What's cooking (2009/08 #06)

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1 To: git@vger.kernel.org
2 -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2009, #05; Wed, 26)
3 -X-master-at: 68ea4741643d9e7c4bdac7cbbe6292edc69430ef
4 -X-next-at: 4fc77847c70f00e94586150f808d0418ca64bbb8
2 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2009, #06; Sun, 30)
3 +X-master-at: f324cb50be3d88c6fb6123c85da749695a749f60
4 +X-next-at: 5fc6248250e68c3b723efb9b868d8fc27499065a
5
6 -What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2009, #05; Wed, 26)
6 +What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2009, #06; Sun, 30)
7 --------------------------------------------------
8
9 Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
@@ -20,29 +20,38 @@ During 1.6.5 cycle, 'next' will hold topics meant for 1.6.5 and 1.7.0.
20 --------------------------------------------------
21 [Graduated to "master"]
22
23 -* aj/fix-read-tree-from-scratch (2009-08-17) 1 commit
24 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-20 at 7a04133)
25 - + read-tree: Fix regression with creation of a new index file.
23 +* wl/insta-mongoose (2009-08-21) 1 commit
24 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at da1d566)
25 + + Add support for the Mongoose web server.
26
27 -* jc/maint-checkout-index-to-prefix (2009-08-16) 1 commit
28 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-20 at 2f6aea2)
29 - + check_path(): allow symlinked directories to checkout-index --prefix
27 +* as/maint-graph-interesting-fix (2009-08-21) 2 commits.
28 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at 9d5e215)
29 + + Add tests for rev-list --graph with options that simplify history
30 + + graph API: fix bug in graph_is_interesting()
31
31 -* jl/submodule-summary-diff-files (2009-08-15) 2 commits
32 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-15 at 165bd8e)
33 - + Documentaqtion/git-submodule.txt: Typofix
34 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-14 at a702e78)
35 - + git submodule summary: add --files option
32 +* jc/maint-unpack-objects-strict (2009-08-13) 1 commit.
33 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-23 at 38eb750)
34 + + Fix "unpack-objects --strict"
35
37 -* lh/short-decorate (2009-08-15) 1 commit
38 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at b8c1d96)
39 - + git-log: allow --decorate[=short|full]
36 +* jh/submodule-foreach (2009-08-20) 9 commits
37 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-20 at 671bea4)
38 + + git clone: Add --recursive to automatically checkout (nested) submodules
39 + + t7407: Use 'rev-parse --short' rather than bash's substring expansion notation
40 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at f4a881d)
41 + + git submodule status: Add --recursive to recurse into nested submodules
42 + + git submodule update: Introduce --recursive to update nested submodules
43 + + git submodule foreach: Add --recursive to recurse into nested submodules
44 + + git submodule foreach: test access to submodule name as '$name'
45 + + Add selftest for 'git submodule foreach'
46 + + git submodule: Cleanup usage string and add option parsing to cmd_foreach()
47 + + git submodule foreach: Provide access to submodule name, as '$name'
48
41 -* oa/stash-na (2009-08-11) 1 commit
42 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-14 at 12c2e2b)
43 - + git stash: Give friendlier errors when there is nothing to apply
44 ---------------------------------------------------
45 -[New Topics]
49 +* lt/block-sha1 (2009-08-17) 4 commits
50 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at 67a1ce8)
51 + + remove ARM and Mozilla SHA1 implementations
52 + + block-sha1: guard gcc extensions with __GNUC__
53 + + make sure byte swapping is optimal for git
54 + + block-sha1: make the size member first in the context struct
55
56 * np/maint-1.6.3-deepen (2009-08-24) 1 commit.
57 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at 8e383d4)
@@ -52,19 +61,100 @@ During 1.6.5 cycle, 'next' will hold topics meant for 1.6.5 and 1.7.0.
61 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at 5f29625)
62 + checkout: do not imply "-f" on unborn branches
63
55 -* mr/gitweb-snapshot (2009-08-25) 3 commits
56 - - gitweb: add t9501 tests for checking HTTP status codes
57 - - gitweb: split test suite into library and tests
58 - - gitweb: improve snapshot error handling
64 +* mm/reset-report (2009-08-21) 2 commits
65 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at f2a4424)
66 + + reset: make the reminder output consistent with "checkout"
67 + + Rename REFRESH_SAY_CHANGED to REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN.
68 +
69 +* jc/shortstatus (2009-08-15) 11 commits
70 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-15 at 7e40766)
71 + + git commit --dry-run -v: show diff in color when asked
72 + + Documentation/git-commit.txt: describe --dry-run
73 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-12 at 53bda17)
74 + + wt-status: collect untracked files in a separate "collect" phase
75 + + Make git_status_config() file scope static to builtin-commit.c
76 + + wt-status: move wt_status_colors[] into wt_status structure
77 + + wt-status: move many global settings to wt_status structure
78 + + commit: --dry-run
79 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-06 at fe8cb94)
80 + + status: show worktree status of conflicted paths separately
81 + + wt-status.c: rework the way changes to the index and work tree are summarized
82 + + diff-index: keep the original index intact
83 + + diff-index: report unmerged new entries
84 + (this branch is used by jc/1.7.0-status.)
85 +
86 +--------------------------------------------------
87 +[New Topics]
88 +
89 +* jc/upload-pack-hook (2009-08-28) 2 commits
90 + - upload-pack: feed "kind [clone|fetch]" to post-upload-pack hook
91 + - upload-pack: add a trigger for post-upload-pack hook
92 +
93 +I do not know if the distinction between fetching some but not all refs
94 +and fetching full set of refs into an empty repository is something worth
95 +making, so in that sense the tip commit is somewhat iffy.
96 +
97 +One reason this series makes me somewhat uneasy is that Tom, the original
98 +starter of the discussion went dark after sending a proposed patch. Maybe
99 +he has been too busy, but I have been hoping that GitHub as a stakeholder
100 +has somebody who monitors the list when he is not available.
101 +
102 +Does anybody from GitHub have any input? Is there something that needs to
103 +be improved to fill GitHub's needs? Does GitHub want to stick to its own
104 +fork, and were all these discussions for improvements unwanted?
105 +
106 +* jk/clone-b (2009-08-26) 1 commit
107 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at 10a68d1)
108 + + clone: add --branch option to select a different HEAD
109 +
110 +* pk/import-dirs (2009-08-24) 1 commit
111 + - Add script for importing bits-and-pieces to Git.
112 +
113 +This version makes me suspect that the author might regret the choice of
114 +the import format that does not allow escaping of paths, nor does not
115 +allow leading blanks for readability without changing semantics, both of
116 +which make it somewhat limiting and error prone. These issues will be
117 +hard to rectify without breaking the backward compatibility, for a tool
118 +that could otherwise turn out to be useful.
119 +
120 +As a contrib/ material, I probably shouldn't be too worried about these
121 +issues, but I am keeping this out of 'next' for now, just in case the
122 +author chooses to polish the usability of the tool for general audience.
123 +
124 +It is a different story if the submission was just throwing out a one-time
125 +hack in the open in the hope that some other people might find it useful,
126 +but without any intention of maintaining it. But then I do not have a
127 +strong reason to keep this in my tree, either. The mailing list archive
128 +is a more suitable storage media for such a patch.
129 +
130 --------------------------------------------------
131 [Stalled]
132
133 +* jh/notes (2009-08-27) 12 commits.
134 + - Add '%N'-format for pretty-printing commit notes
135 + - Add flags to get_commit_notes() to control the format of the note string
136 + - notes.c: Implement simple memory pooling of leaf nodes
137 + - Selftests verifying semantics when loading notes trees with various fanouts
138 + - Teach the notes lookup code to parse notes trees with various fanout schemes
139 + - t3302-notes-index-expensive: Speed up create_repo()
140 + - fast-import: Add support for importing commit notes
141 + - Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"
142 + - Add an expensive test for git-notes
143 + - Speed up git notes lookup
144 + - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
145 + - Introduce commit notes
146 +
147 +I heard the cvs-helper series depends on this one. It seems that the
148 +fan-out strategy is being rethought?
149 +
150 * js/stash-dwim (2009-07-27) 1 commit.
151 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-16 at 67896c4)
152 + Make 'git stash -k' a short form for 'git stash save --keep-index'
153 (this branch is used by tr/reset-checkout-patch.)
154
67 -* tr/reset-checkout-patch (2009-08-18) 8 commits.
155 +* tr/reset-checkout-patch (2009-08-27) 9 commits.
156 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-27 at d314281)
157 + + Make test case number unique
158 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at e465bb3)
159 + tests: disable interactive hunk selection tests if perl is not available
160 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-16 at 67896c4)
@@ -83,13 +173,6 @@ option "git stash --opt" to "git stash save --opt", to keep it flexible
173 and safe at the same time. I think it is a sane thing to do, but nothing
174 has happened lately.
175
86 -* jn/gitweb-blame (2009-08-06) 3 commits
87 - - gitweb: Create links leading to 'blame_incremental' using JavaScript
88 - - gitweb: Incremental blame (WIP)
89 - - gitweb: Add optional "time to generate page" info in footer
90 -
91 -Ajax-y blame WIP
92 -
176 * db/vcs-helper (2009-08-09) 17 commits
177 - Allow helpers to request marks for fast-import
178 - Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchanged
@@ -113,140 +196,85 @@ Ajax-y blame WIP
196 + Add support for external programs for handling native fetches
197 (this branch is used by jh/cvs-helper.)
198
116 -There was a discussion that suggests that the use of colon ':' before vcs
117 -helper name needs to be corrected. Nothing happened since.
199 +We had a few messages on what the list consensus was with this series. My
200 +impression, after going back to the archive, is that there wasn't.
201
119 -* je/send-email-no-subject (2009-08-05) 1 commit
120 - - send-email: confirm on empty mail subjects
202 +* jn/gitweb-blame (2009-08-06) 3 commits
203 + - gitweb: Create links leading to 'blame_incremental' using JavaScript
204 + - gitweb: Incremental blame (WIP)
205 + - gitweb: Add optional "time to generate page" info in footer
206 +
207 +Ajax-y blame WIP
208
122 -This seems to break t9001. Near the tip of 'pu' I have a iffy
123 -workaround.
209 --------------------------------------------------
210 [Cooking]
211
127 -* mm/reset-report (2009-08-21) 2 commits
128 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at f2a4424)
129 - + reset: make the reminder output consistent with "checkout"
130 - + Rename REFRESH_SAY_CHANGED to REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN.
131 -
132 -* wl/insta-mongoose (2009-08-21) 1 commit
133 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at da1d566)
134 - + Add support for the Mongoose web server.
135 -
136 -* lt/approxidate (2009-08-22) 2 commits
212 +* je/send-email-no-subject (2009-08-05) 1 commit
213 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at b6455c2)
214 + + send-email: confirm on empty mail subjects
215 +
216 +The existing tests to covers the positive case (i.e. as long as the user
217 +says "yes" to the "do you really want to send this message that lacks
218 +subject", the message is sent) of this feature, but the feature itself
219 +needs its own test to verify the negative case (i.e. does it correctly
220 +stop if the user says "no"?)
221 +
222 +* lt/approxidate (2009-08-30) 6 commits
223 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at e016e3d)
224 + + fix approxidate parsing of relative months and years
225 + + tests: add date printing and parsing tests
226 + + refactor test-date interface
227 + + Add date formatting and parsing functions relative to a given time
228 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-26 at 62853f9)
229 + Further 'approxidate' improvements
230 + Improve on 'approxidate'
231
232 Fixes a few "reasonably formatted but thus-far misparsed" date strings.
142 -As Nico suggested, we would need a test to prevent regression to existing
143 -support for date strings that are "reasonably formatted".
233 +With tests by Peff, this should be ready for -rc0.
234
145 -* jc/mailinfo-scissors (2009-08-25) 2 commits
146 - - Documentation: describe the scissors mark support of "git am"
147 - - Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- mark
235 +* mr/gitweb-snapshot (2009-08-25) 3 commits
236 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at e4edd0b)
237 + + gitweb: add t9501 tests for checking HTTP status codes
238 + + gitweb: split test suite into library and tests
239 + + gitweb: improve snapshot error handling
240 +
241 +* jc/mailinfo-scissors (2009-08-26) 5 commits
242 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at 5fc6248)
243 + + mailinfo.scissors: new configuration
244 + + am/mailinfo: Disable scissors processing by default
245 + + Documentation: describe the scissors mark support of "git am"
246 + + Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- mark
247 + + builtin-mailinfo.c: fix confusing internal API to mailinfo()
248 +
249 +I didn't pick up the patch to simplify the definition of scissors. I do
250 +not have strong opinion on it either way, but the list would hopefully
251 +decide it before too long.
252
253 * tf/diff-whitespace-incomplete-line (2009-08-23) 2 commits.
254 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-26 at 4fc7784)
255 + xutils: Fix xdl_recmatch() on incomplete lines
256 + xutils: Fix hashing an incomplete line with whitespaces at the end
257
154 -* cc/sequencer-rebase-i (2009-08-21) 17 commits.
258 +Will merge.
259 +
260 +* cc/sequencer-rebase-i (2009-08-28) 15 commits
261 - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --cherry-pick"
262 - sequencer: add "--cherry-pick" option to "git sequencer--helper"
157 - - sequencer: add "do_commit()" and related functions
263 + - sequencer: add "do_commit()" and related functions working on "next_commit"
264 - pick: libify "pick_help_msg()"
159 - - revert: libify pick
265 + - revert: libify cherry-pick and revert functionnality
266 - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --fast-forward"
267 - sequencer: let "git sequencer--helper" callers set "allow_dirty"
268 - sequencer: add "--fast-forward" option to "git sequencer--helper"
269 - sequencer: add "do_fast_forward()" to perform a fast forward
270 - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --reset-hard"
271 - sequencer: add "--reset-hard" option to "git sequencer--helper"
166 - - sequencer: add comments about reset_almost_hard()
272 - sequencer: add "reset_almost_hard()" and related functions
273 - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --make-patch"
169 - - sequencer: free memory used in "make_patch" function
274 - sequencer: add "make_patch" function to save a patch
275 - sequencer: add "builtin-sequencer--helper.c"
276
173 -Migrating "rebase -i" bit by bit to C. I am inclined to agree with Dscho
174 -that maybe this approach forces the migration to follow the structure of
175 -the shell script too much, and could force a suboptimal end result, but
176 -we'll see.
177 -
178 -* as/maint-graph-interesting-fix (2009-08-21) 2 commits.
179 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at 9d5e215)
180 - + Add tests for rev-list --graph with options that simplify history
181 - + graph API: fix bug in graph_is_interesting()
182 -
183 -Looked sane.
184 -
185 -* jc/shortstatus (2009-08-15) 11 commits
186 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-15 at 7e40766)
187 - + git commit --dry-run -v: show diff in color when asked
188 - + Documentation/git-commit.txt: describe --dry-run
189 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-12 at 53bda17)
190 - + wt-status: collect untracked files in a separate "collect" phase
191 - + Make git_status_config() file scope static to builtin-commit.c
192 - + wt-status: move wt_status_colors[] into wt_status structure
193 - + wt-status: move many global settings to wt_status structure
194 - + commit: --dry-run
195 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-06 at fe8cb94)
196 - + status: show worktree status of conflicted paths separately
197 - + wt-status.c: rework the way changes to the index and work tree are summarized
198 - + diff-index: keep the original index intact
199 - + diff-index: report unmerged new entries
200 - (this branch is used by jc/1.7.0-status.)
201 -
202 -Will cook for a bit more and then merge.
203 -
204 -* jc/maint-unpack-objects-strict (2009-08-13) 1 commit.
205 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-23 at 38eb750)
206 - + Fix "unpack-objects --strict"
207 -
208 -Will merge.
209 -
210 -* jh/submodule-foreach (2009-08-20) 9 commits
211 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-20 at 671bea4)
212 - + git clone: Add --recursive to automatically checkout (nested) submodules
213 - + t7407: Use 'rev-parse --short' rather than bash's substring expansion notation
214 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at f4a881d)
215 - + git submodule status: Add --recursive to recurse into nested submodules
216 - + git submodule update: Introduce --recursive to update nested submodules
217 - + git submodule foreach: Add --recursive to recurse into nested submodules
218 - + git submodule foreach: test access to submodule name as '$name'
219 - + Add selftest for 'git submodule foreach'
220 - + git submodule: Cleanup usage string and add option parsing to cmd_foreach()
221 - + git submodule foreach: Provide access to submodule name, as '$name'
222 -
223 -Will merge.
224 -
225 -* jh/notes (2009-07-29) 8 commits.
226 - - t3302-notes-index-expensive: Speed up create_repo()
227 - - fast-import: Add support for importing commit notes
228 - - First draft of notes tree parser with support for fanout subtrees
229 - - Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"
230 - - Add an expensive test for git-notes
231 - - Speed up git notes lookup
232 - - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
233 - - Introduce commit notes
234 -
235 -The cvs-helper series depends on this one. I have a recollection
236 -that some people were not happy about the fan-out of the notes tree
237 -layout, but has the issue been resolved to a concensus?
238 -
239 -* ne/rev-cache (2009-08-21) 6 commits
240 - . support for path name caching in rev-cache
241 - . full integration of rev-cache into git, completed test suite
242 - . administrative functions for rev-cache, start of integration into git
243 - . support for non-commit object caching in rev-cache
244 - . basic revision cache system, no integration or features
245 - . man page and technical discussion for rev-cache
246 -
247 -Updated but seems to break upload-pack tests when merged to 'pu'; given
248 -what this series touches, breakages in that area are expected.
249 -May discard if a working reroll comes, to give it a fresh start.
277 +Migrating "rebase -i" bit by bit to C.
278
279 * jh/cvs-helper (2009-08-18) 7 commits
280 - More fixes to the git-remote-cvs installation procedure
@@ -258,31 +286,22 @@ May discard if a working reroll comes, to give it a fresh start.
286 - Basic build infrastructure for Python scripts
287 (this branch uses db/vcs-helper.)
288
261 -Builds on db/vcs-helper (which is stalled, so this cannot move).
262 -
263 -The testing of Python part seemed to be still fragile even with the latest
264 -fix on one of my boches with an earlier round already installed, but I
265 -didn't look very deeply before removing the older installation.
289 +Builds on db/vcs-helper (which is stalled, so this cannot move further at
290 +the moment). There is a re-roll planned, so I did not pick up test fixes
291 +from Brandon myself.
292
267 -* sr/gfi-options (2009-08-24) 4 commits
293 +* sr/gfi-options (2009-08-27) 6 commits
294 - fast-import: test the new option command
295 - fast-import: add option command
296 + - fast-import: test the new feature command
297 + - fast-import: add feature command
298 - fast-import: put marks reading in it's own function
271 - - fast-import: put option parsing code in seperate functions
272 -
273 -Will merge to 'next' shortly.
274 -
275 -* lt/block-sha1 (2009-08-17) 4 commits
276 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at 67a1ce8)
277 - + remove ARM and Mozilla SHA1 implementations
278 - + block-sha1: guard gcc extensions with __GNUC__
279 - + make sure byte swapping is optimal for git
280 - + block-sha1: make the size member first in the context struct
299 + - fast-import: put option parsing code in separate functions
300
282 -May merge soon; Solaris performance patches that was discussed
283 -earlier can happen on 'master', as the series is usable as-is.
301 +Re-rolled, based on an off-list discussion I was/am not aware of.
302 +Looked ready for 'next'.
303
285 -* nd/sparse (2009-08-20) 20 commits
304 +* nd/sparse (2009-08-20) 19 commits
305 - sparse checkout: inhibit empty worktree
306 - Add tests for sparse checkout
307 - read-tree: add --no-sparse-checkout to disable sparse checkout support
@@ -302,11 +321,7 @@ earlier can happen on 'master', as the series is usable as-is.
321 - Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit
322 - Add test-index-version
323 - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
305 - (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-20 at ea167d7)
306 - + Prevent diff machinery from examining assume-unchanged entries on worktree
324
308 -The first one was an independent fix; the rest has been replaced with the
309 -"return of no-checkout" series.
325 --------------------------------------------------
326 [For 1.7.0]
327
@@ -315,7 +330,6 @@ The first one was an independent fix; the rest has been replaced with the
330 + git status: not "commit --dry-run" anymore
331 + git stat -s: short status output
332 + git stat: the beginning of "status that is not a dry-run of commit"
318 - (this branch uses jc/shortstatus.)
333
334 With this, "git status" is no longer "git commit --preview".
335
@@ -323,7 +337,11 @@ With this, "git status" is no longer "git commit --preview".
337 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-22 at 5106de8)
338 + send-email: make --no-chain-reply-to the default
339
326 -* jc/1.7.0-diff-whitespace-only-status (2009-05-23) 2 commits.
340 +* jc/1.7.0-diff-whitespace-only-status (2009-08-30) 4 commits.
341 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at 0623572)
342 + + diff.c: fix typoes in comments
343 + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-27 at 81fb2bd)
344 + + Make test case number unique
345 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-02 at 9c08420)
346 + diff: Rename QUIET internal option to QUICK
347 + diff: change semantics of "ignore whitespace" options
@@ -336,6 +354,7 @@ we could argue that it is a bugfix.
354 (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-02 at 38b82fe)
355 + Refuse deleting the current branch via push
356 + Refuse updating the current branch in a non-bare repository via push
357 +
358 --------------------------------------------------
359 [I have been too busy to purge these]
360
@@ -374,3 +393,15 @@ Maybe some people care about this. I dunno.
393 . config: allow false and true values for branch.autosetuprebase
394
395 Has been ejected from 'pu' for some time, expecting a reroll.
396 +
397 +* ne/rev-cache (2009-08-21) 6 commits
398 + . support for path name caching in rev-cache
399 + . full integration of rev-cache into git, completed test suite
400 + . administrative functions for rev-cache, start of integration into git
401 + . support for non-commit object caching in rev-cache
402 + . basic revision cache system, no integration or features
403 + . man page and technical discussion for rev-cache
404 +
405 +Updated but seems to break upload-pack tests when merged to 'pu'; given
406 +what this series touches, breakages in that area are expected.
407 +May discard if a working reroll comes, to give it a fresh start.