Weekly Digest (22 December, 2019 - 29 December, 2019)

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ISSUES

Last week 3 issues were created.
Of these, 0 issues have been closed and 3 issues are still open.

OPEN ISSUES

💚 #500 sparse-checkout: list directories in cone mode, by derrickstolee
💚 #499 git-gui: add possibility to open currently selected file, by zoliszabo
💚 #498 ERANGE strikes again: RFH, by j6t

NOISY ISSUE

🔈 #500 sparse-checkout: list directories in cone mode, by derrickstolee
It received 7 comments.

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PULL REQUESTS

Last week, 10 pull requests were created, updated or merged.

UPDATED PULL REQUEST

Last week, 10 pull requests were updated.
💛 #500 sparse-checkout: list directories in cone mode, by derrickstolee
💛 #499 git-gui: add possibility to open currently selected file, by zoliszabo
💛 #498 ERANGE strikes again: RFH, by j6t
💛 #496 Refuse to write to reserved filenames on Windows, by dscho
💛 #494 Improve line log documentation, by phil-blain
💛 #493 subtree: Fix handling of complex history, by tqc
💛 #478 config: allow user to know scope of config options, by ROGERSM94
💛 #466 Improve testability with GIT_TEST_FSMONITOR, by derrickstolee
💛 #175 built-in add -p: add support for the same config settings as the Perl version, by dscho
💛 #174 stash/reset/checkout -p: optionally use the add --patch backend written in pure C, by dscho

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COMMITS

Last week there were 20 commits.
🛠️ mailmap: mask accentless variant for Công Danh Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano gitster@pobox.com by gitster
🛠️ Git 2.25-rc0 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano gitster@pobox.com by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'en/fill-directory-fixes' Assorted fixes to the directory traversal API. * en/fill-directory-fixes: dir.c: use st_add3() for allocation size dir: consolidate similar code in treat_directory() dir: synchronize treat_leading_path() and read_directory_recursive() dir: fix checks on common prefix directory dir: break part of read_directory_recursive() out for reuse dir: exit before wildcard fall-through if there is no wildcard dir: remove stray quote character in comment Revert "dir.c: make 'git-status --ignored' work within leading directories" t3011: demonstrate directory traversal failures by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'rs/test-cleanup' Test cleanup. * rs/test-cleanup: t6030: don't create unused file t5580: don't create unused file t3501: don't create unused file t7004: don't create unused file t4256: don't create unused file by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'mr/bisect-save-pointer-to-const-string' Code cleanup. * mr/bisect-save-pointer-to-const-string: bisect--helper: convert *_warning char pointers to char arrays. by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'rs/xdiff-ignore-ws-w-func-context' Extend test coverage for a recent fix. * rs/xdiff-ignore-ws-w-func-context: t4015: improve coverage of function context test by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'js/add-p-in-c' The effort to move "git-add--interactive" to C continues. * js/add-p-in-c: built-in add -p: show helpful hint when nothing can be staged built-in add -p: only show the applicable parts of the help text built-in add -p: implement the 'q' ("quit") command built-in add -p: implement the '/' ("search regex") command built-in add -p: implement the 'g' ("goto") command built-in add -p: implement hunk editing strbuf: add a helper function to call the editor "on an strbuf" built-in add -p: coalesce hunks after splitting them built-in add -p: implement the hunk splitting feature built-in add -p: show different prompts for mode changes and deletions built-in app -p: allow selecting a mode change as a "hunk" built-in add -p: handle deleted empty files built-in add -p: support multi-file diffs built-in add -p: offer a helpful error message when hunk navigation failed built-in add -p: color the prompt and the help text built-in add -p: adjust hunk headers as needed built-in add -p: show colored hunks by default built-in add -i: wire up the new C code for the patch command built-in add -i: start implementing the patch functionality in C by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'jc/drop-gen-hdrs' Code cleanup. * jc/drop-gen-hdrs: Makefile: drop GEN_HDRS by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'ja/doc-markup-cleanup' Doc cleanup. * ja/doc-markup-cleanup: doc: indent multi-line items in list doc: remove non pure ASCII characters by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'rs/ref-read-cleanup' Code cleanup. * rs/ref-read-cleanup: remote: pass NULL to read_ref_full() because object ID is not needed refs: pass NULL to refs_read_ref_full() because object ID is not needed by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'rb/p4-lfs' "git p4" used to ignore lfs.storage configuration variable, which has been corrected. * rb/p4-lfs: git-p4: honor lfs.storage configuration variable by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'pb/submodule-doc-xref' Doc update. * pb/submodule-doc-xref: gitmodules: link to gitsubmodules guide by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'mr/bisect-use-after-free' Use-after-free fix. * mr/bisect-use-after-free: bisect--helper: avoid use-after-free by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'ln/userdiff-elixir' Hotfix. * ln/userdiff-elixir: userdiff: remove empty subexpression from elixir regex by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'ds/sparse-cone' Management of sparsely checked-out working tree has gained a dedicated "sparse-checkout" command. * ds/sparse-cone: (21 commits) sparse-checkout: improve OS ls compatibility sparse-checkout: respect core.ignoreCase in cone mode sparse-checkout: check for dirty status sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process for 'init' sparse-checkout: cone mode should not interact with .gitignore sparse-checkout: write using lockfile sparse-checkout: use in-process update for disable subcommand sparse-checkout: update working directory in-process sparse-checkout: sanitize for nested folders unpack-trees: add progress to clear_ce_flags() unpack-trees: hash less in cone mode sparse-checkout: init and set in cone mode sparse-checkout: use hashmaps for cone patterns sparse-checkout: add 'cone' mode trace2: add region in clear_ce_flags sparse-checkout: create 'disable' subcommand sparse-checkout: add '--stdin' option to set subcommand sparse-checkout: 'set' subcommand clone: add --sparse mode sparse-checkout: create 'init' subcommand ... by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'sg/name-rev-wo-recursion' Redo "git name-rev" to avoid recursive calls. * sg/name-rev-wo-recursion: name-rev: cleanup name_ref() name-rev: eliminate recursion in name_rev() name-rev: use 'name->tip_name' instead of 'tip_name' name-rev: drop name_rev()'s 'generation' and 'distance' parameters name-rev: restructure creating/updating 'struct rev_name' instances name-rev: restructure parsing commits and applying date cutoff name-rev: pull out deref handling from the recursion name-rev: extract creating/updating a 'struct name_rev' into a helper t6120: add a test to cover inner conditions in 'git name-rev's name_rev() name-rev: use sizeof(*ptr) instead of sizeof(type) in allocation name-rev: avoid unnecessary cast in name_ref() name-rev: use strbuf_strip_suffix() in get_rev_name() t6120-describe: modernize the 'check_describe' helper t6120-describe: correct test repo history graph in comment by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'ra/t5150-depends-on-perl' Some Porcelain commands are written in Perl, and tests on them are expected not to work when the platform lacks a working perl. * ra/t5150-depends-on-perl: t5150: skip request-pull test if Perl is disabled by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'dl/format-patch-notes-config-fixup' "git format-patch" can take a set of configured format.notes values to specify which notes refs to use in the log message part of the output. The behaviour of this was not consistent with multiple --notes command line options, which has been corrected. * dl/format-patch-notes-config-fixup: notes.h: fix typos in comment notes: break set_display_notes() into smaller functions config/format.txt: clarify behavior of multiple format.notes format-patch: move git_config() before repo_init_revisions() format-patch: use --notes behavior for format.notes notes: extract logic into set_display_notes() notes: create init_display_notes() helper notes: rename to load_display_notes() by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'am/pathspec-f-f-checkout' A few more commands learned the "--pathspec-from-file" command line option. * am/pathspec-f-f-checkout: checkout, restore: support the --pathspec-from-file option doc: restore: synchronize description doc: checkout: synchronize description doc: checkout: fix broken text reference doc: checkout: remove duplicate synopsis add: support the --pathspec-from-file option cmd_add: prepare for next patch by gitster
🛠️ Merge branch 'am/pathspec-from-file' An earlier series to teach "--pathspec-from-file" to "git commit" forgot to make the option incompatible with "--all", which has been corrected. * am/pathspec-from-file: commit: forbid --pathspec-from-file --all by gitster

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CONTRIBUTORS

Last week there was 1 contributor.
👤 gitster

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