What's cooking (2013/05 #07)

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-What's cooking in git.git (May 2013, #06; Tue, 21)
+What's cooking in git.git (May 2013, #07; Fri, 24)
 --------------------------------------------------
 
 Here are the topics that have been cooking.  Commits prefixed with
 '-' are only in 'pu' (proposed updates) while commits prefixed with
 '+' are in 'next'.
 
-The final version of 1.8.3 is expected to be tagged late this week.
+There are topics that are still in 'next', not because they needed
+more testing, but only because we already were in the -rc period.
+Now that 1.8.3 is out, we will start merging them to 'master' (and
+some to 'maint' for 1.8.3.1) in the middle of the next week, after
+waiting for a few days to make sure we can have a clean start of the
+post 1.8.3 maint branch (with brown paper bag fixes and nothing
+else).
 
-I have kept many late topics outside 'next' during the -rc period
-primarily because the original plan was to keep the -rc period short
-for this cycle, and because rebuilding 'next' after the release will
-make it a lot more cumbersome to maintain the "What's cooking"
-report if we have many topics on 'next' already.  But we ended up
-having to do an extra -rc3 so I merged a bunch of topics including
-the late ones to 'next' with this pushout.
+The post 1.8.3 cycle will start early next month, at which time the
+'next' branch will be rewound and rebuilt.  Until then, I expect
+that my patch queue may stay leaky while I take a bit of break.
 
 You can find the changes described here in the integration branches
 of the repositories listed at
@@ -29,30 +31,67 @@ of the repositories listed at
 --------------------------------------------------
 [New Topics]
 
-* dm/unbash-subtree (2013-05-21) 1 commit
- - contrib/git-subtree: Use /bin/sh interpreter instead of /bin/bash
+* mh/reflife (2013-05-22) 17 commits
+ - refs: document the lifetime of the refname passed to each_ref_fn
+ - object_array_entry: copy name before storing in name field
+ - find_first_merges(): remove unnecessary code
+ - find_first_merges(): initialize merges variable using initializer
+ - fsck: don't put a void*-shaped peg in a char*-shaped hole
+ - object_array_remove_duplicates(): rewrite to reduce copying
+ - object_array: add function object_array_filter()
+ - get_revision_internal(): make check less mysterious
+ - gc_boundary(): move the check "alloc <= nr" to caller
+ - revision: split some overly-long lines
+ - cmd_diff(): make it obvious which cases are exclusive of each other
+ - cmd_diff(): rename local variable "list" -> "entry"
+ - cmd_diff(): use an object_array for holding trees
+ - builtin_diff_tree(): make it obvious that function wants two entries
+ - add_rev_cmdline(): make a copy of the name argument
+ - fetch: make own copies of refnames
+ - describe: make own copy of refname
+
+ Define memory ownership and lifetime rules for what for-each-ref
+ feeds to its callbacks (in short, "you do not own it, so make a
+ copy if you want to keep it").
+
+ Some parts are still RFC.
 
 
-* fc/transport-helper-no-refspec (2013-05-21) 2 commits
- - transport-helper: check if the dry-run is supported
- - transport-helper: barf when user tries old:new
+* th/bisect-skip-report-range-fix (2013-05-22) 1 commit
+ - bisect: Fix log output for multi-parent skip ranges
+
+ Fix for an additional bisect log comments.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
 
 
-* rr/die-on-missing-upstream (2013-05-21) 2 commits
- - sha1_name: fix error message for @{<N>}, @{<date>}
- - sha1_name: fix error message for @{u}
+* mm/mediawiki-https-fail-message (2013-05-23) 1 commit
+ - git-remote-mediawiki: better error message when HTTP(S) access fails
 
- When a reflog notation is used for implicit "current branch", we
- did not say which branch and worse said "branch ''".
+ Hint users when https:// connection failed to check the
+ certificate; it is a good hint if we assumie that it is common
+ error for the end users to make.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
 
 
-* jc/show-branch (2013-05-21) 5 commits
- - show-branch: use commit slab to represent bitflags of arbitrary width
- - show-branch.c: remove "all_mask"
- - show-branch.c: abstract out "flags" operation
- - show-branch.c: lift all_mask/all_revs to a global static
- - show-branch.c: update comment style
- (this branch uses jk/commit-info-slab.)
+* tg/maint-zsh-svn-remote-prompt (2013-05-22) 1 commit
+ - prompt: fix show upstream with svn and zsh
+
+ zsh prompt script that borrowed from bash prompt script did not
+ work due to slight differences in array variable notation between
+ these two shells.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
+
+* tr/push-no-verify-doc (2013-05-23) 1 commit
+ - Document push --no-verify
+
+ "git push --[no-]verify" was not documented.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
 
 --------------------------------------------------
 [Stalled]
@@ -116,6 +155,49 @@ of the repositories listed at
 --------------------------------------------------
 [Cooking]
 
+* dm/unbash-subtree (2013-05-21) 1 commit
+ - contrib/git-subtree: Use /bin/sh interpreter instead of /bin/bash
+
+ It turns out that git-subtree script does not have to be run with
+ bash.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
+
+* fc/transport-helper-no-refspec (2013-05-21) 2 commits
+ - transport-helper: check if the dry-run is supported
+ - transport-helper: barf when user tries old:new
+
+ With "export" remote-helper protocol, (1) a push that tries to
+ update a remote ref whose name is different from the pushing side
+ does not work yet, and (2) the helper may not know how to do
+ --dry-run, so detect such problematic cases and disable them for
+ now.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
+
+* rr/die-on-missing-upstream (2013-05-22) 2 commits
+ - sha1_name: fix error message for @{<N>}, @{<date>}
+ - sha1_name: fix error message for @{u}
+
+ When a reflog notation is used for implicit "current branch", we
+ did not say which branch and worse said "branch ''".
+
+ Waiting for series of rerolls to settle.
+
+
+* jc/show-branch (2013-05-21) 5 commits
+ - show-branch: use commit slab to represent bitflags of arbitrary width
+ - show-branch.c: remove "all_mask"
+ - show-branch.c: abstract out "flags" operation
+ - show-branch.c: lift all_mask/all_revs to a global static
+ - show-branch.c: update comment style
+ (this branch uses jk/commit-info-slab.)
+
+ Waiting for the final step to lift the hard-limit before sending it out.
+
+
 * fc/remote-bzr (2013-05-16) 6 commits
  - remote-bzr: trivial cleanups
  - remote-bzr: change global repo
@@ -127,8 +209,10 @@ of the repositories listed at
  The ones near the tip conflicted with the hotfix for 1.8.3 so I
  discarded them for now.
 
+ Expecting a reroll on top of 1.8.3
 
-* jx/clean-interactive (2013-05-20) 15 commits
+
+* jx/clean-interactive (2013-05-22) 15 commits
  - test: add t7301 for git-clean--interactive
  - git-clean: add documentation for interactive git-clean
  - git-clean: add ask each interactive action
@@ -145,6 +229,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  - path.c: refactor relative_path(), not only strip prefix
  - test: add test cases for relative_path
 
+ Still under discussion, e.g. $gmane/225139.
+
 
 * tr/test-v-and-v-subtest-only (2013-05-16) 6 commits
  - test-lib: support running tests under valgrind in parallel
@@ -164,26 +250,36 @@ of the repositories listed at
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at f76baf3)
  + Documentation/merge-options.txt: restore `-e` option
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * rr/zsh-color-prompt (2013-05-17) 3 commits
  - prompt: colorize ZSH prompt
  - prompt: factor out gitstring coloring logic
  - prompt: introduce GIT_PS1_STATESEPARATOR
 
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
 
 * an/diff-index-doc (2013-05-20) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 6e1459b)
  + Documentation/diff-index: mention two modes of operation
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * fc/contrib-related (2013-05-20) 1 commit
  - Add new git-related helper to contrib
 
+ Waiting the design review for this earliest part to settle.
+
 
 * mc/describe-first-parent (2013-05-20) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 2e02ffc)
  + describe: Add --first-parent option
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * rs/tar-tests (2013-05-20) 6 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at aed12a7)
@@ -194,6 +290,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  + t5000, t5003: create directories for extracted files lazily
  + t5000: integrate export-subst tests into regular tests
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * da/darwin (2013-05-21) 4 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 0497edb)
@@ -205,6 +303,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Newer MacOS X encourages the programs to compile and link with
  their CommonCrypto, not with OpenSSL.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * fc/macos-x-clipped-write (2013-05-17) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 510b0dd)
@@ -213,6 +313,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Mac OS X does not like to write(2) more than INT_MAX number of
  bytes.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * fc/remote-hg (2013-05-21) 41 commits
  - remote-hg: remove files before modifications
@@ -260,6 +362,9 @@ of the repositories listed at
  The remainder are to be rerolled on top of the bottom-two, so I
  flipped the order of the series.
 
+ Will merge the bottom two to 'next'.
+ Leaving the remainder up to Felipe to reroll or advance to 'next'.
+
 
 * hv/config-from-blob (2013-05-12) 5 commits
  - do not die when error in config parsing of buf occurs
@@ -268,6 +373,9 @@ of the repositories listed at
  - config: drop cf validity check in get_next_char()
  - config: factor out config file stack management
 
+ Will see a resubmit.
+ $gmane/223964
+
 
 * jc/t5551-posix-sed-bre (2013-05-12) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at d597ca1)
@@ -275,6 +383,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
 
  POSIX fix for a test script.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * jk/fetch-always-update-tracking (2013-05-12) 4 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at f7e4b16)
@@ -291,6 +401,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  chance, and we have been updating them when we run "git push" which
  already breaks the original "predictability" anyway.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * nd/clone-connectivity-shortcut (2013-05-11) 4 commits
  - clone: open a shortcut for connectivity check
@@ -298,6 +410,9 @@ of the repositories listed at
  - fetch-pack: prepare updated shallow file before fetching the pack
  - clone: let the user know when check_everything_connected is run
 
+ Needs some minor fixups.
+ $gmane/223584
+
 
 * rr/rebase-autostash (2013-05-12) 7 commits
  - rebase: implement --[no-]autostash and rebase.autostash
@@ -308,6 +423,11 @@ of the repositories listed at
  - rebase -i: don't error out if $state_dir already exists
  - am: tighten a conditional that checks for $dotest
 
+ This is from v3 with some "Fixed" message in $gmane/224111 without
+ a reroll yet.  Also there was an attempt to follow-up, but it was
+ never completed.
+ $gmane/224125
+
 
 * kb/ancestry-path-threedots (2013-05-16) 2 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 5d75bd3)
@@ -319,6 +439,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  not pay attention to the fact that the merge base between A and B
  was the bottom of the range being specified.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * kb/full-history-compute-treesame-carefully-2 (2013-05-16) 15 commits
  - revision.c: make default history consider bottom commits
@@ -343,6 +465,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
 
  Will not be a 1.8.3 material, but is an important topic.
 
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
 
 * jc/strbuf-branchname-fix (2013-05-16) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 5db8872)
@@ -352,6 +476,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  incorrectly when your previous branch was "frotz" (it should be
  rewritten to "git merge frotz~22" instead).
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * mk/combine-diff-context-horizon-fix (2013-05-15) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at f462c02)
@@ -360,6 +486,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  "git diff -c -p" was not showing a deleted line from a hunk when
  another hunk immediately begins where the earlier one ends.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * mm/color-auto-default (2013-05-15) 2 commits
  - make color.ui default to 'auto'
@@ -371,6 +499,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  expedite it, as this change is not all that important to deserve a
  major version bump.
 
+ I'd vote for merging this without waiting for 2.0.
+
 
 * tr/coverage (2013-05-13) 4 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 8480007)
@@ -382,6 +512,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Update the test coverage support that was left to bitrot for some
  time.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * mg/more-textconv (2013-05-10) 7 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 701cdb7)
@@ -396,6 +528,9 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Make "git grep" and "git show" pay attention to --textconv when
  dealing with blob objects.
 
+ I thought this was pretty well designed and executed, but it seems
+ there are some doubts on the list.
+
 
 * jh/shorten-refname (2013-05-07) 4 commits
  - t1514: refname shortening is done after dereferencing symbolic refs
@@ -409,6 +544,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  ref that points at remotes/origin/something, then it should show
  "origin/something" and it already does).
 
+ Expecting a reroll, as an early part of a larger series.
+
 
 * nd/clone-local-with-colon (2013-05-07) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 3e293bd)
@@ -418,6 +555,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  over git-over-ssh specified in the scp style.  Detect this case and
  clone from a local repository at "foo/bar:baz".
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * nd/warn-ambiguous-object-name (2013-05-07) 1 commit
  - get_sha1: improve ambiguity warning regarding SHA-1 and ref names
@@ -438,6 +577,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  + completion: synchronize zsh wrapper
  + completion: cleanup zsh wrapper
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * rs/empty-archive (2013-05-09) 2 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 3e9e288)
@@ -446,6 +587,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
 
  Fixes tests added in 1.8.2 era that are broken on BSDs.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * vv/help-unknown-ref (2013-05-08) 2 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 77a2941)
@@ -456,6 +599,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  and give an error message that is more specific than "foo is not
  something we can merge".
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * fc/fast-export-persistent-marks (2013-05-07) 3 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at 10b8214)
@@ -467,6 +612,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  arbitrary object name and parsing object when only presence and
  type information is necessary, etc.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * jc/core-checkstat-2.0 (2013-05-06) 2 commits
  - core.statinfo: remove as promised in Git 2.0
@@ -474,6 +621,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
 
  The bottom one is a fix for a breakage of a new feature in 1.8.2.
 
+ Will merge to 'next' (the bottom one only).
+
 
 * jk/packed-refs-race (2013-05-06) 4 commits
  - for_each_ref: load all loose refs before packed refs
@@ -481,6 +630,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  - add a stat_validity struct
  - resolve_ref: close race condition for packed refs
 
+ What is the status of this thing?
+
 
 * fc/at-head (2013-05-08) 13 commits
  - sha1_name: compare variable with constant, not constant with variable
@@ -500,6 +651,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Instead of typing four capital letters "HEAD", you can say "@"
  instead.
 
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+
 
 * jk/lookup-object-prefer-latest (2013-05-02) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-06 at cc59dcc)
@@ -508,6 +661,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Optimizes object lookup when the object hashtable starts to become
  crowded.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * jk/subtree-do-not-push-if-split-fails (2013-05-01) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-06 at 81bdf37)
@@ -516,6 +671,8 @@ of the repositories listed at
  "git subtree" (in contrib/) had one codepath with loose error
  checks to lose data at the remote side.
 
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
 
 * fc/completion (2013-04-27) 9 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-05-21 at aba6ef1)
@@ -529,8 +686,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  + completion: document tilde expansion failure in tests
  + completion: add file completion tests
 
- I think this is ready for 'next'; not that it matters during the
- prerelease feature freeze.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * jk/test-output (2013-05-06) 3 commits
@@ -544,7 +700,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  inconsistently between the test framework and t/Makefile, and logic
  to summarize the results looked at a wrong place.
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * rj/sparse (2013-04-28) 10 commits
@@ -560,30 +716,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  + compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.c: Fix a sparse error
  + compat/regex/regexec.c: Fix some sparse warnings
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
-
-
-* js/transport-helper-error-reporting-fix (2013-04-28) 13 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-29 at 8cc4bb8)
- + git-remote-testgit: build it to run under $SHELL_PATH
- + git-remote-testgit: further remove some bashisms
- + git-remote-testgit: avoid process substitution
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-25 at 3358f1a)
- + t5801: "VAR=VAL shell_func args" is forbidden
-  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-22 at 5ba6467)
- + transport-helper: update remote helper namespace
- + transport-helper: trivial code shuffle
- + transport-helper: warn when refspec is not used
- + transport-helper: clarify pushing without refspecs
- + transport-helper: update refspec documentation
- + transport-helper: clarify *:* refspec
- + transport-helper: improve push messages
- + transport-helper: mention helper name when it dies
- + transport-helper: report errors properly
- (this branch is tangled with fc/transport-helper-error-reporting.)
-
- Finishing touches to fc/transport-helper-error-reporting topic.
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * mh/fetch-into-shallow (2013-05-02) 2 commits
@@ -592,7 +725,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-29 at a167d3e)
  + upload-pack: ignore 'shallow' lines with unknown obj-ids
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * jh/checkout-auto-tracking (2013-04-21) 8 commits
@@ -612,7 +745,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  remote "origin" may be what uniquely map its own branch to
  remotes/some/where/foo but that some/where may not be "origin".
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * jc/prune-all (2013-04-25) 4 commits
@@ -630,7 +763,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Update "git gc" and "git reflog" with a new parsing function for
  expiry dates.
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * as/check-ignore (2013-04-29) 6 commits
@@ -646,7 +779,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Enhance "check-ignore" (1.8.2 update) to work more like "check-attr"
  over bidi-pipes.
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * mh/packed-refs-various (2013-05-01) 33 commits
@@ -689,7 +822,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Updates reading and updating packed-refs file, correcting corner
  case bugs.
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * fc/transport-helper-error-reporting (2013-05-10) 12 commits
@@ -713,7 +846,31 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Update transport helper to report errors and maintain ref hierarchy
  used to keep track of remote helper state better.
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+
+
+* js/transport-helper-error-reporting-fix (2013-04-28) 13 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-29 at 8cc4bb8)
+ + git-remote-testgit: build it to run under $SHELL_PATH
+ + git-remote-testgit: further remove some bashisms
+ + git-remote-testgit: avoid process substitution
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-25 at 3358f1a)
+ + t5801: "VAR=VAL shell_func args" is forbidden
+  (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-22 at 5ba6467)
+ + transport-helper: update remote helper namespace
+ + transport-helper: trivial code shuffle
+ + transport-helper: warn when refspec is not used
+ + transport-helper: clarify pushing without refspecs
+ + transport-helper: update refspec documentation
+ + transport-helper: clarify *:* refspec
+ + transport-helper: improve push messages
+ + transport-helper: mention helper name when it dies
+ + transport-helper: report errors properly
+ (this branch is tangled with fc/transport-helper-error-reporting.)
+
+ Finishing touches to fc/transport-helper-error-reporting topic.
+
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * jk/submodule-subdirectory-ok (2013-04-24) 3 commits
@@ -726,7 +883,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  Allow various subcommands of "git submodule" to be run not from the
  top of the working tree of the superproject.
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ What's the status of this one?
 
 
 * jl/submodule-mv (2013-04-23) 5 commits
@@ -742,7 +899,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  inclusing relocating its working tree and adjusting the paths in
  the .gitmodules file.
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ What's the status of this one?
 
 
 * jn/add-2.0-u-A-sans-pathspec (2013-04-26) 1 commit
@@ -804,8 +961,6 @@ of the repositories listed at
  as/check-ignore and tr/line-log; I've already asked Duy to hold
  this and later rebase on top of them.
 
- Will defer.
-
 
 * tr/line-log (2013-04-22) 13 commits
   (merged to 'next' on 2013-04-22 at 8f2c1de)
@@ -827,7 +982,7 @@ of the repositories listed at
  + Export rewrite_parents() for 'log -L'
  + Refactor parse_loc
 
- Will cook in 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
 
 
 * jc/push-2.0-default-to-simple (2013-04-03) 1 commit