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+To: git@vger.kernel.org
+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2009, #02; Mon, 07)
+X-master-at: 5ad9dce7e691106fecde413de8cc321b937367a6
+X-next-at: 5f6b0ffff13f5cd762d0a5a4e1c4dede58e8a537
+
+What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2009, #02; Mon, 07)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Here are the topics that have been cooking.  Commits prefixed with '-' are
+only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'.  The ones
+marked with '.' do not appear in any of the integration branches, but I am
+still holding onto them.
+
+In 1.7.0, we plan to correct handful of warts in the interfaces everybody
+agrees that they were mistakes.  The resulting system may not be strictly
+backward compatible.  Currently planeed changes are:
+
+ * refuse push to update the checked out branch in a non-bare repo by
+   default
+
+   Make "git push" into a repository to update the branch that is checked
+   out fail by default.  You can countermand this default by setting a
+   configuration variable in the receiving repository.
+
+   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007
+
+ * refuse push to delete the current branch by default
+
+   Make "git push $there :$killed" to delete the branch that is pointed at
+   by its HEAD fail by default.  You can countermand this default by
+   setting a configuration variable in the receiving repository.
+
+   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/108862/focus=108936
+
+ * git-send-email won't make deep threads by default
+
+   Many people said that by default when sending more than 2 patches the
+   threading git-send-email makes by default is hard to read, and they
+   prefer the default be one cover letter and each patch as a direct
+   follow-up to the cover letter.  You can countermand this by setting a
+   configuration variable.
+
+   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/109790
+
+ * git-status won't be "git-commit --dry-run" anymore
+
+   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/125989/focus=125993
+
+ * "git-diff -w --exit-code" will exit success if only differences it
+   found are whitespace changes that are stripped away from the output.
+
+   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/119731/focus=119751
+
+During 1.6.5 cycle, 'next' will hold topics meant for 1.6.5 and 1.7.0.
+
+I tagged and pushed out 1.6.5-rc0.  There are still some topics cooking in
+'next' I would rather not leave out, but I've been hoping to keep this
+cycle short, and I'm also hoping to tag the real 1.6.5 before I vanish for
+about a week and half later in the month. so in the worst case there may
+have to be a 1.6.6 to include the leftover topics.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated to "master"]
+
+* np/maint-1.6.3-deepen (2009-09-03) 2 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-06 at d597fba)
+ + pack-objects: free preferred base memory after usage
+ + make shallow repository deepening more network efficient
+
+Further optimization and fixing of the object transfer around the "shallow
+repository" codepaths.
+
+* js/stash-dwim (2009-07-27) 1 commit.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-16 at 67896c4)
+ + Make 'git stash -k' a short form for 'git stash save --keep-index'
+ (this branch is used by tr/reset-checkout-patch.)
+
+* tr/reset-checkout-patch (2009-08-18) 10 commits.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-03 at d4f2ed7)
+ + stash: simplify defaulting to "save" and reject unknown options
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-27 at d314281)
+ + Make test case number unique
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at e465bb3)
+ + tests: disable interactive hunk selection tests if perl is not available
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-16 at 67896c4)
+ + DWIM 'git stash save -p' for 'git stash -p'
+ + Implement 'git stash save --patch'
+ + Implement 'git checkout --patch'
+ + Implement 'git reset --patch'
+ + builtin-add: refactor the meat of interactive_add()
+ + Add a small patch-mode testing library
+ + git-apply--interactive: Refactor patch mode code
+ (this branch uses js/stash-dwim.)
+
+DWIMmery of the two series tightened for safety a few days ago.  Otherwise
+the same as what have been cooking in 'next' for a few weeks.
+
+* jc/upload-pack-hook (2009-08-28) 2 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-31 at f9933a5)
+ + upload-pack: feed "kind [clone|fetch]" to post-upload-pack hook
+ + upload-pack: add a trigger for post-upload-pack hook
+
+* jk/clone-b (2009-08-26) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at 10a68d1)
+ + clone: add --branch option to select a different HEAD
+
+* jc/mailinfo-scissors (2009-08-26) 5 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at 5fc6248)
+ + mailinfo.scissors: new configuration
+ + am/mailinfo: Disable scissors processing by default
+ + Documentation: describe the scissors mark support of "git am"
+ + Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- mark
+ + builtin-mailinfo.c: fix confusing internal API to mailinfo()
+
+I didn't pick up the patch to simplify the definition of scissors. I do
+not have strong opinion on it either way, and nobody on the list seemed to
+care too much either.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[New Topics]
+
+* cb/maint-1.6.3-grep-relative-up (2009-09-05) 2 commits.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-07 at f9b5b48)
+ + grep: accept relative paths outside current working directory
+ + grep: fix exit status if external_grep() punts
+
+1.6.5 material.
+
+* jk/1.7.0-status (2009-09-05) 5 commits
+ - docs: note that status configuration affects only long format
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-07 at 8a7c563)
+ + commit: support alternate status formats
+ + status: add --porcelain output format
+ + status: refactor format option parsing
+ + status: refactor short-mode printing to its own function
+ (this branch uses jc/1.7.0-status.)
+
+Gives the --short output format to post 1.7.0 "git commit --dry-run" that
+is similar to that of post 1.7.0 "git status".
+
+It might be a good idea to make the --short format part of 1.6.6 without
+waiting for 1.7.0; it would require some branch shuffling to bring the
+short-status patch earlier than the one that makes "status" different from
+"commit --dry-run", though.
+
+* jk/unwanted-advices (2009-09-06) 2 commits
+ - status: make "how to stage" messages optional
+ - push: make non-fast-forward help message configurable
+
+Post 1.3.0 "newbie friendliness drive" introduced a lot of "helpful"
+advice messages that are sometimes found to be irritating once the user
+got used to working with git.  This series introduces a general mechanism
+to allow us to make them less loud using the config mechanism.  The config
+option hierarchy in these two are "message.*" but it is planned to be
+renamed to "advice.*".
+
+* jn/gitweb-show-size (2009-09-07) 1 commit
+ - gitweb: Add 'show-sizes' feature to show blob sizes in tree view
+
+* jt/pushinsteadof (2009-09-07) 2 commits
+ - Add url.<base>.pushInsteadOf: URL rewriting for push only
+ - Wrap rewrite globals in a struct in preparation for adding another set
+
+Probably 1.6.5 material.
+
+* lt/maint-traverse-trees-fix (2009-09-06) 1 commit.
+ - Prepare 'traverse_trees()' for D/F conflict lookahead
+
+Beginning of the fix to a rather nasty longstanding issue of merging trees
+with ("a" "a-b"), ("a/b" "a-b") and just ("a-b").
+
+* ne/rev-cache (2009-09-07) 7 commits
+ . support for commit grafts, slight change to general mechanism
+ . support for path name caching in rev-cache
+ . full integration of rev-cache into git, completed test suite
+ . administrative functions for rev-cache, start of integration into git
+ . support for non-commit object caching in rev-cache
+ . basic revision cache system, no integration or features
+ . man page and technical discussion for rev-cache
+
+Replaced but I do not think this is ready for 'pu' yet.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled]
+
+* jh/notes (2009-08-27) 12 commits.
+ - Add '%N'-format for pretty-printing commit notes
+ - Add flags to get_commit_notes() to control the format of the note string
+ - notes.c: Implement simple memory pooling of leaf nodes
+ - Selftests verifying semantics when loading notes trees with various fanouts
+ - Teach the notes lookup code to parse notes trees with various fanout schemes
+ - t3302-notes-index-expensive: Speed up create_repo()
+ - fast-import: Add support for importing commit notes
+ - Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"
+ - Add an expensive test for git-notes
+ - Speed up git notes lookup
+ - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
+ - Introduce commit notes
+
+I heard the cvs-helper series depends on this one.  It seems that the
+fan-out strategy is being rethought?
+
+* je/send-email-no-subject (2009-08-05) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at b6455c2)
+ + send-email: confirm on empty mail subjects
+
+The existing tests to covers the positive case (i.e. as long as the user
+says "yes" to the "do you really want to send this message that lacks
+subject", the message is sent) of this feature, but the feature itself
+needs its own test to verify the negative case (i.e. does it correctly
+stop if the user says "no"?)
+
+* db/vcs-helper (2009-09-03) 16 commits
+ - Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchanged
+ - Add support for "import" helper command
+ - Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs
+ - Allow programs to not depend on remotes having urls
+ - Allow fetch to modify refs
+ - Use a function to determine whether a remote is valid
+ - Use a clearer style to issue commands to remote helpers
+ - Make the "traditionally-supported" URLs a special case
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-07 at f3533ba)
+ + Makefile: install hardlinks for git-remote-<scheme> supported by libcurl if possible
+ + Makefile: do not link three copies of git-remote-* programs
+ + Makefile: git-http-fetch does not need expat
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-06 at 15da79d)
+ + http-fetch: Fix Makefile dependancies
+ + Add transport native helper executables to .gitignore
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-05 at 33d491e)
+ + git-http-fetch: not a builtin
+ + Use an external program to implement fetching with curl
+ + Add support for external programs for handling native fetches
+ (this branch is used by jh/cvs-helper.)
+
+I'd really want to have this in 1.6.5 so that we can eject -lcurl from the
+main "git" binary.  The patches in 'pu' got some review comments, and I
+thought Daniel's responses were sensible.  Comments?
+
+* jh/cvs-helper (2009-08-18) 8 commits
+ - More fixes to the git-remote-cvs installation procedure
+ - Fix the Makefile-generated path to the git_remote_cvs package in git-remote-cvs
+ - Add simple selftests of git-remote-cvs functionality
+ - git-remote-cvs: Remote helper program for CVS repositories
+ - 2/2: Add Python support library for CVS remote helper
+ - 1/2: Add Python support library for CVS remote helper
+ - Basic build infrastructure for Python scripts
+ - Allow helpers to request marks for fast-import
+ (this branch uses db/vcs-helper.)
+
+Builds on db/vcs-helper.  There is a re-roll planned.
+
+* cc/sequencer-rebase-i (2009-08-28) 15 commits
+ - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --cherry-pick"
+ - sequencer: add "--cherry-pick" option to "git sequencer--helper"
+ - sequencer: add "do_commit()" and related functions working on "next_commit"
+ - pick: libify "pick_help_msg()"
+ - revert: libify cherry-pick and revert functionnality
+ - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --fast-forward"
+ - sequencer: let "git sequencer--helper" callers set "allow_dirty"
+ - sequencer: add "--fast-forward" option to "git sequencer--helper"
+ - sequencer: add "do_fast_forward()" to perform a fast forward
+ - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --reset-hard"
+ - sequencer: add "--reset-hard" option to "git sequencer--helper"
+ - sequencer: add "reset_almost_hard()" and related functions
+ - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --make-patch"
+ - sequencer: add "make_patch" function to save a patch
+ - sequencer: add "builtin-sequencer--helper.c"
+
+Migrating "rebase -i" bit by bit to C.
+Not a 1.6.5 material yet.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Cooking]
+
+* pk/fast-import-tars (2009-09-03) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-07 at 8fbf027)
+ + import-tars: Allow per-tar author and commit message.
+
+* jc/maint-1.6.0-blank-at-eof (2009-09-05) 10 commits.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-07 at 165dc3c)
+ + core.whitespace: split trailing-space into blank-at-{eol,eof}
+ + diff --color: color blank-at-eof
+ + diff --whitespace=warn/error: fix blank-at-eof check
+ + diff --whitespace=warn/error: obey blank-at-eof
+ + diff.c: the builtin_diff() deals with only two-file comparison
+ + apply --whitespace: warn blank but not necessarily empty lines at EOF
+ + apply --whitespace=warn/error: diagnose blank at EOF
+ + apply.c: split check_whitespace() into two
+ + apply --whitespace=fix: detect new blank lines at eof correctly
+ + apply --whitespace=fix: fix handling of blank lines at the eof
+
+Hopefully in 1.6.5
+
+* pk/fast-import-dirs (2009-09-03) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-07 at 836cba2)
+ + Add script for importing bits-and-pieces to Git.
+
+With an updated key-value quoting rules, which I haven't carefully looked
+at.  I have to wonder if there are standard libraries to do this sort of
+thing without having to hand-roll these logic every time.  But perhaps I
+shouldn't be too picky on contrib/ material.
+
+* jn/gitweb-blame (2009-09-01) 5 commits
+ - gitweb: Minify gitweb.js if JSMIN is defined
+ - gitweb: Create links leading to 'blame_incremental' using JavaScript
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-07 at 3622199)
+ + gitweb: Colorize 'blame_incremental' view during processing
+ + gitweb: Incremental blame (using JavaScript)
+ + gitweb: Add optional "time to generate page" info in footer
+
+Ajax-y blame.
+
+* sr/gfi-options (2009-09-06) 6 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-07 at 5f6b0ff)
+ + fast-import: test the new option command
+ + fast-import: add option command
+ + fast-import: test the new feature command
+ + fast-import: add feature command
+ + fast-import: put marks reading in it's own function
+ + fast-import: put option parsing code in separate functions
+
+Perhaps 1.6.5 material but I wasn't sure.
+
+* nd/sparse (2009-08-20) 19 commits
+ - sparse checkout: inhibit empty worktree
+ - Add tests for sparse checkout
+ - read-tree: add --no-sparse-checkout to disable sparse checkout support
+ - unpack-trees(): ignore worktree check outside checkout area
+ - unpack_trees(): apply $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout to the final index
+ - unpack-trees(): "enable" sparse checkout and load $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout
+ - unpack-trees.c: generalize verify_* functions
+ - unpack-trees(): add CE_WT_REMOVE to remove on worktree alone
+ - Introduce "sparse checkout"
+ - dir.c: export excluded_1() and add_excludes_from_file_1()
+ - excluded_1(): support exclude files in index
+ - unpack-trees(): carry skip-worktree bit over in merged_entry()
+ - Read .gitignore from index if it is skip-worktree
+ - Avoid writing to buffer in add_excludes_from_file_1()
+ - Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (writing part)
+ - Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (reading part)
+ - Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit
+ - Add test-index-version
+ - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[For 1.7.0]
+
+* jc/1.7.0-status (2009-09-05) 4 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-09-06 at 19d4beb)
+ + status: typo fix in usage
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-22 at b3507bb)
+ + git status: not "commit --dry-run" anymore
+ + git stat -s: short status output
+ + git stat: the beginning of "status that is not a dry-run of commit"
+ (this branch is used by jk/1.7.0-status.)
+
+With this, "git status" is no longer "git commit --dry-run".
+
+* jc/1.7.0-send-email-no-thread-default (2009-08-22) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-22 at 5106de8)
+ + send-email: make --no-chain-reply-to the default
+
+* jc/1.7.0-diff-whitespace-only-status (2009-08-30) 4 commits.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at 0623572)
+ + diff.c: fix typoes in comments
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-27 at 81fb2bd)
+ + Make test case number unique
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-02 at 9c08420)
+ + diff: Rename QUIET internal option to QUICK
+ + diff: change semantics of "ignore whitespace" options
+
+This changes exit code from "git diff --ignore-whitespace" and friends
+when there is no actual output.  It is a backward incompatible change, but
+we could argue that it is a bugfix.
+
+* jc/1.7.0-push-safety (2009-02-09) 2 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-02 at 38b82fe)
+ + Refuse deleting the current branch via push
+ + Refuse updating the current branch in a non-bare repository via push
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[I have been too busy to purge these]
+
+* jc/log-tz (2009-03-03) 1 commit.
+ - Allow --date=local --date=other-format to work as expected
+
+Maybe some people care about this.  I dunno.
+
+* jc/mailinfo-remove-brackets (2009-07-15) 1 commit.
+ - mailinfo: -b option keeps [bracketed] strings that is not a [PATCH] marker
+
+Maybe some people care about this.  I dunno.
+
+* lt/read-directory (2009-05-15) 3 commits.
+ . Add initial support for pathname conversion to UTF-8
+ . read_directory(): infrastructure for pathname character set conversion
+ . Add 'fill_directory()' helper function for directory traversal