ab/* topics (was: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2022, #08; Mon, 27))

["Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 27 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> * ab/squelch-empty-fsync-traces (2022-06-23) 1 commit
>  - trace2: don't include "fsync" events in all trace2 logs
>
>  Omit fsync-related trace2 entries when their values are all zero.
>
>  Expecting a reroll.
>  cf. <xmqqh74byy19.fsf@gitster.g>
>  source: <patch-1.1-df87e515efd-20220623T154943Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Will re-roll.

> * ab/test-quoting-fix (2022-06-21) 3 commits
>  - config tests: fix harmless but broken "rm -r" cleanup
>  - test-lib.sh: fix prepend_var() quoting issue
>  - tests: add missing double quotes to included library paths
>
>  Fixes for tests when the source directory has unusual characters in
>  its path, e.g. whitespaces, double-quotes, etc.
>
>  Expecting a reroll.
>  source: <cover-0.3-00000000000-20220621T221928Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Ditto.

> * ab/submodule-cleanup (2022-06-15) 12 commits
>  - git-sh-setup.sh: remove "say" function, change last users
>  - git-submodule.sh: use "$quiet", not "$GIT_QUIET"
>  - submodule--helper: eliminate internal "--update" option
>  - submodule--helper: understand --checkout, --merge and --rebase synonyms
>  - submodule--helper: report "submodule" as our name in "-h" output
>  - submodule--helper: rename "absorb-git-dirs" to "absorbgitdirs"
>  - submodule update: remove "-v" option
>  - submodule--helper: have --require-init imply --init
>  - git-submodule.sh: remove unused top-level "--branch" argument
>  - git-submodule.sh: make "$cached" variable a boolean
>  - git-submodule.sh: remove unused $prefix var and --super-prefix
>  - git-submodule.sh: remove unused sanitize_submodule_env()
>
>  Further preparation to turn git-submodule.sh into a builtin.
>
>  Will merge to 'next'?
>  source: <cover-v2-00.12-00000000000-20220613T220150Z-avarab@gmail.com>

I have a locally queued re-roll of this addressing Glen's comments. I
don't think there's anything broken in this as-is, but hopefully
clarifying the --super-prefix situation a bit more will help.

> * ab/test-without-templates (2022-06-06) 7 commits
>  - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/sparse-checkout
>  - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/exclude
>  - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/refs
>  - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/attributes
>  - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/grafts
>  - tests: don't depend on template-created .git/branches
>  - t0008: don't rely on default ".git/info/exclude"
>
>  Tweak tests so that they still work when the "git init" template
>  did not create .git/info directory.
>
>  Will merge to 'next'?
>  source: <cover-v2-0.7-00000000000-20220603T110506Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Discussed in
https://lore.kernel.org/git/220627.86zghygdtd.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com/;
I think it's ready, but you've got some reservations.