What's cooking (2008/10 #03)

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1 -Subject: What's cooking in git/spearce.git (Oct 2008, #02; Sun, 12)
2 -X-master-at: 5c283eb13c94be6ca974aa722159dc9838d10d97
3 -X-next-at: 340fcf496c9eb7c8be7f14efdd282666a6b6a1f1
1 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2008, #03; Tue, 14)
2 +X-master-at: 67faaaba8338cf59c212ce5239eeb223a77acdf0
3 +X-next-at: f1ba443bf7f7fae740f81058fca0bcff3613d999
4
5 -What's cooking in git/spearce.git (Oct 2008, #02; Sun, 12)
5 +What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2008, #03; Tue, 14)
6 --------------------------------------------------
7
8 Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed
@@ -12,152 +12,89 @@ in 'next'.
12 The topics list the commits in reverse chronological order. The topics
13 meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names.
14
15 -gitster's back and I'm expecting he will take over from here.
15 +This round I haven't added anything new yet. Just getting my development
16 +repository back into shape and in sync with what I received from Shawn.
17
18 ----------------------------------------------------------------
19 [New Topics]
20
20 -* dp/checkattr (Tue Oct 7 04:16:52 2008 +0400) 2 commits
21 - + check-attr: Add --stdin option
22 - + check-attr: add an internal check_attr() function
23 -
24 -Batch attr lookup via --stdin, for gitk and git-gui.
25 -
26 -* mv/clonev (Thu Oct 9 01:40:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit
27 - + Implement git clone -v
28 -
29 -Does what it says it does. This may be ready for master soon,
30 -its a pretty trivial change.
31 -
32 -* gb/refactor-pathinfo (Fri Oct 10 20:42:26 2008 +0200) 1 commit
33 - + gitweb: refactor input parameters parse/validation
34 -
35 -A major cleanup on the way gitweb parses its input arguments.
36 -Future gitweb patches to add more arguments into the PATH_INFO
37 -depend upon this initial cleanup work.
38 -
39 -* ml/cygwin-filemode (Sun Oct 12 14:44:46 2008 -0400) 1 commit
40 - - compat/cygwin.c - Use cygwin's stat if core.filemode == true
41 -
42 -I think another version may be coming to reuse the core.filemode
43 -parsing so this patch isn't in next yet.
21 +* js/maint-fetch-update-head (Mon Oct 13 11:36:52 2008 +0200) 1 commit
22 + - Fix fetch/pull when run without --update-head-ok
23
45 -* sh/rebase-i-p (Wed Oct 8 01:41:57 2008 -0500) 7 commits
46 - - rebase-i-p: if todo was reordered use HEAD as the rewritten parent
47 - - rebase-i-p: do not include non-first-parent commits touching
48 - UPSTREAM
49 - - rebase-i-p: only list commits that require rewriting in todo
50 - - rebase-i-p: fix 'no squashing merges' tripping up non-merges
51 - - rebase-i-p: delay saving current-commit to REWRITTEN if squashing
52 - - rebase-i-p: use HEAD for updating the ref instead of mapping
53 - OLDHEAD
54 - - rebase-i-p: test to exclude commits from todo based on its parents
55 -
56 -Changes the `rebase -i -p` behavior to behave like git sequencer's
57 -rewrite of `rebase -i` would behave. Its parked in pu because I
58 -have not had the time to review the series in detail. First glance
59 -looked OK to me.
60 -
61 -* js/keephardlinks (Sat Oct 11 13:45:13 2008 +0200) 1 commit
62 - - Introduce core.keepHardLinks
63 -
64 -The value of this change is currently in question, and the commit
65 -message doesn't justify it very well.
66 -
67 -* jn/gitweb-customlinks (Sun Oct 12 00:02:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit
68 - - gitweb: Better processing format string in custom links in navbar
69 -
70 -Waiting for some sort of response from Pasky.
24 +This looked sane to me.
25
26 ----------------------------------------------------------------
73 -[Graduated to "master"]
74 -
75 -* mw/sendemail (Sun Sep 28 07:51:21 2008 +0300) 10 commits
76 - + bash completion: Add --[no-]validate to "git send-email"
77 - + send-email: signedoffcc -> signedoffbycc, but handle both
78 - + Docs: send-email: Create logical groupings for man text
79 - + Docs: send-email: Create logical groupings for --help text
80 - + Docs: send-email: Remove unnecessary config variable description
81 - + Docs: send-email: --chain_reply_to -> --[no-]chain-reply-to
82 - + send-email: change --no-validate to boolean --[no-]validate
83 - + Docs: send-email: Man page option ordering
84 - + Docs: send-email usage text much sexier
85 - + Docs: send-email's usage text and man page mention same options
86 -
87 -* jc/add-ita (Thu Aug 21 01:44:53 2008 -0700) 1 commit
88 - + git-add --intent-to-add (-N)
89 -
90 -* mg/verboseprune (Mon Sep 29 18:49:52 2008 +0200) 1 commit
91 - + make prune report removed objects on -v
92 -
93 -* lt/time-reject-fractional-seconds (Sat Aug 16 21:25:40 2008 -0700) 1 commit
94 - + date/time: do not get confused by fractional seconds
95 -
96 -* dp/cywginstat (Tue Sep 30 17:53:47 2008 +0400) 3 commits
97 - + cygwin: Use native Win32 API for stat
98 - + mingw: move common functionality to win32.h
99 - + add have_git_dir() function
27 +[Stuck Topics]
28
101 -Performance improvement for Cygwin, bypassing the Cygwin stat
102 -function and using one more like MinGW uses. Probably ready for
103 -master on the next round. Several Cygwin users have given praise
104 -to the series.
29 +* nd/narrow (Wed Oct 1 11:04:09 2008 +0700) 9 commits
30 + - grep: skip files outside sparse checkout area
31 + - checkout_entry(): CE_NO_CHECKOUT on checked out entries.
32 + - Prevent diff machinery from examining worktree outside sparse
33 + checkout
34 + - ls-files: Add tests for --sparse and friends
35 + - update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update
36 + CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit
37 + - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
38 + - ls-files: add options to support sparse checkout
39 + - Introduce CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit
40 + - Extend index to save more flags
41
106 -* js/objc-funchdr (Wed Oct 1 00:46:34 2008 +0100) 1 commit
107 - + Teach git diff about Objective-C syntax
42 +Recently updated with a repost. Shawn says he's been too swamped at
43 +day-job to actively review the series. There has been some discussion on
44 +list about it so its not stalled, but it needs more eyeballs.
45
109 -Adds support for Objective-C function headers.
46 +----------------------------------------------------------------
47 +[Stalled -- Needs Action to Proceed (or to be dropped)]
48
111 -* dm/svn-branch (Sat Oct 4 19:35:17 2008 -0700) 1 commit
112 - + Add git-svn branch to allow branch creation in SVN repositories
49 +* pb/submodule (Fri Sep 12 23:09:19 2008 +0200) 1 commit
50 + - t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuite
51
114 -Adds "git svn branch" to build branches remotely in SVN.
52 +Still waiting for a reroll. Should be dropped next week if we don't
53 +get one during this coming week.
54
116 -* pb/gitweb (Fri Oct 3 07:41:25 2008 -0700) 7 commits
117 - + Merge branch 'pb/gitweb-tagcloud' into pb/gitweb
118 - + gitweb: Support for simple project search form
119 - + gitweb: Make the by_tag filter delve in forks as well
120 - + gitweb: Support for tag clouds
121 - + gitweb: Add support for extending the action bar with custom links
122 - + gitweb: Sort the list of forks on the summary page by age
123 - + gitweb: Clean-up sorting of project list
55 +* bd/blame (Thu Aug 21 18:22:01 2008 -0500) 5 commits
56 + - Use xdiff caching to improve git blame performance
57 + - Allow xdiff machinery to cache hash results for a file
58 + - Always initialize xpparam_t to 0
59 + - Bypass textual patch generation and parsing in git blame
60 + - Allow alternate "low-level" emit function from xdl_diff
61
125 -* ph/parseopt (Thu Oct 2 14:59:20 2008 +0200) 3 commits
126 - + parse-opt: migrate builtin-merge-file.
127 - + parse-opt: migrate git-merge-base.
128 - + parse-opt: migrate fmt-merge-msg.
62 +Réne had good comments on how the callback should be structured.
63
130 -* rz/grepz (Wed Oct 1 18:11:15 2008 +0200) 1 commit
131 - + git grep: Add "-z/--null" option as in GNU's grep.
64 +* kb/am-directory (Fri Aug 29 15:27:50 2008 -0700) 1 commit
65 + - git-am: Pass the --directory option through to git-apply
66
133 -* mv/merge-refresh (Fri Oct 3 15:02:31 2008 +0200) 1 commit
134 - + builtin-merge: refresh the index before calling a strategy
67 +I think this is still buggy and drops the option when am stops with
68 +conflicts.
69
136 -* bc/xdiffnl (Wed Oct 1 14:28:26 2008 -0500) 1 commit
137 - + xdiff-interface.c: strip newline (and cr) from line before pattern
138 - matching
70 +----------------------------------------------------------------
71 +[Will be merged to 'master' soon]
72
140 -* jk/maint-soliconv (Fri Oct 3 02:39:36 2008 -0400) 1 commit
141 - + Makefile: do not set NEEDS_LIBICONV for Solaris 8
73 +* pb/commit-where (Fri Oct 3 22:13:49 2008 -0400) 4 commits
74 + + tutorial: update output of git commit
75 + + reformat informational commit message
76 + + git commit: Reformat output somewhat
77 + + builtin-commit.c: show on which branch a commit was added
78
143 -* sg/maint-intrebase-msghook (Fri Oct 3 11:33:20 2008 +0200) 2 commits
144 - + rebase -i: remove leftover debugging
145 - + rebase -i: proper prepare-commit-msg hook argument when squashing
79 +Shawn thinks this topic is settled for now, and I see that the new output
80 +format does not bother me very much, so please expect this to be merged
81 +soon.
82
147 -* bc/maint-stashref (Thu Oct 2 18:52:11 2008 -0500) 1 commit
148 - + git-stash.sh: fix flawed fix of invalid ref handling (commit
149 - da65e7c1)
83 +----------------------------------------------------------------
84 +[Actively Cooking]
85
151 -The latter three were merged to 'maint' first.
86 +* tr/workflow-doc (Sat Sep 13 18:11:01 2008 +0200) 2 commits
87 + + Documentation: Refer to git-rebase(1) to warn against rewriting
88 + + Documentation: new upstream rebase recovery section in git-rebase
89
153 -----------------------------------------------------------------
154 -[Old New Topics]
90 +Shawn says that an update came in recently, but they are not here yet.
91 +I'd need to dig it up, but I haven't had time.
92
93 * ns/rebase-noverify (Mon Oct 6 14:14:29 2008 +0900) 1 commit
94 + rebase --no-verify
95
159 -This adds --no-verify to git rebase, to avoid the pre-rebase hook.
160 -Lacks documentation but otherwise looks sound.
96 +This adds --no-verify to git rebase, to avoid the pre-rebase hook. Lacks
97 +documentation but otherwise looks sound.
98
99 * mv/merge-noff (Fri Oct 3 14:04:47 2008 +0200) 1 commit
100 + builtin-commit: use reduce_heads() only when appropriate
@@ -167,37 +104,45 @@ Fixes "git merge --no-ff --no-commit".
104 * ae/preservemerge (Mon Sep 29 22:28:57 2008 +0200) 1 commit
105 + rebase: Support preserving merges in non-interactive mode
106
107 +* sh/rebase-i-p (Wed Oct 8 01:41:57 2008 -0500) 7 commits
108 + - rebase-i-p: if todo was reordered use HEAD as the rewritten parent
109 + - rebase-i-p: do not include non-first-parent commits touching
110 + UPSTREAM
111 + - rebase-i-p: only list commits that require rewriting in todo
112 + - rebase-i-p: fix 'no squashing merges' tripping up non-merges
113 + - rebase-i-p: delay saving current-commit to REWRITTEN if squashing
114 + - rebase-i-p: use HEAD for updating the ref instead of mapping
115 + OLDHEAD
116 + - rebase-i-p: test to exclude commits from todo based on its parents
117 +
118 +Changes the `rebase -i -p` behavior to behave like git sequencer's
119 +rewrite of `rebase -i` would behave.
120 +
121 * sh/maint-rebase3 (Sun Oct 5 23:26:52 2008 -0500) 1 commit
171 - - rebase--interactive: fix parent rewriting for dropped commits
122 + . rebase--interactive: fix parent rewriting for dropped commits
123
173 -A prior version of sh/rebase-i-p. This should be dropped.
124 +Tentatively dropped from everwhere, waiting for a reroll together with
125 +sh/rebase-i-p.
126
175 -* pb/rename-rowin32 (Fri Oct 3 12:20:43 2008 +0200) 1 commit
127 +* pb/rename-rowin32 (Sun Oct 12 21:01:23 2008 -0700) 2 commits
128 + - (squash): index-pack: do not unconditionally make packfile read-
129 + only
130 - Do not rename read-only files during a push
131
178 -Supposedly fixes pack file renames on Windows, but it makes the
179 -test suite fail on Linux. I haven't debugged why yet. Its very
180 -likely we need a replacement patch before this can move forward.
132 +Supposedly fixes pack file renames on Windows. The (squash) patch is my
133 +attempt to fix its breakage.
134
182 -* sp/describe-lwtag (Tue Sep 30 12:03:41 2008 -0700) 1 commit
135 +* sp/describe-lwtag (Mon Oct 13 07:39:46 2008 -0700) 1 commit
136 - describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more often
137
185 -Based on feedback from the list this needs another spin. I will
186 -post a replacement patch soon.
138 +When the user gives --tags, the request is asking to treat lightweight and
139 +annotated tags at equal weight, and if lightweight ones are closer, they
140 +should be used.
141
188 -* gb/formatpatch-autonbr (Thu Oct 2 16:55:39 2008 -0400) 1 commit
142 +* gb/formatpatch-autonbr (Sun Oct 12 22:18:02 2008 -0700) 2 commits
143 + - (squash) adjust test vector for new behaviour of format-patch
144 - format-patch: autonumber by default
145
191 -Fails the test suite; some of the test vectors need to be updated
192 -to account for the new default. Someone who cares about this
193 -change should follow through on the test suite update, or this may
194 -get dropped.
195 -
196 -* jc/merge-whitespace (Sun Feb 24 23:29:36 2008 -0800) 1 commit
197 - . WIP: start teaching the --whitespace=fix to merge machinery
198 -
199 -This has a merge conflict with `next` and isn't even in pu right now.
200 -
146 * jk/diff-convfilter (Sun Oct 5 17:43:45 2008 -0400) 4 commits
147 - diff: add filter for converting binary to text
148 - diff: introduce diff.<driver>.binary
@@ -209,91 +154,34 @@ missing documentation updates and tests but doesn't break anything
154 current as far as I can tell. It needs more review before it can
155 be slated for 'next'.
156
212 -----------------------------------------------------------------
213 -[Stuck Topics]
214 -
215 -* nd/narrow (Wed Oct 1 11:04:09 2008 +0700) 9 commits
216 - - grep: skip files outside sparse checkout area
217 - - checkout_entry(): CE_NO_CHECKOUT on checked out entries.
218 - - Prevent diff machinery from examining worktree outside sparse
219 - checkout
220 - - ls-files: Add tests for --sparse and friends
221 - - update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update
222 - CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit
223 - - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
224 - - ls-files: add options to support sparse checkout
225 - - Introduce CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit
226 - - Extend index to save more flags
227 -
228 -Recently updated with a repost. I've been too swamped at day-job
229 -to actively review the series. There has been some discussion on
230 -list about it so its not stalled, but it needs more eyeballs.
231 -
232 -* gb/gitweb-pathinfo (Thu Oct 2 02:10:34 2008 +0200) 6 commits
233 - . gitweb: generate parent..current URLs
234 - . gitweb: parse parent..current syntax from pathinfo
235 - . gitweb: use_pathinfo filenames start with /
236 - . gitweb: generate project/action/hash URLs
237 - . gitweb: refactor input parameters parse/validation
238 - . gitweb: parse project/action/hash_base:filename PATH_INFO
239 -
240 -Still going through revisions on the git ML. Its great work and
241 -is heading in the right direction. But the discussion and patch
242 -generation rate is too high to merge the topic into next just yet.
243 -
244 -So its waiting for a re-roll of the series once discussion settles
245 -down and there is a final patch series available.
246 -
247 -----------------------------------------------------------------
248 -[Stalled -- Needs Action to Proceed (or to be dropped)]
249 -
250 -* pb/submodule (Fri Sep 12 23:09:19 2008 +0200) 1 commit
251 - - t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuite
252 -
253 -Still waiting for a reroll. Should be dropped next week if we
254 -don't get one during this coming week.
255 -
256 -* bd/blame (Thu Aug 21 18:22:01 2008 -0500) 5 commits
257 - - Use xdiff caching to improve git blame performance
258 - - Allow xdiff machinery to cache hash results for a file
259 - - Always initialize xpparam_t to 0
260 - - Bypass textual patch generation and parsing in git blame
261 - - Allow alternate "low-level" emit function from xdl_diff
262 -
263 -(jc: Réne had good comments on how the callback should be
264 - structured.)
157 +* dp/checkattr (Tue Oct 7 04:16:52 2008 +0400) 2 commits
158 + + check-attr: Add --stdin option
159 + + check-attr: add an internal check_attr() function
160
266 -* kb/am-directory (Fri Aug 29 15:27:50 2008 -0700) 1 commit
267 - - git-am: Pass the --directory option through to git-apply
161 +Batch attr lookup via --stdin, for gitk and git-gui.
162
269 -(jc: I think this is still buggy and drops the option when am stops
270 - with conflicts.)
163 +* mv/clonev (Thu Oct 9 01:40:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit
164 + + Implement git clone -v
165
272 -----------------------------------------------------------------
273 -[Will be merged to 'master/maint' soon]
166 +Does what it says it does. This may be ready for master soon,
167 +its a pretty trivial change.
168
275 -* pb/commit-where (Fri Oct 3 22:13:49 2008 -0400) 4 commits
276 - + tutorial: update output of git commit
277 - + reformat informational commit message
278 - + git commit: Reformat output somewhat
279 - + builtin-commit.c: show on which branch a commit was added
169 +* gb/refactor-pathinfo (Fri Oct 10 20:42:26 2008 +0200) 1 commit
170 + + gitweb: refactor input parameters parse/validation
171
281 -I think this topic is settled for now.
172 +A major cleanup on the way gitweb parses its input arguments.
173 +Future gitweb patches to add more arguments into the PATH_INFO
174 +depend upon this initial cleanup work.
175
283 -----------------------------------------------------------------
284 -[Actively Cooking]
176 +* ml/cygwin-filemode (Mon Oct 13 00:33:31 2008 -0400) 1 commit
177 + - compat/cygwin.c - Use cygwin's stat if core.filemode == true
178
286 -* tr/workflow-doc (Sat Sep 13 18:11:01 2008 +0200) 2 commits
287 - + Documentation: Refer to git-rebase(1) to warn against rewriting
288 - + Documentation: new upstream rebase recovery section in git-rebase
179 +Is ready for 'next'.
180
290 -(jc: My impression from the last round of discusson on the third
291 - patch in this series (not queued here) was that as long as we
292 - do not present it as "One True Workflow", the description was
293 - a good starting point, possibly others to add other recommended
294 - flows later.)
181 +* jn/gitweb-customlinks (Sun Oct 12 00:02:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit
182 + - gitweb: Better processing format string in custom links in navbar
183
296 -An update came in recently, but I haven't applied it.
184 +Waiting for some sort of response from Pasky.
185
186 ----------------------------------------------------------------
187 [On Hold]
@@ -302,8 +190,8 @@ An update came in recently, but I haven't applied it.
190 - revision --simplify-merges: incremental simplification
191 - revision --simplify-merges: prepare for incremental simplification
192
305 -(jc: I started making this incremental but the progress is not
306 - so great.)
193 +I started making this incremental but the progress is not
194 +so great.
195
196 * jc/stripspace (Sun Mar 9 00:30:35 2008 -0800) 6 commits
197 . git-am --forge: add Signed-off-by: line for the author
@@ -314,14 +202,12 @@ An update came in recently, but I haven't applied it.
202 . Add "git am -s" test
203 . git-am: refactor code to add signed-off-by line for the committer
204
317 -(jc: The one at second from the tip needs reworking.)
318 -
205 * jc/send-pack-tell-me-more (Thu Mar 20 00:44:11 2008 -0700) 1 commit
206 - "git push": tellme-more protocol extension
207
322 -This is a great idea, but IIRC its implementation has a deadlock
323 -during communication between the peers. Someone needs to pick up
324 -this topic and resolve the deadlock before it can continue.
208 +This seems to have a deadlock during communication between the peers.
209 +Someone needs to pick up this topic and resolve the deadlock before it can
210 +continue.
211
212 * jc/blame (Wed Jun 4 22:58:40 2008 -0700) 2 commits
213 - blame: show "previous" information in --porcelain/--incremental
@@ -332,6 +218,6 @@ this topic and resolve the deadlock before it can continue.
218 - diff: enable "too large a rename" warning when -M/-C is explicitly
219 asked for
220
335 -(jc: This would be the right thing to do for command line use,
336 - but gitk will be hit due to tcl/tk's limitation, so I am holding
337 - this back for now.)
221 +This would be the right thing to do for command line use,
222 +but gitk will be hit due to tcl/tk's limitation, so I am holding
223 +this back for now.