From bd142399d8456106ef1995e350191bafeb3c78f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:45:07 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] What's cooking 2009-01 issue #1 --- whats/cooking/2009/01/01.txt | 283 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 283 insertions(+) create mode 100644 whats/cooking/2009/01/01.txt diff --git a/whats/cooking/2009/01/01.txt b/whats/cooking/2009/01/01.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..75f23dd4e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2009/01/01.txt @@ -0,0 +1,283 @@ +To: git@vger.kernel.org +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #01; Mon, 05) +X-master-at: e9b852310ebc271bdd71bb3b980e77325ad7f75f +X-next-at: 866a4abd3e8fee98a6d3bc74510db28c4bca0c48 + +What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #01; Mon, 05) +-------------------------------------------------- + +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. + +Sorry to have been lagging a bit. There are a few patches I am interested +in but haven't studied yet nor mentioned here. I've been swamped outside +git lately for the past few days, but hopefully I can get to them shortly. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[New Topics] + +* js/bundle-tags (Fri Jan 2 19:08:46 2009 +0100) 1 commit + + bundle: allow rev-list options to exclude annotated tags + +* js/add-not-submodule (Fri Jan 2 19:08:40 2009 +0100) 1 commit + + git add: do not add files from a submodule + +* pb/maint-git-pm-false-dir (Mon Dec 29 01:25:00 2008 +0100) 1 commit + + Git.pm: correctly handle directory name that evaluates to "false" + +* pj/maint-ldflags (Sun Jan 4 21:27:41 2009 -0500) 1 commit + + configure clobbers LDFLAGS + +* fe/cvsserver (Fri Jan 2 16:40:14 2009 +0100) 2 commits + + cvsserver: change generation of CVS author names + + cvsserver: add option to configure commit message + +* js/maint-bisect-gitk (Fri Jan 2 19:08:00 2009 +0100) 1 commit + + bisect view: call gitk if Cygwin's SESSIONNAME variable is set + +* np/no-loosen-prune-expire-now (Tue Dec 30 14:45:11 2008 -0500) 1 commit + + objects to be pruned immediately don't have to be loosened + +* cb/maint-unpack-trees-absense (Thu Jan 1 21:54:33 2009 +0100) 3 commits + + unpack-trees: remove redundant path search in verify_absent + + unpack-trees: fix path search bug in verify_absent + + unpack-trees: handle failure in verify_absent + +* mc/cd-p-pwd (Tue Dec 30 07:10:24 2008 -0800) 1 commit + + git-sh-setup: Fix scripts whose PWD is a symlink to a work-dir on + OS X + +All of the above are good fixes and clean-ups; will be fast-tracked to +'master' and maintenance branches as appropriate. + +* mv/apply-parse-opt (Sun Dec 28 00:03:57 2008 +0100) 1 commit + + parse-opt: migrate builtin-apply. + +* mh/cherry-default (Thu Jan 1 22:56:29 2009 +0100) 2 commits + + Documentation: clarify which parameters are optional to git-cherry + + git-cherry: make parameter optional + +* rs/maint-shortlog-foldline (Mon Dec 29 23:15:50 2008 +0100) 1 commit + - [Need tidying up the log] pretty: support multiline subjects with + format: + +* tr/rebase-root (Fri Jan 2 23:28:29 2009 +0100) 4 commits + - rebase: update documentation for --root + - rebase -i: learn to rebase root commit + - rebase: learn to rebase root commit + - rebase -i: execute hook only after argument checking + +I should be able to find time to read this over again and merge to +'next' sometime this week. + +* as/autocorrect-alias (Sun Jan 4 18:16:01 2009 +0100) 1 commit + + git.c: make autocorrected aliases work + +* as/commit-signoff (Mon Dec 29 12:16:45 2008 +0100) 1 commit + - [WIP] Add a commit.signoff configuration option to always use -- + signoff in commit + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward] + +* wp/add-patch-find (Thu Nov 27 04:08:03 2008 +0000) 3 commits + . In add --patch, Handle K,k,J,j slightly more gracefully. + . Add / command in add --patch + . git-add -i/-p: Change prompt separater from slash to comma + +Will discard and wait for a resubmit. + +* kb/am-directory (Fri Aug 29 15:27:50 2008 -0700) 1 commit + . git-am: Pass the --directory option through to git-apply + +A reroll of this by Simon Schubert triggered a series to fix a parameter +propagation bug, and another reroll to add "git am --directory=path/" +should be much easier now. I am not likely to use the feature myself, so +it is up to intrested volunteers to carry it forward. + +* ds/uintmax-config (Mon Nov 3 09:14:28 2008 -0900) 1 commit + - autoconf: Enable threaded delta search when pthreads are supported + +This automatically enables threaded delta search code when autoconf +detects pthreads are usable. I haven't heard neither positive nor +negative comments from minority platforms that might be harmed, but +this feels like the right thing to do, so perhaps the best course of +action is to merge this down to 'master' and see if anybody screams. + +* jc/blame (Wed Jun 4 22:58:40 2008 -0700) 2 commits + + blame: show "previous" information in --porcelain/--incremental + format + + git-blame: refactor code to emit "porcelain format" output + +This gives Porcelains (like gitweb) the information on the commit _before_ +the one that the final blame is laid on, which should save them one +rev-parse to dig further. The line number in the "previous" information +may need refining, and sanity checking code for reference counting may +need to be resurrected before this can move forward. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Actively cooking] + +* nd/grep-assume-unchanged (Sat Dec 27 15:21:03 2008 +0700) 2 commits + + grep: grep cache entries if they are "assume unchanged" + + grep: support --no-ext-grep to test builtin grep + +* as/maint-shortlog-cleanup (Tue Dec 30 22:01:44 2008 +0100) 1 commit + + builtin-shortlog.c: use string_list_append(), and don't strdup + unnecessarily + +* jc/maint-ls-tree (Wed Dec 31 19:00:50 2008 +0900) 2 commits + + Document git-ls-tree --full-tree + + ls-tree: add --full-tree option + +* js/notes (Sat Dec 20 13:06:03 2008 +0100) 4 commits + - Add an expensive test for git-notes + - Speed up git notes lookup + - Add a script to edit/inspect notes + - Introduce commit notes + +* sc/gitweb-category (Fri Dec 12 00:45:12 2008 +0100) 3 commits + - gitweb: Optional grouping of projects by category + - gitweb: Split git_project_list_body in two functions + - gitweb: Modularized git_get_project_description to be more generic + +* gb/gitweb-patch (Thu Dec 18 08:13:19 2008 +0100) 4 commits + - gitweb: link to patch(es) view in commit(diff) and (short)log view + - gitweb: add patches view + - gitweb: change call pattern for git_commitdiff + - gitweb: add patch view + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Graduated to "master"] + +* cb/mergetool (Fri Dec 12 21:48:41 2008 +0000) 4 commits + + mergetool: Don't keep temporary merge files unless told to + + mergetool: Add prompt to continue after failing to merge a file + + Add -y/--no-prompt option to mergetool + + Fix some tab/space inconsistencies in git-mergetool.sh + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Will merge to "master" soon] + +* mh/maint-sendmail-cc-doc (Mon Dec 29 00:37:25 2008 +0100) 1 commit + + doc/git-send-email: mention sendemail.cc config variable + +* rs/diff-ihc (Sun Dec 28 19:45:32 2008 +0100) 1 commit + + diff: add option to show context between close hunks + +* js/maint-merge-recursive-r-d-conflict (Mon Dec 22 23:10:20 2008 +0100) 1 commit + + merge-recursive: mark rename/delete conflict as unmerged + +* mk/gitweb-feature (Mon Dec 15 22:16:19 2008 -0800) 1 commit + + gitweb: unify boolean feature subroutines + +* cb/merge-recursive-fix (Mon Dec 15 02:41:24 2008 -0800) 3 commits + + Merge branch 'cb/maint-merge-recursive-fix' into cb/merge- + recursive-fix + + merge-recursive: do not clobber untracked working tree garbage + + modify/delete conflict resolution overwrites untracked file + +* cb/maint-merge-recursive-fix (Sun Dec 14 19:40:09 2008 -0800) 2 commits + + merge-recursive: do not clobber untracked working tree garbage + + modify/delete conflict resolution overwrites untracked file + +* wp/add-p-goto (Thu Dec 4 10:22:40 2008 +0000) 2 commits + + Add 'g' command to go to a hunk + + Add subroutine to display one-line summary of hunks + +* jn/gitweb-blame (Thu Dec 11 01:33:29 2008 +0100) 3 commits + + gitweb: cache $parent_commit info in git_blame() + + gitweb: A bit of code cleanup in git_blame() + + gitweb: Move 'lineno' id from link to row element in git_blame + +* mv/um-pdf (Wed Dec 10 23:44:50 2008 +0100) 1 commit + + Add support for a pdf version of the user manual + +* kk/maint-http-push (Tue Dec 23 11:31:15 2008 +0300) 1 commit + + http-push: support full URI in handle_remote_ls_ctx() + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[On Hold] + +* nd/narrow (Sun Nov 30 17:54:38 2008 +0700) 17 commits + - wt-status: show sparse checkout info + - Introduce default sparse patterns (core.defaultsparse) + - checkout: add new options to support sparse checkout + - clone: support sparse checkout with --sparse-checkout option + - unpack_trees(): add support for sparse checkout + - unpack_trees(): keep track of unmerged entries + - Introduce "sparse patterns" + - Merge branch 'master' into nd/narrow + - t2104: touch portability fix + - grep: skip files outside sparse checkout area + - checkout_entry(): CE_NO_CHECKOUT on checked out entries. + - Prevent diff machinery from examining worktree outside sparse + checkout + - ls-files: Add tests for --sparse and friends + - update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update + CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit + - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options + - ls-files: add options to support sparse checkout + - Introduce CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit + +Will drop shortly, but there may be some other fixes to CE_VALID, like +nd/grep-assume-unchanged topic above, that we may want to resurrect. + +* jc/clone-symref-2 (Sat Nov 29 23:38:21 2008 -0800) 7 commits + - clone: test the new HEAD detection logic + - Merge commit 'HEAD@{2}' into HEAD + - upload-pack: send the HEAD information + - clone: find the current branch more explicitly + - connect.c::read_extra_info(): find where HEAD points at + - connect.c::read_extra_info(): prepare to receive more than server + capabilities + - get_remote_heads(): refactor code to read "server capabilities" + +An attempt to extend the fetch protocol to make the logic to detect where +HEAD on the origin site points to more robust. Will drop shortly as the +protocol extension was not very popular. + +* cc/bisect-replace (Mon Nov 24 22:20:30 2008 +0100) 9 commits + - bisect: add "--no-replace" option to bisect without using replace + refs + - rev-list: make it possible to disable replacing using "--no- + bisect-replace" + - bisect: use "--bisect-replace" options when checking merge bases + - merge-base: add "--bisect-replace" option to use fixed up revs + - commit: add "bisect_replace_all" prototype to "commit.h" + - rev-list: add "--bisect-replace" to list revisions with fixed up + history + - Documentation: add "git bisect replace" documentation + - bisect: add test cases for "git bisect replace" + - bisect: add "git bisect replace" subcommand + +Will drop and replace it with the resubmitted series when it comes. + +* jc/send-pack-tell-me-more (Thu Mar 20 00:44:11 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - "git push": tellme-more protocol extension + +This seems to have a deadlock during communication between the peers. +Will drop shortly. + +* jk/renamelimit (Sat May 3 13:58:42 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - diff: enable "too large a rename" warning when -M/-C is explicitly + asked for + +This would be the right thing to do for command line use, +but gitk will be hit due to tcl/tk's limitation, so I am holding +this back for now. + +* jc/stripspace (Sun Mar 9 00:30:35 2008 -0800) 6 commits + - git-am --forge: add Signed-off-by: line for the author + - git-am: clean-up Signed-off-by: lines + - stripspace: add --log-clean option to clean up signed-off-by: + lines + - stripspace: use parse_options() + - Add "git am -s" test + - git-am: refactor code to add signed-off-by line for the committer +