From df97f4ef266df4d62b29f2d5e864822d23fdbbd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:21:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] What's cooking (2008/10 #03) --- whats-cooking.txt | 346 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 116 insertions(+), 230 deletions(-) diff --git a/whats-cooking.txt b/whats-cooking.txt index 03c737881b..0829ac1b15 100644 --- a/whats-cooking.txt +++ b/whats-cooking.txt @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Subject: What's cooking in git/spearce.git (Oct 2008, #02; Sun, 12) -X-master-at: 5c283eb13c94be6ca974aa722159dc9838d10d97 -X-next-at: 340fcf496c9eb7c8be7f14efdd282666a6b6a1f1 +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2008, #03; Tue, 14) +X-master-at: 67faaaba8338cf59c212ce5239eeb223a77acdf0 +X-next-at: f1ba443bf7f7fae740f81058fca0bcff3613d999 -What's cooking in git/spearce.git (Oct 2008, #02; Sun, 12) +What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2008, #03; Tue, 14) -------------------------------------------------- Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed @@ -12,152 +12,89 @@ 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. -gitster's back and I'm expecting he will take over from here. +This round I haven't added anything new yet. Just getting my development +repository back into shape and in sync with what I received from Shawn. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [New Topics] -* dp/checkattr (Tue Oct 7 04:16:52 2008 +0400) 2 commits - + check-attr: Add --stdin option - + check-attr: add an internal check_attr() function - -Batch attr lookup via --stdin, for gitk and git-gui. - -* 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. - -* 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 (Sun Oct 12 14:44:46 2008 -0400) 1 commit - - compat/cygwin.c - Use cygwin's stat if core.filemode == true - -I think another version may be coming to reuse the core.filemode -parsing so this patch isn't in next yet. +* js/maint-fetch-update-head (Mon Oct 13 11:36:52 2008 +0200) 1 commit + - Fix fetch/pull when run without --update-head-ok -* sh/rebase-i-p (Wed Oct 8 01:41:57 2008 -0500) 7 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 - -Changes the `rebase -i -p` behavior to behave like git sequencer's -rewrite of `rebase -i` would behave. Its parked in pu because I -have not had the time to review the series in detail. First glance -looked OK to me. - -* js/keephardlinks (Sat Oct 11 13:45:13 2008 +0200) 1 commit - - Introduce core.keepHardLinks - -The value of this change is currently in question, and the commit -message doesn't justify it very well. - -* 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. +This looked sane to me. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -[Graduated to "master"] - -* mw/sendemail (Sun Sep 28 07:51:21 2008 +0300) 10 commits - + bash completion: Add --[no-]validate to "git send-email" - + send-email: signedoffcc -> signedoffbycc, but handle both - + Docs: send-email: Create logical groupings for man text - + Docs: send-email: Create logical groupings for --help text - + Docs: send-email: Remove unnecessary config variable description - + Docs: send-email: --chain_reply_to -> --[no-]chain-reply-to - + send-email: change --no-validate to boolean --[no-]validate - + Docs: send-email: Man page option ordering - + Docs: send-email usage text much sexier - + Docs: send-email's usage text and man page mention same options - -* jc/add-ita (Thu Aug 21 01:44:53 2008 -0700) 1 commit - + git-add --intent-to-add (-N) - -* mg/verboseprune (Mon Sep 29 18:49:52 2008 +0200) 1 commit - + make prune report removed objects on -v - -* lt/time-reject-fractional-seconds (Sat Aug 16 21:25:40 2008 -0700) 1 commit - + date/time: do not get confused by fractional seconds - -* dp/cywginstat (Tue Sep 30 17:53:47 2008 +0400) 3 commits - + cygwin: Use native Win32 API for stat - + mingw: move common functionality to win32.h - + add have_git_dir() function +[Stuck Topics] -Performance improvement for Cygwin, bypassing the Cygwin stat -function and using one more like MinGW uses. Probably ready for -master on the next round. Several Cygwin users have given praise -to the series. +* 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 -* js/objc-funchdr (Wed Oct 1 00:46:34 2008 +0100) 1 commit - + Teach git diff about Objective-C syntax +Recently updated with a repost. Shawn says he's been too swamped at +day-job to actively review the series. There has been some discussion on +list about it so its not stalled, but it needs more eyeballs. -Adds support for Objective-C function headers. +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Stalled -- Needs Action to Proceed (or to be dropped)] -* dm/svn-branch (Sat Oct 4 19:35:17 2008 -0700) 1 commit - + Add git-svn branch to allow branch creation in SVN repositories +* pb/submodule (Fri Sep 12 23:09:19 2008 +0200) 1 commit + - t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuite -Adds "git svn branch" to build branches remotely in SVN. +Still waiting for a reroll. Should be dropped next week if we don't +get one during this coming week. -* pb/gitweb (Fri Oct 3 07:41:25 2008 -0700) 7 commits - + Merge branch 'pb/gitweb-tagcloud' into pb/gitweb - + gitweb: Support for simple project search form - + gitweb: Make the by_tag filter delve in forks as well - + gitweb: Support for tag clouds - + gitweb: Add support for extending the action bar with custom links - + gitweb: Sort the list of forks on the summary page by age - + gitweb: Clean-up sorting of project list +* 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 -* ph/parseopt (Thu Oct 2 14:59:20 2008 +0200) 3 commits - + parse-opt: migrate builtin-merge-file. - + parse-opt: migrate git-merge-base. - + parse-opt: migrate fmt-merge-msg. +Réne had good comments on how the callback should be structured. -* rz/grepz (Wed Oct 1 18:11:15 2008 +0200) 1 commit - + git grep: Add "-z/--null" option as in GNU's grep. +* kb/am-directory (Fri Aug 29 15:27:50 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - git-am: Pass the --directory option through to git-apply -* mv/merge-refresh (Fri Oct 3 15:02:31 2008 +0200) 1 commit - + builtin-merge: refresh the index before calling a strategy +I think this is still buggy and drops the option when am stops with +conflicts. -* bc/xdiffnl (Wed Oct 1 14:28:26 2008 -0500) 1 commit - + xdiff-interface.c: strip newline (and cr) from line before pattern - matching +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Will be merged to 'master' soon] -* jk/maint-soliconv (Fri Oct 3 02:39:36 2008 -0400) 1 commit - + Makefile: do not set NEEDS_LIBICONV for Solaris 8 +* 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 -* sg/maint-intrebase-msghook (Fri Oct 3 11:33:20 2008 +0200) 2 commits - + rebase -i: remove leftover debugging - + rebase -i: proper prepare-commit-msg hook argument when squashing +Shawn thinks this topic is settled for now, and I see that the new output +format does not bother me very much, so please expect this to be merged +soon. -* bc/maint-stashref (Thu Oct 2 18:52:11 2008 -0500) 1 commit - + git-stash.sh: fix flawed fix of invalid ref handling (commit - da65e7c1) +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Actively Cooking] -The latter three were merged to 'maint' first. +* 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- -[Old New Topics] +Shawn says that an update came in recently, but they are not here yet. +I'd need to dig it up, but I haven't had time. * ns/rebase-noverify (Mon Oct 6 14:14:29 2008 +0900) 1 commit + rebase --no-verify -This adds --no-verify to git rebase, to avoid the pre-rebase hook. -Lacks documentation but otherwise looks sound. +This adds --no-verify to git rebase, to avoid the pre-rebase hook. Lacks +documentation but otherwise looks sound. * mv/merge-noff (Fri Oct 3 14:04:47 2008 +0200) 1 commit + builtin-commit: use reduce_heads() only when appropriate @@ -167,37 +104,45 @@ 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 +* sh/rebase-i-p (Wed Oct 8 01:41:57 2008 -0500) 7 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 + +Changes the `rebase -i -p` behavior to behave like git sequencer's +rewrite of `rebase -i` would behave. + * sh/maint-rebase3 (Sun Oct 5 23:26:52 2008 -0500) 1 commit - - rebase--interactive: fix parent rewriting for dropped commits + . rebase--interactive: fix parent rewriting for dropped commits -A prior version of sh/rebase-i-p. This should be dropped. +Tentatively dropped from everwhere, waiting for a reroll together with +sh/rebase-i-p. -* pb/rename-rowin32 (Fri Oct 3 12:20:43 2008 +0200) 1 commit +* pb/rename-rowin32 (Sun Oct 12 21:01:23 2008 -0700) 2 commits + - (squash): index-pack: do not unconditionally make packfile read- + only - Do not rename read-only files during a push -Supposedly fixes pack file renames on Windows, but it makes the -test suite fail on Linux. I haven't debugged why yet. Its very -likely we need a replacement patch before this can move forward. +Supposedly fixes pack file renames on Windows. The (squash) patch is my +attempt to fix its breakage. -* sp/describe-lwtag (Tue Sep 30 12:03:41 2008 -0700) 1 commit +* sp/describe-lwtag (Mon Oct 13 07:39:46 2008 -0700) 1 commit - describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more often -Based on feedback from the list this needs another spin. I will -post a replacement patch soon. +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 +* gb/formatpatch-autonbr (Sun Oct 12 22:18:02 2008 -0700) 2 commits + - (squash) adjust test vector for new behaviour of format-patch - format-patch: autonumber by default -Fails the test suite; some of the test vectors need to be updated -to account for the new default. Someone who cares about this -change should follow through on the test suite update, or this may -get dropped. - -* jc/merge-whitespace (Sun Feb 24 23:29:36 2008 -0800) 1 commit - . WIP: start teaching the --whitespace=fix to merge machinery - -This has a merge conflict with `next` and isn't even in pu right now. - * jk/diff-convfilter (Sun Oct 5 17:43:45 2008 -0400) 4 commits - diff: add filter for converting binary to text - diff: introduce diff..binary @@ -209,91 +154,34 @@ missing documentation updates and tests but doesn't break anything current as far as I can tell. It needs more review before it can be slated for 'next'. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -[Stuck Topics] - -* 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 - -Recently updated with a repost. I've been too swamped at day-job -to actively review the series. There has been some discussion on -list about it so its not stalled, but it needs more eyeballs. - -* gb/gitweb-pathinfo (Thu Oct 2 02:10:34 2008 +0200) 6 commits - . gitweb: generate parent..current URLs - . gitweb: parse parent..current syntax from pathinfo - . gitweb: use_pathinfo filenames start with / - . gitweb: generate project/action/hash URLs - . gitweb: refactor input parameters parse/validation - . gitweb: parse project/action/hash_base:filename PATH_INFO - -Still going through revisions on the git ML. Its great work and -is heading in the right direction. But the discussion and patch -generation rate is too high to merge the topic into next just yet. - -So its waiting for a re-roll of the series once discussion settles -down and there is a final patch series available. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- -[Stalled -- Needs Action to Proceed (or to be dropped)] - -* pb/submodule (Fri Sep 12 23:09:19 2008 +0200) 1 commit - - t7400: Add short "git submodule add" testsuite - -Still waiting for a reroll. Should be dropped next week if we -don't get one during this coming week. - -* 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 - -(jc: Réne had good comments on how the callback should be - structured.) +* dp/checkattr (Tue Oct 7 04:16:52 2008 +0400) 2 commits + + check-attr: Add --stdin option + + check-attr: add an internal check_attr() function -* kb/am-directory (Fri Aug 29 15:27:50 2008 -0700) 1 commit - - git-am: Pass the --directory option through to git-apply +Batch attr lookup via --stdin, for gitk and git-gui. -(jc: I think this is still buggy and drops the option when am stops - with conflicts.) +* mv/clonev (Thu Oct 9 01:40:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + Implement git clone -v ----------------------------------------------------------------- -[Will be merged to 'master/maint' soon] +Does what it says it does. This may be ready for master soon, +its a pretty trivial change. -* 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 +* gb/refactor-pathinfo (Fri Oct 10 20:42:26 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + gitweb: refactor input parameters parse/validation -I think this topic is settled for now. +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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -[Actively Cooking] +* ml/cygwin-filemode (Mon Oct 13 00:33:31 2008 -0400) 1 commit + - compat/cygwin.c - Use cygwin's stat if core.filemode == true -* 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 +Is ready for 'next'. -(jc: My impression from the last round of discusson on the third - patch in this series (not queued here) was that as long as we - do not present it as "One True Workflow", the description was - a good starting point, possibly others to add other recommended - flows later.) +* jn/gitweb-customlinks (Sun Oct 12 00:02:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit + - gitweb: Better processing format string in custom links in navbar -An update came in recently, but I haven't applied it. +Waiting for some sort of response from Pasky. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [On Hold] @@ -302,8 +190,8 @@ An update came in recently, but I haven't applied it. - revision --simplify-merges: incremental simplification - revision --simplify-merges: prepare for incremental simplification -(jc: I started making this incremental but the progress is not - so great.) +I started making this incremental but the progress is not +so great. * jc/stripspace (Sun Mar 9 00:30:35 2008 -0800) 6 commits . git-am --forge: add Signed-off-by: line for the author @@ -314,14 +202,12 @@ An update came in recently, but I haven't applied it. . Add "git am -s" test . git-am: refactor code to add signed-off-by line for the committer -(jc: The one at second from the tip needs reworking.) - * jc/send-pack-tell-me-more (Thu Mar 20 00:44:11 2008 -0700) 1 commit - "git push": tellme-more protocol extension -This is a great idea, but IIRC its implementation has a deadlock -during communication between the peers. Someone needs to pick up -this topic and resolve the deadlock before it can continue. +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 @@ -332,6 +218,6 @@ this topic and resolve the deadlock before it can continue. - diff: enable "too large a rename" warning when -M/-C is explicitly asked for -(jc: 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.) +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. -- 2.11.4.GIT