What's cooking (2009/01 #06)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #05; Wed, 21)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #06; Sat, 24)
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-What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #05; Wed, 21)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #06; Sat, 24)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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[New Topics]
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-* js/valgrind (Wed Jan 21 02:36:40 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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- - valgrind: ignore ldso errors
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- - Add valgrind support in test scripts
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+* jg/mergetool (Sat Jan 24 00:12:45 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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+ - [wait for an ack from ted] mergetool: Don't repeat merge tool
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+ candidates
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+* cb/mergetool (Wed Jan 21 22:57:48 2009 +0000) 1 commit
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+ - [wait for ack from ted] mergetool: respect autocrlf by using
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+ checkout-index
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+* jc/commit-assume-also-during-merge (Thu Jan 22 22:21:49 2009 -0800) 3 commits
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+ - git commit: pathspec without -i/-o implies -i semantics during a
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+ merge
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+ - builtin-commit: shorten eye-sore overlong lines
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+ - Add "partial commit" tests during a conflicted merge
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-Dscho seems to have some updates out of discussion with Peff.
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+This is only meant as a weatherballoon to help facilitate discussion.
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+* sr/clone-empty (Fri Jan 23 01:07:32 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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+ + Allow cloning an empty repository
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+At last ;-) This is a reasonable thing to do, and should be fast tracked
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+to 'master'.
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+* cc/replace (Fri Jan 23 10:07:46 2009 +0100) 7 commits
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+ - environment: add global variable to disable replacement
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+ - mktag: call "check_sha1_signature" with the replacement sha1
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+ - replace_object: add a test case
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+ - object: call "check_sha1_signature" with the replacement sha1
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+ - sha1_file: add a "read_sha1_file_repl" function
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+ - replace_object: add mechanism to replace objects found in
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+ "refs/replace/"
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+ - refs: add a "for_each_replace_ref" function
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[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
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think something like this to allow interoperating with other SCMs as if
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the other end is a native git repository is a very worthy goal.
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+[Reverted]
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+* mh/unify-color (Fri Jan 23 01:25:23 2009 -0800) 3 commits
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+ ? Revert previous two commits
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+ ? move the color variables to color.c
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+ ? handle color.ui at a central place
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+This broke git-format-patch badly.
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[Actively cooking]
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+* js/valgrind (Wed Jan 21 02:36:40 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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+ - valgrind: ignore ldso errors
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+ - Add valgrind support in test scripts
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+Dscho seems to have some updates out of discussion with Peff, which is not
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+queued here.
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* sp/runtime-prefix (Sun Jan 18 13:00:15 2009 +0100) 7 commits
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- Windows: Revert to default paths and convert them by
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RUNTIME_PREFIX
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+ archive.c: enable traversal of submodules
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+ tree.c: add support for traversal of submodules
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-I think choosing the submodules to descend into by seeing if the commit
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-happens to be available is a horribly broken semantics; it needs to be
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-fixed before this can move to 'master'.
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+There were a few updates posted, which I haven't picked up.
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-* jk/signal-cleanup (Sun Jan 11 06:36:49 2009 -0500) 3 commits
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+* jk/signal-cleanup (Thu Jan 22 01:03:28 2009 -0500) 5 commits
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- pager: do wait_for_pager on signal death
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- refactor signal handling for cleanup functions
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- chain kill signals for cleanup functions
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+ - diff: refactor tempfile cleanup handling
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+ - Windows: Fix signal numbers
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-I think this can move to 'next', as Peff and J6t agreed on how to fix
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-things up as needed for Windows.
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+Ready for 'next', but not tonight (yet).
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* ks/maint-mailinfo-folded (Tue Jan 13 01:21:04 2009 +0300) 5 commits
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- mailinfo: tests for RFC2047 examples
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+ Introduce commit notes
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It would be nice to hear a real world success story using the notes
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-mechanism before casting this design in stone.
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+mechanism; Dscho says he also wants to make sure the current choice
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+of the structure scales well before casting it in stone.
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* sc/gitweb-category (Fri Dec 12 00:45:12 2008 +0100) 3 commits
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- gitweb: Optional grouping of projects by category
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[Graduated to "master"]
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-* jk/color-parse (Sat Jan 17 10:38:46 2009 -0500) 2 commits
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- + expand --pretty=format color options
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- + color: make it easier for non-config to parse color specs
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-* sb/hook-cleanup (Sat Jan 17 04:02:55 2009 +0100) 5 commits
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- + run_hook(): allow more than 9 hook arguments
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- + run_hook(): check the executability of the hook before filling
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- argv
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- + api-run-command.txt: talk about run_hook()
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- + Move run_hook() from builtin-commit.c into run-command.c (libgit)
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- + checkout: don't crash on file checkout before running post-
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- checkout hook
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-* rs/ctype (Sat Jan 17 16:50:37 2009 +0100) 4 commits
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- + Add is_regex_special()
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- + Change NUL char handling of isspecial()
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- + Reformat ctype.c
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- + Add ctype test
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-* jf/am-failure-report (Sun Jan 18 19:34:31 2009 -0800) 2 commits
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- + git-am: re-fix the diag message printing
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- + git-am: Make it easier to see which patch failed
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-* sg/maint-gitdir-in-subdir (Fri Jan 16 16:37:33 2009 +0100) 1 commit
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- + Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdir
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-* am/maint-push-doc (Sun Jan 18 15:36:58 2009 +0100) 4 commits
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- + Documentation: avoid using undefined parameters
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- + Documentation: mention branches rather than heads
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- + Documentation: remove a redundant elaboration
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- + Documentation: git push repository can also be a remote
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-* lt/maint-wrap-zlib (Wed Jan 7 19:54:47 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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- + Wrap inflate and other zlib routines for better error reporting
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-extracted from Shawn's patch on top of this one.
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-* kb/am-directory (Wed Jan 14 16:29:59 2009 -0800) 2 commits
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- + git-am: fix shell quoting
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-This is "third-time-lucky, perhaps?" resurrection. I do not think I'd be
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-using this very often, but it originated from a real user request.
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-* jc/maint-format-patch-o-relative (Mon Jan 12 15:18:02 2009 -0800) 1 commit
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- + Teach format-patch to handle output directory relative to cwd
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+* js/patience-diff (Thu Jan 1 17:39:37 2009 +0100) 3 commits
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+ + bash completions: Add the --patience option
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+ + Introduce the diff option '--patience'
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+ + Implement the patience diff algorithm
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[Will merge to "master" soon]
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+ bundle: allow the same ref to be given more than once
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+ revision walker: include a detached HEAD in --all
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- + handle color.ui at a central place
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* cb/add-pathspec (Wed Jan 14 15:54:35 2009 +0100) 2 commits
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+ remove pathspec_match, use match_pathspec instead
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+ clean up pathspec matching
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-* js/diff-color-words (Tue Jan 20 21:46:57 2009 -0600) 8 commits
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+* js/diff-color-words (Tue Jan 20 22:59:54 2009 -0600) 9 commits
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+ + Change the spelling of "wordregex".
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+ color-words: Support diff.wordregex config option
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+ color-words: make regex configurable via attributes
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+ color-words: expand docs with precise semantics
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[On Hold]
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. In add --patch, Handle K,k,J,j slightly more gracefully.
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. git-add -i/-p: Change prompt separater from slash to comma
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-* jc/grafts (Wed Jul 2 17:14:12 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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- . [BROKEN wrt shallow clones] Ignore graft during object transfer
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-* jc/replace (Fri Oct 31 09:21:39 2008 -0700) 1 commit
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- . WIP