What's cooking

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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2009, #04; Sun, 15)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2009, #04; Sun, 15)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+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.
+
+The master branch will be tagged as 1.6.2-rc1 by the end of the long
+weekend.
+
+Traditionally, rc freeze, especially post -rc1, meant that I stop paying
+attention to whatever topic that did not graduate to 'master', and not
+queuing further updates to 'next' to encourage people to concentrate on
+'master' bugfixes by discouraging them from tinkering the topics that
+won't be in the next release.
+
+I do not think that approach has worked well in practice, so let's try
+something slightly different.
+
+I'll try to leave 'next' open during this freeze, but the new topics and
+topics that hasn't cooked to maturity by -rc1 will not be in 1.6.2 (that
+is what a freeze means).
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[New Topics]
+
+* jw/imap-preformatted-html (Thu Feb 12 08:58:12 2009 -0600) 1 commit
+ - imap.preformattedHTML to tell Thunderbird to send non-flowed text
+
+The patch text should be identical to Jeremy's "Virtual Patch", except
+that the configuration variable was renamed per list discussion.
+
+* 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
+
+* fc/config-editor (Sat Feb 7 23:53:00 2009 +0200) 1 commit
+ - config: Add new option to open an editor.
+
+* dm/add-i-edit-abort (Thu Feb 12 00:19:41 2009 -0500) 1 commit
+ - add -i: revisit hunk on editor failure
+
+* tp/completion (Wed Feb 11 13:03:26 2009 -0500) 4 commits
+ - 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 (Fri Feb 13 04:40:18 2009 -0500) 1 commit
+ - builtin-branch: improve output when displaying remote branches
+
+* js/send-email (Sat Feb 14 23:32:15 2009 -0500) 3 commits
+ - 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
+
+* 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
+
+All of the above are probably ready for 'next'.
+
+* js/remote-set-head (Sat Feb 14 05:30:30 2009 -0500) 5 commits
+ - builtin-remote: better handling of multiple remote HEADs
+ - builtin-remote: add set-head subcommand
+ - builtin-remote: teach show to display remote HEAD
+ - builtin-remote: move duplicated cleanup code its own function
+ - builtin-clone: move locate_head() to remote.c so it can be re-used
+
+* jk/head-lookup (Sun Feb 15 01:18:18 2009 -0500) 5 commits
+ - remote: use exact HEAD lookup if it is available
+ - remote: refactor guess_remote_head
+ - refactor find_refs_by_name to accept const list
+ - add basic http clone/fetch tests
+ - test scripts: refactor start_httpd helper
+
+Builds on top of Jay Soffian's js/remote-set-head topic.
+
+* sg/rerere-cleanup (Sat Feb 14 23:21:04 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ - rerere: remove duplicated functions
+
+* ns/stash-keep (Thu Feb 12 06:25:14 2009 +0900) 1 commit
+ - stash: --keep option just saves
+
+* jc/deny-delete-current-1.7.0 (Mon Feb 9 00:19:46 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ - receive-pack: default receive.denyDeleteCurrent to refuse
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[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/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.
+
+Recent tig discussion may blow new life into it.  Let's see.
+
+* 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.  
+I'd like to keep this out of 1.6.2.
+
+* 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.
+
+* jc/fsck (Fri Jan 30 02:33:47 2009 -0800) 4 commits
+ - fsck: three levels of validation
+ - verify-pack: add --quick
+ - verify_pack(): allow a quicker verification for a pack with
+   version 2 idx
+ - pack-check.c: minor formatting fix to match coding style
+
+J6t has a good point that if this had any value then medium level should
+replace the default.  I am tempted to actually dropping this as a failed
+experiment.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Reverted]
+
+* mh/unify-color (Fri Jan 23 01:25:23 2009 -0800) 3 commits
+ ? Revert previous two commits
+ ? move the color variables to color.c
+ ? handle color.ui at a central place
+
+This broke git-format-patch badly.
+
+* js/rebase-error-a-bit-more-verbose (Sun Feb 8 21:22:18 2009 -0800) 2 commits
+ ? Revert "rebase: explain why when the HEAD could not be detached"
+ ? rebase: explain why when the HEAD could not be detached
+
+This turned out to be unnecessary.
+
+* rs/maint-1.6.0-windows-ceiling (Sat Feb 7 12:40:40 2009 -0800) 2 commits
+ ? Revert "fix t1504 on Windows"
+ ? fix t1504 on Windows
+
+I'm giving a fresh start to J6t's series which contains this.
+
+* lh/reverted-submodule-tree-traversal (Sun Jan 25 18:39:55 2009 -0800) 4 commits
+ ? Revert round #1 of the series
+ ? builtin-ls-tree: enable traversal of submodules
+ ? archive.c: enable traversal of submodules
+ ? tree.c: add support for traversal of submodules
+
+I'm giving a fresh start to Lars's second iteration.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Actively cooking]
+
+* kb/checkout-optim (Mon Feb 9 21:54:53 2009 +0100) 9 commits
+ - 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
+
+Should be ready for 'next'.
+
+* 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
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated to "master"]
+
+* jn/gitweb-committag (Fri Feb 6 10:12:41 2009 +0100) 1 commit
+ + gitweb: Better regexp for SHA-1 committag match
+
+* js/maint-1.6.0-path-normalize (Sat Feb 7 16:08:31 2009 +0100) 5 commits
+ + Remove unused normalize_absolute_path()
+ + Test and fix normalize_path_copy()
+ + Fix GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES on Windows
+ + Move sanitary_path_copy() to path.c and rename it to
+   normalize_path_copy()
+ + Make test-path-utils more robust against incorrect use
+
+Replaces one from René that was queued earlier.
+
+* js/git-submodule-trailing-slash (Sat Feb 7 14:43:15 2009 +0100) 2 commits
+ + submodule: warn about non-submodules
+ + Let ls-files strip trailing slashes in submodules' paths
+
+* ms/mailmap (Thu Feb 8 15:34:31 2009 +0100) 5 commits
+ + Move mailmap documentation into separate file
+ + Change current mailmap usage to do matching on both name and email
+   of author/committer.
+ + Add map_user() and clear_mailmap() to mailmap
+ + Add find_insert_index, insert_at_index and clear_func functions to
+   string_list
+ + Add log.mailmap as configurational option for mailmap location
+
+* ff/submodule-no-fetch (Thu Feb 5 20:18:32 2009 -0200) 1 commit
+ + submodule: add --no-fetch parameter to update command
+
+* mc/setup-cd-p (Fri Feb 6 19:24:28 2009 -0800) 1 commit
+ + git-sh-setup: Use "cd" option, not /bin/pwd, for symlinked work
+   tree
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+[On Hold]
+
+* 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
+
+This is for 1.7.0.
+
+* 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 is only meant as a weatherballoon to help facilitate discussion.
+
+* 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.  I do not need it in 1.6.2
+
+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.
+
+* 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