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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2009, #04; Sun, 23)
+X-master-at: 2e1176d51ef4fc07f487818acdfcf2fc4b789203
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+What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2009, #04; Sun, 23)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+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 integration branches, but I am
+still holding onto them.
+
+After the 1.6.5 cycle, the next release will be 1.7.0, and we will push
+out the planned "push safety" change.  1.7.0 would be a good time to
+introduce "justifiable" changes that are not strictly backward compatible.
+
+During 1.6.5 cycle, 'next' will hold topics meant for 1.6.5 and 1.7.0.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated to "master"]
+
+* bc/mailsplit-cr-at-eol (2009-08-04) 4 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-06 at 6bc7c5c)
+ + Allow mailsplit (and hence git-am) to handle mails with CRLF line-endings
+ + builtin-mailsplit.c: remove read_line_with_nul() since it is no longer used
+ + builtin-mailinfo,builtin-mailsplit: use strbufs
+ + strbuf: add new function strbuf_getwholeline()
+
+* gb/apply-ignore-whitespace (2009-08-04) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-06 at 59e2c86)
+ + git apply: option to ignore whitespace differences
+
+* cc/replace (2009-05-27) 14 commits.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-02 at b9c4bc0)
+ + 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
+
+* ld/p4 (2009-07-30) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-14 at 36d310d)
+ + git-p4: stream from perforce to speed up clones
+
+* mr/gitweb-xz (2009-08-06) 3 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-14 at b63b8e6)
+ + gitweb: add support for XZ compressed snapshots
+ + gitweb: update INSTALL regarding specific snapshot settings
+ + gitweb: support to globally disable a snapshot format
+
+* jc/verify-pack-stat (2009-08-07) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-10 at f80d0e9)
+ + verify-pack --stat-only: show histogram without verifying
+--------------------------------------------------
+[New Topics]
+
+* jc/mailinfo-scissors (2009-08-23) 1 commit
+ - Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- mark
+
+* tf/diff-whitespace-incomplete-line (2009-08-23) 2 commits.
+ - xutils: Fix xdl_recmatch() on incomplete lines
+ - xutils: Fix hashing an incomplete line with whitespaces at the end
+
+* jc/1.7.0-send-email-no-thread-default (2009-08-22) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-22 at 5106de8)
+ + send-email: make --no-chain-reply-to the default
+
+* lt/approxidate (2009-08-22) 2 commits
+ - Further 'approxidate' improvements
+ - Improve on 'approxidate'
+
+* mm/reset-report (2009-08-21) 2 commits
+ - reset: make the reminder output consistent with "checkout"
+ - Rename REFRESH_SAY_CHANGED to REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN.
+
+* wl/insta-mongoose (2009-08-21) 1 commit
+ - Add support for the Mongoose web server.
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled]
+
+* sr/gfi-options (2009-08-13) 3 commits
+ - fast-import: test the new option command
+ - fast-import: add option command
+ - fast-import: put option parsing code in seperate functions
+
+What is this used by?
+
+* lt/block-sha1 (2009-08-17) 4 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at 67a1ce8)
+ + remove ARM and Mozilla SHA1 implementations
+ + block-sha1: guard gcc extensions with __GNUC__
+ + make sure byte swapping is optimal for git
+ + block-sha1: make the size member first in the context struct
+
+Finishing touches ;-)  There were a few Solaris portability patches
+floated around that I didn't pick up, waiting for them to finalize.
+
+* js/stash-dwim (2009-07-27) 1 commit.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-16 at 67896c4)
+ + Make 'git stash -k' a short form for 'git stash save --keep-index'
+ (this branch is used by tr/reset-checkout-patch.)
+
+* tr/reset-checkout-patch (2009-08-18) 8 commits.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at e465bb3)
+ + tests: disable interactive hunk selection tests if perl is not available
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-16 at 67896c4)
+ + DWIM 'git stash save -p' for 'git stash -p'
+ + Implement 'git stash save --patch'
+ + Implement 'git checkout --patch'
+ + Implement 'git reset --patch'
+ + builtin-add: refactor the meat of interactive_add()
+ + Add a small patch-mode testing library
+ + git-apply--interactive: Refactor patch mode code
+ (this branch uses js/stash-dwim.)
+
+There was a discussion on better DWIMmery for the above two topics to (1)
+forbid "git stash save --anything-with-dash" and (2) redirect with any
+option "git stash --opt" to "git stash save --opt", to keep it flexible
+and safe at the same time.  I think it is a sane thing to do, but nothing
+has happened lately.
+
+* jn/gitweb-blame (2009-08-06) 3 commits
+ - gitweb: Create links leading to 'blame_incremental' using JavaScript
+ - gitweb: Incremental blame (WIP)
+ - gitweb: Add optional "time to generate page" info in footer
+
+Ajax-y blame WIP
+
+* db/vcs-helper (2009-08-09) 17 commits
+ - Allow helpers to request marks for fast-import
+ - Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchanged
+ - Add support for "import" helper command
+ - transport-helper_init(): fix a memory leak in error path
+ - Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs
+ - Allow programs to not depend on remotes having urls
+ - Allow fetch to modify refs
+ - Use a function to determine whether a remote is valid
+ - Use a clearer style to issue commands to remote helpers
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-07 at f3533ba)
+ + Makefile: install hardlinks for git-remote-<scheme> supported by libcurl if possible
+ + Makefile: do not link three copies of git-remote-* programs
+ + Makefile: git-http-fetch does not need expat
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-06 at 15da79d)
+ + http-fetch: Fix Makefile dependancies
+ + Add transport native helper executables to .gitignore
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-05 at 33d491e)
+ + git-http-fetch: not a builtin
+ + Use an external program to implement fetching with curl
+ + Add support for external programs for handling native fetches
+ (this branch is used by jh/cvs-helper.)
+
+There was a discussion that suggests that the use of colon ':' before vcs
+helper name needs to be corrected.  Nothing happened since.
+
+* je/send-email-no-subject (2009-08-05) 1 commit
+ - send-email: confirm on empty mail subjects
+
+This seems to break t9001.  Near the tip of 'pu' I have a iffy
+workaround.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Cooking]
+
+* cc/sequencer-rebase-i (2009-08-21) 17 commits.
+ - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --cherry-pick"
+ - sequencer: add "--cherry-pick" option to "git sequencer--helper"
+ - sequencer: add "do_commit()" and related functions
+ - pick: libify "pick_help_msg()"
+ - revert: libify pick
+ - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --fast-forward"
+ - sequencer: let "git sequencer--helper" callers set "allow_dirty"
+ - sequencer: add "--fast-forward" option to "git sequencer--helper"
+ - sequencer: add "do_fast_forward()" to perform a fast forward
+ - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --reset-hard"
+ - sequencer: add "--reset-hard" option to "git sequencer--helper"
+ - sequencer: add comments about reset_almost_hard()
+ - sequencer: add "reset_almost_hard()" and related functions
+ - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --make-patch"
+ - sequencer: free memory used in "make_patch" function
+ - sequencer: add "make_patch" function to save a patch
+ - sequencer: add "builtin-sequencer--helper.c"
+
+Migrating "rebase -i" bit by bit to C.  I am inclined to agree with Dscho
+that maybe this approach forces the migration to follow the structure of
+the shell script too much, and could force a suboptimal end result, but
+we'll see.
+
+* aj/fix-read-tree-from-scratch (2009-08-17) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-20 at 7a04133)
+ + read-tree: Fix regression with creation of a new index file.
+
+Will merge.
+
+* as/maint-graph-interesting-fix (2009-08-18) 1 commit.
+ - graph API: fix bug in graph_is_interesting()
+
+I need to queue the associated test after getting it signed-off.
+
+* jc/1.7.0-status (2009-08-15) 3 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-22 at b3507bb)
+ + git status: not "commit --dry-run" anymore
+ + git stat -s: short status output
+ + git stat: the beginning of "status that is not a dry-run of commit"
+ (this branch uses jc/shortstatus.)
+
+As promised, I squashed incremental "fix-up" into the commits they fix;
+this will be kept in 'next' until 1.7.0
+
+* jc/shortstatus (2009-08-15) 11 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-15 at 7e40766)
+ + git commit --dry-run -v: show diff in color when asked
+ + Documentation/git-commit.txt: describe --dry-run
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-12 at 53bda17)
+ + wt-status: collect untracked files in a separate "collect" phase
+ + Make git_status_config() file scope static to builtin-commit.c
+ + wt-status: move wt_status_colors[] into wt_status structure
+ + wt-status: move many global settings to wt_status structure
+ + commit: --dry-run
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-06 at fe8cb94)
+ + status: show worktree status of conflicted paths separately
+ + wt-status.c: rework the way changes to the index and work tree are summarized
+ + diff-index: keep the original index intact
+ + diff-index: report unmerged new entries
+ (this branch is used by jc/1.7.0-status.)
+
+Will cook for a bit more and then merge.
+
+* jc/maint-checkout-index-to-prefix (2009-08-16) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-20 at 2f6aea2)
+ + check_path(): allow symlinked directories to checkout-index --prefix
+
+Will merge.
+
+* jc/maint-unpack-objects-strict (2009-08-13) 1 commit.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-23 at 38eb750)
+ + Fix "unpack-objects --strict"
+
+* jh/submodule-foreach (2009-08-20) 9 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-20 at 671bea4)
+ + git clone: Add --recursive to automatically checkout (nested) submodules
+ + t7407: Use 'rev-parse --short' rather than bash's substring expansion notation
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at f4a881d)
+ + git submodule status: Add --recursive to recurse into nested submodules
+ + git submodule update: Introduce --recursive to update nested submodules
+ + git submodule foreach: Add --recursive to recurse into nested submodules
+ + git submodule foreach: test access to submodule name as '$name'
+ + Add selftest for 'git submodule foreach'
+ + git submodule: Cleanup usage string and add option parsing to cmd_foreach()
+ + git submodule foreach: Provide access to submodule name, as '$name'
+
+* jl/submodule-summary-diff-files (2009-08-15) 2 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-15 at 165bd8e)
+ + Documentaqtion/git-submodule.txt: Typofix
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-14 at a702e78)
+ + git submodule summary: add --files option
+
+Will merge.
+
+* lh/short-decorate (2009-08-15) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-18 at b8c1d96)
+ + git-log: allow --decorate[=short|full]
+
+Will merge.
+
+* oa/stash-na (2009-08-11) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-14 at 12c2e2b)
+ + git stash: Give friendlier errors when there is nothing to apply
+
+Will merge.
+
+* jh/notes (2009-07-29) 8 commits.
+ - t3302-notes-index-expensive: Speed up create_repo()
+ - fast-import: Add support for importing commit notes
+ - First draft of notes tree parser with support for fanout subtrees
+ - 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
+
+The cvs-helper series depends on this one.
+
+* ne/rev-cache (2009-08-21) 6 commits
+ . support for path name caching in rev-cache
+ . full integration of rev-cache into git, completed test suite
+ . administrative functions for rev-cache, start of integration into git
+ . support for non-commit object caching in rev-cache
+ . basic revision cache system, no integration or features
+ . man page and technical discussion for rev-cache
+
+Updated but seems to break tests when merged to 'pu'; didn't look at the
+issue deeply.
+
+* jh/cvs-helper (2009-08-18) 7 commits
+ - More fixes to the git-remote-cvs installation procedure
+ - Fix the Makefile-generated path to the git_remote_cvs package in git-remote-cvs
+ - Add simple selftests of git-remote-cvs functionality
+ - git-remote-cvs: Remote helper program for CVS repositories
+ - 2/2: Add Python support library for CVS remote helper
+ - 1/2: Add Python support library for CVS remote helper
+ - Basic build infrastructure for Python scripts
+ (this branch uses db/vcs-helper.)
+
+Builds on db/vcs-helper.  The testing of Python part seemed to be
+still fragile even with the latest fix on one of my boches with an
+earlier round already installed, but I didn't look very deeply before
+removing the older installation.
+
+* nd/sparse (2009-08-20) 20 commits
+ - sparse checkout: inhibit empty worktree
+ - Add tests for sparse checkout
+ - read-tree: add --no-sparse-checkout to disable sparse checkout support
+ - unpack-trees(): ignore worktree check outside checkout area
+ - unpack_trees(): apply $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout to the final index
+ - unpack-trees(): "enable" sparse checkout and load $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout
+ - unpack-trees.c: generalize verify_* functions
+ - unpack-trees(): add CE_WT_REMOVE to remove on worktree alone
+ - Introduce "sparse checkout"
+ - dir.c: export excluded_1() and add_excludes_from_file_1()
+ - excluded_1(): support exclude files in index
+ - unpack-trees(): carry skip-worktree bit over in merged_entry()
+ - Read .gitignore from index if it is skip-worktree
+ - Avoid writing to buffer in add_excludes_from_file_1()
+ - Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (writing part)
+ - Teach Git to respect skip-worktree bit (reading part)
+ - Introduce "skip-worktree" bit in index, teach Git to get/set this bit
+ - Add test-index-version
+ - update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new options
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-20 at ea167d7)
+ + Prevent diff machinery from examining assume-unchanged entries on worktree
+
+The first one was an independent fix; the rest has been replaced with the
+"return of no-checkout" series.
+
+* jc/1.7.0-diff-whitespace-only-status (2009-05-23) 2 commits.
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-02 at 9c08420)
+ + diff: Rename QUIET internal option to QUICK
+ + diff: change semantics of "ignore whitespace" options
+
+For 1.7.0.  This changes exit code from "git diff --ignore-whitespace" and
+friends when there is no actual output.  It is a backward incompatible
+change, but we could argue that it is a bugfix.
+
+* jc/1.7.0-push-safety (2009-02-09) 2 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-02 at 38b82fe)
+ + Refuse deleting the current branch via push
+ + Refuse updating the current branch in a non-bare repository via push
+
+For 1.7.0.
+
+* jc/log-tz (2009-03-03) 1 commit.
+ - Allow --date=local --date=other-format to work as expected
+
+* jc/mailinfo-remove-brackets (2009-07-15) 1 commit.
+ - mailinfo: -b option keeps [bracketed] strings that is not a [PATCH] marker
+--------------------------------------------------
+[I have been too busy to purge these]
+
+* ar/maint-1.6.2-merge-recursive-d-f (2009-05-11) 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
+
+* jc/merge-convert (2009-01-26) 1 commit.
+ . git-merge-file: allow converting the results for the work tree
+
+* lt/read-directory (2009-05-15) 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
+
+* ps/blame (2009-03-12) 1 commit.
+ . blame.c: start libifying the blame infrastructure
+
+* pb/tracking (2009-07-16) 7 commits.
+ . branch.c: if remote is not config'd for branch, don't try delete push config
+ . branch, checkout: introduce autosetuppush
+ . move deletion of merge configuration to branch.c
+ . remote: add per-remote autosetupmerge and autosetuprebase configuration
+ . introduce a struct tracking_config
+ . branch: install_branch_config and struct tracking refactoring
+ . config: allow false and true values for branch.autosetuprebase
+
+Has been ejected from 'pu' for some time, expecting a reroll.