What's cooking (2011/05 #13)

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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2011, #12; Thu, 26)
3 -X-master-at: 5cfe4256d98af22a570c78c5e3048391a90f5f98
4 -X-next-at: 9f46ca0aec6956294992cda67b91c2fc82a8efa6
2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2011, #13; Mon, 30)
3 +X-master-at: fb674d767180354d9ad3e69f1d41bee98df6bfe9
4 +X-next-at: 35b875275a07d8eae7e77225fb415fea6f2c0be7
5
6 -What's cooking in git.git (May 2011, #12; Thu, 26)
6 +What's cooking in git.git (May 2011, #13; Mon, 30)
7 --------------------------------------------------
8
9 Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
@@ -12,54 +12,198 @@ only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'.
12 The main part of this cycle is expected to run thru May, aiming for a
13 feature freeze in early June.
14
15 -We are in the middle of week #5 of this cycle. Let's plan to tag -rc0 with
16 -what is in 'master' at the end of the month.
15 +Week #6 of this cycle is just about to begin.
16
17 --------------------------------------------------
18 [New Topics]
19
21 -* jc/fmt-req-fix (2011-05-25) 1 commit
22 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-25 at 9f46ca0)
23 - + userformat_find_requirements(): find requirement for the correct format
20 +* bc/maint-status-z-to-use-porcelain (2011-05-29) 2 commits
21 + - builtin/commit.c: set status_format _after_ option parsing
22 + - t7508: demonstrate status's failure to use --porcelain format with -z
23
25 -* jk/maint-config-alias-fix (2011-05-24) 4 commits
26 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-25 at 25b86e4)
27 - + handle_options(): do not miscount how many arguments were used
28 - + config: always parse GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS during git_config
29 - + git_config: don't peek at global config_parameters
30 - + config: make environment parsing routines static
24 +Will cook a bit longer.
25 +
26 +* jk/format-patch-am (2011-05-26) 5 commits
27 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at 29d5dac)
28 + + format-patch: preserve subject newlines with -k
29 + + clean up calling conventions for pretty.c functions
30 + + pretty: add pp_commit_easy function for simple callers
31 + + mailinfo: always clean up rfc822 header folding
32 + + t: test subject handling in format-patch / am pipeline
33 +
34 +Will cook a bit longer.
35 +
36 +* jk/maint-remote-mirror-safer (2011-05-26) 1 commit
37 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at dc260ff)
38 + + remote: allow "-t" with fetch mirrors
39 +
40 +Will merge to "master".
41 +
42 +* jk/read-in-full-stops-on-error (2011-05-26) 1 commit
43 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at 102a220)
44 + + read_in_full: always report errors
45 +
46 +Will merge to "master".
47 +
48 +* ef/maint-win-verify-path (2011-05-27) 3 commits
49 + - verify_path: consider dos drive prefix
50 + - real_path: do not assume '/' is the path seperator
51 + - A Windows path starting with a backslash is absolute
52 +
53 +J6t had a reasonable question in the discussion.
54 +
55 +* jc/apply-nsbp (2011-05-27) 4 commits
56 + - War on nbsp: teach "git apply" to check and fix nbsp
57 + - War on nbsp: Add "nbsp" whitespace breakage class
58 + - War on nbsp: a bit of retreat
59 + - ws.c: add a helper to format comma separated messages
60 +
61 +Will probably drop.
62 +It was fun to write, though.
63 +
64 +* jc/log-quiet-fix (2011-05-28) 1 commit
65 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at dcbdbc0)
66 + + log: --quiet should serve as synonym to -s
67 +
68 +Will merge to "master".
69 +
70 +* jk/maint-docs (2011-05-26) 4 commits
71 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at 0ed19d6)
72 + + docs: fix some antique example output
73 + + docs: make sure literal "->" isn't converted to arrow
74 + + docs: update status --porcelain format
75 + + docs: minor grammar fixes to git-status
76 +
77 +Will merge to "master".
78 +
79 +* jk/rebase-head-reflog (2011-05-27) 2 commits
80 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at 97f02df)
81 + + rebase: write a reflog entry when finishing
82 + + rebase: create HEAD reflog entry when aborting
83 +
84 +Will merge to "master".
85 +
86 +* jn/gitweb-js-blame (2011-05-27) 3 commits
87 + - gitweb.js: use setTimeout rather than setInterval in blame_incremental.js
88 + - gitweb.js: No need for loop in blame_incremental's handleResponse()
89 + - gitweb.js: No need for inProgress in blame_incremental.js
90 +
91 +Will cook a bit longer.
92 +
93 +* kk/maint-prefix-in-config-mak (2011-05-27) 1 commit
94 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at 35b8752)
95 + + config.mak.in: allow "configure --sysconfdir=/else/where"
96 +
97 +Will merge to "master".
98 +
99 +* ab/i18n-envsubst-doc-fix (2011-05-30) 1 commit
100 + - git-sh-i18n--envsubst: add SYNOPSIS section to the documentation
101 +
102 +Will merge to "next" and then soon to "master".
103
104 --------------------------------------------------
105 [Graduated to "master"]
106
35 -* jc/bigfile (2011-05-13) 3 commits
36 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-15 at 0ee7144)
37 - + Bigfile: teach "git add" to send a large file straight to a pack
38 - + index_fd(): split into two helper functions
39 - + index_fd(): turn write_object and format_check arguments into one flag
40 - (this branch is used by jc/streaming and jc/streaming-filter.)
41 -
42 -This covers the entry point for a big file to the system. Other parts that
43 -need to know about them are the exit point (i.e. write_entry()), packing
44 -and repacking (as long as bigfilethreshold is sane this should work),
45 -diffs and status (avoid slurping large binary in core only to do nothing,
46 -which we already should), and transport (receive-pack/fetch-pack call
47 -either unpack-objects or index-pack, which still want to hold the full
48 -object in-core and need to be fixed).
49 -
50 -* js/log-abbrev-commit-config (2011-05-18) 2 commits
51 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at 4e7e932)
52 - + Add log.abbrevCommit config variable
53 - + "git log -h": typofix misspelled 'suppress'
107 +* bc/maint-api-doc-parked (2011-05-26) 1 commit
108 + + Documentation/technical/api-diff.txt: correct name of diff_unmerge()
109
55 ---------------------------------------------------
56 -[Stalled]
110 +* bc/maint-submodule-fix-parked (2011-05-26) 1 commit
111 + + git-submodule.sh: separate parens by a space to avoid confusing some shells
112
58 -* mg/diff-stat-count (2011-05-03) 2 commits
59 - - diff-options.txt: describe --stat-{width,name-width,count}
60 - - diff: introduce --stat-count to limit the stat lines
113 +* jc/notes-batch-removal (2011-05-19) 4 commits
114 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at 5bd78a6)
115 + + show: --ignore-missing
116 + + notes remove: --stdin reads from the standard input
117 + + notes remove: --ignore-missing
118 + + notes remove: allow removing more than one
119
62 -There was a miscounting spotted. Needs another round.
120 +* jc/require-work-tree-exists (2011-05-24) 1 commit
121 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-24 at 6dbbf00)
122 + + require-work-tree wants more than what its name says
123 +
124 +Rerolled _without_ any in-tree users, just to make sure that we can easily
125 +adapt scripts when necessary in the future.
126 +
127 +* jk/fetch-mark-complete-optimization (2011-05-19) 1 commit
128 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at b56fb81)
129 + + fetch: avoid repeated commits in mark_complete
130 +
131 +Trivially correct.
132 +
133 +* jk/haves-from-alternate-odb (2011-05-19) 3 commits
134 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at 53b4735)
135 + + receive-pack: eliminate duplicate .have refs
136 + + bisect: refactor sha1_array into a generic sha1 list
137 + + refactor refs_from_alternate_cb to allow passing extra data
138 +
139 +* jm/maint-misc-fix (2011-05-26) 3 commits
140 + + read_gitfile_gently: use ssize_t to hold read result
141 + + remove tests of always-false condition
142 + + rerere.c: diagnose a corrupt MERGE_RR when hitting EOF between TAB and '\0'
143 +
144 +* jn/ctags-more (2011-04-29) 3 commits
145 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-24 at 41b50be)
146 + + gitweb: Optional grouping of projects by category
147 + + gitweb: Modularized git_get_project_description to be more generic
148 + + gitweb: Split git_project_list_body in two functions
149 +
150 +* jn/gitweb-js (2011-05-24) 11 commits
151 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-24 at c385b9d)
152 + + gitweb: Make JavaScript ability to adjust timezones configurable
153 + + gitweb.js: Add UI for selecting common timezone to display dates
154 + + gitweb: JavaScript ability to adjust time based on timezone
155 + + gitweb: Unify the way long timestamp is displayed
156 + + gitweb: Refactor generating of long dates into format_timestamp_html
157 + + gitweb.js: Provide getElementsByClassName method (if it not exists)
158 + + gitweb.js: Introduce code to handle cookies from JavaScript
159 + + gitweb.js: Extract and improve datetime handling
160 + + gitweb.js: Provide default values for padding in padLeftStr and padLeft
161 + + gitweb.js: Update and improve comments in JavaScript files
162 + + gitweb: Split JavaScript for maintability, combining on build
163 +
164 +Rebased on top of a more recent "master" that already has the two bottom
165 +commits in the previous round of series.
166 +
167 +As nobody seems to be helping gitweb maintenance, I'll merge the above two
168 +series to "master" and see if anybody screams. That seems to be the only
169 +way to make any progress.
170 +
171 +* jn/userdiff-perl-updates (2011-05-23) 8 commits
172 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at 2595ae1)
173 + + userdiff/perl: tighten BEGIN/END block pattern to reject here-doc delimiters
174 + + tests: make test_expect_code quieter on success
175 + + userdiff/perl: catch sub with brace on second line
176 + + userdiff/perl: match full line of POD headers
177 + + userdiff/perl: anchor "sub" and "package" patterns on the left
178 + + t4018 (funcname patterns): minor cleanups
179 + + t4018 (funcname patterns): make configuration easier to track
180 + + t4018 (funcname patterns): make .gitattributes state easier to track
181 +
182 +* mk/grep-pcre (2011-05-23) 13 commits
183 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at fbd4877)
184 + + git-grep: Update tests (mainly for -P)
185 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-16 at 0c6c25e)
186 + + Makefile: Pass USE_LIBPCRE down in GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
187 + + git-grep: update tests now regexp type is "last one wins"
188 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-15 at d110135)
189 + + git-grep: do not die upon -F/-P when grep.extendedRegexp is set.
190 + + git-grep: Bail out when -P is used with -F or -E
191 + + grep: Add basic tests
192 + + configure: Check for libpcre
193 + + git-grep: Learn PCRE
194 + + grep: Extract compile_regexp_failed() from compile_regexp()
195 + + grep: Fix a typo in a comment
196 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-08 at 5d3bede)
197 + + grep: Put calls to fixmatch() and regmatch() into patmatch()
198 + + contrib/completion: --line-number to git grep
199 + + Documentation: Add --line-number to git-grep synopsis
200 +
201 +* rg/no-gecos-in-pwent (2011-05-19) 1 commit
202 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at d2c4c33)
203 + + ident: add NO_GECOS_IN_PWENT for systems without pw_gecos in struct passwd
204 +
205 +--------------------------------------------------
206 +[Stalled]
207
208 * jk/maint-merge-rename-create (2011-03-25) 3 commits
209 - merge: turn on rewrite detection
@@ -92,19 +236,43 @@ current usage context.
236 --------------------------------------------------
237 [Cooking]
238
239 +* mg/diff-stat-count (2011-05-27) 4 commits
240 + - diff --stat-count: finishing touches
241 + - diff-options.txt: describe --stat-{width,name-width,count}
242 + - diff: introduce --stat-lines to limit the stat lines
243 + - diff.c: omit hidden entries from namelen calculation with --stat
244 +
245 +Will cook a bit longer.
246 +
247 +* jc/fmt-req-fix (2011-05-25) 1 commit
248 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-25 at 9f46ca0)
249 + + userformat_find_requirements(): find requirement for the correct format
250 +
251 +Will merge to "master".
252 +
253 +* jk/maint-config-alias-fix (2011-05-24) 4 commits
254 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-25 at 25b86e4)
255 + + handle_options(): do not miscount how many arguments were used
256 + + config: always parse GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS during git_config
257 + + git_config: don't peek at global config_parameters
258 + + config: make environment parsing routines static
259 +
260 +Will merge to "master".
261 +
262 * jl/read-tree-m-dry-run (2011-05-25) 2 commits
96 - - Teach read-tree the -n|--dry-run option
97 - - unpack-trees: add the dry_run flag to unpack_trees_options
263 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at 42febaf)
264 + + Teach read-tree the -n|--dry-run option
265 + + unpack-trees: add the dry_run flag to unpack_trees_options
266
99 -Will merge to "next".
267 +Will merge to "master".
268
101 -* da/git-prefix-everywhere (2011-05-23) 3 commits
102 - - git-mergetool--lib: Make vimdiff retain the current directory
103 - - git: Remove handling for GIT_PREFIX
104 - - setup: Provide GIT_PREFIX to built-ins
269 +* da/git-prefix-everywhere (2011-05-26) 3 commits
270 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at 9480900)
271 + + git-mergetool--lib: Make vimdiff retain the current directory
272 + + git: Remove handling for GIT_PREFIX
273 + + setup: Provide GIT_PREFIX to built-ins
274
106 -Is everybody happy with this?
107 -Will merge to "next".
275 +Will cook a bit longer.
276
277 * jh/receive-count-limit (2011-05-23) 10 commits
278 - receive-pack: Allow server to refuse pushes with too many objects
@@ -119,79 +287,9 @@ Will merge to "next".
287 - Update technical docs to reflect side-band-64k capability in receive-pack
288
289 Would need another round to separate per-pack and per-session limits.
290 +Not urgent. Will not merge before 1.7.6.
291
123 -* jc/require-work-tree-exists (2011-05-24) 1 commit
124 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-24 at 6dbbf00)
125 - + require-work-tree wants more than what its name says
126 -
127 -Rerolled _without_ any in-tree users, just to make sure that we can easily
128 -adapt scripts when necessary in the future.
129 -
130 -Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
131 -
132 -* jn/gitweb-js (2011-05-24) 11 commits
133 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-24 at c385b9d)
134 - + gitweb: Make JavaScript ability to adjust timezones configurable
135 - + gitweb.js: Add UI for selecting common timezone to display dates
136 - + gitweb: JavaScript ability to adjust time based on timezone
137 - + gitweb: Unify the way long timestamp is displayed
138 - + gitweb: Refactor generating of long dates into format_timestamp_html
139 - + gitweb.js: Provide getElementsByClassName method (if it not exists)
140 - + gitweb.js: Introduce code to handle cookies from JavaScript
141 - + gitweb.js: Extract and improve datetime handling
142 - + gitweb.js: Provide default values for padding in padLeftStr and padLeft
143 - + gitweb.js: Update and improve comments in JavaScript files
144 - + gitweb: Split JavaScript for maintability, combining on build
145 -
146 -Rebased on top of a more recent "master" that already has the two bottom
147 -commits in the previous round of series.
148 -
149 -Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
150 -
151 -* jn/ctags-more (2011-04-29) 3 commits
152 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-24 at 41b50be)
153 - + gitweb: Optional grouping of projects by category
154 - + gitweb: Modularized git_get_project_description to be more generic
155 - + gitweb: Split git_project_list_body in two functions
156 -
157 -As nobody seems to be helping gitweb maintenance, I'll merge the above two
158 -series to "master" and see if anybody screams. That seems to be the only
159 -way to make any progress.
160 -
161 -Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
162 -
163 -* jc/notes-batch-removal (2011-05-19) 4 commits
164 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at 5bd78a6)
165 - + show: --ignore-missing
166 - + notes remove: --stdin reads from the standard input
167 - + notes remove: --ignore-missing
168 - + notes remove: allow removing more than one
169 -
170 -Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
171 -
172 -* jk/fetch-mark-complete-optimization (2011-05-19) 1 commit
173 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at b56fb81)
174 - + fetch: avoid repeated commits in mark_complete
175 -
176 -Trivially correct.
177 -Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
178 -
179 -* jk/haves-from-alternate-odb (2011-05-19) 3 commits
180 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at 53b4735)
181 - + receive-pack: eliminate duplicate .have refs
182 - + bisect: refactor sha1_array into a generic sha1 list
183 - + refactor refs_from_alternate_cb to allow passing extra data
184 -
185 -Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
186 -
187 -* rg/no-gecos-in-pwent (2011-05-19) 1 commit
188 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at d2c4c33)
189 - + ident: add NO_GECOS_IN_PWENT for systems without pw_gecos in struct passwd
190 -
191 -Trivially correct and not intrusive, but the real value unknown.
192 -Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
193 -
194 -* jc/streaming-filter (2011-05-24) 8 commits
292 +* jc/streaming-filter (2011-05-26) 8 commits
293 - t0021: test application of both crlf and ident
294 - t0021-conversion.sh: fix NoTerminatingSymbolAtEOF test
295 - streaming: filter cascading
@@ -204,20 +302,8 @@ Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
302
303 Trivial lf-to-crlf and ident conversions can be performed without reading
304 everything in-core first.
207 -Not urgent. Will not merge before 1.7.6.
305
209 -* jn/userdiff-perl-updates (2011-05-23) 8 commits
210 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at 2595ae1)
211 - + userdiff/perl: tighten BEGIN/END block pattern to reject here-doc delimiters
212 - + tests: make test_expect_code quieter on success
213 - + userdiff/perl: catch sub with brace on second line
214 - + userdiff/perl: match full line of POD headers
215 - + userdiff/perl: anchor "sub" and "package" patterns on the left
216 - + t4018 (funcname patterns): minor cleanups
217 - + t4018 (funcname patterns): make configuration easier to track
218 - + t4018 (funcname patterns): make .gitattributes state easier to track
219 -
220 -Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
306 +Not urgent. Will not merge before 1.7.6.
307
308 * jk/combine-diff-binary-etc (2011-05-24) 5 commits
309 (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-24 at 07cf180)
@@ -227,15 +313,17 @@ Will merge to "master" by the end of week #5.
313 + combine-diff: calculate mode_differs earlier
314 + combine-diff: split header printing into its own function
315
230 -Will merge to "master" by the end of month.
316 +Not urgent. Will not merge before 1.7.6.
317
318 * jc/advice-about-to-lose-commit (2011-05-24) 1 commit
233 - - checkout: make advice when reattaching the HEAD less loud
319 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-30 at 42385cc)
320 + + checkout: make advice when reattaching the HEAD less loud
321
235 -Re-rolled and resurrected from "Stalled" status.
236 -Will merge to "next".
322 +Not urgent. Will not merge before 1.7.6.
323
238 -* jc/streaming (2011-05-20) 13 commits
324 +* jc/streaming (2011-05-26) 14 commits
325 + (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-26 at 7fdda8d)
326 + + sha1_file: use the correct type (ssize_t, not size_t) for read-style function
327 (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at 7fd0b52)
328 + streaming: read loose objects incrementally
329 + sha1_file.c: expose helpers to read loose objects
@@ -306,56 +394,4 @@ Not urgent. Will not merge before 1.7.6.
394 + i18n: git-am add git-sh-i18n
395
396 Rerolled.
309 -
310 -* mk/grep-pcre (2011-05-23) 13 commits
311 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-23 at fbd4877)
312 - + git-grep: Update tests (mainly for -P)
313 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-16 at 0c6c25e)
314 - + Makefile: Pass USE_LIBPCRE down in GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
315 - + git-grep: update tests now regexp type is "last one wins"
316 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-15 at d110135)
317 - + git-grep: do not die upon -F/-P when grep.extendedRegexp is set.
318 - + git-grep: Bail out when -P is used with -F or -E
319 - + grep: Add basic tests
320 - + configure: Check for libpcre
321 - + git-grep: Learn PCRE
322 - + grep: Extract compile_regexp_failed() from compile_regexp()
323 - + grep: Fix a typo in a comment
324 - (merged to 'next' on 2011-05-08 at 5d3bede)
325 - + grep: Put calls to fixmatch() and regmatch() into patmatch()
326 - + contrib/completion: --line-number to git grep
327 - + Documentation: Add --line-number to git-grep synopsis
328 -
329 -There was a confused test around BRE caused by GNU extension people so
330 -used to use without even realizing it is GNU extension.
331 -
332 -Will merge to "master" by the middle of week #5.
333 -
334 ---------------------------------------------------
335 -[Discarded]
336 -
337 -* hg/add-i-qq (2011-05-17) 1 commit
338 - . add-interactive: add 'Quit' shortcut to add hunk and quit
339 -
340 -The question "why is y+q any more deserving for a short-cut than d+q" was
341 -raised late in the discussion, and I think it a very valid concern.
342 -
343 -* jc/add-delete-default (2011-04-27) 1 commit
344 - . git add: notice removal of tracked paths by default
345 -
346 -This is ill-thought out. When the user does want to say "take all changes
347 -into account, not just addition", they can easily say "add -u" (update).
348 -
349 -* jc/dotdot-is-parent-directory (2011-05-04) 1 commit
350 - . specifying ranges: we did not mean to make ".." an empty set
351 -
352 -Updated documentation, but I do not feel a strong enough annoyance to push
353 -this forward.
354 -
355 -* jc/fix-config-environment-passing (2011-05-24) 1 commit
356 - . Allow built-ins to also use -c var=val via alias
357 -
358 -* jc/git-handle-options-miscount (2011-05-24) 1 commit
359 - . handle_options(): do not miscount how many arguments were used
360 -
361 -These two have been discarded; jk/maint-config-alias-fix replaces them.
397 +Will cook a bit longer.