From 2f2e70cbc137a0db787b540d25a69ce507399fac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:04:36 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] What's cooking 2nd issue of Nov 2008 --- whats/cooking/2008/11/02.txt | 228 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 228 insertions(+) create mode 100644 whats/cooking/2008/11/02.txt diff --git a/whats/cooking/2008/11/02.txt b/whats/cooking/2008/11/02.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..23b86e1caf --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2008/11/02.txt @@ -0,0 +1,228 @@ +Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2008, #02; Wed, 05) +X-master-at: 6331adb9c4ec36c70dc3ecc6eb46b7dddb36952d +X-next-at: f3cb49705482a19c16f6c9f5b6dab6181cc656d2 + +What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2008, #02; Wed, 05) +-------------------------------------------------- + +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] + +* gb/gitweb-snapshot-pathinfo (Sun Nov 2 10:21:39 2008 +0100) 3 commits + - gitweb: embed snapshot format parameter in PATH_INFO + - gitweb: retrieve snapshot format from PATH_INFO + - gitweb: make the supported snapshot formats array global + +Waiting for re-Ack. + +* bc/maint-keep-pack (Mon Nov 3 14:43:22 2008 -0600) 3 commits + - pack-objects: honor '.keep' files + - packed_git: convert pack_local flag into a bitfield and add + pack_keep + - t7700: demonstrate mishandling of objects in packs with a .keep + file + +* st/tag (Wed Nov 5 00:20:36 2008 +0100) 2 commits + - tag: Add more tests about mixing incompatible modes and options + - tag: Check that options are only allowed in the appropriate mode + +Still needs fix not to update unchanged refs. + +* np/pack-safer (Wed Oct 29 19:02:52 2008 -0400) 9 commits + - pack-objects: don't leak pack window reference when splitting + packs + - extend test coverage for latest pack corruption resilience + improvements + - pack-objects: allow "fixing" a corrupted pack without a full + repack + - make find_pack_revindex() aware of the nasty world + - make check_object() resilient to pack corruptions + - make packed_object_info() resilient to pack corruptions + - make unpack_object_header() non fatal + - better validation on delta base object offsets + - close another possibility for propagating pack corruption + +* mv/remote-rename (Mon Nov 3 19:26:18 2008 +0100) 1 commit + . Implement git remote rename + +* lt/decorate (Mon Nov 3 11:25:46 2008 -0800) 4 commits + + revision traversal: '--simplify-by-decoration' + + Make '--decorate' set an explicit 'show_decorations' flag + + revision: make tree comparison functions take commits rather than + trees + + Add a 'source' decorator for commits + +* cb/maint-update-ref-fix (Wed Nov 5 21:55:54 2008 +0100) 2 commits + + push: fix local refs update if already up-to-date + + do not force write of packed refs + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Graduated to "master"] + +* mv/maint-branch-m-symref (Sat Nov 1 00:25:44 2008 +0100) 5 commits + + update-ref --no-deref -d: handle the case when the pointed ref is + packed + + git branch -m: forbid renaming of a symref + + Fix git update-ref --no-deref -d. + + rename_ref(): handle the case when the reflog of a ref does not + exist + + Fix git branch -m for symrefs. + +Will merge down to 'maint' in the next round. + +* ar/maint-mksnpath (Mon Oct 27 11:22:09 2008 +0100) 7 commits + + Use git_pathdup instead of xstrdup(git_path(...)) + + git_pathdup: returns xstrdup-ed copy of the formatted path + + Fix potentially dangerous use of git_path in ref.c + + Add git_snpath: a .git path formatting routine with output buffer + + Fix potentially dangerous uses of mkpath and git_path + + Fix mkpath abuse in dwim_ref and dwim_log of sha1_name.c + + Add mksnpath which allows you to specify the output buffer + +Will merge down to 'maint' in the next round. + +* cj/maint-gitpm-fix-maybe-self (Sat Oct 18 20:25:12 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + Git.pm: do not break inheritance + +Will merge down to 'maint' in the next round. + +* gb/gitweb-pathinfo (Tue Oct 21 21:34:54 2008 +0200) 5 commits + + gitweb: generate parent..current URLs + + gitweb: parse parent..current syntax from PATH_INFO + + gitweb: use_pathinfo filenames start with / + + gitweb: generate project/action/hash URLs + + gitweb: parse project/action/hash_base:filename PATH_INFO + +Seventh iteration. + +* ag/blame-encoding (Wed Oct 22 00:55:57 2008 +0400) 1 commit + + builtin-blame: Reencode commit messages according to git-log + rules. + +* mv/parseopt-checkout-index (Sat Oct 18 03:17:23 2008 +0200) 1 commit + + parse-opt: migrate builtin-checkout-index. + +* sh/rebase-i-p (Wed Oct 22 11:59:30 2008 -0700) 9 commits + + git-rebase--interactive.sh: comparision with == is bashism + + rebase-i-p: minimum fix to obvious issues + + 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. + +* np/index-pack (Thu Oct 23 15:05:59 2008 -0400) 5 commits + + index-pack: don't leak leaf delta result + + improve index-pack tests + + fix multiple issues in index-pack + + index-pack: smarter memory usage during delta resolution + + index-pack: rationalize delta resolution code + +The buglets that caused people on 'next' some surprises are quickly +killed. Thanks. + +* jc/gitweb-fix-cloud-tag (Tue Oct 14 21:27:12 2008 -0700) 1 commit + + Fix reading of cloud tags + +Got tired of waiting for an Ack. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Actively Cooking] + +* rs/blame (Sat Oct 25 15:31:36 2008 +0200) 5 commits + + blame: use xdi_diff_hunks(), get rid of struct patch + + add xdi_diff_hunks() for callers that only need hunk lengths + + Allow alternate "low-level" emit function from xdl_diff + + Always initialize xpparam_t to 0 + + blame: inline get_patch() + +* ds/uintmax-config (Mon Nov 3 09:14:28 2008 -0900) 4 commits + . [WaitForResponse] Add autoconf tests for pthreads + + Make Pthread link flags configurable + + Add Makefile check for FreeBSD 4.9-SECURITY + + Build: add NO_UINTMAX_T to support ancient systems + +The topmost one unconditionally enables threaded delta search on any +platform on which Pthread library is detected to be available, which +may not be what we want. + +* ds/autoconf (Sun Oct 26 03:52:19 2008 -0800) 1 commit + + autoconf: Add link tests to each AC_CHECK_FUNC() test + +Attempts to help FreeBSD whose compiler does not error out when told to +compile a program that calls unavailable functions. + +* jk/diff-convfilter (Sun Oct 26 00:50:02 2008 -0400) 8 commits + + enable textconv for diff in verbose status/commit + + wt-status: load diff ui config + + only textconv regular files + + userdiff: require explicitly allowing textconv + + refactor userdiff textconv code + + add userdiff textconv tests + + document the diff driver textconv feature + + diff: add missing static declaration + +* jk/diff-convfilter-test-fix (Fri Oct 31 01:09:13 2008 -0400) 1 commit + + Avoid using non-portable `echo -n` in tests. + +An update to the one above. + +* 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 + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[Stalled] + +* 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 + +Needs review. + +* 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/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. + +* 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.