diff --git a/whats-cooking.txt b/whats-cooking.txt index d44a63020f..c8b41c0883 100644 --- a/whats-cooking.txt +++ b/whats-cooking.txt @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ To: git@vger.kernel.org Bcc: lwn@lwn.net -Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2013, #09; Fri, 25) +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2013, #10; Sun, 27) X-master-at: 50a6b54c03219ad74b9f3f839e0321be18daeaf6 X-next-at: acf9419c4c1775dd98c80ac4ecc3b5dd89df9fb4 -What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2013, #09; Fri, 25) +What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2013, #10; Sun, 27) -------------------------------------------------- Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with @@ -19,212 +19,117 @@ repositories listed at http://git-blame.blogspot.com/p/git-public-repositories.html --------------------------------------------------- -[Graduated to "master"] - -* as/check-ignore (2013-01-16) 13 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-18 at ef45aff) - + clean.c, ls-files.c: respect encapsulation of exclude_list_groups - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-14 at 9df2afc) - + t0008: avoid brace expansion - + add git-check-ignore sub-command - + setup.c: document get_pathspec() - + add.c: extract new die_if_path_beyond_symlink() for reuse - + add.c: extract check_path_for_gitlink() from treat_gitlinks() for reuse - + pathspec.c: rename newly public functions for clarity - + add.c: move pathspec matchers into new pathspec.c for reuse - + add.c: remove unused argument from validate_pathspec() - + dir.c: improve docs for match_pathspec() and match_pathspec_depth() - + dir.c: provide clear_directory() for reclaiming dir_struct memory - + dir.c: keep track of where patterns came from - + dir.c: use a single struct exclude_list per source of excludes - - Add a new command "git check-ignore" for debugging .gitignore - files. The variable names may want to get cleaned up but that can - be done in-tree. - - -* as/pre-push-hook (2013-01-18) 3 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-18 at 37fc4e8) - + Add sample pre-push hook script - + push: Add support for pre-push hooks - + hooks: Add function to check if a hook exists - - Add an extra hook so that "git push" that is run without making - sure what is being pushed is sane can be checked and rejected (as - opposed to the user deciding not pushing). - - -* ch/add-auto-submitted-in-sample-post-receive-email (2013-01-17) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-18 at e3205db) - + Add Auto-Submitted header to post-receive-email - - Mark e-mails coming from automated processes should be marked as - such; update a sample hook to do so. - - -* cr/push-force-tag-update (2013-01-16) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-18 at c9091d5) - + push: fix "refs/tags/ hierarchy cannot be updated without --force" - (this branch is used by jc/push-reject-reasons.) - - Regression fix, not to say "already exists" when we traditionally - said "non fast-forward'. - - -* jc/doc-maintainer (2013-01-03) 2 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-11 at f35d582) - + howto/maintain: mark titles for asciidoc - + Documentation: update "howto maintain git" - - Describe tools for automation that were invented since this - document was originally written. - - -* jk/suppress-clang-warning (2013-01-16) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-18 at 7c0bda7) - + fix clang -Wunused-value warnings for error functions - - -* mh/imap-send-shrinkage (2013-01-15) 14 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-18 at 1b7c5ba) - + imap-send.c: simplify logic in lf_to_crlf() - + imap-send.c: fold struct store into struct imap_store - + imap-send.c: remove unused field imap_store::uidvalidity - + imap-send.c: use struct imap_store instead of struct store - + imap-send.c: remove unused field imap_store::trashnc - + imap-send.c: remove namespace fields from struct imap - + imap-send.c: remove struct imap argument to parse_imap_list_l() - + imap-send.c: inline parse_imap_list() in parse_list() - + imap-send.c: remove some unused fields from struct store - + imap-send.c: remove struct message - + imap-send.c: remove struct store_conf - + iamp-send.c: remove unused struct imap_store_conf - + imap-send.c: remove struct msg_data - + imap-send.c: remove msg_data::flags, which was always zero - - Remove a lot of unused code from "git imap-send". - - -* mo/cvs-server-updates (2012-12-09) 18 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-08 at 75e2d11) - + t9402: Use TABs for indentation - + t9402: Rename check.cvsCount and check.list - + t9402: Simplify git ls-tree - + t9402: Add missing &&; Code style - + t9402: No space after IO-redirection - + t9402: Dont use test_must_fail cvs - + t9402: improve check_end_tree() and check_end_full_tree() - + t9402: sed -i is not portable - + cvsserver Documentation: new cvs ... -r support - + cvsserver: add t9402 to test branch and tag refs - + cvsserver: support -r and sticky tags for most operations - + cvsserver: Add version awareness to argsfromdir - + cvsserver: generalize getmeta() to recognize commit refs - + cvsserver: implement req_Sticky and related utilities - + cvsserver: add misc commit lookup, file meta data, and file listing functions - + cvsserver: define a tag name character escape mechanism - + cvsserver: cleanup extra slashes in filename arguments - + cvsserver: factor out git-log parsing logic - - Various git-cvsserver updates. - - -* nd/retire-fnmatch (2013-01-01) 7 commits - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-07 at ab31f9b) - + Makefile: add USE_WILDMATCH to use wildmatch as fnmatch - + wildmatch: advance faster in + patterns - + wildmatch: make a special case for "*/" with FNM_PATHNAME - + test-wildmatch: add "perf" command to compare wildmatch and fnmatch - + wildmatch: support "no FNM_PATHNAME" mode - + wildmatch: make dowild() take arbitrary flags - + wildmatch: rename constants and update prototype - - Replace our use of fnmatch(3) with a more feature-rich wildmatch. - A handful patches at the bottom have been moved to nd/wildmatch to - graduate as part of that branch, before this series solidifies. - - -* rs/clarify-entry-cmp-sslice (2013-01-16) 1 commit - (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-18 at d584dc6) - + refs: use strncmp() instead of strlen() and memcmp() - -------------------------------------------------- [New Topics] -* jc/push-reject-reasons (2013-01-24) 4 commits - - push: finishing touches to explain REJECT_ALREADY_EXISTS better - - push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCE - - push: further simplify the logic to assign rejection reason - - push: further clean up fields of "struct ref" +* bc/git-p4-for-python-2.4 (2013-01-26) 2 commits + - git-p4.py: support Python 2.4 + - git-p4.py: support Python 2.5 - Improve error and advice messages given locally when "git push" - refuses when it cannot compute fast-forwardness by separating these - cases from the normal "not a fast-forward; merge first and push - again" case. + With small updates to remove dependency on newer features of + Python, keep git-p4 usable with older Python. Will merge to 'next'. -* as/test-cleanup (2013-01-24) 1 commit - - t7102 (reset): don't hardcode SHA-1 in expected outputs +* jk/gc-auto-after-fetch (2013-01-26) 1 commit + - Merge branch 'jk/maint-gc-auto-after-fetch' into jk/gc-auto-after-fetch + (this branch uses jk/maint-gc-auto-after-fetch.) + + This is to resolve merge conflicts early for the same topic to + recent codebase. Will merge to 'next'. -* jc/do-not-let-random-file-interfere-with-completion-tests (2013-01-24) 1 commit - - t9902: protect test from stray build artifacts +* jk/maint-gc-auto-after-fetch (2013-01-26) 2 commits + - fetch-pack: avoid repeatedly re-scanning pack directory + - fetch: run gc --auto after fetching + (this branch is used by jk/gc-auto-after-fetch.) - Scripts to test bash completion was inherently flaky as it was - affected by whatever random things the user may have on $PATH. + Help "fetch only" repositories that does not trigger "gc --auto" + often enough. - Will merge to 'next'. + Will merge to 'next' via jk/gc-auto-after-fetch. -* jk/cvsimport-does-not-work-with-cvsps3 (2013-01-24) 1 commit - - git-cvsimport.txt: cvsps-2 is deprecated +* jk/read-commit-buffer-data-after-free (2013-01-26) 3 commits + - logmsg_reencode: lazily load missing commit buffers + - logmsg_reencode: never return NULL + - commit: drop useless xstrdup of commit message - Warn people that other tools are more recommendable over - cvsimport+cvsps2 combo when doing a one-shot import, and cvsimport - will not work with cvsps3. + Clarify the ownership rule for commit->buffer field, which some + callers incorrectly accessed without making sure the data is + available there. Will merge to 'next'. -* jk/mergetool (2013-01-25) 6 commits - - mergetool--lib: Improve show_tool_help() output - - mergetools/vim: Remove redundant diff command - - git-difftool: use git-mergetool--lib for "--tool-help" - - git-mergetool: don't hardcode 'mergetool' in show_tool_help - - git-mergetool: remove redundant assignment - - git-mergetool: move show_tool_help to mergetool--lib +* pw/git-p4-on-cygwin (2013-01-26) 21 commits + - git p4: introduce gitConfigBool + - git p4: avoid shell when calling git config + - git p4: avoid shell when invoking git config --get-all + - git p4: avoid shell when invoking git rev-list + - git p4: avoid shell when mapping users + - git p4: disable read-only attribute before deleting + - git p4 test: use test_chmod for cygwin + - git p4: cygwin p4 client does not mark read-only + - git p4 test: avoid wildcard * in windows + - git p4 test: use LineEnd unix in windows tests too + - git p4 test: newline handling + - git p4: scrub crlf for utf16 files on windows + - git p4: remove unreachable windows \r\n conversion code + - git p4 test: translate windows paths for cygwin + - git p4 test: start p4d inside its db dir + - git p4 test: use client_view in t9806 + - git p4 test: avoid loop in client_view + - git p4 test: use client_view to build the initial client + - git p4: generate better error message for bad depot path + - git p4: remove unused imports + - git p4: temp branch name should use / even on windows + + Improve "git p4" on Cygwin. The cover letter said it is not yet + ready for full Windows support so I won't move this to 'next' until + told by the author (the area maintainer) otherwise. + + +* ss/mergetools-tortoise (2013-01-26) 2 commits + - mergetools: allow passing pathnames with SP in them to TortoiseGitMerge + - mergetools: support TortoiseGitMerge + + Update mergetools to work better with newer merge helper tortoise ships. - Cleans up mergetool/difftool combo. + Will merge to 'next'. - It seems John Keeping has some more updates but the version posted - breaks the tests rather badly. - Expecting some follow-ups. +* da/mergetool-docs (2013-01-27) 4 commits + - doc: generate a list of valid merge tools + - mergetool--lib: add functions for finding available tools + - mergetool--lib: improve the help text in guess_merge_tool() + - mergetool--lib: simplify command expressions + (this branch uses jk/mergetool.) + Build on top of the clean-up done by jk/mergetool and automatically + generate the list of mergetool and difftool backends the build + supports to be included in the documentation. -* jn/do-not-drop-username-when-reading-from-etc-mailname (2013-01-25) 1 commit - - ident: do not drop username when reading from /etc/mailname + This may still need to be fixed up at minor details; I'd like to + see a review from John Keeping on these. - We used to stuff "user@" and then append what we read from - /etc/mailname to come up with a default e-mail ident, but a bug - lost the "user@" part. This is to fix it. - Will merge to 'next'. +* nd/branch-error-cases (2013-01-27) 4 commits + - branch: mark more strings for translation + - branch: give a more helpful message on redundant arguments + - branch: reject -D/-d without branch name + - branch: no detached HEAD check when editing another branch's description + Fix various error messages and conditions in "git branch", e.g. we + advertised "branch -d/-D" to remove one or more branches but actually + implemented removal of zero or more branches---request to remove no + branches was not rejected. -* mm/add-u-A-sans-pathspec (2013-01-25) 1 commit - - add: warn when -u or -A is used without pathspec - - Forbid "git add -u" and "git add -A" without pathspec run from a - subdirectory, to train people to type "." (or ":/") to make the - choice of default does not matter. - - Will merge to 'next'. + Will merge to 'next', perhaps after rebasing on an older base + so that this can later be merged to the maintenance track. -------------------------------------------------- [Stalled] @@ -366,6 +271,81 @@ repositories listed at -------------------------------------------------- [Cooking] +* jc/push-reject-reasons (2013-01-24) 4 commits + - push: finishing touches to explain REJECT_ALREADY_EXISTS better + - push: introduce REJECT_FETCH_FIRST and REJECT_NEEDS_FORCE + - push: further simplify the logic to assign rejection reason + - push: further clean up fields of "struct ref" + + Improve error and advice messages given locally when "git push" + refuses when it cannot compute fast-forwardness by separating these + cases from the normal "not a fast-forward; merge first and push + again" case. + + Will merge to 'next'. + + +* as/test-cleanup (2013-01-24) 1 commit + - t7102 (reset): don't hardcode SHA-1 in expected outputs + + Will merge to 'next'. + + +* jc/do-not-let-random-file-interfere-with-completion-tests (2013-01-24) 1 commit + - t9902: protect test from stray build artifacts + + Scripts to test bash completion was inherently flaky as it was + affected by whatever random things the user may have on $PATH. + + Will merge to 'next'. + + +* jk/cvsimport-does-not-work-with-cvsps3 (2013-01-24) 1 commit + - git-cvsimport.txt: cvsps-2 is deprecated + + Warn people that other tools are more recommendable over + cvsimport+cvsps2 combo when doing a one-shot import, and cvsimport + will not work with cvsps3. + + Will merge to 'next'. + + +* jk/mergetool (2013-01-27) 8 commits + - mergetools: simplify how we handle "vim" and "defaults" + - mergetool--lib: don't call "exit" in setup_tool + - mergetool--lib: improve show_tool_help() output + - mergetools/vim: remove redundant diff command + - git-difftool: use git-mergetool--lib for "--tool-help" + - git-mergetool: don't hardcode 'mergetool' in show_tool_help + - git-mergetool: remove redundant assignment + - git-mergetool: move show_tool_help to mergetool--lib + (this branch is used by da/mergetool-docs.) + + Cleans up mergetool/difftool combo. + + Will merge to 'next'. + + +* jn/do-not-drop-username-when-reading-from-etc-mailname (2013-01-25) 1 commit + - ident: do not drop username when reading from /etc/mailname + + We used to stuff "user@" and then append what we read from + /etc/mailname to come up with a default e-mail ident, but a bug + lost the "user@" part. This is to fix it. + + Will merge to 'next'. + + +* mm/add-u-A-sans-pathspec (2013-01-25) 1 commit + - add: warn when -u or -A is used without pathspec + + Forbid "git add -u" and "git add -A" without pathspec run from a + subdirectory, to train people to type "." (or ":/") to make the + choice of default does not matter. + + Will merge to 'next'. + + * bc/fix-array-syntax-for-3.0-in-completion-bash (2013-01-18) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-25 at d113c1a) + git-completion.bash: replace zsh notation that breaks bash 3.X @@ -373,6 +353,8 @@ repositories listed at Fix use of an array notation that older versions of bash do not understand. + Will merge to 'master'. + * jc/help (2013-01-18) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-25 at b2b087e) @@ -381,6 +363,8 @@ repositories listed at A header file that has the definition of a static array was included in two places, wasting the space. + Will merge to 'master'. + * jc/hidden-refs (2013-01-18) 2 commits - upload-pack: allow hiding ref hiearchies @@ -406,6 +390,8 @@ repositories listed at Update tests that were expecting to fail due to a bug that was fixed earlier. + Will merge to 'master'. + * nd/magic-pathspec-from-root (2013-01-21) 2 commits (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-25 at b056b57) @@ -419,6 +405,8 @@ repositories listed at rule so that ":/" (no other string before or after) is always interpreted as a pathspec, to avoid having to say "git cmd -- :/". + Will merge to 'master'. + * ta/doc-no-small-caps (2013-01-22) 10 commits - fixup! Change 'git' to 'Git' whenever the whole system is referred to #4 @@ -454,6 +442,8 @@ repositories listed at and size, which these implementations can reliably update. This avoids excessive revalidation of contents. + Will merge to 'master'. + * jc/remove-treesame-parent-in-simplify-merges (2013-01-17) 1 commit - simplify-merges: drop merge from irrelevant side branch @@ -466,10 +456,11 @@ repositories listed at infrastructure, it is appreciated to have an extra set of eyes for sanity check. - Waiting for reviews and comments. + Will merge to 'next'. -* jk/remote-helpers-in-python-3 (2013-01-24) 8 commits +* jk/remote-helpers-in-python-3 (2013-01-27) 9 commits + - git-remote-testpy: fix path hashing on Python 3 (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-25 at acf9419) + git-remote-testpy: call print as a function + git-remote-testpy: don't do unbuffered text I/O @@ -482,6 +473,8 @@ repositories listed at Prepare remote-helper test written in Python to be run with Python3. + Waiting for the final review and Ack, perhaps from Michael. + * dl/am-hg-locale (2013-01-18) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-25 at 3419019) @@ -491,6 +484,8 @@ repositories listed at to an e-mail looking date using locale dependant strftime, causing patch application to fail. + Will merge to 'master'. + * jk/config-parsing-cleanup (2013-01-23) 8 commits - reflog: use parse_config_key in config callback @@ -609,7 +604,7 @@ repositories listed at $gmane/211935 -* bc/append-signed-off-by (2013-01-21) 10 commits +* bc/append-signed-off-by (2013-01-27) 11 commits - Unify appending signoff in format-patch, commit and sequencer - format-patch: update append_signoff prototype - t4014: more tests about appending s-o-b lines @@ -619,54 +614,9 @@ repositories listed at - sequencer.c: recognize "(cherry picked from ..." as part of s-o-b footer - t/t3511: add some tests of 'cherry-pick -s' functionality - t/test-lib-functions.sh: allow to specify the tag name to test_commit - - sequencer.c: remove broken support for rfc2822 continuation in footer - - Rerolled. - - Expecting another reroll. - $gmane/214231 - --------------------------------------------------- -[Discarded] - -* er/replace-cvsimport (2013-01-12) 7 commits - . t/lib-cvs: cvsimport no longer works without Python >= 2.7 - . t9605: test for cvsps commit ordering bug - . t9604: fixup for new cvsimport - . t9600: fixup for new cvsimport - . t/lib-cvs.sh: allow cvsps version 3.x. - . t/t960[123]: remove leftover scripts - . cvsimport: rewrite to use cvsps 3.x to fix major bugs - - Rerolled as jc/cvsimport-upgrade. - - -* jc/valgrind-memcmp-bsearch (2013-01-14) 1 commit - . ignore memcmp() overreading in bsearch() callback - - Squelch false positive in valgrind tests; made unnecessary by - rewriting the callsite that confuses the tool. - - -* rs/archive-tar-config-parsing-fix (2013-01-14) 1 commit - . archive-tar: fix sanity check in config parsing - - jk/config-parsing-cleanup made this topic unneeded. - + - commit, cherry-pick -s: remove broken support for multiline rfc2822 fields + - sequencer.c: rework search for start of footer to improve clarity -* jc/cvsimport-upgrade (2013-01-14) 8 commits - - t9600: adjust for new cvsimport - - t9600: further prepare for sharing - - cvsimport-3: add a sample test - - cvsimport: make tests reusable for cvsimport-3 - - cvsimport: start adding cvsps 3.x support - - cvsimport: introduce a version-switch wrapper - - cvsimport: allow setting a custom cvsps (2.x) program name - - Makefile: add description on PERL/PYTHON_PATH + Rerolled. With help from Jonathan, I think this is getting closer. - People involved in cvsimport-3 say that the combination of it and - cvsps3 does not work with incremental import all that well. For - now, let's discard this and replace it with a documeentation update - that says "cvsimport will not work if you do not have cvsps2". - Will discard.