From 372da4fac434ccef435bd65eb7834bf691178646 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:58:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] What's cooking --- whats/cooking/2009/08/06.txt | 407 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 407 insertions(+) create mode 100644 whats/cooking/2009/08/06.txt diff --git a/whats/cooking/2009/08/06.txt b/whats/cooking/2009/08/06.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..33e4afca63 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2009/08/06.txt @@ -0,0 +1,407 @@ +To: git@vger.kernel.org +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2009, #06; Sun, 30) +X-master-at: f324cb50be3d88c6fb6123c85da749695a749f60 +X-next-at: 5fc6248250e68c3b723efb9b868d8fc27499065a + +What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2009, #06; Sun, 30) +-------------------------------------------------- + +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"] + +* wl/insta-mongoose (2009-08-21) 1 commit + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at da1d566) + + Add support for the Mongoose web server. + +* as/maint-graph-interesting-fix (2009-08-21) 2 commits. + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at 9d5e215) + + Add tests for rev-list --graph with options that simplify history + + graph API: fix bug in graph_is_interesting() + +* 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' + +* 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 + +* np/maint-1.6.3-deepen (2009-08-24) 1 commit. + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at 8e383d4) + + fix simple deepening of a repo + +* jk/maint-1.6.3-checkout-unborn (2009-08-24) 1 commit. + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at 5f29625) + + checkout: do not imply "-f" on unborn branches + +* mm/reset-report (2009-08-21) 2 commits + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-25 at f2a4424) + + reset: make the reminder output consistent with "checkout" + + Rename REFRESH_SAY_CHANGED to REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN. + +* 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.) + +-------------------------------------------------- +[New Topics] + +* jc/upload-pack-hook (2009-08-28) 2 commits + - upload-pack: feed "kind [clone|fetch]" to post-upload-pack hook + - upload-pack: add a trigger for post-upload-pack hook + +I do not know if the distinction between fetching some but not all refs +and fetching full set of refs into an empty repository is something worth +making, so in that sense the tip commit is somewhat iffy. + +One reason this series makes me somewhat uneasy is that Tom, the original +starter of the discussion went dark after sending a proposed patch. Maybe +he has been too busy, but I have been hoping that GitHub as a stakeholder +has somebody who monitors the list when he is not available. + +Does anybody from GitHub have any input? Is there something that needs to +be improved to fill GitHub's needs? Does GitHub want to stick to its own +fork, and were all these discussions for improvements unwanted? + +* jk/clone-b (2009-08-26) 1 commit + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at 10a68d1) + + clone: add --branch option to select a different HEAD + +* pk/import-dirs (2009-08-24) 1 commit + - Add script for importing bits-and-pieces to Git. + +This version makes me suspect that the author might regret the choice of +the import format that does not allow escaping of paths, nor does not +allow leading blanks for readability without changing semantics, both of +which make it somewhat limiting and error prone. These issues will be +hard to rectify without breaking the backward compatibility, for a tool +that could otherwise turn out to be useful. + +As a contrib/ material, I probably shouldn't be too worried about these +issues, but I am keeping this out of 'next' for now, just in case the +author chooses to polish the usability of the tool for general audience. + +It is a different story if the submission was just throwing out a one-time +hack in the open in the hope that some other people might find it useful, +but without any intention of maintaining it. But then I do not have a +strong reason to keep this in my tree, either. The mailing list archive +is a more suitable storage media for such a patch. + +-------------------------------------------------- +[Stalled] + +* jh/notes (2009-08-27) 12 commits. + - Add '%N'-format for pretty-printing commit notes + - Add flags to get_commit_notes() to control the format of the note string + - notes.c: Implement simple memory pooling of leaf nodes + - Selftests verifying semantics when loading notes trees with various fanouts + - Teach the notes lookup code to parse notes trees with various fanout schemes + - t3302-notes-index-expensive: Speed up create_repo() + - fast-import: Add support for importing commit notes + - Teach "-m " and "-F " 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 + +I heard the cvs-helper series depends on this one. It seems that the +fan-out strategy is being rethought? + +* 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 (2009-08-27) 9 commits. + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-27 at d314281) + + Make test case number unique + (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. + +* 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- 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.) + +We had a few messages on what the list consensus was with this series. My +impression, after going back to the archive, is that there wasn't. + +* 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 + +-------------------------------------------------- +[Cooking] + +* je/send-email-no-subject (2009-08-05) 1 commit + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at b6455c2) + + send-email: confirm on empty mail subjects + +The existing tests to covers the positive case (i.e. as long as the user +says "yes" to the "do you really want to send this message that lacks +subject", the message is sent) of this feature, but the feature itself +needs its own test to verify the negative case (i.e. does it correctly +stop if the user says "no"?) + +* lt/approxidate (2009-08-30) 6 commits + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at e016e3d) + + fix approxidate parsing of relative months and years + + tests: add date printing and parsing tests + + refactor test-date interface + + Add date formatting and parsing functions relative to a given time + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-26 at 62853f9) + + Further 'approxidate' improvements + + Improve on 'approxidate' + +Fixes a few "reasonably formatted but thus-far misparsed" date strings. +With tests by Peff, this should be ready for -rc0. + +* mr/gitweb-snapshot (2009-08-25) 3 commits + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at e4edd0b) + + gitweb: add t9501 tests for checking HTTP status codes + + gitweb: split test suite into library and tests + + gitweb: improve snapshot error handling + +* jc/mailinfo-scissors (2009-08-26) 5 commits + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at 5fc6248) + + mailinfo.scissors: new configuration + + am/mailinfo: Disable scissors processing by default + + Documentation: describe the scissors mark support of "git am" + + Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- mark + + builtin-mailinfo.c: fix confusing internal API to mailinfo() + +I didn't pick up the patch to simplify the definition of scissors. I do +not have strong opinion on it either way, but the list would hopefully +decide it before too long. + +* tf/diff-whitespace-incomplete-line (2009-08-23) 2 commits. + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-26 at 4fc7784) + + xutils: Fix xdl_recmatch() on incomplete lines + + xutils: Fix hashing an incomplete line with whitespaces at the end + +Will merge. + +* cc/sequencer-rebase-i (2009-08-28) 15 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 working on "next_commit" + - pick: libify "pick_help_msg()" + - revert: libify cherry-pick and revert functionnality + - 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 "reset_almost_hard()" and related functions + - rebase -i: use "git sequencer--helper --make-patch" + - sequencer: add "make_patch" function to save a patch + - sequencer: add "builtin-sequencer--helper.c" + +Migrating "rebase -i" bit by bit to C. + +* 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 (which is stalled, so this cannot move further at +the moment). There is a re-roll planned, so I did not pick up test fixes +from Brandon myself. + +* sr/gfi-options (2009-08-27) 6 commits + - fast-import: test the new option command + - fast-import: add option command + - fast-import: test the new feature command + - fast-import: add feature command + - fast-import: put marks reading in it's own function + - fast-import: put option parsing code in separate functions + +Re-rolled, based on an off-list discussion I was/am not aware of. +Looked ready for 'next'. + +* nd/sparse (2009-08-20) 19 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 + +-------------------------------------------------- +[For 1.7.0] + +* 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" + +With this, "git status" is no longer "git commit --preview". + +* 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 + +* jc/1.7.0-diff-whitespace-only-status (2009-08-30) 4 commits. + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-30 at 0623572) + + diff.c: fix typoes in comments + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-27 at 81fb2bd) + + Make test case number unique + (merged to 'next' on 2009-08-02 at 9c08420) + + diff: Rename QUIET internal option to QUICK + + diff: change semantics of "ignore whitespace" options + +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 + +-------------------------------------------------- +[I have been too busy to purge these] + +* jc/log-tz (2009-03-03) 1 commit. + - Allow --date=local --date=other-format to work as expected + +Maybe some people care about this. I dunno. + +* jc/mailinfo-remove-brackets (2009-07-15) 1 commit. + - mailinfo: -b option keeps [bracketed] strings that is not a [PATCH] marker + +Maybe some people care about this. I dunno. + +* 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. + +* 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 upload-pack tests when merged to 'pu'; given +what this series touches, breakages in that area are expected. +May discard if a working reroll comes, to give it a fresh start.