file straight to a pack
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+ - index_fd(): split into two helper functions
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+ - index_fd(): turn write_object and format_check arguments into one flag
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+This covers the entry point for a big file to the system. Other parts that
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+need to know about them are the exit point (i.e. write_entry()), packing
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+and repacking (as long as bigfilethreshold is sane this should work),
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+diffs and status (avoid slurping large binary in core only to do nothing,
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+which we already should), and transport (receive-pack/fetch-pack call
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+either unpack-objects or index-pack, which still want to hold the full
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+object in-core and need to be fixed).
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+* jc/convert (2011-05-09) 4 commits
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+ - convert: make it harder to screw up adding a conversion attribute
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+ - convert: make it safer to add conversion attributes
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+ - convert: give saner names to crlf/eol variables, types and functions
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+ - convert: rename the "eol" global variable to "core_eol"
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+ (this branch is used by jc/streaming.)
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+Just a clean-up.
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+Will merge to "next" by the end of week #3.
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+* jk/blame-line-porcelain (2011-05-09) 3 commits
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+ - blame: add --line-porcelain output format
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+ - blame: refactor porcelain output
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+ - add tests for various blame formats
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+* ms/tagname-does-not-begin-with-dash (2011-05-10) 1 commit
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+ - tag: disallow '-' as tag name
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+Will merge to "next" by the end of week #3.
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+* fc/completion-zsh (2011-05-10) 1 commit
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+ + git-completion: fix regression in zsh support
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+ (this branch is used by sg/completion-updates.)
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+* nd/sparse-co-fix (2011-05-10) 2 commits
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+ - sparse checkout: do not eagerly decide the fate for whole directory
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+ - t1011: fix sparse-checkout initialization and add new file
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* kk/maint-prefix-in-config-mak (2011-05-09) 3 commits
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* ci/commit--interactive-atomic (2011-05-10) 6 commits
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* ab/i18n-scripts (2011-05-08) 48 commits
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- i18n: git-bisect [Y/n] messages
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-* jc/t1506-shell-param-expansion-gotcha (2011-05-09) 1 commit
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+Will be re-rolled to work around systems whose environment variable names
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* mg/merge-ff-config (2011-05-06) 3 commits
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- + Mark dirstat error messages for translation
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- + Improve error handling when parsing dirstat parameters
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- + New --dirstat=lines mode, doing dirstat analysis based on diffstat
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- + Allow specifying --dirstat cut-off percentage as a floating point number
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- + Add config variable for specifying default --dirstat behavior
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- + Refactor --dirstat parsing; deprecate --cumulative and --dirstat-by-file
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- + Make --dirstat=0 output directories that contribute < 0.1% of changes
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-* jn/setup-revisions-glob-and-friends-passthru (2011-04-21) 2 commits
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