What's cooking (2013/04 #04)

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-What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2013, #03; Sun, 7)
+What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2013, #04; Fri, 12)
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 Here are the topics that have been cooking.  Commits prefixed with
@@ -24,140 +24,218 @@ of the repositories listed at
 --------------------------------------------------
 [Graduated to "master"]
 
-* cn/commit-amend-doc (2013-04-05) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-05 at 4c42e59)
- + Documentation/git-commit: reword the --amend explanation
- (this branch is used by jc/detached-head-doc.)
+* po/help-guides (2013-04-03) 5 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at 3d99b28)
+ + doc: include --guide option description for "git help"
+ + help: mention -a and -g option, and 'git help <concept>' usage.
+ + builtin/help.c: add list_common_guides_help() function
+ + builtin/help.c: add --guide option
+ + builtin/help.c: split "-a" processing into two
 
+ "git help" learned "-g" option to show the list of guides just like
+ list of commands are given with "-a".
 
-* fc/remote-helpers-test-updates (2013-04-04) 4 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at 0612744)
- + remote-hg: fix hg-git test-case
- + remote-bzr: remove stale check code for tests
- + remote-helpers: fix the run of all tests
- + remote-bzr: avoid echo -n
- (this branch is used by fc/transport-helper-waitpid.)
 
+* ap/combine-diff-coalesce-lost (2013-03-25) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-03-29 at f6a05ca)
+ + combine-diff: coalesce lost lines optimally
 
-* jk/bisect-prn-unsigned (2013-04-03) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at 2c4df36)
- + bisect: avoid signed integer overflow
+ Attempts to minimize "diff -c/--cc" output by coalescing the same
+ lines removed from the parents better, but with an O(n^2)
+ complexity.
 
 
-* jk/diffcore-break-divzero (2013-04-03) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at b7632e0)
- + diffcore-break: don't divide by zero
+* js/rerere-forget-protect-against-NUL (2013-04-04) 2 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-05 at 426d4e2)
+ + rerere forget: do not segfault if not all stages are present
+ + rerere forget: grok files containing NUL
 
+ A few bugfixes to "git rerere" working on corner case merge
+ conflicts.
 
-* jk/filter-branch-come-back-to-original (2013-04-02) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at 621684a)
- + filter-branch: return to original dir after filtering
 
- When used with "-d temporary-directory" option, "git filter-branch"
- failed to come back to the original working tree to perform the
- final clean-up procedure.
+* sr/log-SG-no-textconv (2013-04-05) 6 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-05 at 7f06945)
+ + diffcore-pickaxe: unify code for log -S/-G
+ + diffcore-pickaxe: fix leaks in "log -S<block>" and "log -G<pattern>"
+ + diffcore-pickaxe: port optimization from has_changes() to diff_grep()
+ + diffcore-pickaxe: respect --no-textconv
+ + diffcore-pickaxe: remove fill_one()
+ + diffcore-pickaxe: remove unnecessary call to get_textconv()
 
+ "git log -S/-G" started paying attention to textconv filter, but
+ there was no way to disable this.  Make it honor --no-textconv
+ option.
 
-* jk/rm-removed-paths (2013-04-04) 3 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-05 at ce9a926)
- + t3600: document failure of rm across symbolic links
- + t3600: test behavior of reverse-d/f conflict
- + rm: do not complain about d/f conflicts during deletion
+--------------------------------------------------
+[New Topics]
 
- A handful of test cases and a corner case bugfix for "git rm".
+* po/help-guides (2013-04-12) 1 commit
+ - help: mark common_guides[] as translatable
 
+ Finishing touches.
+ Will fast-track to 'master'.
 
-* jk/set-upstream-error-cases (2013-04-02) 5 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at b58c26b)
- + branch: give advice when tracking start-point is missing
- + branch: mention start_name in set-upstream error messages
- + branch: improve error message for missing --set-upstream-to ref
- + branch: factor out "upstream is not a branch" error messages
- + t3200: test --set-upstream-to with bogus refs
 
- The handing by "git branch --set-upstream-to" against various forms
- of errorneous inputs was suboptimal and has been improved.
+* ap/strbuf-humanize (2013-04-10) 2 commits
+ - count-objects: add -H option to humanize sizes
+ - strbuf: create strbuf_humanise_bytes() to show byte sizes
 
+ Teach "--human-readable" aka "-H" option to "git count-objects" to
+ show various large numbers in Ki/Mi/GiB scaled as necessary.
 
-* mg/texinfo-5 (2013-04-03) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at bd84440)
- + Documentation: Strip texinfo anchors to avoid duplicates
+ Will merge to 'next'.
 
- Strip @anchor elements in the texinfo output of the documentation,
- as a single document created by concatenating our entire manual set
- will produce many duplicates that makes newer texinfo unhappy.
+ It may not be a bad idea to discard mc/count-objects-kibibytes,
+ which can introduce regression to scripted users that expect the
+ output to say "N kilobytes".  Opinions?
 
 
-* mm/status-during-revert (2013-04-02) 2 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at 1282528)
- + status: show commit sha1 in "You are currently reverting" message
- + status: show 'revert' state and status hint
+* as/clone-reference-with-gitfile (2013-04-09) 2 commits
+ - clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a reference
+ - clone: Fix error message for reference repository
 
- "git status" learned to report that you are in the middle of a
- revert session, just like it does for a cherry-pick and a bisect
- session.
+ "git clone" did not work if a repository pointed at by the
+ "--reference" option is a gitfile that points at another place.
 
+ Waiting for comments.
 
-* rr/triangle (2013-04-02) 6 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at 2d2c8ee)
- + remote.c: introduce branch.<name>.pushremote
- + remote.c: introduce remote.pushdefault
- + remote.c: introduce a way to have different remotes for fetch/push
- + t5516 (fetch-push): drop implicit arguments from helper functions
- + t5516 (fetch-push): update test description
- + remote.c: simplify a bit of code using git_config_string()
 
- Support "pull from one place, push to another place" workflow
- better by introducing remote.pushdefault (overrides the "origin"
- thing) and branch.*.pushremote (overrides the branch.*.remote).
+* fc/transport-helper-error-reporting (2013-04-11) 3 commits
+ - transport-helper: improve push messages
+ - transport-helper: mention helper name when it dies
+ - transport-helper: report errors properly
 
+ Rerolled enough times.  In-code comments may want to be further
+ extended to explain tricky parts, but seems to be ready otherwise.
 
-* tb/shared-perm (2013-04-05) 2 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-05 at 2481155)
- + path.c: optimize adjust_shared_perm()
- + path.c: simplify adjust_shared_perm()
+ Will merge to 'next'.
 
- Simplifies adjust_shared_perm() implementation.
 
---------------------------------------------------
-[New Topics]
+* jc/decorate (2013-04-07) 2 commits
+ - decorate: add "clear_decoration()"
+ - decorate: document API
+ (this branch is used by jc/gg.)
 
-* fc/send-email-annotate (2013-04-07) 6 commits
- - format-patch: trivial cleanups
- - format-patch: add format.coverLetter configuration variable
- - log: update to OPT_BOOL
- - format-patch: refactor branch name calculation
- - format-patch: improve head calculation for cover-letter
- - send-email: make annotate configurable
+ Will discard.
 
 
-* jk/http-error-messages (2013-04-06) 9 commits
- - http: drop http_error function
- - remote-curl: die directly with http error messages
- - http: re-word http error message
- - http: simplify http_error helper function
- - remote-curl: consistently report repo url for http errors
- - remote-curl: always show friendlier 404 message
- - remote-curl: let servers override http 404 advice
- - remote-curl: show server content on http errors
- - http: add HTTP_KEEP_ERROR option
+* jc/gg (2013-04-08) 3 commits
+ - commit: add get_commit_encoding()
+ - commit: rename parse_commit_date()
+ - commit: shrink "indegree" field
+ (this branch uses jc/decorate.)
 
+ Will discard.
 
-* jk/show-branch-strbuf (2013-04-06) 1 commit
- - show-branch: use strbuf instead of static buffer
 
+* jk/doc-http-backend (2013-04-11) 2 commits
+ - doc/http-backend: give some lighttpd config examples
+ - doc/http-backend: clarify "half-auth" repo configuration
 
-* lf/bundle-with-tip-wo-message (2013-04-07) 1 commit
- - bundle: Accept prerequisites without commit messages
+ Improve documentation to illustrate "push authenticated, fetch
+ anonymous" configuration for smart HTTP servers.
 
+ Will merge to 'next'.
 
-* rt/commentchar-fmt-merge-msg (2013-04-07) 2 commits
- - fmt-merge-msg: use core.commentchar in tag signatures completely
- - fmt-merge-msg: respect core.commentchar in people credits
+
+* jk/gitweb-utf8 (2013-04-08) 4 commits
+ - gitweb: Fix broken blob action parameters on blob/commitdiff pages
+ - gitweb: Don't append ';js=(0|1)' to external links
+ - gitweb: Make feed title valid utf8
+ - gitweb: Fix utf8 encoding for blob_plain, blobdiff_plain, commitdiff_plain, and patch
+
+ Various fixes to gitweb.
+
+ Waiting for a reroll after a review.
+
+
+* jk/submodule-subdirectory-ok (2013-04-10) 2 commits
+ - submodule: drop the top-level requirement
+ - rev-parse: add --prefix option
+
+ Allow various subcommands of "git submodule" to be run not from the
+ top of the working tree of the superproject.
+
+ Waiting for comments.
+
+
+* kb/co-orphan-suggestion-short-sha1 (2013-04-08) 1 commit
+ - checkout: abbreviate hash in suggest_reattach
+
+ Update the informational message when "git checkout" leaves the
+ detached head state.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
+
+* mv/sequencer-pick-error-diag (2013-04-11) 1 commit
+ - cherry-pick: make sure all input objects are commits
+
+ "git cherry-pick $blob $tree" is diagnosed as a nonsense.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
+* rs/empty-archive (2013-04-10) 1 commit
+ - t5004: fix issue with empty archive test and bsdtar
+
+ Implementations of "tar" of BSD descend have found to have trouble
+ with reading an otherwise empty tar archive with pax headers and
+ causes an unnecessary test failure.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
+
+* th/t9903-symlinked-workdir (2013-04-11) 1 commit
+ - t9903: Don't fail when run from path accessed through symlink
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
+
+* fc/completion (2013-04-12) 9 commits
+ - completion: small optimization
+ - completion: inline __gitcomp_1 to its sole callsite
+ - completion: get rid of compgen
+ - completion: add __gitcomp_nl tests
+ - SQUASH??? avoid referencing undefined positional vars???
+ - completion: add new __gitcompadd helper
+ - completion: get rid of empty COMPREPLY assignments
+ - completion: trivial test improvement
+ - completion: add more cherry-pick options
+
+ Looked mostly good.
+
+ Will merge to 'next', after squashing the fix in.
+
+
+* jk/daemon-user-doc (2013-04-12) 1 commit
+ - doc: clarify that "git daemon --user=<user>" option does not export HOME=~user
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
 
 --------------------------------------------------
 [Stalled]
 
+* nd/pretty-formats (2013-04-01) 12 commits
+ - pretty: support %>> that steal trailing spaces
+ - pretty: support truncating in %>, %< and %><
+ - pretty: support padding placeholders, %< %> and %><
+ - pretty: add %C(auto) for auto-coloring on the next placeholder
+ - pretty: two phase conversion for non utf-8 commits
+ - utf8: keep NULs in reencode_string()
+ - pretty: get the correct encoding for --pretty:format=%e
+ - pretty: save commit encoding from logmsg_reencode if the caller needs it
+ - utf8.c: add utf8_strnwidth() with the ability to skip ansi sequences
+ - utf8.c: move display_mode_esc_sequence_len() for use by other functions
+ - pretty: share code between format_decoration and show_decorations
+ - pretty-formats.txt: wrap long lines
+
+ A mixed bag of a bugfix and two fun enhancements on pretty formats
+ placeholder.
+
+ Expecting a reroll.
+
+
 * jc/format-patch (2013-02-21) 2 commits
  - format-patch: --inline-single
  - format-patch: rename "no_inline" field
@@ -173,10 +251,77 @@ of the repositories listed at
 --------------------------------------------------
 [Cooking]
 
-* fc/remote-hg (2013-04-04) 13 commits
+* fc/send-email-annotate (2013-04-07) 6 commits
+ - format-patch: trivial cleanups
+ - format-patch: add format.coverLetter configuration variable
+ - log: update to OPT_BOOL
+ - format-patch: refactor branch name calculation
+ - format-patch: improve head calculation for cover-letter
+ - send-email: make annotate configurable
+
+ Looked basically OK to me. Comments?
+
+
+* jk/http-error-messages (2013-04-06) 9 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-11 at 7a03981)
+ + http: drop http_error function
+ + remote-curl: die directly with http error messages
+ + http: re-word http error message
+ + http: simplify http_error helper function
+ + remote-curl: consistently report repo url for http errors
+ + remote-curl: always show friendlier 404 message
+ + remote-curl: let servers override http 404 advice
+ + remote-curl: show server content on http errors
+ + http: add HTTP_KEEP_ERROR option
+
+ Improve error reporting from the http transfer clients.
+
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
+
+* jk/show-branch-strbuf (2013-04-06) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-11 at 7a20aa5)
+ + show-branch: use strbuf instead of static buffer
+
+ "git show-branch" was not prepared to show a very long run of
+ ancestor operators e.g. foobar^2~2^2^2^2...^2~4 correctly.
+
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
+
+* lf/bundle-with-tip-wo-message (2013-04-07) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-11 at bb9f869)
+ + bundle: Accept prerequisites without commit messages
+
+ "git bundle" did not like a bundle created using a commit without
+ any message as its one of the prerequistes.
+
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
+
+* rt/commentchar-fmt-merge-msg (2013-04-07) 2 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-11 at 6af638b)
+ + fmt-merge-msg: use core.commentchar in tag signatures completely
+ + fmt-merge-msg: respect core.commentchar in people credits
+
+ The new core.commentchar configuration was not applied to a few
+ places.
+
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
+
+* fc/remote-hg (2013-04-11) 21 commits
+ - remote-hg: activate graphlog extension for hg_log()
+ - remote-hg: fix bad file paths
+ - remote-hg: document location of stored hg repository
+ - remote-hg: fix bad state issue
+ - remote-hg: add 'insecure' option
+ - remote-hg: add simple mail test
+ - remote-hg: add basic author tests
+ - remote-hg: show more proper errors
+ - remote-hg: force remote push
  - remote-hg: push to the appropriate branch
  - remote-hg: update tags globally
- - remote-hg: force remote push
  - remote-hg: update remote bookmarks
  - remote-hg: refactor export
  - remote-hg: split bookmark handling
@@ -188,29 +333,9 @@ of the repositories listed at
  - remote-hg: add missing config variable in doc
  - remote-hg: trivial cleanups
 
- The "forced push" may need to become optional behaviour.
- Also the tip one was found faulty.
-
- Expecting a reroll.
-
-
-* fc/transport-helper-waitpid (2013-04-07) 3 commits
- - SQUASH???
- - transport-helper: check if remote helper is alive
- - [EXPLAIN BETTER] run-command: add new check_command helper
+ Rerolled.
 
- Waiting for a response to summarize what this topic is about here.
-
-
-* js/rerere-forget-protect-against-NUL (2013-04-04) 2 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-05 at 426d4e2)
- + rerere forget: do not segfault if not all stages are present
- + rerere forget: grok files containing NUL
-
- A few bugfixes to "git rerere" working on corner case merge
- conflicts.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
+ Waiting for comments.
 
 
 * mc/count-objects-kibibytes (2013-04-03) 1 commit
@@ -231,29 +356,19 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
-* po/help-guides (2013-04-03) 5 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-04 at 3d99b28)
- + doc: include --guide option description for "git help"
- + help: mention -a and -g option, and 'git help <concept>' usage.
- + builtin/help.c: add list_common_guides_help() function
- + builtin/help.c: add --guide option
- + builtin/help.c: split "-a" processing into two
-
- "git help" learned "-g" option to show the list of guides just like
- list of commands are given with "-a".
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
-
-
-* jk/http-dumb-namespaces (2013-04-04) 1 commit
+* jk/http-dumb-namespaces (2013-04-09) 1 commit
  - http-backend: respect GIT_NAMESPACE with dumb clients
 
  Allow smart-capable HTTP servers to be restricted via the
  GIT_NAMESPACE mechanism when talking with commit-walker clients
  (they already do so when talking with smart HTTP clients).
 
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
+
 
-* jl/submodule-mv (2013-04-03) 3 commits
+* jl/submodule-mv (2013-04-11) 4 commits
+ - rm: delete .gitmodules entry of submodules removed from the work tree
  - Teach mv to update the path entry in .gitmodules for moved submodules
  - Teach mv to move submodules using a gitfile
  - Teach mv to move submodules together with their work trees
@@ -266,22 +381,6 @@ of the repositories listed at
  nd/magic-pathspecs topic.
 
 
-* sr/log-SG-no-textconv (2013-04-05) 6 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-05 at 7f06945)
- + diffcore-pickaxe: unify code for log -S/-G
- + diffcore-pickaxe: fix leaks in "log -S<block>" and "log -G<pattern>"
- + diffcore-pickaxe: port optimization from has_changes() to diff_grep()
- + diffcore-pickaxe: respect --no-textconv
- + diffcore-pickaxe: remove fill_one()
- + diffcore-pickaxe: remove unnecessary call to get_textconv()
-
- "git log -S/-G" started paying attention to textconv filter, but
- there was no way to disable this.  Make it honor --no-textconv
- option.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
-
-
 * tr/perl-keep-stderr-open (2013-04-04) 2 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-07 at 04f737a)
  + t9700: do not close STDERR
@@ -292,6 +391,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  descriptor #2 for unrelated purpose, and error reporting code may
  write into them.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * jc/detached-head-doc (2013-04-05) 1 commit
  - glossary: extend "detached HEAD" description
@@ -300,60 +401,32 @@ of the repositories listed at
 
 
 * jk/diff-algo-finishing-touches (2013-04-05) 2 commits
- - diff: allow unstuck arguments with --diff-algorithm
- - git-merge(1): document diff-algorithm option to merge-recursive
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-11 at af83b2b)
+ + diff: allow unstuck arguments with --diff-algorithm
+ + git-merge(1): document diff-algorithm option to merge-recursive
 
  "git diff --diff-algorithm algo" is also understood as "git diff
- --diff-algorithm=algo". 
+ --diff-algorithm=algo".
 
  Will merge to 'next'.
 
 
 * jk/diff-graph-submodule-summary (2013-04-05) 1 commit
- - submodule: print graph output next to submodule log
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-11 at 70dfa8d)
+ + submodule: print graph output next to submodule log
 
  Make "git diff --graph" work better with submodule log output.
 
  Will merge to 'next'.
 
 
-* nd/pretty-formats (2013-04-01) 12 commits
- - pretty: support %>> that steal trailing spaces
- - pretty: support truncating in %>, %< and %><
- - pretty: support padding placeholders, %< %> and %><
- - pretty: add %C(auto) for auto-coloring on the next placeholder
- - pretty: two phase conversion for non utf-8 commits
- - utf8: keep NULs in reencode_string()
- - pretty: get the correct encoding for --pretty:format=%e
- - pretty: save commit encoding from logmsg_reencode if the caller needs it
- - utf8.c: add utf8_strnwidth() with the ability to skip ansi sequences
- - utf8.c: move display_mode_esc_sequence_len() for use by other functions
- - pretty: share code between format_decoration and show_decorations
- - pretty-formats.txt: wrap long lines
-
- A mixed bag of a bugfix and two fun enhancements on pretty formats
- placeholder.
-
- Expecting a reroll.
-
-
-* jk/merge-tree-added-identically (2013-03-27) 1 commit
- - merge-tree: fix "same file added in subdir"
-
- We would most likely want to change things the other way around.
-
- Expecting a reroll.
-
-
-* ap/combine-diff-coalesce-lost (2013-03-25) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-03-29 at f6a05ca)
- + combine-diff: coalesce lost lines optimally
+* jk/merge-tree-added-identically (2013-04-08) 1 commit
+ - merge-tree: don't print entries that match "local"
 
- Attempts to minimize "diff -c/--cc" output by coalescing the same
- lines removed from the parents better, but with an O(n^2)
- complexity.
+ The resolution of some corner cases by "git merge-tree" were
+ inconsistent between top-of-the-tree and in a subdirectory.
 
- Will cook in 'next' to see if people with real-world usage scream.
+ Will merge to 'next'.
 
 
 * kb/status-ignored-optim (2013-03-19) 8 commits
@@ -485,7 +558,11 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Will cook in 'next' until Git 2.0.
 
 
-* tr/line-log (2013-04-05) 7 commits
+* tr/line-log (2013-04-12) 11 commits
+ - log -L: improve comments in process_all_files()
+ - log -L: store the path instead of a diff_filespec
+ - log -L: test merge of parallel modify/rename
+ - t4211: pass -M to 'git log -M -L...' test
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-05 at 5afb00c)
  + log -L: fix overlapping input ranges
  + log -L: check range set invariants when we look it up
@@ -496,9 +573,6 @@ of the repositories listed at
  + Export rewrite_parents() for 'log -L'
  + Refactor parse_loc
 
- Will merge down to 'master'
- with warts and all, hoping they get fixed eventually in-tree.
-
 
 * jc/push-2.0-default-to-simple (2013-04-03) 13 commits
  - push: switch default from "matching" to "simple"
@@ -521,3 +595,13 @@ of the repositories listed at
  case.
 
  Will cook in 'next' until Git 2.0.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Discarded]
+
+* fc/transport-helper-waitpid (2013-04-07) 3 commits
+ . SQUASH???
+ . transport-helper: check if remote helper is alive
+ . [EXPLAIN BETTER] run-command: add new check_command helper
+
+ fc/transport-helper-error-reporting supersedes this topic.