What's cooking (2025/04 #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 (Apr 2025, #05; Fri, 18)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2025, #06; Tue, 22)
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X-master-at: 4bbb303af69990ccd05fe3a2eb58a1ce036f8220
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-X-next-at: 37484f566f6a755843cc88c219327d2d99bd680f
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+X-next-at: 1f30a19c024a1458e9fb9991a929dcc38b1157d4
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Bcc: lwn@lwn.net, gitster@pobox.com
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-What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2025, #05; Fri, 18)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2025, #06; Tue, 22)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
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-[Graduated to 'master']
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-* ab/environment-clean-header (2025-04-09) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-09 at 845b92c7ef)
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- + environment.h: remove unused variables
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+* js/git-perf-env-override (2025-04-20) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-22 at 77ea361791)
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+ + perf: do allow `GIT_PERF_*` to be overridden again
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- Code clean-up.
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- source: <2c547567-2b72-476c-9fc5-71cac050fa15@gmail.com>
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+ Developer support fix..
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+ Will merge to 'master'.
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+ source: <pull.1900.git.1743764167548.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* ab/pathspec-sign-compare-workaround (2025-04-01) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-08 at 875fb0e3ee)
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- + pathspec: fix sign comparison warnings
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- Some warnings from "-Wsign-compare" for pathspec.c have been
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- squelched.
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- source: <127c3010-4b23-436e-a07d-e6031e746113@gmail.com>
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+* ua/call-repo-config-with-possibly-null-repository (2025-04-20) 2 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-22 at 1f30a19c02)
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+ + builtin/difftool: remove unnecessary if statement
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+ + builtin/add: remove unnecessary if statement
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+ Since a call to repo_config() can be called with repo set to NULL
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+ these days, a command that is marked as RUN_SETUP in the builtin
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+ command table does not have to check repo with NULL before making
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+ the call.
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-* ab/rm-sign-compare (2025-03-29) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-08 at bc1f98e81c)
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- + rm: fix sign comparison warnings
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+ Will merge to 'master'.
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+ source: <20250420025501.183290-1-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
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- Some warnings from "-Wsign-compare" for builtin/rm.c have been
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- squelched.
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- source: <ecaaa968-f337-466b-b719-22ebb3587167@gmail.com>
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+* az/tighten-string-array-constness (2025-04-21) 1 commit
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+ - global: mark usage strings and string tables const
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-* cj/refname-avail-check-optim-typofix (2025-04-09) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-09 at 95fe082872)
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- + refs: fix duplicated word in comment
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+ Code clean-up.
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- Comment fix.
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- source: <pull.1940.v2.git.git.1743857867327.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <daj53eijkqzsjy5cvuxchea4qm3pbiu673ehetihfffyvwzhgs@tarta.nabijaczleweli.xyz>
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-* dd/sparse-glibc-workaround (2025-04-09) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-09 at 14ee53c8e4)
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- + sparse: ignore warning from new glibc headers
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+* es/meson-cleanup (2025-04-21) 6 commits
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+ - meson: only check for missing networking syms on non-Windows; add compat impls
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+ - meson: fix typo in function check that prevented checking for hstrerror
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+ - meson: add a couple missing networking dependencies
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+ - meson: do a full usage-based compile check for sysinfo
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+ - meson: check for getpagesize before using it
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+ - meson: simplify and parameterize various standard function checks
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- Squelch false-positive from sparse.
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- source: <a667da3985a0fe943cc0ff6ee8513d731d75a299.1721171853.git.congdanhqx@gmail.com>
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+ Code clean-up for meson-based build infrastructure.
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+ Comments?
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+ source: <20250421175247.240971-6-eschwartz@gentoo.org>
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-* en/merge-recursive-debug (2025-04-08) 8 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-09 at 555be94c73)
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- + builtin/{merge,rebase,revert}: remove GIT_TEST_MERGE_ALGORITHM
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- + tests: remove GIT_TEST_MERGE_ALGORITHM and test_expect_merge_algorithm
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- + merge-recursive.[ch]: thoroughly debug these
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- + merge, sequencer: switch recursive merges over to ort
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- + sequencer: switch non-recursive merges over to ort
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- + merge-ort: enable diff-algorithms other than histogram
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- + builtin/merge-recursive: switch to using merge_ort_generic()
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- + checkout: replace merge_trees() with merge_ort_nonrecursive()
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+* jh/gc-launchctl-schedule-fix (2025-04-21) 1 commit
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+ - maintenance: fix launchctl calendar intervals
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- Remove remnants of the recursive merge strategy backend, which was
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- source: <pull.1898.v3.git.1744127322.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+ Fix for scheduled maintenance tasks on platforms using launchctl.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <20250421054633.231069-2-joshiheinrichs@gmail.com>
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-* jk/fetch-follow-remote-head-fix (2025-04-09) 4 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-09 at 3071fce577)
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- + fetch: make set_head() call easier to read
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-07 at ba5ac342a5)
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- + fetch: don't ask for remote HEAD if followRemoteHEAD is "never"
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- + fetch: only respect followRemoteHEAD with configured refspecs
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- + Merge branch 'jk/fetch-ref-prefix-cleanup' into jk/fetch-follow-remote-head-fix
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- "git fetch [<remote>]" with only the configured fetch refspec
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- should be the only thing to update refs/remotes/<remote>/HEAD,
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- but the code was overly eager to do so in other cases.
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- cf. <Z9n7myvpnDOWFWqt@nand.local>
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- source: <20250318053905.GA2051217@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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- source: <20250404085812.GA772404@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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+* js/windows-arm64 (2025-04-21) 6 commits
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+ - max_tree_depth: lower it for clangarm64 on Windows
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+ - mingw(arm64): do move the `/etc/git*` location
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+ - msvc: do handle builds on Windows/ARM64
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+ - mingw: do not use nedmalloc on Windows/ARM64
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+ - config.mak.uname: add support for clangarm64
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+ - bswap.h: add support for built-in bswap functions
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+ Update to arm64 Windows port.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <pull.1904.git.1745239150.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* js/ci-fedora-gawk (2025-04-16) 1 commit
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- + ci(pedantic): ensure that awk is installed
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- source: <81209cfd-049e-c853-9c4a-2cf9803e56a4@gmx.de>
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+* jk/p5332-testfix (2025-04-22) 1 commit
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+ - p5332: drop "+" from --stdin-packs input
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+ A test fix.
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-* js/ci-github-update-ubuntu (2025-04-09) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-09 at fae10a2b5b)
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- + ci: upgrade `sparse` to supported build agents
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <20250422111632.GA1855088@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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- Adjust to the deprecation of use of Ubuntu 20.04 GitHub Actions CI.
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- source: <77f82414-261c-d2bc-f911-ed3d4b06c86e@gmx.de>
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+* lo/remove-log-reencode-from-rev-info (2025-04-22) 1 commit
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+ - revision: remove log_reencode field from rev_info
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-* jt/help-sha-backend-info-in-build-options (2025-04-07) 2 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-04-08 at 7389752293)
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- + help: include unsafe SHA-1 build info in version
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+ Code clean-up.
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- "git help --build-options" reports SHA-1 and SHA-256 backends used
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- source: <20250403140529.497876-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <20250422213133.18685-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
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-* jt/ref-transaction-abort-fix (2025-03-21) 1 commit
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- + builtin/fetch: avoid aborting closed reference transaction
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+* ps/ci-resurrect-p4-on-github (2025-04-22) 1 commit
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+ - ci: fix p4d executable not being found on GitHub Actions
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- source: <20250321004437.505461-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
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+ CI fix.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <aActb3dB-r3s69h6@pks.im>
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-* jt/rev-list-z (2025-03-21) 5 commits
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- + rev-list: support NUL-delimited --missing option
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- + rev-list: support NUL-delimited --boundary option
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- + rev-list: support delimiting objects with NUL bytes
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- + rev-list: refactor early option parsing
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- + rev-list: inline `show_object_with_name()` in `show_object()`
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- each field with NUL.
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- source: <20250319183410.1225428-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
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-* kn/blame-porcelain-unblamable (2025-04-07) 1 commit
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- + blame: print unblamable and ignored commits in porcelain mode
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- source: <20250403160326.120124-1-karthik.188@gmail.com>
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-* kn/non-transactional-batch-updates (2025-04-08) 9 commits
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- + update-ref: add --batch-updates flag for stdin mode
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- + refs: support rejection in batch updates during F/D checks
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- + refs: implement batch reference update support
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- + refs: introduce enum-based transaction error types
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- + refs/reftable: extract code from the transaction preparation
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- + refs/files: remove duplicate duplicates check
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- + refs: move duplicate refname update check to generic layer
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- + refs/files: remove redundant check in split_symref_update()
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- + Merge branch 'ps/refname-avail-check-optim' into kn/non-transactional-batch-updates
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- Updating multiple references have only been possible in all-or-none
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- fashion with transactions, but it can be more efficient to batch
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- multiple updates even when some of them are allowed to fail in a
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- best-effort manner. A new "best effort batches of updates" mode
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- source: <20250408085120.614893-1-karthik.188@gmail.com>
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-* ps/cat-file-filter-batch (2025-04-07) 12 commits
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- + builtin/cat-file: use bitmaps to efficiently filter by object type
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- + builtin/cat-file: deduplicate logic to iterate over all objects
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- + pack-bitmap: introduce function to check whether a pack is bitmapped
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- + pack-bitmap: add function to iterate over filtered bitmapped objects
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- + pack-bitmap: allow passing payloads to `show_reachable_fn()`
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- + builtin/cat-file: support "object:type=" objects filter
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- + builtin/cat-file: support "blob:limit=" objects filter
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- + builtin/cat-file: support "blob:none" objects filter
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- + builtin/cat-file: wire up an option to filter objects
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- + builtin/cat-file: introduce function to report object status
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- + builtin/cat-file: rename variable that tracks usage
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- + Merge branch 'tb/incremental-midx-part-2' into ps/cat-file-filter-batch
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-* ps/maintenance-reflog-expire (2025-04-08) 6 commits
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- + builtin/maintenance: introduce "reflog-expire" task
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- + builtin/gc: split out function to expire reflog entries
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- + builtin/reflog: make functions regarding `reflog_expire_options` public
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- + builtin/reflog: stop storing per-reflog expiry dates globally
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- + builtin/reflog: stop storing default reflog expiry dates globally
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- + reflog: rename `cmd_reflog_expire_cb` to `reflog_expire_options`
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- + ci: use Visual Studio for win+meson job on GitHub Workflows
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- + meson: distinguish build and target host binaries
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- + meson: respect 'tests' build option in contrib
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- + gitweb: fix generation of "gitweb.js"
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- + meson: fix handling of '-Dcurl=auto'
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- + refs/packed: fix BUG when seeking refs with UTF-8 characters
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- + t5703: refactor test to not depend on Perl
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- + t5316: refactor `max_chain()` to not depend on Perl
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- + t0210: refactor trace2 scrubbing to not use Perl
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- + t0021: refactor `generate_random_characters()` to not depend on Perl
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- + t/lib-httpd: refactor "one-time-perl" CGI script to not depend on Perl
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- + t/lib-t6000: refactor `name_from_description()` to not depend on Perl
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- + t/lib-gpg: refactor `sanitize_pgp()` to not depend on Perl
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- + t: refactor tests depending on Perl for textconv scripts
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- + t: refactor tests depending on Perl to print data
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- + t: refactor tests depending on Perl substitution operator
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- + t: refactor tests depending on Perl transliteration operator
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- + Makefile: stop requiring Perl when running tests
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- + meson: stop requiring Perl when tests are enabled
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- + t: adapt existing PERL prerequisites
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- + t: introduce PERL_TEST_HELPERS prerequisite
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- + t: adapt `test_readlink()` to not use Perl
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- + t: adapt `test_copy_bytes()` to not use Perl
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- + t: adapt character translation helpers to not use Perl
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- + t: refactor environment sanitization to not use Perl
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- + t: skip chain lint when PERL_PATH is unset
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- source: <20250304113323.10564-1-kuforiji98@gmail.com>
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+* ps/install-bash-completion (2025-04-22) 1 commit
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+ source: <20250422-b4-pks-meson-install-completions-v2-1-ab29d399bc6c@pks.im>
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+ - u-string-list: move "filter string" test to "u-string-list.c"
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+ - u-string-list: move "test_split_in_place" to "u-string-list.c"
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+ - u-string-list: move "test_split" into "u-string-list.c"
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+ - string-list: fix sign compare warnings
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+ Code and test clean-up around string-list API.
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- source: <20250326075246.2612627-1-05ZYT30@gmail.com>
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- t/perf: fix benchmarks with out-of-tree builds
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* aw/t9811-modernize (2025-04-18) 2 commits
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+ cf. https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/14563669225/job/40850047961
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