What's cooking (2009/05 #02)
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2009, #01; Sat, 09)
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-What's cooking in git.git (May 2009, #01; Sat, 09)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are
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[New Topics]
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-* mt/submodule-reference (Mon May 4 22:30:01 2009 +0300) 1 commit
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- + Add --reference option to git submodule.
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+* jc/mktree (Thu May 14 15:49:10 2009 -0700) 9 commits
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+ - mktree: validate entry type in input
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+ - mktree --batch: build more than one tree object
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+ - mktree --missing: updated usage message and man page
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+ - mktree --missing: allow missing objects
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+ - t1010: add mktree test
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+ - mktree: do not barf on a submodule commit
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+ - builtin-mktree.c: use a helper function to handle one line of
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+ input
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+ - mktree: use parse-options
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+ - build-in git-mktree
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+
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+* ar/maint-1.6.2-merge-recursive-d-f (Mon May 11 21:25:36 2009 +0200) 2 commits
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+ - Fix for a merge where a branch has an F->D transition
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+ - Add a reminder test case for a merge with F/D transition
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+
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+Although the reported breakage is covered with the patch, Alex feels the
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+solution unsatisfactory. Cleaning up D/F conflict handling in merge-recursive
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+may be long overdue but seems to be a hard problem.
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+* jc/maint-add-p-coalesce-fix (Sat May 16 10:48:23 2009 -0700) 2 commits
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+ + Revert "git-add--interactive: remove hunk coalescing"
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+ + Splitting a hunk that adds a line at the top fails in "add -p"
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+
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+* sb/format-patch-parseopt (Sat May 16 02:24:46 2009 -0700) 1 commit
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+ - format-patch: migrate to parse-options API
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+
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+* fc/decorate-tag (Thu May 14 00:32:53 2009 +0300) 2 commits
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+ + Prettify log decorations even more
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+ + Change prettify_ref to prettify_refname
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+
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+* mg/track (Mon May 11 16:42:54 2009 +0200) 2 commits
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+ + Fix behavior with non-commit upstream references
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+ + Test tracking of non-commit upstreams
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+
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+* jn/gitweb-cleanup (Mon May 11 19:45:11 2009 +0200) 8 commits
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+ + gitweb: Remove unused $hash_base parameter from
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+ normalize_link_target
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+ + gitweb: Simplify snapshot format detection logic in
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+ evaluate_path_info
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+ + gitweb: Use capturing parentheses only when you intend to capture
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+ + gitweb: Replace wrongly added tabs with spaces
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+ + gitweb: Use block form of map/grep in a few cases more
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+ + gitweb: Always use three argument form of open
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+ + gitweb: Always use three argument form of open
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+ + gitweb: Do not use bareword filehandles
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+
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+* js/maint-no-ln-across-libexec-and-bin (Mon May 11 13:02:18 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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+ + Add NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS support to the Makefile
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+* jh/notes (Sat May 16 13:44:17 2009 +0200) 5 commits
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+ - Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"
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+ - Add an expensive test for git-notes
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+ - Speed up git notes lookup
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+ - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
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+ - Introduce commit notes
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-* rr/forbid-bs-in-ref (Fri May 8 07:32:37 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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- + Disallow '\' in ref names
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+* tp/send-email-from-config (Tue May 12 15:48:56 2009 -0700) 1 commit
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+ + send-email: Add config option for sender address
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-This retroactively forbids use of what people could have been using
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-happily, which, strictly speaking, is a no-no, but makes sense in the
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-longer term.
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+* lt/read-directory (Fri May 15 12:01:29 2009 -0700) 3 commits
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+ - Add initial support for pathname conversion to UTF-8
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+ - read_directory(): infrastructure for pathname character set
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+ conversion
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+ - Add 'fill_directory()' helper function for directory traversal
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+
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+----------------------------------------------------------------
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+[Will merge to "master" soon]
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+
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+* mw/send-email (Mon Apr 13 13:23:52 2009 -0500) 6 commits
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+ + send-email: Remove superfluous `my $editor = ...'
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+ + send-email: 'References:' should only reference what is sent
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+ + send-email: Handle "GIT:" rather than "GIT: " during --compose
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+ + Docs: send-email: --smtp-server-port can take symbolic ports
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+ + Docs: send-email: Refer to CONFIGURATION section for
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+ sendemail.multiedit
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+ + Docs: send-email: Put options back into alphabetical order
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+
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+* ae/anon-fetch-info (Fri Apr 17 10:20:11 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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+ + fetch: Strip usernames from url's before storing them
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+* ac/graph-horizontal-line (Tue Apr 21 08:47:01 2009 -0400) 1 commit
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+ + graph API: Use horizontal lines for more compact graphs
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+* ph/submodule-rebase (Fri Apr 24 09:06:38 2009 +1000) 1 commit
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+ + git-submodule: add support for --rebase.
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+* mh/show-branch-color (Sat Apr 25 13:46:14 2009 +0200) 2 commits
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+ + bash completion: show-branch color support
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+ + show-branch: color the commit status signs
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+* mh/diff-stat-color (Sat Apr 25 00:06:47 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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+ + diff: do not color --stat output like patch context
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+* js/add-edit (Mon Apr 27 19:51:42 2009 +0200) 2 commits
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+ + t3702: fix reliance on SHELL_PATH being '/bin/sh'
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+ + git-add: introduce --edit (to edit the diff vs. the index)
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* jk/maint-add-empty (Tue Apr 28 23:21:01 2009 -0400) 1 commit
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- - add: don't complain when adding empty project root
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When you say "git add ." in an empty directory, you get "No path matches
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''", instead of "No path matches '.'", and this "fixes" it by hiding the
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introduces inconsistency, but I think an empty directory is so
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uninteresting special case that not signalling it as an error is Ok.
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+* ar/unlink-err (Wed Apr 29 23:24:52 2009 +0200) 3 commits
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+ + print unlink(2) errno in copy_or_link_directory
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+ + replace direct calls to unlink(2) with unlink_or_warn
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+ + Introduce an unlink(2) wrapper which gives warning if unlink
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+ failed
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-* lt/maint-diff-reduce-lstat (Sat May 9 15:11:17 2009 -0700) 2 commits
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- + Teach 'git checkout' to preload the index contents
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- + Avoid unnecessary 'lstat()' calls in 'get_stat_data()'
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+* ar/merge-one-file-diag (Wed Apr 29 23:40:50 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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+ + Clarify kind of conflict in merge-one-file helper
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-* jk/maint-1.6.0-trace-argv (Fri May 8 05:06:15 2009 -0400) 1 commit
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- + fix GIT_TRACE segfault with shell-quoted aliases
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+* np/push-delta (Fri May 1 16:56:47 2009 -0400) 1 commit
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+ + allow OFS_DELTA objects during a push
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-* hv/sample-update (Fri May 8 17:22:30 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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- + Extend sample update hook, disable modifying of existing tags
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+* mt/submodule-reference (Mon May 4 22:30:01 2009 +0300) 1 commit
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+ + Add --reference option to git submodule.
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+* fl/git-pm (Thu May 7 15:41:28 2009 +0200) 2 commits
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+ + Git.pm: Always set Repository to absolute path if autodetecting
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+ + Git.pm: Set GIT_WORK_TREE if we set GIT_DIR
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* rs/grep-parseopt (Thu May 7 21:46:48 2009 +0200) 5 commits
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+ grep: use parseopt
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+ parseopt: add OPT_NUMBER_CALLBACK
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+ parseopt: add OPT_NEGBIT
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-* do/maint-merge-recursive-fix (Sat May 9 14:49:59 2009 -0700) 1 commit
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- + merge-recursive: never leave index unmerged while recursing
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-* np/push-delta (Fri May 1 16:56:47 2009 -0400) 1 commit
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- + allow OFS_DELTA objects during a push
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-* jm/format-patch-no-auto-n-when-k-is-given (Sat May 9 10:12:01 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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- + format-patch let -k override a config-specified format.numbered
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-* da/mergetool-lib (Sat May 2 01:57:21 2009 -0700) 1 commit
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- - mergetool--lib: specialize diff options for emerge and ecmerge
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* jk/no-no-no-empty-directory (Fri May 8 01:01:17 2009 -0400) 2 commits
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+ parseopt: add OPT_NEGBIT
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+ parseopt: add OPT_NEGBIT
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I somehow botched the commit log message of the top one; it is about
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fixing "ls-files --no-empty-directory".
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-* fl/git-pm (Thu May 7 15:41:28 2009 +0200) 2 commits
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- + Git.pm: Always set Repository to absolute path if autodetecting
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- + Git.pm: Set GIT_WORK_TREE if we set GIT_DIR
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+* jk/maint-1.6.0-trace-argv (Fri May 8 05:06:15 2009 -0400) 1 commit
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+ + fix GIT_TRACE segfault with shell-quoted aliases
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-[Will merge to "master" soon]
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+* hv/sample-update (Fri May 8 17:22:30 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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+ + Extend sample update hook, disable modifying of existing tags
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+* rr/forbid-bs-in-ref (Fri May 8 07:32:37 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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+ + Disallow '\' in ref names
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+This retroactively forbids use of what people could have been using
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+happily, which, strictly speaking, is a no-no, but makes sense in the
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+longer term.
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+* do/maint-merge-recursive-fix (Sat May 9 14:49:59 2009 -0700) 1 commit
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+ + merge-recursive: never leave index unmerged while recursing
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+* jm/format-patch-no-auto-n-when-k-is-given (Sat May 9 10:12:01 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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+ + format-patch let -k override a config-specified format.numbered
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+* lt/maint-diff-reduce-lstat (Sat May 9 15:11:17 2009 -0700) 2 commits
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+ + Teach 'git checkout' to preload the index contents
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+ + Avoid unnecessary 'lstat()' calls in 'get_stat_data()'
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+* cc/bisect (Sat May 9 17:55:47 2009 +0200) 20 commits
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+ + bisect: make "git bisect" use new "--next-all" bisect-helper
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+ function
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+ + bisect: add "check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad" function
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+ + bisect: implement the "check_merge_bases" function
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+ + bisect: automatically sort sha1_array if needed when looking it up
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+ + bisect: make skipped array functions more generic
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+ + bisect: remove too much function nesting
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+ + bisect: use new "struct argv_array" to prepare argv for
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+ "setup_revisions"
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+ + bisect: store good revisions in a "sha1_array"
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+ + bisect: implement "rev_argv_push" to fill an argv with revs
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+ + bisect: use "sha1_array" to store skipped revisions
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+ + am: simplify "sq" function by using "git rev-parse --sq-quote"
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+ + bisect: use "git rev-parse --sq-quote" instead of a custom "sq"
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+ function
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+ + rev-parse: add --sq-quote to shell quote arguments
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+ + rev-list: remove stringed output flag from "show_bisect_vars"
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+ + bisect--helper: remove "--next-vars" option as it is now useless
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+ + bisect: use "git bisect--helper --next-exit" in "git-bisect.sh"
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+ + bisect--helper: add "--next-exit" to output bisect results
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+ + bisect: move common bisect functionality to "bisect_common"
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+ + rev-list: refactor printing bisect vars
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+ + rev-list: make "estimate_bisect_steps" non static
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+Rewriting major part of "git-bisect" shell script continues. The patches
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[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
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- - Documentation: fix 'linkgit' macro in "git-notes.txt"
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- - tests: fix "export var=val"
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- - notes: refuse to edit notes outside refs/notes/
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- - t3301: use test_must_fail instead of !
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- - t3301: fix confusing quoting in test for valid notes ref
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- - notes: use GIT_EDITOR and core.editor over VISUAL/EDITOR
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- - notes: only clean up message file when editing
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- - handle empty notes gracefully
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- - git notes show: test empty notes
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- - git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
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- - notes: fix core.notesRef documentation
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- - Add an expensive test for git-notes
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- - Speed up git notes lookup
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- - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
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- - Introduce commit notes
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* hv/cvsps-tests (Sun Apr 5 01:40:50 2009 -0700) 8 commits
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- - rev-list: remove stringed output flag from "show_bisect_vars"
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- - bisect--helper: remove "--next-vars" option as it is now useless
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- - bisect: use "git bisect--helper --next-exit" in "git-bisect.sh"
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- - bisect--helper: add "--next-exit" to output bisect results
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- - bisect: move common bisect functionality to "bisect_common"
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-* mh/show-branch-color (Sat Apr 25 13:46:14 2009 +0200) 2 commits
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- + bash completion: show-branch color support
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- + show-branch: color the commit status signs
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-* ac/graph-horizontal-line (Tue Apr 21 08:47:01 2009 -0400) 1 commit
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- + graph API: Use horizontal lines for more compact graphs
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-* ar/merge-one-file-diag (Wed Apr 29 23:40:50 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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- - Clarify kind of conflict in merge-one-file helper
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-* mh/diff-stat-color (Sat Apr 25 00:06:47 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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+* da/mergetool-lib (Sat May 2 01:57:21 2009 -0700) 1 commit
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+ - mergetool--lib: specialize diff options for emerge and ecmerge
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-* rc/http-push (Sat Apr 25 00:35:57 2009 +0800) 3 commits
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+Can somebody tell me what the current status of this is? I thought there
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+* rc/http-push (Sat May 16 11:51:52 2009 +0800) 12 commits
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+ - http*: add fetch_http_pack_index
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+ - http: create function end_url_with_slash
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+ - http*: move common variables and macros to http.[ch]
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+ - http-push: do not SEGV after fetching a bad pack idx file
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+ - http*: copy string returned by sha1_to_hex
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+ - http-walker: verify remote packs
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+ - http-push, http-walker: style fixes
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+ - t5550-http-fetch: test fetching of packed objects
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+ - http-push: fix missing "#ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI" around
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-* ae/anon-fetch-info (Fri Apr 17 10:20:11 2009 +0200) 1 commit
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- + fetch: Strip usernames from url's before storing them
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-* ar/unlink-err (Wed Apr 29 23:24:52 2009 +0200) 3 commits
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- - replace direct calls to unlink(2) with unlink_or_warn
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- - Introduce an unlink(2) wrapper which gives warning if unlink
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-* ph/submodule-rebase (Fri Apr 24 09:06:38 2009 +1000) 1 commit
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-* mw/send-email (Mon Apr 13 13:23:52 2009 -0500) 6 commits
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- - send-email: Remove superfluous `my $editor = ...'
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- - send-email: 'References:' should only reference what is sent
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- - send-email: Handle "GIT:" rather than "GIT: " during --compose
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- - Docs: send-email: --smtp-server-port can take symbolic ports
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- - Docs: send-email: Refer to CONFIGURATION section for
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- sendemail.multiedit
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These are for 1.7.0, but the messages when they trigger together may need
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+* js/notes (Tue Apr 14 00:03:36 2009 +0200) 15 commits
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+ . Documentation: fix 'linkgit' macro in "git-notes.txt"
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+ . tests: fix "export var=val"
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+ . notes: refuse to edit notes outside refs/notes/
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+ . t3301: use test_must_fail instead of !
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+ . t3301: fix confusing quoting in test for valid notes ref
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+ . notes: use GIT_EDITOR and core.editor over VISUAL/EDITOR
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+ . notes: only clean up message file when editing
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+ . handle empty notes gracefully
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+ . git notes show: test empty notes
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+ . git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
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+ . notes: fix core.notesRef documentation
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+ . Add an expensive test for git-notes
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+ . Speed up git notes lookup
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+ . Add a script to edit/inspect notes
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+ . Introduce commit notes
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+This has been replaced by jh/notes series.
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