What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2026, #01)

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

Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree.  Commits
prefixed with '+' are in 'next' (being in 'next' is a sign that a
topic is stable enough to be used and are candidate to be in a
future release).  Commits prefixed with '-' are only in 'seen', and
aren't considered "accepted" at all and may be annotated with an URL
to a message that raises issues but they are no means exhaustive.  A
topic without enough support may be discarded after a long period of
no activity (of course they can be resubmit when new interests
arise).

Copies of the source code to Git live in many repositories, and the
following is a list of the ones I push into or their mirrors.  Some
repositories have only a subset of branches.

We will be rewinding the tip of 'next' soonish.

With maint, master, next, seen, todo:

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/
	git://repo.or.cz/alt-git.git/
	https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/
	https://github.com/git/git/
	https://gitlab.com/git-scm/git/

With all the integration branches and topics broken out:

	https://github.com/gitster/git/

Even though the preformatted documentation in HTML and man format
are not sources, they are published in these repositories for
convenience (replace "htmldocs" with "manpages" for the manual
pages):

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git-htmldocs.git/
	https://github.com/gitster/git-htmldocs.git/

Release tarballs are available at:

	https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/

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[Graduated to 'master']

* ag/http-netrc-tests (2026-01-06) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at acae2989d4)
 + t5550: add netrc tests for http 401/403

 Additional tests were introduced to see the interaction with netrc
 auth with auth failure on the http transport.
 source: <20260107074724.13165-1-git@ashlesh.me>


* jt/object-file-use-container-of (2026-02-22) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at 309c995771)
 + object-file.c: avoid container_of() of a NULL container
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-20 at 7a30cb262f)
 + object-file: use `container_of()` to convert from base types

 Code clean-up.
 source: <20260218210120.1146078-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
 source: <xmqqh5r8r0to.fsf_-_@gitster.g>


* kh/doc-am-xref (2026-02-09) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at 920d0c2836)
 + doc: am: fill out hook discussion
 + doc: am: add missing config am.messageId
 + doc: am: say that --message-id adds a trailer
 + doc: am: normalize git(1) command links

 Doc update.
 source: <doc_am_gitlinks_and_am.messageId.321@msgid.xyz>


* kh/doc-patch-id-4 (2026-02-14) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at bfae23ac5e)
 + doc: patch-id: see also git-cherry(1)
 + doc: patch-id: add script example
 + doc: patch-id: emphasize multi-patch processing

 Doc update.
 source: <V2_CV_doc_patch-id_4.371@msgid.xyz>


* ps/meson-gitk-git-gui (2026-02-04) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at a6cd49271f)
 + meson: wire up gitk and git-gui

 Plumb gitk/git-gui build and install procedure in meson based
 builds.
 source: <20260204-b4-pks-meson-tcl-tk-v2-1-5bc3ccf3a8ce@pks.im>


* ps/object-info-bits-cleanup (2026-02-11) 5 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at 4d702cbecc)
 + odb: convert `odb_has_object()` flags into an enum
 + odb: convert object info flags into an enum
 + odb: drop gaps in object info flag values
 + builtin/fsck: fix flags passed to `odb_has_object()`
 + builtin/backfill: fix flags passed to `odb_has_object()`
 (this branch is used by ps/odb-sources.)

 A couple of bugs in use of flag bits around odb API has been
 corrected, and the flag bits reordered.
 source: <20260212-b4-pks-read-object-info-flags-v2-0-3bfa9bb149ef@pks.im>


* ps/odb-for-each-object (2026-01-26) 16 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at 80178ecd0d)
 + odb: drop unused `for_each_{loose,packed}_object()` functions
 + reachable: convert to use `odb_for_each_object()`
 + builtin/pack-objects: use `packfile_store_for_each_object()`
 + odb: introduce mtime fields for object info requests
 + treewide: drop uses of `for_each_{loose,packed}_object()`
 + treewide: enumerate promisor objects via `odb_for_each_object()`
 + builtin/fsck: refactor to use `odb_for_each_object()`
 + odb: introduce `odb_for_each_object()`
 + packfile: introduce function to iterate through objects
 + packfile: extract function to iterate through objects of a store
 + object-file: introduce function to iterate through objects
 + object-file: extract function to read object info from path
 + odb: fix flags parameter to be unsigned
 + odb: rename `FOR_EACH_OBJECT_*` flags
 + Merge branch 'ps/packfile-store-in-odb-source' into ps/odb-for-each-object
 + Merge branch 'ps/read-object-info-improvements' into ps/odb-for-each-object
 (this branch is used by ps/odb-sources.)

 Revamp object enumeration API around odb.
 source: <20260126-pks-odb-for-each-object-v4-0-5a64a038c791@pks.im>


* ps/receive-pack-shallow-optim (2026-02-16) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at ad6abc1ef8)
 + commit: use commit graph in `lookup_commit_reference_gently()`
 + commit: make `repo_parse_commit_no_graph()` more robust
 + commit: avoid parsing non-commits in `lookup_commit_reference_gently()`

 The code to accept shallow "git push" has been optimized.
 source: <20260216-b4-pks-receive-pack-optimize-shallow-v1-0-e98886daff2b@pks.im>


* ps/validate-prefix-in-subtree-split (2026-02-03) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at f44d607586)
 + subtree: validate --prefix against commit in split

 "git subtree split --prefix=P <commit>" now checks the prefix P
 against the tree of the (potentially quite different from the
 current working tree) given commit.
 source: <20260203164815.68258-2-pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>


* pw/meson-doc-mergetool (2026-02-09) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at dfdfff02f8)
 + meson: fix building mergetool docs

 Update build precedure for mergetool documentation in meson-based builds.
 source: <604c79018992dee019205741934508091cdd1e47.1770631599.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>


* ty/symlinks-use-unsigned-for-bitset (2026-02-16) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at 6546dc5cf2)
 + symlinks: use unsigned int for flags

 Code clean-up.
 source: <20260216172028.140525-1-a3205153416@gmail.com>


* uk/signature-is-good-after-key-expires (2026-02-04) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at 094113b392)
 + gpg-interface: signatures by expired keys are fine

 A signature on a commit that was GPG signed long time ago ought to
 be still valid after the key that was used to sign it has expired,
 but we showed them in alarming red.
 source: <20260204152306.1767112-2-ukleinek@kernel.org>

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[New Topics]

* fp/t3310-test-path-is-helpers (2026-02-27) 1 commit
 - t3310: replace test -f/-d with test_path_is_file/test_path_is_dir

 Test clean-up.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <20260228005939.9012-1-francescopaparatto@gmail.com>


* jc/neuter-sideband-fixup (2026-03-02) 8 commits
 - sideband: conditional documentation fix
 - sideband: delay sanitizing by default to Git v3.0
 - sideband: drop 'default' configuration
 - sideband: offer to configure sanitizing on a per-URL basis
 - sideband: add options to allow more control sequences to be passed through
 - sideband: do allow ANSI color sequences by default
 - sideband: introduce an "escape hatch" to allow control characters
 - sideband: mask control characters

 Try to resurrect and reboot a stalled "avoid sending risky escape
 sequences taken from sideband" topic.

 Comments?
 source: <pull.1853.v4.git.1770113882.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
 source: <20260302181149.3502811-1-gitster@pobox.com>


* mm/diff-no-index-find-object (2026-02-28) 1 commit
 - diff: fix crash with --find-object outside repository

 "git diff --no-index --find-object=<object-name>" outside a
 repository of course wouldn't be able to find the object and died
 while parsing the command line, which is made to die in a bit more
 user-friendly way.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <pull.2057.git.1772310676438.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* ps/ci-reduce-gitlab-envsize (2026-03-02) 1 commit
 - ci: unset GITLAB_FEATURES envvar to not bust xargs(1) limits

 CI fix.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <20260302-pks-msvc-meson-xargs-v1-1-8e42abd879ce@pks.im>


* pt/fsmonitor-watchman-sample-fix (2026-02-28) 1 commit
 - fsmonitor-watchman: fix variable reference and remove redundant code

 Fix typo-induced breakages in fsmonitor-watchman sample hook.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <pull.2180.v2.git.git.1772300277959.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* sk/oidmap-clear-with-custom-free-func (2026-03-02) 5 commits
 - sequencer: use oidmap_clear_with_free() for string_entry cleanup
 - odb: use oidmap_clear_with_free() to release replace_map entries
 - list-objects-filter: use oidmap_clear_with_free() for cleanup
 - builtin/rev-list: migrate missing_objects cleanup to oidmap_clear_with_free()
 - oidmap: make entry cleanup explicit in oidmap_clear

 A bit of OIDmap API enhancement and cleanup.

 Comments?
 source: <20260302200018.75731-1-kuforiji98@gmail.com>


* ss/test-that-that-typofix (2026-03-02) 1 commit
 - t: fix "that that" typo in lib-unicode-nfc-nfd.sh

 Typofix in t/.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <20260302192627.83631-1-r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com>

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[Cooking]

* jk/repo-structure-cleanup (2026-02-23) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-02 at e1647839fa)
 + repo: remove unnecessary variable shadow

 Code clean-up.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260223135248.127935-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>


* lp/diff-stat-utf8-display-width-fix (2026-02-27) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-02 at b979797314)
 + t4052: test for diffstat width when prefix contains ANSI escape codes
 + diff: handle ANSI escape codes in prefix when calculating diffstat width

 "git log --graph --stat" did not count the display width of colored
 graph part of its own output correctly, which has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <cover.1772226209.git.lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>


* ps/upload-pack-buffer-more-writes (2026-02-27) 2 commits
 - upload-pack: reduce lock contention when writing packfile data
 - upload-pack: fix debug statement when flushing packfile data

 Reduce system overhead "git upload-pack" spends relaying "git
 pack-objects" output to the "git fetch" running on the other end of
 the connection.

 Under discussion.
 cf. <20260227193758.GA2931515@coredump.intra.peff.net>
 source: <20260227-pks-upload-pack-write-contention-v1-0-7166fe255704@pks.im>


* rs/parse-options-duplicated-long-options (2026-02-28) 2 commits
 - parseopt: check for duplicate long names and numerical options
 - pack-objects: remove duplicate --stdin-packs definition

 The parse-options API learned to notice an options[] array with
 duplicated long options.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <1e7de0f7-a712-465f-b3c9-5dbe78132d3f@web.de>
 source: <7693799a-91a2-480a-ae3e-29f8eed5b55a@web.de>


* jt/repo-structure-extrema (2026-03-02) 6 commits
 - builtin/repo: find tree with most entries
 - builtin/repo: find commit with most parents
 - builtin/repo: add OID annotations to table output
 - builtin/repo: collect largest inflated objects
 - builtin/repo: add helper for printing keyvalue output
 - builtin/repo: update stats for each object

 "git repo structure" command learns to report maximum values on
 various aspects of objects it inspects.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <20260302214526.2034279-1-jltobler@gmail.com>


* ps/fsck-stream-from-the-right-object-instance (2026-02-23) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-27 at b378558c1a)
 + pack-check: fix verification of large objects
 + packfile: expose function to read object stream for an offset
 + object-file: adapt `stream_object_signature()` to take a stream
 + t/helper: improve "genrandom" test helper

 "fsck" iterates over packfiles and its access to pack data caused
 the list to be permuted, which caused it to loop forever; the code
 to access pack data by "fsck" has been updated to avoid this.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260223-pks-fsck-fix-v2-0-99a0714ea3bd@pks.im>


* ps/odb-sources (2026-02-23) 19 commits
 - odb/source: make `begin_transaction()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `write_alternate()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `read_alternates()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `write_object_stream()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `write_object()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `freshen_object()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `for_each_object()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `read_object_stream()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `read_object_info()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `close()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `reprepare()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: make `free()` function pluggable
 - odb/source: introduce source type for robustness
 - odb: move reparenting logic into respective subsystems
 - odb: embed base source in the "files" backend
 - odb: introduce "files" source
 - odb: split `struct odb_source` into separate header
 - Merge branch 'ps/object-info-bits-cleanup' into ps/odb-sources
 - Merge branch 'ps/odb-for-each-object' into ps/odb-sources

 The object source API is getting restructured to allow plugging new
 backends.

 Comments?
 source: <20260223-b4-pks-odb-source-pluggable-v1-0-253bac1db598@pks.im>


* ds/for-each-repo-w-worktree (2026-03-02) 4 commits
 - for-each-repo: simplify passing of parameters
 - for-each-repo: work correctly in a worktree
 - run-command: extract clear_local_repo_env helper
 - for-each-repo: test outside of repo context

 "git for-each-repo" started from a secondary worktree did not work
 as expected, which has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <pull.2056.v3.git.1772465805.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* jh/alias-i18n-fixes (2026-02-26) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-02 at 914bcef227)
 + git, help: fix memory leaks in alias listing
 + alias: treat empty subsection [alias ""] as plain [alias]
 + doc: fix list continuation in alias subsection example
 + Merge branch 'jh/alias-i18n' into jh/alias-i18n-fixes

 Further update to the i18n alias support to avoid regressions.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260226205339.1535482-1-jonatan@jontes.page>


* lc/rebase-trailer (2026-02-23) 5 commits
 - rebase: support --trailer
 - commit, tag: parse --trailer with OPT_STRVEC
 - trailer: append trailers without fork/exec
 - trailer: move process_trailers to trailer.h
 - interpret-trailers: factor trailer rewriting

 "git rebase" learns "--trailer" command to drive the
 interpret-trailers machinery.

 Expecting a (hopefully small and final) reroll?
 cf. <e555e29f-57e3-4192-98f3-380181c81fd2@gmail.com>
 source: <20260224070552.148591-1-me@linux.beauty>


* mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format (2026-02-27) 5 commits
 - docs: add usage for the cover-letter fmt feature
 - format-patch: add commitListFormat config
 - format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format
 - format-patch: move cover letter summary generation
 - pretty.c: add %(count) and %(total) placeholders

 "git format-patch --cover-letter" learns to use a simpler format
 instead of the traditional shortlog format to list its commits with
 a new --cover-letter-format option and format.commitListFormat
 configuration variable.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <cover.1772232373.git.mroik@delayed.space>


* sp/send-email-validate-charset (2026-02-28) 1 commit
 - send-email: validate charset name in 8bit encoding prompt

 "git send-email" has learned to be a bit more careful when it
 accepts charset to use from the end-user, to avoid 'y' (mistaken
 'yes' when expecting a charset like 'UTF-8') and other nonsense.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <20260228112210.270273-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>


* cx/fetch-display-ubfix (2026-02-24) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at ebd1da8b75)
 + fetch: fix wrong evaluation order in URL trailing-slash trimming

 Undefined-behaviour fix in "git fetch".

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <pull.2211.git.git.1771984857879.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* pt/fsmonitor-linux (2026-02-25) 10 commits
 - fsmonitor: close inherited file descriptors and detach in daemon
 - run-command: add close_fd_above_stderr option
 - fsmonitor: add tests for Linux
 - fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux
 - fsmonitor: deduplicate settings logic for Unix platforms
 - fsmonitor: deduplicate IPC path logic for Unix platforms
 - fsmonitor: use pthread_cond_timedwait for cookie wait
 - compat/win32: add pthread_cond_timedwait
 - fsmonitor: fix hashmap memory leak in fsmonitor_run_daemon
 - fsmonitor: fix khash memory leak in do_handle_client

 The fsmonitor daemon has been implemented for Linux.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 cf. <xmqq5x7j5xje.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <pull.2147.v7.git.git.1772065643.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* pt/t7527-flake-workaround (2025-12-31) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-27 at d6ebc97cb1)
 + t7527: fix flaky fsmonitor event tests with retry logic

 Test fixup.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <pull.2150.v2.git.git.1767226763360.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* ac/help-sort-correctly (2026-02-28) 1 commit
 - help: cleanup the contruction of keys_uniq

 The code in "git help" that shows configuration items in sorted
 order was awkwardly organized and prone to bugs.

 Comments?
 cf. <xmqqwlzu43rh.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <20260228104654.80831-2-amishhhaaaa@gmail.com>


* lg/t2004-test-path-is-helpers (2026-02-21) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-25 at c5862e1b3d)
 + t2004: use test_path_is_file instead of test -f

 Test code clean-up.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <pull.2049.git.1771694893208.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* ps/simplify-normalize-path-copy-len (2026-02-21) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-25 at ce7c45c6fa)
 + path: factor out skip_slashes() in normalize_path_copy_len()

 Code clean-up.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260221110511.1592-2-pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>


* sc/pack-redundant-leakfix (2026-02-21) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-25 at b2fda8839e)
 + pack-redundant: fix memory leak when open_pack_index() fails

 Leakfix.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260221103900.41740-1-sahityajb@gmail.com>


* ty/setup-error-tightening (2026-02-22) 1 commit
 . setup: improve error diagnosis for invalid .git files

 While discovering a ".git" directory, the code treats any stat()
 failure as a sign that a filesystem entity .git does not exist
 there, and ignores ".git" that is not a "gitdir" file or a
 directory.  The code has been tightened to notice and report
 filesystem corruption better.

 Kicked out of the tree for now, due to CI breakage.
 cf. <xmqqpl5rumy0.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <20260223074410.917523-1-a3205153416@gmail.com>


* bk/mailmap-wo-the-repository (2026-02-19) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at f7e3afc1ff)
 + mailmap: drop global config variables
 + mailmap: stop using the_repository

 Wean the mailmap code off of the_repository dependency.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260220060442.29469-1-bkkaracay@gmail.com>


* kh/format-patch-noprefix-is-boolean (2026-03-01) 3 commits
 - doc: diff-options.adoc: make *.noprefix split translatable
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at fcf4773929)
 + doc: diff-options.adoc: show format.noprefix for format-patch
 + format-patch: make format.noprefix a boolean

 The configuration variable format.noprefix did not behave as a
 proper boolean variable, which has now been fixed and documented.

 Will merge to 'next' and then to 'master'.
 source: <V2_CV_format.noprefix_boolean.421@msgid.xyz>
 source: <better_for_translators.424@msgid.xyz>


* pw/no-more-NULL-means-current-worktree (2026-02-19) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at 281f28b140)
 + path: remove repository argument from worktree_git_path()
 + wt-status: avoid passing NULL worktree

 API clean-up for the worktree subsystem.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 cf. <d5866041-3e2f-4f5e-a8d1-725fd3eac2e2@gmail.com>
 source: <cover.1771511192.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>


* cs/subtree-split-fixes (2026-02-17) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-25 at 3824d2c52d)
 + contrib/subtree: process out-of-prefix subtrees
 + contrib/subtree: test history depth
 + contrib/subtree: capture additional test-cases

 An earlier attempt to optimize "git subtree" discarded too much
 relevant histories, which has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260217-cs-subtree-remove-optimization-v2-0-4299e71a30c6@howdoi.land>


* dt/send-email-client-cert (2026-03-01) 1 commit
 - send-email: add client certificate options

 "git send-email" learns to support use of client-side certificates.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <20260302032048.260209-2-dxdt@dev.snart.me>


* en/merge-ort-almost-wo-the-repository (2026-02-19) 6 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at 4c07a66173)
 + replay: prevent the_repository from coming back
 + merge-ort: prevent the_repository from coming back
 + merge-ort: replace the_hash_algo with opt->repo->hash_algo
 + merge-ort: replace the_repository with opt->repo
 + merge-ort: pass repository to write_tree()
 + merge,diff: remove the_repository check before prefetching blobs

 Mark the marge-ort codebase to prevent more uses of the_repository
 from getting added.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 cf. <143ab1c8-9f07-4df7-8200-69b5a78a0351@gmail.com>
 cf. <aZ12rYYwbh1fvrnE@pks.im>
 source: <pull.2048.v3.git.1771718393.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* jr/apply-directory-normalize (2026-02-17) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at 588d44696d)
 + apply: normalize path in --directory argument

 "git apply --directory=./un/../normalized/path" now normalizes the
 given path before using it.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <pull.2198.v2.git.git.1771373732749.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* lo/repo-leftover-bits (2026-02-25) 9 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at 962fc48d45)
 + Documentation/git-repo: capitalize format descriptions
 + Documentation/git-repo: replace 'NUL' with '_NUL_'
 + t1901: adjust nul format output instead of expected value
 + t1900: rename t1900-repo to t1900-repo-info
 + repo: rename struct field to repo_info_field
 + repo: replace get_value_fn_for_key by get_repo_info_field
 + repo: rename repo_info_fields to repo_info_field
 + CodingGuidelines: instruct to name arrays in singular
 + Merge branch 'lo/repo-info-keys' into lo/repo-leftover-bits

 Clean-up the code around "git repo info" command.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260225183559.79303-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>


* ps/maintenance-geometric-default (2026-02-24) 8 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at 8ab085f657)
 + builtin/maintenance: use "geometric" strategy by default
 + t7900: prepare for switch of the default strategy
 + t6500: explicitly use "gc" strategy
 + t5510: explicitly use "gc" strategy
 + t5400: explicitly use "gc" strategy
 + t34xx: don't expire reflogs where it matters
 + t: disable maintenance where we verify object database structure
 + t: fix races caused by background maintenance

 "git maintenance" starts using the "geometric" strategy by default.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260224-b4-pks-maintenance-default-geometric-strategy-v2-0-8657338c6fa1@pks.im>


* ps/refs-for-each (2026-02-23) 18 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-27 at ec9e0a36ff)
 + refs: replace `refs_for_each_fullref_in()`
 + refs: replace `refs_for_each_namespaced_ref()`
 + refs: replace `refs_for_each_glob_ref()`
 + refs: replace `refs_for_each_glob_ref_in()`
 + refs: replace `refs_for_each_rawref_in()`
 + refs: replace `refs_for_each_rawref()`
 + refs: replace `refs_for_each_ref_in()`
 + refs: improve verification for-each-ref options
 + refs: generalize `refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes()`
 + refs: generalize `refs_for_each_namespaced_ref()`
 + refs: speed up `refs_for_each_glob_ref_in()`
 + refs: introduce `refs_for_each_ref_ext`
 + refs: rename `each_ref_fn`
 + refs: rename `do_for_each_ref_flags`
 + refs: move `do_for_each_ref_flags` further up
 + refs: move `refs_head_ref_namespaced()`
 + refs: remove unused `refs_for_each_include_root_ref()`
 + Merge branch 'ps/for-each-ref-in-fixes' into ps/refs-for-each

 Code refactoring around refs-for-each-* API functions.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 cf. <CAOLa=ZTz-9JKHC3H8tSwP=bDvX2mNA-erjr5Ni6Tiq4cm4WmLg@mail.gmail.com>
 source: <20260223-pks-refs-for-each-unification-v2-0-515d48c8087b@pks.im>


* sa/replay-revert (2026-02-18) 2 commits
 - replay: add --revert mode to reverse commit changes
 - sequencer: extract revert message formatting into shared function

 "git replay" (experimental) learns, in addition to "pick" and
 "replay", a new operating mode "revert".

 Expecting a reroll?
 cf. <87wm07e4ck.fsf@iotcl.com>
 cf. <87tsvbe2sm.fsf@iotcl.com>
 cf. <405b0d34-c2ad-498d-93a1-2e7925ae11f1@gmail.com>
 cf. <c2048ddf-ced4-425d-af6e-14e9442e9d99@gmail.com>
 source: <20260218234215.89326-1-siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>


* sp/tree-diff-wo-the-repository (2026-02-20) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at c5762ee063)
 + tree-diff: remove the usage of the_hash_algo global

 The last uses of the_repository in "tree-diff.c" have been
 eradicated.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260220175331.1250726-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>


* dk/meson-regen-config-list (2026-02-24) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at 64ea932d59)
 + build: regenerate config-list.h when Documentation changes

 Fix dependency screw-up in meson-based builds.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <4ef96c6bbf698a08df1df87b7cb053b6d0d00822.1771943954.git.ben.knoble+github@gmail.com>


* sp/wt-status-wo-the-repository (2026-02-18) 3 commits
 - wt-status: use hash_algo from local repository instead of global the_hash_algo
 - wt-status: replace uses of the_repository with local repository instances
 - wt-status: pass struct repository through function parameters

 Reduce dependence on the global the_hash_algo and the_repository
 variables of wt-status code path.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <20260218175654.66004-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>


* vp/http-rate-limit-retries (2026-02-23) 4 commits
 - http: add support for HTTP 429 rate limit retries
 - remote-curl: introduce show_http_message_fatal() helper
 - strbuf_attach: fix call sites to pass correct alloc
 - strbuf: pass correct alloc to strbuf_attach() in strbuf_reencode()

 The HTTP transport learned to react to "429 Too Many Requests".

 Needs review.
 cf. <xmqq5x7nknrd.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <pull.2008.v5.git.1771856405.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* hy/diff-lazy-fetch-with-break-fix (2026-02-23) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-25 at afe07ad86c)
 + diffcore-break: avoid segfault with freed entries

 A prefetch call can be triggered to access a stale diff_queue entry
 after diffcore-break breaks a filepair into two and freed the
 original entry that is no longer used, leading to a segfault, which
 has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260224061329.60364-2-hanyang.tony@bytedance.com>


* ds/config-list-with-type (2026-02-23) 13 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at cdaee07fde)
 + config: use an enum for type
 + config: restructure format_config()
 + config: format colors quietly
 + color: add color_parse_quietly()
 + config: format expiry dates quietly
 + config: format paths gently
 + config: format bools or strings in helper
 + config: format bools or ints gently
 + config: format bools gently
 + config: format int64s gently
 + config: make 'git config list --type=<X>' work
 + config: add 'gently' parameter to format_config()
 + config: move show_all_config()

 "git config list" is taught to show the values interpreted for
 specific type with "--type=<X>" option.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <pull.2044.v3.git.1771849615.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* rr/gitweb-mobile (2026-02-16) 5 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at b7e4c26f73)
 + gitweb: let page header grow on mobile for long wrapped project names
 + gitweb: fix mobile footer overflow by wrapping text and clearing floats
 + gitweb: fix mobile page overflow across log/commit/blob/diff views
 + gitweb: prevent project search bar from overflowing on mobile
 + gitweb: add viewport meta tag for mobile devices

 "gitweb" has been taught to be mobile friendly.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <pull.2043.v2.git.1771257211.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* kn/osxkeychain-buildfix (2026-02-19) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at 913be932b0)
 + osxkeychain: define build targets in the top-level Makefile.

 Simplify build procedure for oxskeychain (in contrib/).

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <pull.2046.v4.git.1771551540816.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* aa/add-p-no-auto-advance (2026-02-14) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-25 at ce27f94bc2)
 + add-patch: allow interfile navigation when selecting hunks
 + add-patch: allow all-or-none application of patches
 + add-patch: modify patch_update_file() signature
 + interactive -p: add new `--auto-advance` flag

 "git add -p" learned a new mode that allows the user to revisit a
 file that was already dealt with.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <cover.1771066252.git.abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com>


* kn/ref-location (2026-02-25) 6 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at e87adbdb69)
 + refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend
 + refs: allow reference location in refstorage config
 + refs: receive and use the reference storage payload
 + refs: move out stub modification to generic layer
 + refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()`
 + setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()`

 Allow the directory in which reference backends store their data to
 be specified.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260225-kn-alternate-ref-dir-v9-0-3fe118e40e28@gmail.com>


* ar/config-hooks (2026-03-02) 10 commits
 - Merge branch 'ar/run-command-hook-take-2' into ar/config-hooks
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-27 at 6a04cca28e)
 + hook: add -z option to "git hook list"
 + hook: allow out-of-repo 'git hook' invocations
 + hook: allow event = "" to overwrite previous values
 + hook: allow disabling config hooks
 + hook: include hooks from the config
 + hook: add "git hook list" command
 + hook: run a list of hooks to prepare for multihook support
 + hook: add internal state alloc/free callbacks
 + Merge branch 'ar/run-command-hook-take-2' into ar/config-hooks
 (this branch is used by ar/parallel-hooks; uses ar/run-command-hook-take-2.)

 Allow hook commands to be defined (possibly centrally) in the
 configuration files, and run multiple of them for the same hook
 event.

 Will merge to 'next' and then to 'master'.
 source: <20260218222352.55393-1-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>


* ar/parallel-hooks (2026-02-21) 11 commits
 - hook: allow runtime enabling extensions.hookStdoutToStderr
 - hook: introduce extensions.hookStdoutToStderr
 - hook: add per-event jobs config
 - hook: add -j/--jobs option to git hook run
 - hook: mark non-parallelizable hooks
 - hook: allow parallel hook execution
 - hook: parse the hook.jobs config
 - hook: refactor hook_config_cache from strmap to named struct
 - config: add a repo_config_get_uint() helper
 - repository: fix repo_init() memleak due to missing _clear()
 - Merge branch 'ar/config-hooks' into ar/parallel-hooks
 (this branch uses ar/config-hooks and ar/run-command-hook-take-2.)

 Needs review.
 source: <20260222002904.1879356-1-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>


* ng/submodule-default-remote (2026-02-28) 1 commit
 - submodule: fetch missing objects from default remote

 Instead of hardcoded 'origin', use the configured default remote
 when fetching from submodules.

 Seems to break t5526-fetch-submodules.sh when merged to 'seen'.
 cf. <CA+P7+xqC10D9a3zp7JO_yoK9Vjpg+xua7yH=fGXjApUYisTf4w@mail.gmail.com>
 source: <20260301025327.3845292-1-nasser.grainawi@oss.qualcomm.com>


* ar/run-command-hook-take-2 (2026-03-02) 13 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-02 at f5aabac117)
 + builtin/receive-pack: avoid spinning no-op sideband async threads
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-22 at 4aa543f115)
 + receive-pack: convert receive hooks to hook API
 + receive-pack: convert update hooks to new API
 + run-command: poll child input in addition to output
 + hook: add jobs option
 + reference-transaction: use hook API instead of run-command
 + transport: convert pre-push to hook API
 + hook: allow separate std[out|err] streams
 + hook: convert 'post-rewrite' hook in sequencer.c to hook API
 + hook: provide stdin via callback
 + run-command: add stdin callback for parallelization
 + run-command: add helper for pp child states
 + t1800: add hook output stream tests
 (this branch is used by ar/config-hooks and ar/parallel-hooks.)

 Use the hook API to replace ad-hoc invocation of hook scripts via
 the run_command() API.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20260128213927.3026875-1-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>
 source: <20260302191704.1814567-1-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>


* yc/histogram-hunk-shift-fix (2025-12-06) 1 commit
 - xdiff: re-diff shifted change groups when using histogram algorithm

 The final clean-up phase of the diff output could turn the result of
 histogram diff algorithm suboptimal, which has been corrected.

 Expecting a reroll.
 cf. <CAHTeOx9WehtwSMie53xzZUU7iK3JTrgUbVK48WM7S+LBi=jpkQ@mail.gmail.com>
 source: <pull.2120.git.git.1765054287938.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* cs/add-skip-submodule-ignore-all (2026-02-06) 5 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-02 at c7251cc68f)
 + Documentation: update add --force option + ignore=all config
 + tests: fix existing tests when add an ignore=all submodule
 + tests: t2206-add-submodule-ignored: ignore=all and add --force tests
 + read-cache: submodule add need --force given ignore=all configuration
 + read-cache: update add_files_to_cache take param ignored_too

 "git add <submodule>" has been taught to honor
 submodule.<name>.ignore that is set to "all" (and requires "git add
 -f" to override it).

 Will merge to 'master'.
 cf. <xmqq5x7rvyn4.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <pull.1987.v4.git.1770384180.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* sp/shallow-deepen-relative-fix (2026-02-15) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at 2183b3405e)
 + shallow: handling fetch relative-deepen
 + shallow: free local object_array allocations

 "git fetch --deepen" that tries to go beyond merged branch used to
 get confused where the updated shallow points are, which has been
 corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <pull.2121.v5.git.git.1771186316.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* en/xdiff-cleanup-3 (2026-01-03) 11 commits
 . SQUASH??? cocci
 . xdiff: move xdl_cleanup_records() from xprepare.c to xdiffi.c
 . xdiff: remove dependence on xdlclassifier from xdl_cleanup_records()
 . xdiff: replace xdfile_t.dend with xdfenv_t.delta_end
 . xdiff: replace xdfile_t.dstart with xdfenv_t.delta_start
 . xdiff: cleanup xdl_trim_ends()
 . xdiff: use xdfenv_t in xdl_trim_ends() and xdl_cleanup_records()
 . xdiff: let patience and histogram benefit from xdl_trim_ends()
 . xdiff: don't waste time guessing the number of lines
 . xdiff: make classic diff explicit by creating xdl_do_classic_diff()
 . ivec: introduce the C side of ivec

 Preparation of xdiff/ codebase to work with Rust

 Maybe rebase on top of a merge of 'master' with pw/xdiff-cleanups?
 source: <pull.2156.git.git.1767379944.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* ob/core-attributesfile-in-repository (2026-02-16) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-27 at 2b2e3a1fa9)
 + environment: move "branch.autoSetupMerge" into `struct repo_config_values`
 + environment: stop using core.sparseCheckout globally
 + environment: stop storing `core.attributesFile` globally

 The core.attributesfile is intended to be set per repository, but
 were kept track of by a single global variable in-core, which has
 been corrected by moving it to per-repository data structure.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 cf. <CAP8UFD2Rz3NMrTayi9yjRk4-51tStaLWKeBVB9RaJMWmiBLqrQ@mail.gmail.com>
 source: <cover.1771258573.git.belkid98@gmail.com>


* tb/incremental-midx-part-3.2 (2026-02-24) 17 commits
 - midx: enable reachability bitmaps during MIDX compaction
 - midx: implement MIDX compaction
 - t/helper/test-read-midx.c: plug memory leak when selecting layer
 - midx-write.c: factor fanout layering from `compute_sorted_entries()`
 - midx-write.c: enumerate `pack_int_id` values directly
 - midx-write.c: extract `fill_pack_from_midx()`
 - midx-write.c: introduce `midx_pack_perm()` helper
 - midx: do not require packs to be sorted in lexicographic order
 - midx-write.c: introduce `struct write_midx_opts`
 - midx-write.c: don't use `pack_perm` when assigning `bitmap_pos`
 - t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh: fix copy-and-paste error in t5319.39
 - git-multi-pack-index(1): align SYNOPSIS with 'git multi-pack-index -h'
 - git-multi-pack-index(1): remove non-existent incompatibility
 - builtin/multi-pack-index.c: make '--progress' a common option
 - midx: introduce `midx_get_checksum_hex()`
 - midx: rename `get_midx_checksum()` to `midx_get_checksum_hash()`
 - midx: mark `get_midx_checksum()` arguments as const

 Further work on incremental repacking using MIDX/bitmap

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <cover.1771959555.git.me@ttaylorr.com>


* bc/sha1-256-interop-02 (2026-02-07) 16 commits
 - object-file-convert: always make sure object ID algo is valid
 - rust: add a small wrapper around the hashfile code
 - rust: add a new binary object map format
 - rust: add functionality to hash an object
 - rust: add a build.rs script for tests
 - rust: fix linking binaries with cargo
 - hash: expose hash context functions to Rust
 - write-or-die: add an fsync component for the object map
 - csum-file: define hashwrite's count as a uint32_t
 - rust: add additional helpers for ObjectID
 - hash: add a function to look up hash algo structs
 - rust: add a hash algorithm abstraction
 - rust: add a ObjectID struct
 - hash: use uint32_t for object_id algorithm
 - conversion: don't crash when no destination algo
 - repository: require Rust support for interoperability

 The code to maintain mapping between object names in multiple hash
 functions is being added, written in Rust.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 Message-Id: <20260207200446.2837699-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>


* hn/status-compare-with-push (2026-02-26) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-02-26 at 1c11b8819a)
 + status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons
 + refactor format_branch_comparison in preparation
 + Merge branch 'jk/remote-tracking-ref-leakfix' into hn/status-compare-with-push

 "git status" learned to show comparison between the current branch
 and various other branches listed on status.compareBranches
 configuration.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 cf. <xmqqa4wv5xsb.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <pull.2138.v30.git.git.1772102022.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

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[Discarded]

* tt/receive-pack-oo-namespace-symref-fix (2025-12-27) 1 commit
 . receive-pack: fix crash on out-of-namespace symref

 "git receive-pack", when namespace is involved, segfaulted when a
 symbolic ref cross the namespace boundary.

 May not be a good idea after all.  A controlled death would be OK, though.
 cf. <xmqqbjjgiz3a.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <pull.2144.git.git.1766850014289.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* kh/alias-i18n-docfix (2026-02-23) 1 commit
 . doc: config: fix list continuation in alias section

 Doc mark-up fix.

 Superseded by jh/alias-i18n-fixes.
 source: <followup-alias-i18n.3e0@msgid.xyz>


* bc/do-not-reorder-packs-during-fsck (2026-02-22) 1 commit
 . fsck: do not loop infinitely when processing packs

 Access to packfiles during fsck would reorder the mru list of
 packs, which causes the fsck to loop forever going over the list.

 Supersided by ps/fsck-stream-from-the-right-object-instance.
 source: <20260222183710.2963424-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>


* js/neuter-sideband (2026-02-03) 6 commits
 . sideband: delay sanitizing by default to Git v3.0
 - sideband: offer to configure sanitizing on a per-URL basis
 - sideband: add options to allow more control sequences to be passed through
 - sideband: do allow ANSI color sequences by default
 - sideband: introduce an "escape hatch" to allow control characters
 - sideband: mask control characters

 Invalidate control characters in sideband messages, to avoid
 terminal state getting messed up.

 Was expecting review responses for too long.
 Superseded by 'jc/neuter-sideband-fixup', which reuses most of the patches.
 cf. <xmqqv7gcnwd4.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <pull.1853.v4.git.1770113882.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>