What's cooking (2008/10 #03)
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-Subject: What's cooking in git/spearce.git (Oct 2008, #02; Sun, 12)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2008, #03; Tue, 14)
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-What's cooking in git/spearce.git (Oct 2008, #02; Sun, 12)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed
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The topics list the commits in reverse chronological order. The topics
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meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names.
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-gitster's back and I'm expecting he will take over from here.
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+This round I haven't added anything new yet. Just getting my development
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+repository back into shape and in sync with what I received from Shawn.
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[New Topics]
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-* dp/checkattr (Tue Oct 7 04:16:52 2008 +0400) 2 commits
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- + check-attr: Add --stdin option
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- + check-attr: add an internal check_attr() function
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-
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-Batch attr lookup via --stdin, for gitk and git-gui.
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-
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-* mv/clonev (Thu Oct 9 01:40:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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- + Implement git clone -v
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-
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-Does what it says it does. This may be ready for master soon,
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-its a pretty trivial change.
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-
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-* gb/refactor-pathinfo (Fri Oct 10 20:42:26 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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- + gitweb: refactor input parameters parse/validation
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-A major cleanup on the way gitweb parses its input arguments.
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-Future gitweb patches to add more arguments into the PATH_INFO
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-depend upon this initial cleanup work.
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-
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-* ml/cygwin-filemode (Sun Oct 12 14:44:46 2008 -0400) 1 commit
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- - compat/cygwin.c - Use cygwin's stat if core.filemode == true
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-
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-I think another version may be coming to reuse the core.filemode
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-parsing so this patch isn't in next yet.
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+* js/maint-fetch-update-head (Mon Oct 13 11:36:52 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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+ - Fix fetch/pull when run without --update-head-ok
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-* sh/rebase-i-p (Wed Oct 8 01:41:57 2008 -0500) 7 commits
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- - rebase-i-p: if todo was reordered use HEAD as the rewritten parent
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- - rebase-i-p: do not include non-first-parent commits touching
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- UPSTREAM
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- - rebase-i-p: only list commits that require rewriting in todo
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- - rebase-i-p: fix 'no squashing merges' tripping up non-merges
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- - rebase-i-p: delay saving current-commit to REWRITTEN if squashing
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- - rebase-i-p: use HEAD for updating the ref instead of mapping
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- OLDHEAD
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- - rebase-i-p: test to exclude commits from todo based on its parents
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-
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-Changes the `rebase -i -p` behavior to behave like git sequencer's
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-rewrite of `rebase -i` would behave. Its parked in pu because I
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-have not had the time to review the series in detail. First glance
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-looked OK to me.
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-
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-* js/keephardlinks (Sat Oct 11 13:45:13 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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- - Introduce core.keepHardLinks
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-
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-The value of this change is currently in question, and the commit
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-message doesn't justify it very well.
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-* jn/gitweb-customlinks (Sun Oct 12 00:02:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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- - gitweb: Better processing format string in custom links in navbar
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-
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-Waiting for some sort of response from Pasky.
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+This looked sane to me.
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-[Graduated to "master"]
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-
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-* mw/sendemail (Sun Sep 28 07:51:21 2008 +0300) 10 commits
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- + bash completion: Add --[no-]validate to "git send-email"
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- + send-email: signedoffcc -> signedoffbycc, but handle both
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- + Docs: send-email: Create logical groupings for man text
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- + Docs: send-email: Create logical groupings for --help text
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- + Docs: send-email: Remove unnecessary config variable description
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- + Docs: send-email: --chain_reply_to -> --[no-]chain-reply-to
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- + send-email: change --no-validate to boolean --[no-]validate
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- + Docs: send-email: Man page option ordering
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- + Docs: send-email usage text much sexier
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- + Docs: send-email's usage text and man page mention same options
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-
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-* jc/add-ita (Thu Aug 21 01:44:53 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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- + git-add --intent-to-add (-N)
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-* mg/verboseprune (Mon Sep 29 18:49:52 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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- + make prune report removed objects on -v
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-
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-* lt/time-reject-fractional-seconds (Sat Aug 16 21:25:40 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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- + date/time: do not get confused by fractional seconds
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-* dp/cywginstat (Tue Sep 30 17:53:47 2008 +0400) 3 commits
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- + cygwin: Use native Win32 API for stat
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- + mingw: move common functionality to win32.h
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- + add have_git_dir() function
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+[Stuck Topics]
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-Performance improvement for Cygwin, bypassing the Cygwin stat
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-function and using one more like MinGW uses. Probably ready for
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-master on the next round. Several Cygwin users have given praise
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-to the series.
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+* nd/narrow (Wed Oct 1 11:04:09 2008 +0700) 9 commits
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+ - grep: skip files outside sparse checkout area
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+ - checkout_entry(): CE_NO_CHECKOUT on checked out entries.
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+ - Prevent diff machinery from examining worktree outside sparse
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+ checkout
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+ - ls-files: Add tests for --sparse and friends
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+ - update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update
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+ CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit
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+ - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
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+ - ls-files: add options to support sparse checkout
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+ - Introduce CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit
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+ - Extend index to save more flags
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-* js/objc-funchdr (Wed Oct 1 00:46:34 2008 +0100) 1 commit
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- + Teach git diff about Objective-C syntax
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+Recently updated with a repost. Shawn says he's been too swamped at
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+day-job to actively review the series. There has been some discussion on
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+list about it so its not stalled, but it needs more eyeballs.
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-Adds support for Objective-C function headers.
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[Stalled -- Needs Action to Proceed (or to be dropped)]
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-* dm/svn-branch (Sat Oct 4 19:35:17 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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- + Add git-svn branch to allow branch creation in SVN repositories
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+* pb/submodule (Fri Sep 12 23:09:19 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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+ - t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuite
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-Adds "git svn branch" to build branches remotely in SVN.
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+Still waiting for a reroll. Should be dropped next week if we don't
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+get one during this coming week.
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-* pb/gitweb (Fri Oct 3 07:41:25 2008 -0700) 7 commits
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- + Merge branch 'pb/gitweb-tagcloud' into pb/gitweb
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- + gitweb: Support for simple project search form
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- + gitweb: Make the by_tag filter delve in forks as well
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- + gitweb: Support for tag clouds
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- + gitweb: Add support for extending the action bar with custom links
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- + gitweb: Sort the list of forks on the summary page by age
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- + gitweb: Clean-up sorting of project list
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+* bd/blame (Thu Aug 21 18:22:01 2008 -0500) 5 commits
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+ - Use xdiff caching to improve git blame performance
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+ - Allow xdiff machinery to cache hash results for a file
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+ - Always initialize xpparam_t to 0
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+ - Bypass textual patch generation and parsing in git blame
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+ - Allow alternate "low-level" emit function from xdl_diff
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-* ph/parseopt (Thu Oct 2 14:59:20 2008 +0200) 3 commits
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- + parse-opt: migrate builtin-merge-file.
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- + parse-opt: migrate git-merge-base.
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- + parse-opt: migrate fmt-merge-msg.
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+Réne had good comments on how the callback should be structured.
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-* rz/grepz (Wed Oct 1 18:11:15 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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- + git grep: Add "-z/--null" option as in GNU's grep.
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+* kb/am-directory (Fri Aug 29 15:27:50 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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+ - git-am: Pass the --directory option through to git-apply
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-* mv/merge-refresh (Fri Oct 3 15:02:31 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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- + builtin-merge: refresh the index before calling a strategy
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+I think this is still buggy and drops the option when am stops with
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+conflicts.
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-* bc/xdiffnl (Wed Oct 1 14:28:26 2008 -0500) 1 commit
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- + xdiff-interface.c: strip newline (and cr) from line before pattern
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- matching
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+[Will be merged to 'master' soon]
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-* jk/maint-soliconv (Fri Oct 3 02:39:36 2008 -0400) 1 commit
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- + Makefile: do not set NEEDS_LIBICONV for Solaris 8
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+* pb/commit-where (Fri Oct 3 22:13:49 2008 -0400) 4 commits
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+ + tutorial: update output of git commit
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+ + reformat informational commit message
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+ + git commit: Reformat output somewhat
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+ + builtin-commit.c: show on which branch a commit was added
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-* sg/maint-intrebase-msghook (Fri Oct 3 11:33:20 2008 +0200) 2 commits
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- + rebase -i: remove leftover debugging
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- + rebase -i: proper prepare-commit-msg hook argument when squashing
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+Shawn thinks this topic is settled for now, and I see that the new output
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+format does not bother me very much, so please expect this to be merged
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+soon.
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-* bc/maint-stashref (Thu Oct 2 18:52:11 2008 -0500) 1 commit
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- + git-stash.sh: fix flawed fix of invalid ref handling (commit
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+[Actively Cooking]
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-The latter three were merged to 'maint' first.
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+* tr/workflow-doc (Sat Sep 13 18:11:01 2008 +0200) 2 commits
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+ + Documentation: Refer to git-rebase(1) to warn against rewriting
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+ + Documentation: new upstream rebase recovery section in git-rebase
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-[Old New Topics]
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+Shawn says that an update came in recently, but they are not here yet.
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+I'd need to dig it up, but I haven't had time.
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* ns/rebase-noverify (Mon Oct 6 14:14:29 2008 +0900) 1 commit
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+ rebase --no-verify
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-This adds --no-verify to git rebase, to avoid the pre-rebase hook.
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-Lacks documentation but otherwise looks sound.
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+This adds --no-verify to git rebase, to avoid the pre-rebase hook. Lacks
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+documentation but otherwise looks sound.
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* mv/merge-noff (Fri Oct 3 14:04:47 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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+ builtin-commit: use reduce_heads() only when appropriate
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* ae/preservemerge (Mon Sep 29 22:28:57 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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+ rebase: Support preserving merges in non-interactive mode
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+* sh/rebase-i-p (Wed Oct 8 01:41:57 2008 -0500) 7 commits
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+ - rebase-i-p: if todo was reordered use HEAD as the rewritten parent
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+ - rebase-i-p: do not include non-first-parent commits touching
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+ UPSTREAM
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+ - rebase-i-p: only list commits that require rewriting in todo
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+ - rebase-i-p: fix 'no squashing merges' tripping up non-merges
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+ - rebase-i-p: delay saving current-commit to REWRITTEN if squashing
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+ - rebase-i-p: use HEAD for updating the ref instead of mapping
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+ OLDHEAD
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+ - rebase-i-p: test to exclude commits from todo based on its parents
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+Changes the `rebase -i -p` behavior to behave like git sequencer's
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+rewrite of `rebase -i` would behave.
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* sh/maint-rebase3 (Sun Oct 5 23:26:52 2008 -0500) 1 commit
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- - rebase--interactive: fix parent rewriting for dropped commits
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+ . rebase--interactive: fix parent rewriting for dropped commits
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-A prior version of sh/rebase-i-p. This should be dropped.
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+Tentatively dropped from everwhere, waiting for a reroll together with
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+sh/rebase-i-p.
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-* pb/rename-rowin32 (Fri Oct 3 12:20:43 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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+* pb/rename-rowin32 (Sun Oct 12 21:01:23 2008 -0700) 2 commits
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+ - (squash): index-pack: do not unconditionally make packfile read-
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+ only
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- Do not rename read-only files during a push
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-Supposedly fixes pack file renames on Windows, but it makes the
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-test suite fail on Linux. I haven't debugged why yet. Its very
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-likely we need a replacement patch before this can move forward.
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+Supposedly fixes pack file renames on Windows. The (squash) patch is my
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+attempt to fix its breakage.
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-* sp/describe-lwtag (Tue Sep 30 12:03:41 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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+* sp/describe-lwtag (Mon Oct 13 07:39:46 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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- describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more often
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-Based on feedback from the list this needs another spin. I will
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-post a replacement patch soon.
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+When the user gives --tags, the request is asking to treat lightweight and
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+annotated tags at equal weight, and if lightweight ones are closer, they
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+should be used.
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-* gb/formatpatch-autonbr (Thu Oct 2 16:55:39 2008 -0400) 1 commit
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+* gb/formatpatch-autonbr (Sun Oct 12 22:18:02 2008 -0700) 2 commits
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- format-patch: autonumber by default
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-Fails the test suite; some of the test vectors need to be updated
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-to account for the new default. Someone who cares about this
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-change should follow through on the test suite update, or this may
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current as far as I can tell. It needs more review before it can
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-* nd/narrow (Wed Oct 1 11:04:09 2008 +0700) 9 commits
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- - grep: skip files outside sparse checkout area
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- - checkout_entry(): CE_NO_CHECKOUT on checked out entries.
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- - Prevent diff machinery from examining worktree outside sparse
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- checkout
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- - ls-files: Add tests for --sparse and friends
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- - update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update
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- CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit
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- - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
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- - ls-files: add options to support sparse checkout
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- - Introduce CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit
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- - Extend index to save more flags
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-Recently updated with a repost. I've been too swamped at day-job
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-to actively review the series. There has been some discussion on
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-list about it so its not stalled, but it needs more eyeballs.
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-* gb/gitweb-pathinfo (Thu Oct 2 02:10:34 2008 +0200) 6 commits
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- . gitweb: generate parent..current URLs
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- . gitweb: parse parent..current syntax from pathinfo
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- . gitweb: use_pathinfo filenames start with /
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- . gitweb: generate project/action/hash URLs
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- . gitweb: refactor input parameters parse/validation
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- . gitweb: parse project/action/hash_base:filename PATH_INFO
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-Still going through revisions on the git ML. Its great work and
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-is heading in the right direction. But the discussion and patch
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-generation rate is too high to merge the topic into next just yet.
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-So its waiting for a re-roll of the series once discussion settles
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-down and there is a final patch series available.
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-* pb/submodule (Fri Sep 12 23:09:19 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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- - t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuite
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-Still waiting for a reroll. Should be dropped next week if we
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-don't get one during this coming week.
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-* bd/blame (Thu Aug 21 18:22:01 2008 -0500) 5 commits
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- - Use xdiff caching to improve git blame performance
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- - Allow xdiff machinery to cache hash results for a file
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- - Always initialize xpparam_t to 0
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- - Bypass textual patch generation and parsing in git blame
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- - Allow alternate "low-level" emit function from xdl_diff
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-(jc: Réne had good comments on how the callback should be
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- structured.)
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+* dp/checkattr (Tue Oct 7 04:16:52 2008 +0400) 2 commits
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+ + check-attr: Add --stdin option
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+ + check-attr: add an internal check_attr() function
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-* kb/am-directory (Fri Aug 29 15:27:50 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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- - git-am: Pass the --directory option through to git-apply
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+Batch attr lookup via --stdin, for gitk and git-gui.
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-(jc: I think this is still buggy and drops the option when am stops
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+* mv/clonev (Thu Oct 9 01:40:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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+ + Implement git clone -v
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+Does what it says it does. This may be ready for master soon,
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+its a pretty trivial change.
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-* pb/commit-where (Fri Oct 3 22:13:49 2008 -0400) 4 commits
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- + tutorial: update output of git commit
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- + reformat informational commit message
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- + git commit: Reformat output somewhat
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- + builtin-commit.c: show on which branch a commit was added
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+* gb/refactor-pathinfo (Fri Oct 10 20:42:26 2008 +0200) 1 commit
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+ + gitweb: refactor input parameters parse/validation
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-I think this topic is settled for now.
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+A major cleanup on the way gitweb parses its input arguments.
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+Future gitweb patches to add more arguments into the PATH_INFO
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+depend upon this initial cleanup work.
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+* ml/cygwin-filemode (Mon Oct 13 00:33:31 2008 -0400) 1 commit
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+ - compat/cygwin.c - Use cygwin's stat if core.filemode == true
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-* tr/workflow-doc (Sat Sep 13 18:11:01 2008 +0200) 2 commits
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- + Documentation: Refer to git-rebase(1) to warn against rewriting
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- + Documentation: new upstream rebase recovery section in git-rebase
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+Is ready for 'next'.
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+Someone needs to pick up this topic and resolve the deadlock before it can
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+this back for now.