From f1a8c2f3ce33510c5ed7623eeae77fca0d979303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:00:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] What's cooking Aug #05 --- whats/cooking/2008/08/05.txt | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 320 insertions(+) create mode 100644 whats/cooking/2008/08/05.txt diff --git a/whats/cooking/2008/08/05.txt b/whats/cooking/2008/08/05.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b968518f27 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2008/08/05.txt @@ -0,0 +1,320 @@ +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2008, #05; Tue, 19) +X-master-at: c6670b348cb19c74a6d7f6943df4871eb0d8295f +X-next-at: 2fad1ef69ea50e7d9a61a65603ad04bcc079ac0e + +What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2008, #05; Tue, 19) +-------------------------------------------------- + +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. + +Tonight's 'pu' does not pass tests because test vectors have not been +adjusted for the changes brought in by the jc/diff-prefix topic. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[New Topics] + +* js/mingw-stat (Mon Aug 18 22:01:06 2008 +0200) 2 commits + - Revert "Windows: Use a customized struct stat that also has the + st_blocks member." + - compat: introduce on_disk_bytes() + +This gets rid of use of st_blocks member (which is XSI but not POSIX +proper), which was originally prompted by recent Haiku port but it turns +out MinGW has the same issue as well. Queued on 'pu' just to have a +chance to make sure I munged the version j6t sent me correctly before +merging it upwards. + +* ml/submodule-foreach (Sun Aug 10 19:10:04 2008 -0400) 1 commit + + git-submodule - Add 'foreach' subcommand + +* 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 + +* pm/log-exit-code (Mon Aug 11 08:46:25 2008 +0200) 2 commits + + Teach git log --exit-code to return an appropriate exit code + + Teach git log --check to return an appropriate exit code + +* sb/commit-tree-minileak (Tue Aug 12 00:35:11 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + Fix commit_tree() buffer leak + +* pb/reflog-dwim (Sun Aug 10 22:22:21 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + builtin-reflog: Allow reflog expire to name partial ref + +* jc/send-pack-tell-me-more (Thu Mar 20 00:44:11 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - "git push": tellme-more protocol extension + +* jc/merge-whitespace (Sun Feb 24 23:29:36 2008 -0800) 1 commit + - WIP: start teaching the --whitespace=fix to merge machinery + +* lw/gitweb (Mon Aug 18 21:39:49 2008 +0200) 3 commits + - gitweb: use new Git::Repo API, and add optional caching + - add new Perl API: Git::Repo, Git::Commit, Git::Tag, and + Git::RepoRoot + - gitweb: add test suite with Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGI + +* jc/diff-prefix (Mon Aug 18 20:08:09 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - diff: vary default prefix depending on what are compared + +* 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 + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Graduated to "master"] + +* ak/p4 (Thu Aug 14 23:40:39 2008 +0100) 14 commits + + Utilise our new p4_read_pipe and p4_write_pipe wrappers + + Add p4 read_pipe and write_pipe wrappers + + Put in the two other configuration elements found in the source + + Put some documentation in about the parameters that have been + added + + Move git-p4.syncFromOrigin into a configuration parameters section + + Consistently use 'git-p4' for the configuration entries + + If the user has configured various parameters, use them. + + Switch to using 'p4_build_cmd' + + If we are in verbose mode, output what we are about to run (or + return) + + Add a single command that will be used to construct the 'p4' + command + + Utilise the new 'p4_system' function. + + Have a command that specifically invokes 'p4' (via system) + + Utilise the new 'p4_read_pipe_lines' command + + Create a specific version of the read_pipe_lines command for p4 + invocations + +Warmly received by the primary contributors of git-p4; this was merged as +part of 1.6.0. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Will merge to master soon] + +* js/checkout-dwim-local (Sat Aug 9 16:00:12 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + checkout --track: make up a sensible branch name if '-b' was + omitted + +* bd/diff-strbuf (Wed Aug 13 23:18:22 2008 -0700) 3 commits + + xdiff-interface: hide the whole "xdiff_emit_state" business from + the caller + + Use strbuf for struct xdiff_emit_state's remainder + + Make xdi_diff_outf interface for running xdiff_outf diffs + +Gives measurable performance improvement to textual diff generation. For +improving "blame" performance, it might be more effective to hook directly +to lower level of xdiff machinery so that we do not even have to generate +patch only to discard after reading "@@ -l,k +m,n @@" lines, but that +would be a separate topic. + +* jc/add-stop-at-symlink (Mon Aug 4 00:52:37 2008 -0700) 2 commits + + add: refuse to add working tree items beyond symlinks + + update-index: refuse to add working tree items beyond symlinks + +Fix for a longstanding bug that allows "git add" and "git update-index" to +add a path "a/b" to the index when "a" is a symbolic link. We would need +a similar fix for the case where "a" is a submodule. + +* dp/hash-literally (Sun Aug 3 18:36:22 2008 +0400) 6 commits + + add --no-filters option to git hash-object + + add --path option to git hash-object + + use parse_options() in git hash-object + + correct usage help string for git-hash-object + + correct argument checking test for git hash-object + + teach index_fd to work with pipes + +Gives a bit more flexibility to hash-objects by allowing us to lie about +the path the contents comes from. + +* mv/merge-custom (Wed Aug 13 23:32:43 2008 +0200) 7 commits + + Update .gitignore to ignore git-help + + Builtin git-help. + + builtin-help: always load_command_list() in cmd_help() + + Add a second testcase for handling invalid strategies in git-merge + + Add a new test for using a custom merge strategy + + builtin-merge: allow using a custom strategy + + builtin-help: make some internal functions available to other + builtins + +* kh/diff-tree (Sun Aug 10 18:13:04 2008 +0200) 4 commits + + Add test for diff-tree --stdin with two trees + + Teach git diff-tree --stdin to diff trees + + diff-tree: Note that the commit ID is printed with --stdin + + Refactoring: Split up diff_tree_stdin + +* mg/count-objects (Fri Aug 15 00:20:20 2008 -0400) 1 commit + + count-objects: Add total pack size to verbose output + +This one is without the human readable bits. + +* mz/push-verbose (Sat Aug 16 19:58:32 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + Make push more verbose about illegal combination of options + +* jc/index-extended-flags (Sat Aug 16 23:02:08 2008 -0700) 1 commit + + index: future proof for "extended" index entries + +* cc/merge-base-many (Sun Jul 27 13:47:22 2008 -0700) 4 commits + + git-merge-octopus: use (merge-base A (merge B C D E...)) for + stepwise merge + + merge-base-many: add trivial tests based on the documentation + + documentation: merge-base: explain "git merge-base" with more than + 2 args + + merge-base: teach "git merge-base" to drive underlying + merge_bases_many() + +* rs/imap (Wed Jul 9 22:29:02 2008 +0100) 5 commits + + Documentation: Improve documentation for git-imap-send(1) + + imap-send.c: more style fixes + + imap-send.c: style fixes + + git-imap-send: Support SSL + + git-imap-send: Allow the program to be run from subdirectories of + a git tree + +Some people seem to prefer having this feature available also with gnutls. +Such an enhancement can be done in-tree on top of this series if they are +so inclined. + +* jc/add-addremove (Tue Jul 22 22:30:40 2008 -0700) 2 commits + + builtin-add.c: optimize -A option and "git add ." + + builtin-add.c: restructure the code for maintainability + +* jk/pager-swap (Tue Jul 22 03:14:12 2008 -0400) 2 commits + + spawn pager via run_command interface + + run-command: add pre-exec callback + +This changes the parent-child relationship between the pager and the git +process. We used to make pager the parent which meant that the exit +status from git is lost from the caller. + +* ph/enable-threaded (Mon Jul 21 11:23:43 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + Enable threaded delta search on *BSD and Linux. + +* am/cherry-pick-rerere (Sun Aug 10 17:18:55 2008 +0530) 1 commit + + Make cherry-pick use rerere for conflict resolution. + +* js/parallel-test (Mon Aug 18 12:25:40 2008 -0400) 4 commits + + Update t/.gitignore to ignore all trash directories + + Enable parallel tests + + tests: Clarify dependencies between tests, 'aggregate-results' and + 'clean' + + t9700: remove useless check + +* jc/test-deeper (Fri Aug 8 02:26:28 2008 -0700) 1 commit + + tests: use $TEST_DIRECTORY to refer to the t/ directory + +This does not actually move "t/test directory" any deeper, but fixes test +scripts that assume they run immediately below "t/" to use TEST_DIRECTORY +variable. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Actively Cooking] + +* sp/missing-thin-base (Tue Aug 12 11:31:06 2008 -0700) 1 commit + + pack-objects: Allow missing base objects when creating thin packs + +* tr/filter-branch (Tue Aug 12 10:45:59 2008 +0200) 3 commits + + filter-branch: use --simplify-merges + + filter-branch: fix ref rewriting with --subdirectory-filter + + filter-branch: Extend test to show rewriting bug + +Fixes a longstanding filter branch bug. + +* jc/post-simplify (Fri Aug 15 01:34:51 2008 -0700) 8 commits + - revision --simplify-merges: incremental simplification + - revision --simplify-merges: prepare for incremental simplification + - revision --simplify-merges: make it a no-op without pathspec + + revision --simplify-merges: do not leave commits unprocessed + + revision --simplify-merges: use decoration instead of commit->util + field + + Topo-sort before --simplify-merges + + revision traversal: show full history with merge simplification + + revision.c: whitespace fix + +"log --full-history" is with too much clutter, "log" itself is too cleverer +than some people, and here is the middle level of merge simplification. + +I started making this incremental but the progress is not so great. + +* tr/rev-list-docs (Tue Aug 12 01:55:37 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + Documentation: rev-list-options: move --simplify-merges + documentation + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[On Hold] + +* lt/time-reject-fractional-seconds (Sat Aug 16 21:25:40 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - date/time: do not get confused by fractional seconds + +Linus hints further enhancements as "the right way", so let's see if +somebody else steps up and tries it before merging this to 'next'. + +* jc/cc-ld-dynpath (Sat Aug 16 15:01:23 2008 +0200) 2 commits + - configure: auto detect dynamic library path switches + - Makefile: Allow CC_LD_DYNPATH to be overriden + +Needs success reports from people who do use user-defined dynamic library +path when they build their "git" before this series can go anywhere. + +* sb/daemon (Thu Aug 14 20:02:20 2008 +0200) 4 commits + - git-daemon: rewrite kindergarden, new option --max-connections + - git-daemon: Simplify dead-children reaping logic + - git-daemon: use LOG_PID, simplify logging code + - git-daemon: call logerror() instead of error() + +Can somebody who actually runs the daemon standalone comment on this one? + +* mv/merge-recursive (Tue Aug 12 22:14:00 2008 +0200) 3 commits + - Make builtin-revert.c use merge_recursive_generic() + - merge-recursive.c: Add more generic merge_recursive_generic() + - Split out merge_recursive() to merge-recursive.c + +I do not think builtlin-revert should use "recursive", but these patches +give a good starting point to separate the bulk of the "rename-aware +three-way merge" into library form. + +* sp/smart-http (Sun Aug 3 00:25:17 2008 -0700) 2 commits + - [do not merge -- original version] Add Git-aware CGI for Git-aware + smart HTTP transport + - Add backdoor options to receive-pack for use in Git-aware CGI + +The "magic" detection protocol was revised to use POST to info/refs; the +top one queued is from before that discussion. + +* cc/bisect (Fri Jul 25 05:36:37 2008 +0200) 2 commits + - bisect: only check merge bases when needed + - bisect: test merge base if good rev is not an ancestor of bad rev + +The first one alone does not pass its self-test but combined together they +seem to. It does not build confidence as the latter one is supposed to be +an optimization only. Resend of fixed-up series is needed. + +* sg/merge-options (Sun Apr 6 03:23:47 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + merge: remove deprecated summary and diffstat options and config + variables + +This was previously in "will be in master soon" category, but it turns out +that the synonyms to the ones this one deletes are fairly new invention +that happend in 1.5.6 timeframe, and we cannot do this just yet. Perhaps +in 1.7.0. + +* jc/dashless (Wed Jun 25 15:55:11 2008 -0700) 1 commit + - Make clients ask for "git program" over ssh and local transport + +This is the "botched" one. Will be resurrected during 1.7.0 or 1.8.0 +timeframe. + +* 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. -- 2.11.4.GIT