From a618965ab44a63d11f49223e51270921f8876176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:39:02 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] What's cooking updates --- whats/cooking/2009/01/05.txt | 252 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 252 insertions(+) create mode 100644 whats/cooking/2009/01/05.txt diff --git a/whats/cooking/2009/01/05.txt b/whats/cooking/2009/01/05.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..15a6f30705 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2009/01/05.txt @@ -0,0 +1,252 @@ +To: git@vger.kernel.org +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #05; Wed, 21) +X-master-at: 9a01387b9714452ebcae431705a288e1a7e099c3 +X-next-at: 0d272dd28471e8ace6f341f646eac2157628f634 + +What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2009, #05; Wed, 21) +-------------------------------------------------- + +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] + +* js/valgrind (Wed Jan 21 02:36:40 2009 +0100) 2 commits + - valgrind: ignore ldso errors + - Add valgrind support in test scripts + +Dscho seems to have some updates out of discussion with Peff. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Stalled and may need help and prodding to go forward] + +* 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 + +This gives Porcelains (like gitweb) the information on the commit _before_ +the one that the final blame is laid on, which should save them one +rev-parse to dig further. The line number in the "previous" information +may need refining, and sanity checking code for reference counting may +need to be resurrected before this can move forward. + +* 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. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Actively cooking] + +* sp/runtime-prefix (Sun Jan 18 13:00:15 2009 +0100) 7 commits + - Windows: Revert to default paths and convert them by + RUNTIME_PREFIX + - Compute prefix at runtime if RUNTIME_PREFIX is set + - Modify setup_path() to only add git_exec_path() to PATH + - Add calls to git_extract_argv0_path() in programs that call + git_config_* + - git_extract_argv0_path(): Move check for valid argv0 from caller + to callee + - Refactor git_set_argv0_path() to git_extract_argv0_path() + - Move computation of absolute paths from Makefile to runtime (in + preparation for RUNTIME_PREFIX) + +We should move this to 'next' soon with J6t's blessing. + +* lh/submodule-tree-traversal (Mon Jan 12 00:45:55 2009 +0100) 3 commits + + builtin-ls-tree: enable traversal of submodules + + archive.c: enable traversal of submodules + + tree.c: add support for traversal of submodules + +I think choosing the submodules to descend into by seeing if the commit +happens to be available is a horribly broken semantics; it needs to be +fixed before this can move to 'master'. + +* jk/signal-cleanup (Sun Jan 11 06:36:49 2009 -0500) 3 commits + - pager: do wait_for_pager on signal death + - refactor signal handling for cleanup functions + - chain kill signals for cleanup functions + +I think this can move to 'next', as Peff and J6t agreed on how to fix +things up as needed for Windows. + +* ks/maint-mailinfo-folded (Tue Jan 13 01:21:04 2009 +0300) 5 commits + - mailinfo: tests for RFC2047 examples + - mailinfo: add explicit test for mails like ' + (A U Thor)' + - mailinfo: more smarter removal of rfc822 comments from 'From' + + mailinfo: 'From:' header should be unfold as well + + mailinfo: correctly handle multiline 'Subject:' header + +As far as I can see, the only remaining thing is a minor fix-up in the +"comment removal" one before we can move this fully to 'next'. + +* js/notes (Tue Jan 13 20:57:16 2009 +0100) 6 commits + + 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 + +It would be nice to hear a real world success story using the notes +mechanism before casting this design in stone. + +* 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 continues. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Graduated to "master"] + +* jk/color-parse (Sat Jan 17 10:38:46 2009 -0500) 2 commits + + expand --pretty=format color options + + color: make it easier for non-config to parse color specs + +* sb/hook-cleanup (Sat Jan 17 04:02:55 2009 +0100) 5 commits + + run_hook(): allow more than 9 hook arguments + + run_hook(): check the executability of the hook before filling + argv + + api-run-command.txt: talk about run_hook() + + Move run_hook() from builtin-commit.c into run-command.c (libgit) + + checkout: don't crash on file checkout before running post- + checkout hook + +* rs/ctype (Sat Jan 17 16:50:37 2009 +0100) 4 commits + + Add is_regex_special() + + Change NUL char handling of isspecial() + + Reformat ctype.c + + Add ctype test + +* jf/am-failure-report (Sun Jan 18 19:34:31 2009 -0800) 2 commits + + git-am: re-fix the diag message printing + + git-am: Make it easier to see which patch failed + +* sg/maint-gitdir-in-subdir (Fri Jan 16 16:37:33 2009 +0100) 1 commit + + Fix gitdir detection when in subdir of gitdir + +This has my "don't do the fullpath if you are directly inside .git" +squashed in, so it should be much safer. + +* am/maint-push-doc (Sun Jan 18 15:36:58 2009 +0100) 4 commits + + Documentation: avoid using undefined parameters + + Documentation: mention branches rather than heads + + Documentation: remove a redundant elaboration + + Documentation: git push repository can also be a remote + +* lt/maint-wrap-zlib (Wed Jan 7 19:54:47 2009 -0800) 1 commit + + Wrap inflate and other zlib routines for better error reporting + +Needs the "free our memory upon seeing Z_MEM_ERROR and try again" bits +extracted from Shawn's patch on top of this one. + +* kb/am-directory (Wed Jan 14 16:29:59 2009 -0800) 2 commits + + git-am: fix shell quoting + + git-am: add --directory= option + +This is "third-time-lucky, perhaps?" resurrection. I do not think I'd be +using this very often, but it originated from a real user request. + +* jc/maint-format-patch-o-relative (Mon Jan 12 15:18:02 2009 -0800) 1 commit + + Teach format-patch to handle output directory relative to cwd + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Will merge to "master" soon] + +* kb/lstat-cache (Sun Jan 18 16:14:54 2009 +0100) 5 commits + + lstat_cache(): introduce clear_lstat_cache() function + + lstat_cache(): introduce invalidate_lstat_cache() function + + lstat_cache(): introduce has_dirs_only_path() function + + lstat_cache(): introduce has_symlink_or_noent_leading_path() + function + + lstat_cache(): more cache effective symlink/directory detection + +* tr/previous-branch (Wed Jan 21 00:37:38 2009 -0800) 10 commits + + Simplify parsing branch switching events in reflog + + Introduce for_each_recent_reflog_ent(). + + interpret_nth_last_branch(): plug small memleak + + Fix reflog parsing for a malformed branch switching entry + + Fix parsing of @{-1}@{1} + + interpret_nth_last_branch(): avoid traversing the reflog twice + + checkout: implement "-" abbreviation, add docs and tests + + sha1_name: support @{-N} syntax in get_sha1() + + sha1_name: tweak @{-N} lookup + + checkout: implement "@{-N}" shortcut name for N-th last branch + +* js/maint-all-implies-HEAD (Sat Jan 17 22:27:08 2009 -0800) 2 commits + + bundle: allow the same ref to be given more than once + + revision walker: include a detached HEAD in --all + +* mh/unify-color (Sun Jan 18 21:39:12 2009 +0100) 2 commits + + move the color variables to color.c + + handle color.ui at a central place + +* cb/add-pathspec (Wed Jan 14 15:54:35 2009 +0100) 2 commits + + remove pathspec_match, use match_pathspec instead + + clean up pathspec matching + +* js/diff-color-words (Tue Jan 20 21:46:57 2009 -0600) 8 commits + + color-words: Support diff.wordregex config option + + color-words: make regex configurable via attributes + + color-words: expand docs with precise semantics + + color-words: enable REG_NEWLINE to help user + + color-words: take an optional regular expression describing words + + color-words: change algorithm to allow for 0-character word + boundaries + + color-words: refactor word splitting and use ALLOC_GROW() + + Add color_fwrite_lines(), a function coloring each line + individually + +* js/patience-diff (Thu Jan 1 17:39:37 2009 +0100) 3 commits + + bash completions: Add the --patience option + + Introduce the diff option '--patience' + + Implement the patience diff algorithm + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[On Hold] + +* 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 + +* jc/stripspace (Sun Mar 9 00:30:35 2008 -0800) 6 commits + . git-am --forge: add Signed-off-by: line for the author + . git-am: clean-up Signed-off-by: lines + . stripspace: add --log-clean option to clean up signed-off-by: + lines + . stripspace: use parse_options() + . Add "git am -s" test + . git-am: refactor code to add signed-off-by line for the committer + +* 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 + +* jk/valgrind (Thu Oct 23 04:30:45 2008 +0000) 2 commits + . valgrind: ignore ldso errors + . add valgrind support in test scripts + +* wp/add-patch-find (Thu Nov 27 04:08:03 2008 +0000) 3 commits + . In add --patch, Handle K,k,J,j slightly more gracefully. + . Add / command in add --patch + . git-add -i/-p: Change prompt separater from slash to comma + +* jc/grafts (Wed Jul 2 17:14:12 2008 -0700) 1 commit + . [BROKEN wrt shallow clones] Ignore graft during object transfer + +* jc/replace (Fri Oct 31 09:21:39 2008 -0700) 1 commit + . WIP -- 2.11.4.GIT