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+To: git@vger.kernel.org
+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2009, #03; Wed, 11)
+X-master-at: e47eec8fc6efb5ad0574b4862fd8e8e82b6a62fa
+X-next-at: b2e4c32e13df1b7f18e7b4a9f746650471a3122e
+
+What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2009, #03; Wed, 11)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+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.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[New Topics]
+
+* db/maint-missing-origin (Wed Mar 11 01:47:20 2009 -0400) 1 commit
+ - Give error when no remote is configured
+
+* js/sideband-stderr (Tue Mar 10 22:58:09 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ - winansi: support ESC [ K (erase in line)
+ - recv_sideband: Bands #2 and #3 always go to stderr
+
+* js/rsync-local (Mon Mar 9 19:44:55 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ - rsync transport: allow local paths, and fix tests
+
+* rs/color-grep (Sun Mar 8 18:22:44 2009 -0700) 6 commits
+ + grep: cast printf %.*s "precision" argument explicitly to int
+ + grep: add support for coloring with external greps
+ + grep: color patterns in output
+ + grep: add pmatch and eflags arguments to match_one_pattern()
+ + grep: remove grep_opt argument from match_expr_eval()
+ + grep: micro-optimize hit collection for AND nodes
+
+* db/refspec-wildcard-in-the-middle (Sat Mar 7 01:11:39 2009 -0500) 5 commits
+ + Support '*' in the middle of a refspec
+ + Keep '*' in pattern refspecs
+ + Use the matching function to generate the match results
+ + Use a single function to match names against patterns
+ + Make clone parse the default refspec with the normal code
+
+* db/push-cleanup (Sun Mar 8 21:06:07 2009 -0400) 2 commits
+ - Move push matching and reporting logic into transport.c
+ - Use a common function to get the pretty name of refs
+
+* xx/db-refspec-vs-js-remote (Sun Mar 8 00:12:33 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ + Adjust js/remote-improvements and db/refspec-wildcard-in-the-
+   middle
+
+* fg/push-default (Mon Mar 9 23:35:51 2009 +0100) 7 commits
+ - git push: Remove warning for "git push" default change
+ - git push: Change default for "git push" to nothing.
+ - git push: Document that "nothing" is the future push default
+ - git push: Display warning on unconfigured default push
+ - git push: New options --matching and --current
+ - New config option push.default
+ - remote: Make "-" an alias for the current remote
+
+With the topmost three patches, tonight's 'pu' does not pass the self test
+as expected.  I am not sure there is a wide support for changing the
+default, either.
+
+* kg/http-auth (Mon Mar 9 23:34:25 2009 -0700) 3 commits
+ - http authentication via prompts
+ - http_init(): Fix config file parsing
+ - http.c: style cleanups
+
+This only deals with the fetch side.
+
+* 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.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated to "master"]
+
+* jk/sane-relative-time (Tue Feb 24 00:42:16 2009 -0500) 1 commit
+ + never fallback relative times to absolute
+
+* js/send-email (Mon Mar 2 23:52:18 2009 -0500) 5 commits
+ + send-email: add --confirm option and configuration setting
+ + send-email: don't create temporary compose file until it is needed
+ + send-email: --suppress-cc improvements
+ + send-email: handle multiple Cc addresses when reading mbox message
+ + send-email: allow send-email to run outside a repo
+
+* sg/rerere-cleanup (Sat Feb 14 23:21:04 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ + rerere: remove duplicated functions
+
+* jc/add-p-unquote (Mon Feb 16 22:43:43 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ + git-add -i/-p: learn to unwrap C-quoted paths
+
+* jw/imap-preformatted-html (Thu Feb 12 08:58:12 2009 -0600) 1 commit
+ + imap.preformattedHTML to tell Thunderbird to send non-flowed text
+
+* jw/format-patch-attach (Thu Feb 12 09:51:55 2009 -0600) 1 commit
+ + Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-
+   patch.
+
+* sr/force-rebase (Fri Feb 13 23:48:01 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ + Teach rebase to rebase even if upstream is up to date
+
+* fg/exclude-bq (Tue Feb 10 15:20:17 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ + Support "\" in non-wildcard exclusion entries
+
+* dm/add-i-edit-abort (Thu Feb 12 00:19:41 2009 -0500) 1 commit
+ + add -i: revisit hunk on editor failure
+
+* tp/completion (Sat Feb 21 15:48:43 2009 +0100) 6 commits
+ + Fixup: Add bare repository indicator for __git_ps1
+ + Add bare repository indicator for __git_ps1
+ + completion: More fixes to prevent unbound variable errors
+ + completion: Better __git_ps1 support when not in working directory
+ + completion: Use consistent if [...] convention, not "test"
+ + completion: For consistency, change "git rev-parse" to __gitdir
+   calls
+
+* js/branch-symref (Wed Feb 18 22:34:44 2009 -0500) 4 commits
+ + add basic branch display tests
+ + branch: clean up repeated strlen
+ + Avoid segfault with 'git branch' when the HEAD is detached
+ + builtin-branch: improve output when displaying remote branches
+
+* al/ansi-color (Fri Feb 13 22:53:41 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ + builtin-branch.c: Rename branch category color names
+ + Clean up use of ANSI color sequences
+
+* js/valgrind (Thu Feb 5 22:03:00 2009 +0100) 9 commits
+ + valgrind: do not require valgrind 3.4.0 or newer
+ + test-lib: avoid assuming that templates/ are in the GIT_EXEC_PATH
+ + Tests: let --valgrind imply --verbose and --tee
+ + Add a script to coalesce the valgrind outputs
+ + t/Makefile: provide a 'valgrind' target
+ + test-lib.sh: optionally output to test-results/$TEST.out, too
+ + Valgrind support: check for more than just programming errors
+ + valgrind: ignore ldso and more libz errors
+ + Add valgrind support in test scripts
+
+* fc/config-editor (Sat Feb 21 02:48:54 2009 +0200) 3 commits
+ + git config: trivial cleanup for editor action
+ + git config: codestyle cleanups
+ + config: Add new option to open an editor.
+
+* 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
+
+* ns/pretty-format (Tue Feb 24 15:33:29 2009 +0200) 5 commits
+ + bash completion: add --format= and --oneline options for "git log"
+ + Add tests for git log --pretty, --format and --oneline.
+ + Add --oneline that is a synonym to "--pretty=oneline --abbrev-
+   commit"
+ + Give short-hands to --pretty=tformat:%formatstring
+ + Add --format that is a synonym to --pretty
+
+* en/maint-hash-object (Sat Feb 28 12:56:49 2009 -0700) 1 commit
+ + Ensure proper setup of git_dir for git-hash-object
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Will merge to 'master' soon]
+
+* mg/maint-submodule-normalize-path (Tue Mar 3 16:08:21 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ + git submodule: Fix adding of submodules at paths with ./, .. and
+   //
+ + git submodule: Add test cases for git submodule add
+
+* rs/memmem (Tue Mar 3 00:19:30 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ + optimize compat/ memmem()
+ + diffcore-pickaxe: use memmem()
+
+* tv/rebase-stat (Sun Mar 1 22:28:28 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ + git-pull: Allow --stat and --no-stat to be used with --rebase
+ + git-rebase: Add --stat and --no-stat for producing diffstat on
+   rebase
+
+* jk/clone-post-checkout (Tue Mar 3 00:37:51 2009 -0500) 1 commit
+ + clone: run post-checkout hook when checking out
+
+* jc/maint-1.6.0-keep-pack (Sat Feb 28 00:37:19 2009 -0800) 6 commits
+ + is_kept_pack(): final clean-up
+ + Simplify is_kept_pack()
+ + Consolidate ignore_packed logic more
+ + has_sha1_kept_pack(): take "struct rev_info"
+ + has_sha1_pack(): refactor "pretend these packs do not exist"
+   interface
+ + git-repack: resist stray environment variable
+
+This is in response to Linus's "Really slow 'git gc'" ($gmane/110743)
+
+* el/blame-date (Fri Feb 20 14:51:11 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ + Make git blame's date output format configurable, like git log
+
+* tr/gcov (Thu Feb 19 12:13:42 2009 +0100) 8 commits
+ + Test git-patch-id
+ + Test rev-list --parents/--children
+ + Test log --decorate
+ + Test fsck a bit harder
+ + Test log --graph
+ + Test diff --dirstat functionality
+ + Test that diff can read from stdin
+ + Support coverage testing with GCC/gcov
+
+* tr/format-patch-thread (Thu Feb 19 22:26:33 2009 +0100) 4 commits
+ + format-patch: support deep threading
+ + format-patch: thread as reply to cover letter even with in-reply-
+   to
+ + format-patch: track several references
+ + format-patch: threading test reactivation
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward]
+
+* lh/submodule-tree-traversal (Sun Jan 25 01:52:06 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ - archive.c: add support for --submodules[=(all|checkedout)]
+
+Discussion stalled on the submodule selection criteria.
+
+* 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 (Sun Jan 11 15:12:10 2009 -0500) 3 commits
+ - Support fetching from foreign VCSes
+ - Add specification of git-vcs helpers
+ - Add "vcs" config option in remotes
+
+The "spec" did not seem quite well cooked yet, but in the longer term I
+think something like this to allow interoperating with other SCMs as if
+the other end is a native git repository is a very worthy goal.
+
+* cc/replace (Mon Feb 2 06:13:06 2009 +0100) 11 commits
+ - 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
+
+I think the code is much cleaner than the first round, but I am not
+convinced it is doing the right thing in the connectivity traverser.
+Independent review sorely needed.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Discarded]
+
+* 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
+
+Design discussion between Jakub and Sebastien seems to have stalled, but
+Jakub seems to be taking this over.
+
+* jc/push-to-create (Mon Mar 2 22:36:16 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ . Push to create
+
+This was a failed weatherbaloon patch to allow creation of a new
+repository from the remote side.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Actively cooking]
+
+* hv/cvsimport-tests (Mon Mar 2 18:59:36 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ - cvsimport: add test illustrating a bug in cvsps
+
+Yet more tests without fixing anything...
+
+* jc/clone-branch-rebase (Tue Mar 10 01:20:42 2009 -0700) 2 commits
+ + Improve "git branch --tracking" output
+ + Make git-clone respect branch.autosetuprebase
+
+This is a rewrite of a patch from Pat Notz.
+
+* kb/tracking-count-no-merges (Wed Mar 4 18:47:39 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ + stat_tracking_info(): only count real commits
+
+This gives the merge commits zero weight when talking about how many
+commits you have ahead (or behind) of the branch you are tracking.  Even
+though I agree that they should carry much less weight than the "real"
+commits, because your repeated merge from the other branch does not really
+add any real value to the end result, giving them absolute zero weight
+somehow feels wrong. At least it shows that your have been _active_ on the
+branch.  But I do not feel very strongly about it.
+
+* js/rebase-i-opt (Tue Mar 3 10:55:31 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ + rebase -i: avoid 'git reset' when possible
+
+* kb/checkout-optim (Sun Mar 8 17:22:51 2009 -0400) 18 commits
+ + Makefile: Set compiler switch for USE_NSEC
+ + Create USE_ST_TIMESPEC and turn it on for Darwin
+ + Not all systems use st_[cm]tim field for ns resolution file
+   timestamp
+ + Record ns-timestamps if possible, but do not use it without
+   USE_NSEC
+ + write_index(): update index_state->timestamp after flushing to
+   disk
+ + verify_uptodate(): add ce_uptodate(ce) test
+ + make USE_NSEC work as expected
+ + fix compile error when USE_NSEC is defined
+ + check_updates(): effective removal of cache entries marked
+   CE_REMOVE
+ + lstat_cache(): print a warning if doing ping-pong between cache
+   types
+ + show_patch_diff(): remove a call to fstat()
+ + write_entry(): use fstat() instead of lstat() when file is open
+ + write_entry(): cleanup of some duplicated code
+ + create_directories(): remove some memcpy() and strchr() calls
+ + unlink_entry(): introduce schedule_dir_for_removal()
+ + lstat_cache(): swap func(length, string) into func(string, length)
+ + lstat_cache(): generalise longest_match_lstat_cache()
+ + lstat_cache(): small cleanup and optimisation
+
+* mv/parseopt-ls-files (Sat Mar 7 20:27:22 2009 -0500) 4 commits
+ + ls-files: fix broken --no-empty-directory
+ + t3000: use test_cmp instead of diff
+ + parse-opt: migrate builtin-ls-files.
+ + Turn the flags in struct dir_struct into a single variable
+
+The tip one was a subject for further discussion, but nothing is queued
+yet.
+
+* js/remote-improvements (Sun Mar 8 00:10:33 2009 -0800) 23 commits
+ + builtin-remote.c: no "commented out" code, please
+ + builtin-remote: new show output style for push refspecs
+ + builtin-remote: new show output style
+ + remote: make guess_remote_head() use exact HEAD lookup if it is
+   available
+ + builtin-remote: add set-head subcommand
+ + builtin-remote: teach show to display remote HEAD
+ + builtin-remote: fix two inconsistencies in the output of "show
+   <remote>"
+ + builtin-remote: make get_remote_ref_states() always populate
+   states.tracked
+ + builtin-remote: rename variables and eliminate redundant function
+   call
+ + builtin-remote: remove unused code in get_ref_states
+ + builtin-remote: refactor duplicated cleanup code
+ + string-list: new for_each_string_list() function
+ + remote: make match_refs() not short-circuit
+ + remote: make match_refs() copy src ref before assigning to
+   peer_ref
+ + remote: let guess_remote_head() optionally return all matches
+ + remote: make copy_ref() perform a deep copy
+ + remote: simplify guess_remote_head()
+ + move locate_head() to remote.c
+ + move duplicated ref_newer() to remote.c
+ + move duplicated get_local_heads() to remote.c
+ + refactor find_ref_by_name() to accept const list
+ + add basic http clone/fetch tests
+ + test scripts: refactor start_httpd helper
+
+* fc/parseopt-config (Sat Mar 7 12:14:05 2009 -0500) 9 commits
+ + config: set help text for --bool-or-int
+ + git config: don't allow --get-color* and variable type
+ + git config: don't allow extra arguments for -e or -l.
+ + git config: don't allow multiple variable types
+ + git config: don't allow multiple config file locations
+ + git config: reorganize to use parseopt
+ + git config: reorganize get_color*
+ + git config: trivial rename in preparation for parseopt
+ + git_config(): not having a per-repo config file is not an error
+
+* mh/cvsimport-tests (Mon Feb 23 06:08:14 2009 +0100) 5 commits
+ - 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
+
+Tests without fixes are of dubious value.  Any takers?
+
+* tr/maint-1.6.0-send-email-irt (Sun Mar 1 23:45:41 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ + send-email: respect in-reply-to regardless of threading
+
+Tests?
+
+* js/notes (Wed Feb 18 11:17:27 2009 -0800) 14 commits
+ - tests: fix "export var=val"
+ - notes: refuse to edit notes outside refs/notes/
+ - t3301: use test_must_fail instead of !
+ - t3301: fix confusing quoting in test for valid notes ref
+ - notes: use GIT_EDITOR and core.editor over VISUAL/EDITOR
+ - notes: only clean up message file when editing
+ - handle empty notes gracefully
+ - git notes show: test empty notes
+ - git-notes: fix printing of multi-line notes
+ - notes: fix core.notesRef documentation
+ - Add an expensive test for git-notes
+ - Speed up git notes lookup
+ - Add a script to edit/inspect notes
+ - Introduce commit notes
+
+Rebased and then kicked back to 'pu' to give the author a chance to
+rearrange if necessary.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[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.
+
+* jc/commit-assume-also-during-merge (Thu Jan 22 22:21:49 2009 -0800) 3 commits
+ - git commit: pathspec without -i/-o implies -i semantics during a
+   merge
+ - builtin-commit: shorten eye-sore overlong lines
+ - Add "partial commit" tests during a conflicted merge
+
+This was only meant as a weatherballoon to help facilitate discussion.
+Will be discarded.