Not yet 1.7.7-rc1 but...

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

... here is an updated preview of the "New Topics" section of the next
issue of "What's cooking". People sent in fixes to bugs several topics
that are new in 1.7.7-rc0 have introduced, and while they are still on
the "pu" (proposed updates) branch for tonight, they should and will be
fast tracked to 1.7.7-rc1.

Thanks.

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[New Topics]

* mg/maint-notes-C-doc (2011-08-25) 1 commit
 - git-notes.txt: clarify -C vs. copy and -F

Will merge to "master".

* jc/clean-exclude-doc (2011-08-28) 1 commit
 - Documentation: clarify "git clean -e <pattern>"

Will merge to "master".

* mh/check-ref-format-print-normalize (2011-08-27) 2 commits
 - Forbid DEL characters in reference names
 - check-ref-format --print: Normalize refnames that start with slashes

Will merge to "master".

* bk/ancestry-path (2011-08-25) 3 commits
 - revision: do not include sibling history in --ancestry-path output
 - revision: keep track of the end-user input from the command line
 - rev-list: Demonstrate breakage with --ancestry-path --all

The topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.
Will cook for a while.

* mg/branch-list (2011-08-28) 5 commits
 - branch: allow pattern arguments
 - branch: introduce --list option
 - git-branch: introduce missing long forms for the options
 - git-tag: introduce long forms for the options
 - t6040: test branch -vv

The topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.

* mm/rebase-i-exec-edit (2011-08-26) 2 commits
 - rebase -i: notice and warn if "exec $cmd" modifies the index or the working tree
 - rebase -i: clean error message for --continue after failed exec

The topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.

* jk/default-attr (2011-08-26) 1 commit
 - attr: map builtin userdiff drivers to well-known extensions

I fixed up the test breakage just for fun, but this is not urgent.

* hv/submodule-merge-search (2011-08-26) 4 commits
 - submodule: Search for merges only at end of recursive merge
 - allow multiple calls to submodule merge search for the same path
 - submodule: Demonstrate known breakage during recursive merge
 - push: Don't push a repository with unpushed submodules
 (this branch uses fg/submodule-ff-check-before-push.)

The topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.
The bottom one needs to be replaced with a properly written commit log message.

* mm/mediawiki-as-a-remote (2011-08-26) 1 commit
 - Add a remote helper to interact with mediawiki (fetch & push)

Fun.

* nd/maint-autofix-tag-in-head (2011-08-26) 3 commits
 - Accept tags in HEAD or MERGE_HEAD
 - merge: remove global variable head[]
 - merge: keep stash[] a local variable

Probably needs a re-roll to aim a bit higher.

* bc/unstash-clean-crufts (2011-08-27) 4 commits
 - git-stash: remove untracked/ignored directories when stashed
 - t/t3905: add missing '&&' linkage
 - git-stash.sh: fix typo in error message
 - t/t3905: use the name 'actual' for test output, swap arguments to test_cmp

* bg/t5540-osx-grep (2011-08-28) 1 commit
 - t5540-http-test: shorten grep pattern

Will merge to "master".

* cb/maint-ls-files-error-report (2011-08-28) 1 commit
 - t3005: do not assume a particular order of stdout and stderr of git-ls-files

Will merge to "master".

* da/make-auto-header-dependencies (2011-08-27) 1 commit
 - Makefile: Improve compiler header dependency check
 (this branch uses fk/make-auto-header-dependencies.)

* ms/daemon-timeout-is-in-seconds (2011-08-28) 1 commit
 - git-daemon.txt: specify --timeout in seconds

Will merge to "master".

* bc/bisect-test-use-shell-path (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - t6030: use $SHELL_PATH to invoke user's preferred shell instead of bare sh

Will merge to "master".

* gb/am-hg-patch (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - am: preliminary support for hg patches

* gb/maint-am-patch-format-error-message (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - am: format is in $patch_format, not parse_patch

Will merge to "master".

* gb/maint-am-stgit-author-to-from-fix (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - am: fix stgit patch mangling

Will merge to "master".

* jc/diff-index-unpack (2011-08-29) 3 commits
 - diff-index: pass pathspec down to unpack-trees machinery
 - unpack-trees: allow pruning with pathspec
 - traverse_trees(): allow pruning with pathspec

Will cook for a while.

* tr/maint-format-patch-empty-output (2011-08-29) 4 commits
 - Document negated forms of format-patch --to --cc --add-headers
 - t4014: "no-add-headers" is actually called "no-add-header"
 - t4014: invoke format-patch with --stdout where intended
 - t4014: check for empty files from git format-patch --stdout

Will merge to "master".

* tr/maint-ident-to-git-memmove (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - Use memmove in ident_to_git

Will merge to "master".

* tr/maint-strbuf-grow-nul-termination (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - strbuf_grow(): maintain nul-termination even for new buffer

Will merge to "master".

* tr/maint-t3903-misquoted-command (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - t3903: fix misquoted rev-parse invocation

Will merge to "master".

* va/p4-branch-import-test-update (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - git-p4: simple branch tests edits

Will merge to "master".