Not yet 1.7.7-rc1 but... (take 2)

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

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

... 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 they are being fast
tracked for 1.7.7-rc1, which probably will happen tomorrow.

Thanks.

-- >8 --
[New Topics]

* mg/maint-notes-C-doc (2011-08-25) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 6f3281a)
 + git-notes.txt: clarify -C vs. copy and -F

Will merge to "master".

* jc/clean-exclude-doc (2011-08-28) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 79dd173)
 + Documentation: clarify "git clean -e <pattern>"

Will merge to "master".

* mh/check-ref-format-print-normalize (2011-08-27) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at e827410)
 + 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

Not urgent; 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

Not urgent; 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

Not urgent; I fixed up the test breakage just for fun.

* 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.)

Not urgent; 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.
Not urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.

* 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.
Not urgent; will not be in 1.7.7.

* 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

Not urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.

* bg/t5540-osx-grep (2011-08-28) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 894af05)
 + t5540-http-test: shorten grep pattern

Will merge to "master".

* cb/maint-ls-files-error-report (2011-08-28) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at b606e19)
 + t3005: do not assume a particular order of stdout and stderr of git-ls-files

Will merge to "master".

* da/make-auto-header-dependencies (2011-08-30) 1 commit
 - Makefile: Improve compiler header dependency check
 (this branch uses fk/make-auto-header-dependencies.)

Not urgent; will not be in 1.7.7.

* ms/daemon-timeout-is-in-seconds (2011-08-28) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 2462eb0)
 + git-daemon.txt: specify --timeout in seconds

Will merge to "master".

* bc/bisect-test-use-shell-path (2011-08-30) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at c090151)
 + 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

Not urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.

* gb/maint-am-patch-format-error-message (2011-08-29) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at ed01a1d)
 + 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
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 0740010)
 + 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
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 078c522)
 + 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
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 9395a9b)
 + Use memmove in ident_to_git

Will merge to "master".

* tr/maint-strbuf-grow-nul-termination (2011-08-29) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at dc87192)
 + strbuf_grow(): maintain nul-termination even for new buffer

Will merge to "master".

* tr/maint-t3903-misquoted-command (2011-08-30) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at f533857)
 + t3903: fix misquoted rev-parse invocation

Will merge to "master".

* va/p4-branch-import-test-update (2011-08-29) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 5c54fb3)
 + git-p4: simple branch tests edits

Will merge to "master".

* jn/remote-helpers-doc (2011-08-29) 1 commit
 - Documentation/remote-helpers: explain capabilities first

Not urgent; it would however be a good starting point.

* nm/grep-object-sha1-lock (2011-08-30) 1 commit
 - grep: Fix race condition in delta_base_cache

Not urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.

* tr/mergetool-valgrind (2011-08-30) 1 commit
 - Symlink mergetools scriptlets into valgrind wrappers

Not urgent; the topic came up a bit too late in the cycle.

* js/i18n-scripts-2 (2011-08-30) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2011-08-30 at 5a144a2)
 + bisect: take advantage of gettextln, eval_gettextln.

Will merge to "master".