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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2008, #04; Sat, 18)
+X-master-at: 3041b98a9d40e5eb1aae9698c7e15c85ff37f344
+X-next-at: 8f0e41f379d486dd27766d84d994eb1da5b8319d
+
+What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2008, #04; Sat, 18)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Here are the topics that have been cooking.  Commits prefixed
+with '-' are only in 'pu' while commits prefixed with '+' are
+in 'next'.
+
+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]
+
+* jc/gitweb-fix-cloud-tag (Tue Oct 14 21:27:12 2008 -0700) 1 commit
+ + Fix reading of cloud tags
+
+* rs/alloc-ref (Sat Oct 18 10:44:18 2008 +0200) 3 commits
+ + make alloc_ref_from_str() the new alloc_ref()
+ + use alloc_ref_from_str() everywhere
+ + add alloc_ref_with_prefix()
+
+* jc/maint-reset-remove-unmerged-new (Wed Oct 15 16:00:06 2008 -0700) 1 commit
+ - reset --hard/read-tree --reset -u: remove unmerged new paths
+
+* jk/fix-ls-files-other (Fri Oct 17 13:03:52 2008 -0700) 2 commits
+ + Merge branch 'jk/maint-ls-files-other' into jk/fix-ls-files-other
+ + refactor handling of "other" files in ls-files and status
+
+* jc/maint-co-track (Fri Oct 17 15:44:39 2008 -0700) 4 commits
+ - Fix checkout not to clobber the branch when using symlinked HEAD
+   upon detaching
+ - Enhance hold_lock_file_for_{update,append}() API
+ - demonstrate breakage of detached checkout with symbolic link HEAD
+ - Fix "checkout --track -b newbranch" on detached HEAD
+
+* jk/maint-ls-files-other (Thu Oct 16 11:07:26 2008 -0400) 1 commit
+ + refactor handling of "other" files in ls-files and status
+
+* sg/merge-options (Sun Apr 6 03:23:47 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+ + merge: remove deprecated summary and diffstat options and config
+   variables
+
+* np/index-pack (Fri Oct 17 15:57:58 2008 -0400) 2 commits
+ + index-pack: smarter memory usage during delta resolution
+ + index-pack: rationalize delta resolution code
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated to "master"]
+
+* pb/commit-where (Fri Oct 3 22:13:49 2008 -0400) 4 commits
+ + tutorial: update output of git commit
+ + reformat informational commit message
+ + git commit: Reformat output somewhat
+ + builtin-commit.c: show on which branch a commit was added
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Needs review]
+
+* nd/narrow (Wed Oct 1 11:04:09 2008 +0700) 9 commits
+ - 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
+ - Extend index to save more flags
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Dropped]
+
+* pb/submodule (Fri Sep 12 23:09:19 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+ . t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuite
+
+Was waiting for a reroll.
+
+* kb/am-directory (Fri Aug 29 15:27:50 2008 -0700) 1 commit
+ . git-am: Pass the --directory option through to git-apply
+
+I think this is still buggy and drops the option when am stops with
+conflicts.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled]
+
+* bd/blame (Thu Aug 21 18:22:01 2008 -0500) 5 commits
+ - Use xdiff caching to improve git blame performance
+ - Allow xdiff machinery to cache hash results for a file
+ - Always initialize xpparam_t to 0
+ - Bypass textual patch generation and parsing in git blame
+ - Allow alternate "low-level" emit function from xdl_diff
+
+Réne had good comments on how the callback should be structured.
+Waiting for a reroll.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Will be merged to 'master' soon]
+
+* js/maint-fetch-update-head (Tue Oct 14 15:32:20 2008 -0700) 2 commits
+ + pull: allow "git pull origin $something:$current_branch" into an
+   unborn branch
+ + Fix fetch/pull when run without --update-head-ok
+
+* ns/rebase-noverify (Tue Oct 14 08:17:16 2008 +0900) 2 commits
+ + rebase: Document --no-verify option to bypass pre-rebase hook
+ + rebase --no-verify
+
+This adds --no-verify to git rebase, to avoid the pre-rebase hook.
+
+* mv/merge-noff (Fri Oct 3 14:04:47 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+ + builtin-commit: use reduce_heads() only when appropriate
+
+Fixes "git merge --no-ff --no-commit".
+
+* ae/preservemerge (Mon Sep 29 22:28:57 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+ + rebase: Support preserving merges in non-interactive mode
+
+* pb/rename-rowin32 (Fri Oct 3 12:20:43 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+ + Do not rename read-only files during a push
+
+Fixes pack file renames on Windows.
+
+* sp/describe-lwtag (Mon Oct 13 07:39:46 2008 -0700) 1 commit
+ + describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more often
+
+When the user gives --tags, the request is asking to treat lightweight and
+annotated tags at equal weight, and if lightweight ones are closer, they
+should be used.
+
+* gb/formatpatch-autonbr (Thu Oct 2 16:55:39 2008 -0400) 1 commit
+ + format-patch: autonumber by default
+
+* dp/checkattr (Wed Oct 15 09:11:52 2008 +0200) 3 commits
+ + git-check-attr(1): use 'verse' for multi-line synopsis sections
+ + check-attr: Add --stdin option
+ + check-attr: add an internal check_attr() function
+
+Batch attr lookup via --stdin, for gitk and git-gui.
+
+* gb/refactor-pathinfo (Fri Oct 10 20:42:26 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+ + gitweb: refactor input parameters parse/validation
+
+A major cleanup on the way gitweb parses its input arguments.
+Future gitweb patches to add more arguments into the PATH_INFO
+depend upon this initial cleanup work.
+
+* ml/cygwin-filemode (Mon Oct 13 00:33:31 2008 -0400) 1 commit
+ + compat/cygwin.c - Use cygwin's stat if core.filemode == true
+
+* mv/clonev (Thu Oct 9 01:40:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+ + Implement git clone -v
+
+Does what it says it does.  This may be ready for master soon,
+its a pretty trivial change.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Actively Cooking]
+
+* tr/workflow-doc (Sat Sep 13 18:11:01 2008 +0200) 2 commits
+ + Documentation: Refer to git-rebase(1) to warn against rewriting
+ + Documentation: new upstream rebase recovery section in git-rebase
+
+Expecting an update.
+
+* sh/maint-rebase3 (Sun Oct 5 23:26:52 2008 -0500) 1 commit
+ + rebase--interactive: fix parent rewriting for dropped commits
+
+* sh/rebase-i-p (Wed Oct 15 02:44:40 2008 -0500) 8 commits
+ - rebase-i-p: if todo was reordered use HEAD as the rewritten parent
+ - rebase-i-p: do not include non-first-parent commits touching
+   UPSTREAM
+ - rebase-i-p: only list commits that require rewriting in todo
+ - rebase-i-p: fix 'no squashing merges' tripping up non-merges
+ - rebase-i-p: delay saving current-commit to REWRITTEN if squashing
+ - rebase-i-p: use HEAD for updating the ref instead of mapping
+   OLDHEAD
+ - rebase-i-p: test to exclude commits from todo based on its parents
+ + rebase--interactive: fix parent rewriting for dropped commits
+
+Changes the `rebase -i -p` behavior to behave like git sequencer's
+rewrite of `rebase -i` would behave.
+
+* jk/diff-convfilter (Sun Oct 5 17:43:45 2008 -0400) 4 commits
+ + diff: add filter for converting binary to text
+ + diff: introduce diff.<driver>.binary
+ + diff: unify external diff and funcname parsing code
+ + t4012: use test_cmp instead of cmp
+
+A general cleanup on how diff drivers are implemented.  Its still
+missing documentation updates and tests but doesn't break anything
+current as far as I can tell.
+
+* jn/gitweb-customlinks (Sun Oct 12 00:02:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit
+ - gitweb: Better processing format string in custom links in navbar
+
+Waiting for some sort of response from Pasky.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[On Hold]
+
+* jc/post-simplify (Fri Aug 15 01:34:51 2008 -0700) 2 commits
+ - revision --simplify-merges: incremental simplification
+ - revision --simplify-merges: prepare for incremental simplification
+
+I started making this incremental but the progress is not
+so great.
+
+* 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.
+Someone needs to pick up this topic and resolve the deadlock before it can
+continue.
+
+* 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
+
+* 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.
diff --git a/whats/in/2008/10/04.txt b/whats/in/2008/10/04.txt
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+Subject: What's in git.git (Oct 2008, #04; Sat, 18)
+X-maint-at: f430c8e44d0548e844d817fc32be7c38b2b6856c
+X-master-at: 3041b98a9d40e5eb1aae9698c7e15c85ff37f344
+X-maint-was: 72d404debaa804fca82fd9cf710fbde48c7305c6
+X-master-was: 5c283eb13c94be6ca974aa722159dc9838d10d97
+
+What's in git.git (Oct 2008, #04; Sat, 18)
+
+  maint f430c8e (Hopefully the final draft release notes update before 1.6.0.3)
+ master 3041b98 (Update draft release notes for 1.6.1)
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Hopefully what's in 'maint' today can become 1.6.0.3 soon, perhaps in mid
+next week.
+
+* The 'maint' branch has these fixes since the last announcement.
+
+Björn Steinbrink (1):
+  force_object_loose: Fix memory leak
+
+Brandon Casey (4):
+  remote.c: correct the check for a leading '/' in a remote name
+  t4018-diff-funcname: rework negated last expression test
+  t4018-diff-funcname: demonstrate end of line funcname matching flaw
+  xdiff-interface.c: strip newline (and cr) from line before pattern
+    matching
+
+Dan McGee (1):
+  contrib: update packinfo.pl to not use dashed commands
+
+Daniel Barkalow (1):
+  Check early that a new branch is new and valid
+
+Jeff King (1):
+  tests: shell negation portability fix
+
+Jonas Fonseca (1):
+  git-check-attr(1): add output and example sections
+
+Junio C Hamano (3):
+  Update draft release notes to 1.6.0.3
+  diff(1): clarify what "T"ypechange status means
+  Hopefully the final draft release notes update before 1.6.0.3
+
+Matt McCutchen (1):
+  t1301-shared-repo.sh: don't let a default ACL interfere with the test
+
+Mikael Magnusson (1):
+  Typo "does not exists" when git remote update remote.
+
+Miklos Vajna (1):
+  Add testcase to ensure merging an early part of a branch is done properly
+
+
+* The 'master' branch has these since the last announcement
+  in addition to the above.
+
+Andreas Ericsson (1):
+  git commit: Reformat output somewhat
+
+Brandon Casey (1):
+  t4018-diff-funcname: add objective-c xfuncname pattern to syntax test
+
+Jeff King (3):
+  reformat informational commit message
+  tutorial: update output of git commit
+  tests: shell negation portability fix
+
+Junio C Hamano (2):
+  Update draft release notes to 1.6.1
+  Update draft release notes for 1.6.1
+
+Miklos Vajna (1):
+  Add Linux PPC support to the pre-auto-gc example hook
+
+Pieter de Bie (1):
+  builtin-commit.c: show on which branch a commit was added
+