What's cooking (2010/07 #05)

whats-cooking.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 To: git@vger.kernel.org
-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2010, #04; Mon, 19)
-X-master-at: c5212b87dafb3f559ceb898bd9b40bfc3cd0ad68
-X-next-at: b7c600f132949b7f995ac2643ab9728272d3aaab
+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2010, #05; Wed, 28)
+X-master-at: 61bf126ecb24977b883079942b71ff96174c19fb
+X-next-at: 75e8ac1bc0d18c1f8ca82f22ec04c8407298f41f
 
-What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2010, #04; Mon, 19)
+What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2010, #05; Wed, 28)
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 Here are the topics that have been cooking.  Commits prefixed with '-' are
@@ -11,18 +11,112 @@ 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.
 
-I've ended up merging a few more fixes to 'master'; please give it a good
-final round of testing so that we can have the real thing in a couple of
-days.
-
-Thanks.
+Now that the latest feature release 1.7.2 is out, we should rewind and
+rebuild 'next' and start cooking new topics.
 
 --------------------------------------------------
-[Graduated to "master"]
+[New Topics]
 
-* jl/add-n-ignore-missing (2010-07-10) 2 commits
- + git submodule add: Require the new --force option to add ignored paths
- + git add: Add the "--ignore-missing" option for the dry run
+* ab/test-coverage (2010-07-26) 8 commits
+ - Makefile: make gcov invocation configurable
+ - t/README: Add a note about the dangers of coverage chasing
+ - t/README: A new section about test coverage
+ - Makefile: Add cover_db_html target
+ - Makefile: Add cover_db target
+ - Makefile: Split out the untested functions target
+ - Makefile: Include subdirectories in "make cover" reports
+ - gitignore: Ignore files generated by "make coverage"
+
+* ab/test-no-skip (2010-07-28) 5 commits
+ - t/README: Update "Skipping tests" to align with best practices
+ - t/t7800-difftool.sh: Skip with prereq on no PERL
+ - t/t5800-remote-helpers.sh: Skip with prereq on python <2.4
+ - t/t4004-diff-rename-symlink.sh: use three-arg <prereq>
+ - tests: implicitly skip SYMLINKS tests using <prereq>
+
+* bc/use-more-hardlinks-in-install (2010-07-23) 2 commits
+ - Makefile: make hard/symbolic links for non-builtins too
+ - Makefile: link builtins residing in bin directory to main git binary too
+
+* cc/find-commit-subject (2010-07-22) 6 commits
+ - blame: use find_commit_subject() instead of custom code
+ - merge-recursive: use find_commit_subject() instead of custom code
+ - bisect: use find_commit_subject() instead of custom code
+ - revert: rename variables related to subject in get_message()
+ - revert: refactor code to find commit subject in find_commit_subject()
+ - revert: fix off by one read when searching the end of a commit subject
+
+* gb/shell-ext (2010-07-28) 3 commits
+ - Add sample commands for git-shell
+ - Add interactive mode to git-shell for user-friendliness
+ - Allow creation of arbitrary git-shell commands
+
+* jc/log-grep (2010-07-19) 1 commit
+ - git log: add -G<regexp> that greps in the patch text
+
+* jh/clean-exclude (2010-07-20) 2 commits
+ - Add test for git clean -e.
+ - Add -e/--exclude to git-clean.
+
+* jh/use-test-must-fail (2010-07-20) 1 commit
+ - Convert "! git" to "test_must_fail git"
+
+* jn/apply-filename-with-sp (2010-07-23) 4 commits
+ - apply: Handle traditional patches with space in filename
+ - t4135 (apply): use expand instead of pr for portability
+ - tests: Test how well "git apply" copes with weird filenames
+ - apply: Split quoted filename handling into new function
+
+* jn/fix-abbrev (2010-07-27) 3 commits
+ - examples/commit: use --abbrev for commit summary
+ - checkout, commit: remove confusing assignments to rev.abbrev
+ - archive: abbreviate substituted commit ids again
+
+* jn/maint-setup-fix (2010-07-24) 10 commits
+ - setup: split off a function to handle ordinary .git directories
+ - Revert "rehabilitate 'git index-pack' inside the object store"
+ - setup: do not forget working dir from subdir of gitdir
+ - setup: split off get_device_or_die helper
+ - setup: split off a function to handle hitting ceiling in repo search
+ - setup: split off code to handle stumbling upon a repository
+ - setup: split off a function to checks working dir for .git file
+ - setup: split off $GIT_DIR-set case from setup_git_directory_gently
+ - tests: try git apply from subdir of toplevel
+ - t1501 (rev-parse): clarify
+
+* jn/rebase-rename-am (2008-11-10) 5 commits
+ - rebase: protect against diff.renames configuration
+ - t3400 (rebase): whitespace cleanup
+ - Teach "apply --index-info" to handle rename patches
+ - t4150 (am): futureproof against failing tests
+ - t4150 (am): style fix
+
+* ml/rebase-x-strategy (2010-07-29) 1 commit
+ - rebase: support -X to pass through strategy options
+
+* mm/shortopt-detached (2010-07-28) 4 commits
+ - Allow detached form for --glob, --branches, --tags and --remote.
+ - Allow detached form (e.g. "git log --grep foo") in log options.
+ - Allow detached form for git diff --stat-name-width and --stat-width.
+ - Allow detached form (e.g. "-S foo" instead of "-Sfoo") for diff options
+
+* nd/fix-sparse-checkout (2010-07-26) 3 commits
+ - Mark new entries skip-worktree appropriately
+ - unpack-trees.c: Do not check ce_stage in will_have_skip_worktree()
+ - Fix sparse checkout not removing files from index
+
+* tr/ab-i18n-fix (2010-07-25) 1 commit
+ - tests: locate i18n lib&data correctly under --valgrind
+ (this branch uses ab/i18n.)
+
+* tr/maint-no-unquote-plus (2010-07-24) 1 commit
+ - Do not unquote + into ' ' in URLs
+
+* tr/xsize-bits (2010-07-28) 1 commit
+ - xsize_t: check whether we lose bits
+
+* vs/doc-spell (2010-07-20) 1 commit
+ - Documentation: spelling fixes
 
 --------------------------------------------------
 [Stalled -- would discard unless there are some movements soon]
@@ -47,7 +141,8 @@ Thanks.
  . parse-options: add two helper functions
  . parse-options: stop when encounter a non-option
 
-Seems to break some tests in t403X range but we are not in a hurry.
+Perhaps a re-roll is coming?  I suspect that we would have some overlaps
+to mm/shortopt-detached topic.
 
 * ps/gitweb-soc (2010-06-02) 2 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2010-06-13 at 92245ae)
@@ -91,7 +186,8 @@ I recall there was another round of re-roll planned for this one.
 * ab/report-corrupt-object-with-type (2010-06-10) 1 commit
  - sha1_file: Show the the type and path to corrupt objects
 
-* cc/revert (2010-07-14) 4 commits
+* cc/revert (2010-07-21) 5 commits
+ - t3508: add check_head_differs_from() helper function and use it
  - revert: improve success message by adding abbreviated commit sha1
  - revert: don't print "Finished one cherry-pick." if commit failed
  - revert: refactor commit code into a new run_git_commit() function
@@ -163,7 +259,9 @@ I recall there was another round of re-roll planned for this one.
  - string_list: Add STRING_LIST_INIT macro and make use of it.
  (this branch uses ar/string-list-foreach.)
 
-* en/d-f-conflict-fix (2010-07-09) 6 commits
+* en/d-f-conflict-fix (2010-07-27) 7 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2010-07-28 at 75e8ac1)
+ + t/t6035-merge-dir-to-symlink.sh: Remove TODO on passing test
   (merged to 'next' on 2010-07-14 at 2b2a810)
  + fast-import: Improve robustness when D->F changes provided in wrong order
  + fast-export: Fix output order of D/F changes
@@ -172,8 +270,10 @@ I recall there was another round of re-roll planned for this one.
  + Add a rename + D/F conflict testcase
  + Add additional testcases for D/F conflicts
 
-* ab/i18n (2010-07-10) 1 commit
+* ab/i18n (2010-07-19) 2 commits
+ - tests: rename test to work around GNU gettext bug
  - Add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext
+ (this branch is used by tr/ab-i18n-fix.)
 
 * tc/checkout-B (2010-06-24) 3 commits
  - builtin/checkout: learn -B