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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2009, #02; Thu, 18)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2009, #02; Thu, 18)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+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 branches, but I am still
+holding onto them.
+
+The topics list the commits in reverse chronological order.  The topics
+meant to be merged to the maintenance series have "maint-" in their names.
+
+Unfortunately I am unusually short of time these days, and some of the
+topics unfortunately got less "final review before deciding to merge up"
+than I would have liked to give them.  This message itself has more
+"please comment/review" requests than usual.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[New Topics]
+
+* ne/maint-1.6.0-diff-tree-t-r-show-directory (Sat Jun 13 17:06:09 2009 -0700) 1 commit
+ - diff-tree -r -t: include added/removed directories in the output
+
+* sb/maint-1.6.0-add-config-fix (Thu Jun 18 02:17:54 2009 -0700) 2 commits
+ - add: allow configurations to be overriden by command line
+ - use xstrdup, not strdup in ll-merge.c
+
+* pb/maint-1.6.2-userdiff-fix (Wed Jun 17 12:11:10 2009 +0200) 2 commits
+ - upload-archive: fix infinite loop on Cygwin
+ - avoid exponential regex match for java and objc function names
+
+* fc/user-manual (Fri May 1 11:44:20 2009 +0300) 2 commits
+ . user-manual: use 'fast-forward' instead of 'fast forward'
+ . user-manual: general quoting improvements
+
+* uk/rev-parse-parse-opt (Sun Jun 14 01:58:43 2009 +0200) 2 commits
+ - parse-opt: make PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION available to git rev-
+   parse
+ - more tests for git rev-parse --parse-opt
+
+* js/daemon-log (Tue Jun 16 20:41:16 2009 +0200) 2 commits
+ - upload-pack: squelch progress indicator if client cannot see it
+ - daemon: send stderr of service programs to the syslog
+
+* sb/quiet-porcelains (Wed Jun 17 18:07:37 2009 -0700) 6 commits
+ - stash: teach quiet option
+ - am, rebase: teach quiet option
+ - submodule, repack: migrate to git-sh-setup's say()
+ - git-sh-setup: introduce say() for quiet options
+ - am: suppress apply errors when using 3-way
+ - t4150: test applying with a newline in subject
+
+* lt/maint-unsigned-left-shift (Wed Jun 17 17:22:27 2009 -0700) 1 commit
+ - Fix big left-shifts of unsigned char
+
+* jk/use-our-regexp (Tue Jun 16 15:08:21 2009 -0400) 2 commits
+ - Makefile: use compat regex on Solaris
+ - Makefile: refactor regex compat support
+
+* cb/maint-fetch-refspec-wo-dst (Wed Jun 17 15:38:36 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ - fetch: do not create ref from empty name
+
+* pb/send-email-cccmd-fix (Thu Jun 18 14:31:32 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ - Test cccmd in t9001-send-email.sh and fix some bugs
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated to "master"]
+
+* cb/maint-no-double-merge (Mon Jun 1 11:20:56 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ + refuse to merge during a merge
+
+* sp/msysgit (Thu Jun 11 22:56:12 2009 +0200) 13 commits
+ + compat/ has subdirectories: do not omit them in 'make clean'
+ + Fix typo in nedmalloc warning fix
+ + MinGW: Teach Makefile to detect msysgit and apply specific
+   settings
+ + Fix warnings in nedmalloc when compiling with GCC 4.4.0
+ + Add custom memory allocator to MinGW and MacOS builds
+ + MinGW readdir reimplementation to support d_type
+ + connect.c: Support PuTTY plink and TortoisePlink as SSH on Windows
+ + git: browsing paths with spaces when using the start command
+ + MinGW: fix warning about implicit declaration of _getch()
+ + test-chmtime: work around Windows limitation
+ + Work around a regression in Windows 7, causing erase_in_line() to
+   crash sometimes
+ + Quiet make: do not leave Windows behind
+ + MinGW: GCC >= 4 does not need SNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR anymore
+
+* mh/fix-send-email-threaded (Fri Jun 12 09:23:43 2009 -0700) 7 commits
+ + Merge branch 'mh/maint-fix-send-email-threaded' into
+   mh/fix-send-email-threaded
+ + send-email: fix a typo in a comment
+ + send-email: fix threaded mails without chain-reply-to
+ + add a test for git-send-email for threaded mails without chain-reply-to
+ + doc/send-email: clarify the behavior of --in-reply-to with
+   --no-thread
+ + send-email: fix non-threaded mails
+ + add a test for git-send-email for non-threaded mails
+
+* rc/maint-http-local-slot-fix (Sat Jun 6 16:43:26 2009 +0800) 1 commit
+ + http*: cleanup slot->local after fclose
+
+* sb/parse-options-integer (Thu Jun 4 16:43:57 2009 -0700) 2 commits
+ + parse-options: simplify usage argh handling
+ + parse-options: make OPT_INTEGER's argh explicit
+
+* bc/solaris (Sun Jun 7 07:40:29 2009 +0200) 10 commits
+ + configure: test whether -lresolv is needed
+ + Makefile: insert SANE_TOOL_PATH to PATH before /bin or /usr/bin
+ + git-compat-util.h: avoid using c99 flex array feature with Sun
+   compiler 5.8
+ + Makefile: add section for SunOS 5.7
+ + Makefile: introduce SANE_TOOL_PATH for prepending required
+   elements to PATH
+ + Makefile: define __sun__ on SunOS
+ + git-compat-util.h: tweak the way _XOPEN_SOURCE is set on Solaris
+ + On Solaris choose the OLD_ICONV iconv() declaration based on the
+   UNIX spec
+ + Makefile: add NEEDS_RESOLV to optionally add -lresolv to compile
+   arguments
+ + Makefile: use /usr/ucb/install on SunOS platforms rather than
+   ginstall
+
+* cb/match_refs_internal_tail (Sun May 31 16:26:48 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ + match_refs: search ref list tail internally
+
+* nw/maint-cvsexportcommit (Fri May 29 00:23:33 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ + git-cvsexportcommit can't commit files which have been removed
+   from CVS
+
+* ak/maint-for-each-ref-no-lookup (Wed May 27 15:23:12 2009 -0400) 1 commit
+ + for-each-ref: Do not lookup objects when they will not be used
+
+I think this makes sense, except that I have this nagging feeling that its
+use of for_each_rawref() where the original used for_each_ref() may have
+some unintended side effects in corner cases.
+
+* da/araxis-mergetool (Sun May 24 00:24:41 2009 +0000) 1 commit
+ + mergetool--lib: add support for araxis merge
+
+* rc/http-push (Sat Jun 6 16:44:02 2009 +0800) 24 commits
+ + http*: add helper methods for fetching objects (loose)
+ + http*: add helper methods for fetching packs
+ + http: use new http API in fetch_index()
+ + http*: add http_get_info_packs
+ + http-push.c::fetch_symref(): use the new http API
+ + http-push.c::remote_exists(): use the new http API
+ + http.c::http_fetch_ref(): use the new http API
+ + transport.c::get_refs_via_curl(): use the new http API
+ + http.c: new functions for the http API
+ + http: create function end_url_with_slash
+ + http*: move common variables and macros to http.[ch]
+ + transport.c::get_refs_via_curl(): do not leak refs_url
+ + Don't expect verify_pack() callers to set pack_size
+ + http-push: do not SEGV after fetching a bad pack idx file
+ + http*: copy string returned by sha1_to_hex
+ + http-walker: verify remote packs
+ + http-push, http-walker: style fixes
+ + t5550-http-fetch: test fetching of packed objects
+ + http-push: fix missing "#ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI" around
+   "is_running_queue"
+ + http-push: send out fetch requests on queue
+ + t5540-http-push: test fetching of packed objects
+ + t5540-http-push: test fetching of loose objects
+ + Merge branch 'rc/maint-http-local-slot-fix' into rc/http-push
+ + http*: cleanup slot->local after fclose
+
+* cc/bisect (Sat Jun 6 06:41:35 2009 +0200) 5 commits
+ + t6030: test skipping away from an already skipped commit
+ + bisect: when skipping, choose a commit away from a skipped commit
+ + bisect: add parameters to "filter_skipped"
+ + bisect: display first bad commit without forking a new process
+ + bisect: drop unparse_commit() and use clear_commit_marks()
+
+Regardless of metrics, this is an improvement from the current one.  Will
+merge to 'master', and let the finer details taken care of later, which
+is already happening.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Will merge to "master" soon]
+
+* ph/submodule-rebase (Wed Jun 3 00:59:12 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ + git-submodule: add support for --merge.
+
+Even though some might still argue that "update --merge" is not a good
+mode of operation.
+
+* jc/cache-tree (Fri May 22 23:14:25 2009 -0700) 5 commits
+ + Avoid "diff-index --cached" optimization under --find-copies-
+   harder
+ + Optimize "diff-index --cached" using cache-tree
+ + t4007: modernize the style
+ + cache-tree.c::cache_tree_find(): simplify internal API
+ + write-tree --ignore-cache-tree
+
+* mn/maint-iconv-autoconf (Mon Jun 8 20:46:38 2009 -0700) 1 commit
+ + fix handling of iconv configuration options
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
+
+* jh/notes (Sat May 16 13:44:17 2009 +0200) 5 commits
+ - 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
+
+Dscho asked about the performance implications of this; I do not think I
+saw any progress on that yet...
+
+* lt/read-directory (Fri May 15 12:01:29 2009 -0700) 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
+
+Before adding the real "conversion", this needs a few real fixups, I
+think.  For example there is one hardcoded array that is used without
+bounds check.
+
+* ar/maint-1.6.2-merge-recursive-d-f (Mon May 11 21:25:36 2009 +0200) 2 commits
+ - Fix for a merge where a branch has an F->D transition
+ - Add a reminder test case for a merge with F/D transition
+
+Although the reported breakage is covered with the patch, Alex feels the
+solution unsatisfactory. Cleaning up D/F conflict handling in merge-recursive
+may be long overdue but seems to be a hard problem.
+
+* ps/blame (Thu Mar 12 21:30:03 2009 +1100) 1 commit
+ - blame.c: start libifying the blame infrastructure
+
+A few minor point remains in this initial one.
+
+* jc/log-tz (Tue Mar 3 00:45:37 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ - Allow --date=local --date=other-format to work as expected
+
+The one I posted had a few corner-case bugs that was caught with the test
+suite; this one has them fixed.  People did not like the UI so it is kept
+out of 'next'
+
+* jc/merge-convert (Mon Jan 26 16:45:01 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ - git-merge-file: allow converting the results for the work tree
+
+This is a feature waiting for a user.
+
+We did not give scripted Porcelains a way to say "this temporary file I am
+using for merging is for this path, so use the core.autocrlf and attributes
+rules for that final path".  Instead, merge-file simply wrote out the
+data in the canonical repository representation.
+
+rerere has the same issue, but it is a lot worse.  It reads the three
+files (preimage, postimage and thisimage) from the work tree in the work
+tree representation, merges them without converting them to the canonical
+representation first but inserts the conflict markers with the canonical
+representation and writes the resulting mess out.  It needs to be fixed to
+read with convert_to_git(), merge them while they are still in the
+canonical representation and possibly add conflict markers, and then write
+the results out after convert_to_working_tree().  It also needs to write
+in binary mode as well.
+
+* db/foreign-scm (Tue Mar 24 23:04:12 2009 -0400) 3 commits
+ - Add option for using a foreign VCS
+ - Document details of transport function APIs
+ - Allow late reporting of fetched hashes
+
+* hv/cvsps-tests (Sun Apr 5 01:40:50 2009 -0700) 8 commits
+ - t/t9600: remove exit after test_done
+ - cvsimport: extend testcase about patchset order to contain
+   branches
+ - cvsimport: add test illustrating a bug in cvsps
+ - Add a test of "git cvsimport"'s handling of tags and branches
+ - Add some tests of git-cvsimport's handling of vendor branches
+ - Test contents of entire cvsimported "master" tree contents
+ - Use CVS's -f option if available (ignore user's ~/.cvsrc file)
+ - Start a library for cvsimport-related tests
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Actively cooking]
+
+* tr/die_errno (Fri Jun 12 09:00:59 2009 -0700) 5 commits
+ - DONTMERGE fix double per-cent
+ - Use die_errno() instead of die() when checking syscalls
+ - Convert existing die(..., strerror(errno)) to die_errno()
+ - die_errno(): double % in strerror() output just in case
+ - Introduce die_errno() that appends strerror(errno) to die()
+
+I didn't check the individual conversion from die() to die_errno()
+in this latest round; comments?
+
+Thomas found issues in my "double per-cent hack", so this cannot be merged
+to yet until either it is fixed up, or drop the "double per-cent" attempt
+altogether.
+
+* sb/pull-rebase (Fri Jun 12 00:39:21 2009 +0200) 3 commits
+ + parse-remote: remove unused functions
+ + parse-remote: support default reflist in get_remote_merge_branch
+ + parse-remote: function to get the tracking branch to be merge
+
+It would be nice if we can fix the "currently works only for the default
+mapping" before it goes to 'master'.  I looked at, but haven't queued any
+of the recent RFC updates here.
+
+* ne/futz-upload-pack (Wed Jun 10 01:50:18 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ - Shift object enumeration out of upload-pack
+
+* ml/http (Wed May 27 23:16:03 2009 -0400) 2 commits
+ - http.c: add http.sslCertPasswordProtected option
+ - http.c: prompt for SSL client certificate password
+
+I've rewritten these two to (1) move the #ifdef out of the main codepath,
+and (2) use configuration/environment to make the misfeature of always
+asking for a passphrase even a key/cert is unencrypted optional.  I tried
+to be careful but extra sets of eyeballs would be nice to check the result.
+
+* mg/pushurl (Sun Jun 14 21:46:10 2009 +0200) 6 commits
+ + avoid NULL dereference on failed malloc
+ + builtin-remote: Make "remote -v" display push urls
+ + builtin-remote: Show push urls as well
+ + technical/api-remote: Describe new struct remote member pushurl
+ + t5516: Check pushurl config setting
+ + Allow push and fetch urls to be different
+
+* cc/bisect (Sat Jun 13 13:11:02 2009 +0200) 2 commits
+ - Documentation: remove warning saying that "git bisect skip" may
+   slow bisection
+ - bisect: use a PRNG with a bias when skipping away from untestable
+   commits
+
+Will be in 'next' shortly.
+
+* gb/am-foreign (Wed May 27 11:25:19 2009 +0200) 4 commits
+ - git-am: refactor 'cleaning up and aborting'
+ - git-am foreign patch support: StGIT support
+ - git-am foreign patch support: autodetect some patch formats
+ - git-am foreign patch support: introduce patch_format
+
+Will be in 'next' shortly.
+
+* jc/diff-whitespace-only-status (Sat May 23 01:15:35 2009 -0700) 2 commits
+ - diff: Rename QUIET internal option to QUICK
+ - diff: change semantics of "ignore whitespace" options
+
+I am not sure if it should wait for a major version bump but this is a
+good semantics change.  Perhaps merge to 'next' soonish, but I am
+undecided.  Comments?
+
+* cc/replace (Wed May 27 07:14:09 2009 +0200) 14 commits
+ - t6050: check pushing something based on a replaced commit
+ - Documentation: add documentation for "git replace"
+ - Add git-replace to .gitignore
+ - builtin-replace: use "usage_msg_opt" to give better error messages
+ - parse-options: add new function "usage_msg_opt"
+ - builtin-replace: teach "git replace" to actually replace
+ - Add new "git replace" command
+ - environment: add global variable to disable replacement
+ - mktag: call "check_sha1_signature" with the replacement sha1
+ - replace_object: add a test case
+ - object: call "check_sha1_signature" with the replacement sha1
+ - sha1_file: add a "read_sha1_file_repl" function
+ - replace_object: add mechanism to replace objects found in
+   "refs/replace/"
+ - refs: add a "for_each_replace_ref" function
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[On Hold]
+
+* jc/deny-delete-current-1.7.0 (Mon Feb 9 00:19:46 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ - receive-pack: default receive.denyDeleteCurrent to refuse
+
+* jc/refuse-push-to-current-1.7.0 (Wed Feb 11 02:28:03 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ - Refuse updating the current branch in a non-bare repository via
+   push
+
+These are for 1.7.0, but the messages when they trigger together may need
+to be rethought.