What's cooking (2021/08 #05)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2021, #04; Tue, 10)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2021, #05; Thu, 12)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2021, #04; Tue, 10)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2021, #05; Thu, 12)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
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'seen'. The ones marked with '.' do not appear in any of the
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integration branches, but I am still holding onto them.
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-Git 2.33-rc2 will be tagged tomorrow, with a few build and
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-regression fixes (not in 'master' yet as of this writing).
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+Git 2.33-rc2 has been tagged. The last couple of days, I may have
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+ignored patches on new topics that are irrelevant to the upcoming
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+release, and will continue to do so until the current cycle is over.
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+Please resend them after the final release of Git 2.33 if they are
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+still relevant.
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Copies of the source code to Git live in many repositories, and the
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following is a list of the ones I push into or their mirrors. Some
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https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
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-[New Topics]
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-
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-* cb/builtin-merge-format-string-fix (2021-08-09) 1 commit
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- - builtin/merge: avoid -Wformat-extra-args from ancient Xcode
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-
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- Code clean-up.
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-
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- Will merge to 'next'.
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-
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+[Graduated to 'master']
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-* cb/many-alternate-optim-fixup (2021-08-09) 2 commits
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+* cb/many-alternate-optim-fixup (2021-08-11) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2021-08-11 at 02b3558652)
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+ + object-file: use unsigned arithmetic with bit mask
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(merged to 'next' on 2021-08-09 at 3572bef349)
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+ object-store: avoid extra ';' from KHASH_INIT
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+ oidtree: avoid nested struct oidtree_node
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Build fix.
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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+* jn/log-m-does-not-imply-p (2021-08-09) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2021-08-09 at d937d09924)
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+ + Revert 'diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p"'
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-* ka/want-ref-in-namespace (2021-08-09) 3 commits
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- - docs: clarify the interaction of transfer.hideRefs and namespaces
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- - upload-pack.c: treat want-ref relative to namespace
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- - t5730: introduce fetch command helper
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+ Earlier "git log -m" was changed to always produce patch output,
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+ which would break existing scripts, which has been reverted.
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- "git upload-pack" which runs on the other side of "git fetch"
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- forgot to take the ref namespaces into account when handling
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- want-ref requests.
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+--------------------------------------------------
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+[New Topics]
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+* th/userdiff-more-java (2021-08-11) 1 commit
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+ - userdiff: improve java hunk header regex
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-* np/blame-ignore-revs-file-may-be-optional (2021-08-09) 1 commit
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- - blame: add config `blame.ignoreRevsFileIsOptional`
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+ The userdiff pattern for "java" language has been updated.
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- When the file named by blame.ignoreRevsFile configuration variable
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- does not exist, it causes "git blame" to die. Sometimes, it is
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- useful if the files named by configuration variables can be made
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- optional (it would allow ~/.gitconfig to give a filename, and make
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- it effective only in repositories that have a file with that name).
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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- This uses an extra variable that marks that the variable is
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- optional. Yet another alternative is being discussed to define
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- syntax for "optional" filename values, so that the same mechanism
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- can be used for not just blame.ignoreRevsFile but other filenames.
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- Queued just as a reminder of the theme.
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+* zh/cherry-pick-advice (2021-08-11) 1 commit
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+ - cherry-pick: use better advice message
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+ The advice message that "git cherry-pick" gives when it asks
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+ conflicted replay of a commit to be resolved by the end user has
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+ been updated.
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-* cb/ci-build-pedantic (2021-08-09) 1 commit
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- - ci: run a pedantic build as part of the GitHub workflow
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- (this branch uses cb/many-alternate-optim-fixup.)
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+ cf. <a510722c-d5a2-f00c-dd20-dd7f76da2408@gmail.com>
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- CI update.
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- Will merge to 'next'.
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+* es/config-based-hooks (2021-08-11) 7 commits
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+ - hook: allow out-of-repo 'git hook' invocations
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+ - hook: include hooks from the config
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+ - hook: allow running non-native hooks
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+ - hook: introduce "git hook list"
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+ - hook: allow parallel hook execution
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+ - hook: run a list of hooks instead
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+ - Merge branch 'ab/config-based-hooks-base' into es/config-based-hooks
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+ (this branch uses ab/config-based-hooks-base.)
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+ Revamp the hooks subsystem to allow multiple of them to trigger
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+ upon the same event and control via the configuration variables.
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-* jn/log-m-does-not-imply-p (2021-08-09) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2021-08-09 at d937d09924)
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- + Revert 'diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p"'
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- Earlier "git log -m" was changed to always produce patch output,
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- which would break existing scripts, which has been reverted.
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+* mk/clone-recurse-submodules (2021-08-11) 1 commit
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+ - clone: set submodule.recurse=true if user enables feature.experimental flag
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- Will merge to 'master'.
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+ It is proposed that in the future "git clone --recurse-submodules"
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+ unconditionally sets "submodule.recurse" configuration variable to
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+ true. Users can opt into the future early to enable this (and
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+ other new features) by setting the "feature.experimental" variable
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+ to true.
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-* ds/sparse-index-ignored-files (2021-08-10) 9 commits
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- - sparse-checkout: clear tracked sparse dirs
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- - sparse-index: add SPARSE_INDEX_IGNORE_CONFIG flag
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- - attr: be careful about sparse directories
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- - sparse-checkout: create helper methods
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- - unpack-trees: fix nested sparse-dir search
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- - sparse-index: silently return when cache tree fails
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- - sparse-index: silently return when not using cone-mode patterns
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- - t7519: rewrite sparse index test
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- - Merge branch 'ds/add-with-sparse-index' into ds/sparse-index-ignored-files
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- (this branch uses ds/add-with-sparse-index.)
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+* bc/t5607-avoid-broken-test-fail-prereqs (2021-08-11) 1 commit
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+ - t5607: avoid using prerequisites to select algorithm
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- In cone mode, the sparse-index codepath learned to remove ignored
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- files (like build artifacts) outside the sparse cone, allowing the
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- entire directory outside the sparse cone to be removed, which is
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- especially useful when the sparse patterns change.
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+ The current implementation of GIT_TEST_FAIL_PREREQS is broken in
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+ that checking for the lack of a prerequisite would not work. Avoid
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+ the use of "if ! test_have_prereq X" in a test script.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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-* jc/userdiff-pattern-hint (2021-08-10) 1 commit
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- - userdiff: comment on the builtin patterns
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- Remind developers that the userdiff patterns should be kept simple
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- and permissive, assuming that the contents they apply are always
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- syntactically correct.
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+* jk/commit-edit-fixup-fix (2021-08-12) 1 commit
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+ - commit: restore --edit when combined with --fixup
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+ "git commit --fixup" now works with "--edit" again, after it was
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+ broken in v2.32.
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-* jk/apply-binary-hunk-parsing-fix (2021-08-10) 1 commit
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- - apply: keep buffer/size pair in sync when parsing binary hunks
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+ Will merge to 'next'?
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- "git apply" miscounted the bytes and failed to read to the end of
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- Will merge to 'next'.
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+* tl/traverse-non-commits-rename (2021-08-12) 1 commit
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+ - list-objects.c: rename "traverse_trees_and_blobs" to "traverse_non_commits"
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-* jk/range-diff-fixes (2021-08-10) 3 commits
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- - range-diff: use ssize_t for parsed "len" in read_patches()
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- - range-diff: handle unterminated lines in read_patches()
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- - range-diff: drop useless "offset" variable from read_patches()
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- "git range-diff" code clean-up.
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Will merge to 'next'.
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-* js/advise-when-skipping-cherry-picked (2021-08-10) 2 commits
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- - SQUASH???
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- - sequencer: advise if skipping cherry-picked commit
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+* cb/ci-freebsd-update (2021-08-12) 1 commit
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+ - ci: update freebsd 12 cirrus job
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- "git rebase" by default skips changes that are equivalent to
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- commits that are already in the history the branch is rebased onto;
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- give messages when this happens to let the users be aware of
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- skipped commits, and also teach them how to tell "rebase" to keep
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- duplicated changes.
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-* jt/grep-wo-submodule-odb-as-alternate (2021-08-10) 7 commits
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- - t7814: show lack of alternate ODB-adding
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- - grep: add repository to OID grep sources
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- - grep: allocate subrepos on heap
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- - grep: read submodule entry with explicit repo
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- - grep: typesafe versions of grep_source_init
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- - grep: use submodule-ODB-as-alternate lazy-addition
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- - submodule: lazily add submodule ODBs as alternates
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+ Update FreeBSD CI job
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- The code to make "git grep" recurse into submodules has been
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- updated to migrate away from the "add submodule's object store as
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- an alternate object store" mechanism (which is suboptimal).
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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[Stalled]
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[Cooking]
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+* cb/builtin-merge-format-string-fix (2021-08-09) 1 commit
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+ - builtin/merge: avoid -Wformat-extra-args from ancient Xcode
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+ Code clean-up.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+* ka/want-ref-in-namespace (2021-08-09) 3 commits
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+ - docs: clarify the interaction of transfer.hideRefs and namespaces
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+ - upload-pack.c: treat want-ref relative to namespace
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+ - t5730: introduce fetch command helper
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+
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+ "git upload-pack" which runs on the other side of "git fetch"
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+ forgot to take the ref namespaces into account when handling
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+ want-ref requests.
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+* np/blame-ignore-revs-file-may-be-optional (2021-08-09) 1 commit
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+ - blame: add config `blame.ignoreRevsFileIsOptional`
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+
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+ When the file named by blame.ignoreRevsFile configuration variable
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+ does not exist, it causes "git blame" to die. Sometimes, it is
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+ useful if the files named by configuration variables can be made
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+ optional (it would allow ~/.gitconfig to give a filename, and make
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+ it effective only in repositories that have a file with that name).
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+
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+ This uses an extra variable that marks that the variable is
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+ optional. Yet another alternative is being discussed to define
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+ syntax for "optional" filename values, so that the same mechanism
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+ can be used for not just blame.ignoreRevsFile but other filenames.
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+
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+ Queued just as a reminder of the theme.
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+* cb/ci-build-pedantic (2021-08-11) 1 commit
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+ - ci: run a pedantic build as part of the GitHub workflow
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+ CI update.
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+ Expecting a reroll.
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+* ds/sparse-index-ignored-files (2021-08-10) 9 commits
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+ - sparse-checkout: clear tracked sparse dirs
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+ - sparse-index: add SPARSE_INDEX_IGNORE_CONFIG flag
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+ - attr: be careful about sparse directories
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+ - sparse-checkout: create helper methods
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+ - unpack-trees: fix nested sparse-dir search
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+ - sparse-index: silently return when cache tree fails
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+ - sparse-index: silently return when not using cone-mode patterns
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+ - t7519: rewrite sparse index test
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+ - Merge branch 'ds/add-with-sparse-index' into ds/sparse-index-ignored-files
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+ (this branch uses ds/add-with-sparse-index.)
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+
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+ In cone mode, the sparse-index codepath learned to remove ignored
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+ files (like build artifacts) outside the sparse cone, allowing the
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+ entire directory outside the sparse cone to be removed, which is
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+ especially useful when the sparse patterns change.
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+
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+* jc/userdiff-pattern-hint (2021-08-11) 1 commit
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+ - userdiff: comment on the builtin patterns
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+ Remind developers that the userdiff patterns should be kept simple
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+ and permissive, assuming that the contents they apply are always
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+ syntactically correct.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+* jk/apply-binary-hunk-parsing-fix (2021-08-10) 1 commit
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+ - apply: keep buffer/size pair in sync when parsing binary hunks
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+ "git apply" miscounted the bytes and failed to read to the end of
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+ binary hunks.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+* jk/range-diff-fixes (2021-08-10) 3 commits
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+ - range-diff: use ssize_t for parsed "len" in read_patches()
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+ - range-diff: handle unterminated lines in read_patches()
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+ - range-diff: drop useless "offset" variable from read_patches()
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+ "git range-diff" code clean-up.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+* js/advise-when-skipping-cherry-picked (2021-08-10) 2 commits
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+ - SQUASH???
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+ - sequencer: advise if skipping cherry-picked commit
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+
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+ "git rebase" by default skips changes that are equivalent to
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+ commits that are already in the history the branch is rebased onto;
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+ give messages when this happens to let the users be aware of
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+ skipped commits, and also teach them how to tell "rebase" to keep
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+ duplicated changes.
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+* jt/grep-wo-submodule-odb-as-alternate (2021-08-10) 7 commits
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+ - t7814: show lack of alternate ODB-adding
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+ - grep: add repository to OID grep sources
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+ - grep: allocate subrepos on heap
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+ - grep: read submodule entry with explicit repo
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+ - grep: typesafe versions of grep_source_init
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+ - grep: use submodule-ODB-as-alternate lazy-addition
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+ - submodule: lazily add submodule ODBs as alternates
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+
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+ The code to make "git grep" recurse into submodules has been
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+ updated to migrate away from the "add submodule's object store as
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+ an alternate object store" mechanism (which is suboptimal).
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* ps/fetch-pack-load-refs-optim (2021-08-04) 1 commit
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+ fetch-pack: speed up loading of refs via commit graph
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* ar/submodule-add-config (2021-08-10) 1 commit
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+* dt/submodule-diff-fixes (2021-08-11) 3 commits
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+ - diff --submodule=diff: don't print failure message twice
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- diff --submodule=diff: do not fail on ever-initialied deleted submodules
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- cf. <fc5ec100-1d42-4199-236e-7a99c9218f38@gmail.com>
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