What's cooking (2024/01 #05)

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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 To: git@vger.kernel.org
-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2024, #04; Thu, 11)
-X-master-at: a54a84b333adbecf7bc4483c0e36ed5878cac17b
-X-next-at: 432eaa2c6beef636b4ea0f011b99512631f565d9
+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2024, #05; Tue, 16)
+X-master-at: 186b115d3062e6230ee296d1ddaa0c4b72a464b5
+X-next-at: 8c6e9c07ef0bd922be435c0763b0b1b5bc508796
 Bcc: lwn@lwn.net, gitster@pobox.com
 
-What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2024, #04; Thu, 11)
+What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2024, #05; Tue, 16)
 --------------------------------------------------
 
 Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree.  Commits
@@ -46,14 +46,328 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
 
 --------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated to 'master']
+
+* cp/git-flush-is-an-env-bool (2024-01-04) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-04 at b435a96ce8)
+ + write-or-die: make GIT_FLUSH a Boolean environment variable
+
+ Unlike other environment variables that took the usual
+ true/false/yes/no as well as 0/1, GIT_FLUSH only understood 0/1,
+ which has been corrected.
+ source: <pull.1628.v3.git.1704363617842.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+
+
+* cp/sideband-array-index-comment-fix (2023-12-28) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at f906bc86f1)
+ + sideband.c: remove redundant 'NEEDSWORK' tag
+
+ In-code comment fix.
+ source: <pull.1625.v4.git.1703750460527.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+
+
+* ib/rebase-reschedule-doc (2024-01-05) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at d451d1f760)
+ + rebase: clarify --reschedule-failed-exec default
+
+ Doc update.
+ source: <20240105011424.1443732-2-illia.bobyr@gmail.com>
+
+
+* jk/commit-graph-slab-clear-fix (2024-01-05) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at f78c4fc296)
+ + commit-graph: retain commit slab when closing NULL commit_graph
+
+ Clearing in-core repository (happens during e.g., "git fetch
+ --recurse-submodules" with commit graph enabled) made in-core
+ commit object in an inconsistent state by discarding the necessary
+ data from commit-graph too early, which has been corrected.
+ source: <20240105054142.GA2035092@coredump.intra.peff.net>
+
+
+* jk/index-pack-lsan-false-positive-fix (2024-01-05) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at 589ed65251)
+ + index-pack: spawn threads atomically
+
+ Fix false positive reported by leak sanitizer.
+ source: <20240105085034.GA3078476@coredump.intra.peff.net>
+
+
+* jk/t1006-cat-file-objectsize-disk (2024-01-03) 2 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-03 at a492c6355c)
+ + t1006: prefer shell loop to awk for packed object sizes
+  (merged to 'next' on 2023-12-28 at d82812e636)
+ + t1006: add tests for %(objectsize:disk)
+
+ Test update.
+ source: <20231221094722.GA570888@coredump.intra.peff.net>
+ source: <20240103090152.GB1866508@coredump.intra.peff.net>
+
+
+* js/contributor-docs-updates (2023-12-27) 9 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-02 at 0e072117cd)
+ + SubmittingPatches: hyphenate non-ASCII
+ + SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub artifact format
+ + SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub visual
+ + SubmittingPatches: provide tag naming advice
+ + SubmittingPatches: update extra tags list
+ + SubmittingPatches: discourage new trailers
+ + SubmittingPatches: drop ref to "What's in git.git"
+ + CodingGuidelines: write punctuation marks
+ + CodingGuidelines: move period inside parentheses
+
+ Doc update.
+ source: <pull.1623.v3.git.1703739324.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+
+
+* jw/builtin-objectmode-attr (2023-12-28) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-02 at 4c3784b3a1)
+ + attr: add builtin objectmode values support
+
+ The builtin_objectmode attribute is populated for each path
+ without adding anything in .gitattributes files, which would be
+ useful in magic pathspec, e.g., ":(attr:builtin_objectmode=100755)"
+ to limit to executables.
+ cf. <xmqq5y0ssknj.fsf@gitster.g>
+ source: <20231116054437.2343549-1-jojwang@google.com>
+
+
+* jx/sideband-chomp-newline-fix (2023-12-18) 3 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-04 at 1237898a22)
+ + pkt-line: do not chomp newlines for sideband messages
+ + pkt-line: memorize sideband fragment in reader
+ + test-pkt-line: add option parser for unpack-sideband
+
+ Sideband demultiplexer fixes.
+ source: <cover.1702823801.git.zhiyou.jx@alibaba-inc.com>
+
+
+* ms/rebase-insnformat-doc-fix (2024-01-03) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-04 at d68f2be39b)
+ + Documentation: fix statement about rebase.instructionFormat
+
+ Docfix.
+ source: <pull.1629.git.git.1704305663254.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+
+
+* ps/refstorage-extension (2024-01-02) 13 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at f9a034803b)
+ + t9500: write "extensions.refstorage" into config
+ + builtin/clone: introduce `--ref-format=` value flag
+ + builtin/init: introduce `--ref-format=` value flag
+ + builtin/rev-parse: introduce `--show-ref-format` flag
+ + t: introduce GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT envvar
+ + setup: introduce GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT envvar
+ + setup: introduce "extensions.refStorage" extension
+ + setup: set repository's formats on init
+ + setup: start tracking ref storage format
+ + refs: refactor logic to look up storage backends
+ + worktree: skip reading HEAD when repairing worktrees
+ + t: introduce DEFAULT_REPO_FORMAT prereq
+ + Merge branch 'ps/clone-into-reftable-repository' into ps/refstorage-extension
+ (this branch is used by ps/prompt-parse-HEAD-futureproof and ps/worktree-refdb-initialization.)
+
+ Introduce a new extension "refstorage" so that we can mark a
+ repository that uses a non-default ref backend, like reftable.
+ source: <cover.1703833818.git.ps@pks.im>
+
+
+* ps/reftable-fixes-and-optims (2024-01-03) 9 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at 167d7685f8)
+ + reftable/merged: transfer ownership of records when iterating
+ + reftable/merged: really reuse buffers to compute record keys
+ + reftable/record: store "val2" hashes as static arrays
+ + reftable/record: store "val1" hashes as static arrays
+ + reftable/record: constify some parts of the interface
+ + reftable/writer: fix index corruption when writing multiple indices
+ + reftable/stack: do not auto-compact twice in `reftable_stack_add()`
+ + reftable/stack: do not overwrite errors when compacting
+ + Merge branch 'ps/reftable-fixes' into ps/reftable-fixes-and-optims
+
+ More fixes and optimizations to the reftable backend.
+ source: <cover.1704262787.git.ps@pks.im>
+
+
+* tb/multi-pack-verbatim-reuse (2023-12-14) 26 commits
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-04 at 891ac0fa2c)
+ + t/perf: add performance tests for multi-pack reuse
+ + pack-bitmap: enable reuse from all bitmapped packs
+ + pack-objects: allow setting `pack.allowPackReuse` to "single"
+ + t/test-lib-functions.sh: implement `test_trace2_data` helper
+ + pack-objects: add tracing for various packfile metrics
+ + pack-bitmap: prepare to mark objects from multiple packs for reuse
+ + pack-revindex: implement `midx_pair_to_pack_pos()`
+ + pack-revindex: factor out `midx_key_to_pack_pos()` helper
+ + midx: implement `midx_preferred_pack()`
+ + git-compat-util.h: implement checked size_t to uint32_t conversion
+ + pack-objects: include number of packs reused in output
+ + pack-objects: prepare `write_reused_pack_verbatim()` for multi-pack reuse
+ + pack-objects: prepare `write_reused_pack()` for multi-pack reuse
+ + pack-objects: pass `bitmapped_pack`'s to pack-reuse functions
+ + pack-objects: keep track of `pack_start` for each reuse pack
+ + pack-objects: parameterize pack-reuse routines over a single pack
+ + pack-bitmap: return multiple packs via `reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap()`
+ + pack-bitmap: simplify `reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap()` signature
+ + ewah: implement `bitmap_is_empty()`
+ + pack-bitmap: pass `bitmapped_pack` struct to pack-reuse functions
+ + midx: implement `midx_locate_pack()`
+ + midx: implement `BTMP` chunk
+ + midx: factor out `fill_pack_info()`
+ + pack-bitmap: plug leak in find_objects()
+ + pack-bitmap-write: deep-clear the `bb_commit` slab
+ + pack-objects: free packing_data in more places
+
+ Streaming spans of packfile data used to be done only from a
+ single, primary, pack in a repository with multiple packfiles.  It
+ has been extended to allow reuse from other packfiles, too.
+ cf. <ZXurD1NTZ4TAs7WZ@nand.local>
+ source: <cover.1702592603.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
+
+--------------------------------------------------
 [New Topics]
 
+* es/some-up-to-date-messages-must-stay (2024-01-12) 1 commit
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-16 at 2b598f7de2)
+ + messages: mark some strings with "up-to-date" not to touch
+
+ Comment updates to help developers not to attempt to modify
+ messages from plumbing commands that must stay constant.
+
+ It might make sense to reassess the plumbing needs every few years,
+ but that should be done as a separate effort.
+
+ Will merge to 'master'.
+ source: <20240112171910.11131-1-ericsunshine@charter.net>
+
+
+* bk/complete-bisect (2024-01-12) 5 commits
+ - completion: custom git-bisect terms
+ - completion: custom git-bisect terms
+ - completion: move to maintain define-before-use
+ - completion: git-log opts to bisect visualize
+ - completion: complete new old actions, start opts
+
+ Command line completion support (in contrib/) has been
+ updated for "git bisect".
+
+ Needs review.
+ source: <20240110020347.673155-1-britton.kerin@gmail.com>
+
+
+* bk/complete-dirname-for-am-and-format-patch (2024-01-12) 1 commit
+ - completion: dir-type optargs for am, format-patch
+
+ Command line completion support (in contrib/) has been
+ updated for a few commands to complete directory names where a
+ directory name is expected.
+
+ Needs review.
+ source: <d37781c3-6af2-409b-95a8-660a9b92d20b@smtp-relay.sendinblue.com>
+
+
+* bk/complete-send-email (2024-01-12) 1 commit
+ - completion: don't complete revs when --no-format-patch
+
+ Command line completion support (in contrib/) has been taught to
+ avoid offering revision names as candidates to "git send-email" when
+ the command is used to send pre-generated files.
+
+ Needs review.
+ source: <a718b5ee-afb0-44bd-a299-3208fac43506@smtp-relay.sendinblue.com>
+
+
+* gt/test-commit-o-i-options (2024-01-16) 2 commits
+ - t7501: add tests for --amend --signoff
+ - t7501: add tests for --include and --only
+
+ A few tests to "git commit -o <pathspec>" and "git commit -i
+ <pathspec>" has been added.
+
+ Expecting a reroll.
+ cf. <xmqq1qah46i0.fsf@gitster.g>
+ source: <20240113042254.38602-1-shyamthakkar001@gmail.com>
+
+
+* jt/tests-with-reftable (2024-01-12) 2 commits
+ - t5541: remove lockfile creation
+ - t1401: remove lockfile creation
+
+ Tweak a few tests not to manually modify the reference database
+ (hence easier to work with other backends like reftable).
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+ source: <pull.1634.v2.git.1705004670.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+
+
+* la/strvec-comment-fix (2024-01-12) 1 commit
+ - strvec: use correct member name in comments
+
+ Comment fix.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+ source: <pull.1640.git.1705043195997.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+
+
+* la/trailer-api (2024-01-12) 10 commits
+ - trailer: delete obsolete argument handling code from API
+ - trailer: move arg handling to interpret-trailers.c
+ - trailer: prepare to move parse_trailers_from_command_line_args() to builtin
+ - trailer: spread usage of "trailer_block" language
+ - trailer: make trailer_info struct private
+ - sequencer: use the trailer iterator
+ - trailer: delete obsolete formatting functions
+ - trailer: unify trailer formatting machinery
+ - trailer: include "trailer" term in API functions
+ - trailer: move process_trailers() to interpret-trailers.c
+
+ Code clean-up.
+
+ Needs review.
+ source: <pull.1632.git.1704869487.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+
+
+* ps/tests-with-ref-files-backend (2024-01-12) 6 commits
+ - t: mark tests regarding git-pack-refs(1) to be backend specific
+ - t5526: break test submodule differently
+ - t1419: mark test suite as files-backend specific
+ - t1302: make tests more robust with new extensions
+ - t1301: mark test for `core.sharedRepository` as reffiles specific
+ - t1300: make tests more robust with non-default ref backends
+
+ Prepare existing tests on refs to work better with non-default
+ backends.
+
+ Needs review.
+ source: <cover.1704877233.git.ps@pks.im>
+
+
+* ne/doc-filter-blob-limit-fix (2024-01-16) 1 commit
+ - rev-list-options: fix off-by-one in '--filter=blob:limit=<n>' explainer
+
+ Docfix.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+ source: <pull.1645.git.git.1705261850650.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+
+
+* ps/commit-graph-write-leakfix (2024-01-15) 1 commit
+ - commit-graph: fix memory leak when not writing graph
+
+ Leakfix.
+
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+ source: <0feab5e7d5bc6275e2c7671cd8f6786ea86fd610.1702891190.git.ps@pks.im>
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+[Cooking]
+
 * cp/t4129-pipefix (2024-01-10) 1 commit
- - t4129: prevent loss of exit code due to the use of pipes
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-12 at fd9b72b71a)
+ + t4129: prevent loss of exit code due to the use of pipes
 
  Test update.
 
- Will merge to 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
  source: <pull.1636.git.1704891257544.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
 
 
@@ -61,12 +375,13 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
  - branch: make the advice to force-deleting a conditional one
  - advice: fix an unexpected leading space
  - advice: sort the advice related lists
+ (this branch is used by rj/advice-disable-how-to-disable.)
 
  The error message given when "git branch -d branch" fails due to
  commits unique to the branch has been split into an error and a new
  conditional advice message.
 
- Will merge to 'next'?
+ Will merge to 'next'.
  source: <4aedc15c-4b3f-4f5e-abea-581b501600f8@gmail.com>
 
 
@@ -88,30 +403,32 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
  gitweb behaved as if the file did not exist at all, but now it
  errors out.  This is a change that may break backward compatibility.
 
- Will merge to 'next'?
+ Will merge to 'next'.
  source: <20240110225709.30168-1-marcelo.jimenez@gmail.com>
 
 
-* ps/completion-with-reftable-fix (2024-01-11) 2 commits
+* ps/completion-with-reftable-fix (2024-01-16) 5 commits
+ - completion: treat dangling symrefs as existing pseudorefs
  - completion: silence pseudoref existence check
+ - completion: improve existence check for pseudo-refs
  - t9902: verify that completion does not print anything
+ - completion: discover repo path in `__git_pseudoref_exists ()`
 
  Completion update to prepare for reftable
 
- Will merge to 'next'.
- source: <cover.1704969119.git.ps@pks.im>
+ Will merge to 'next'?
+ source: <cover.1705314554.git.ps@pks.im>
 
 
 * ps/p4-use-ref-api (2024-01-11) 1 commit
- - git-p4: stop reaching into the refdb
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-12 at 3f89cf25f6)
+ + git-p4: stop reaching into the refdb
 
  "git p4" update to prepare for reftable
 
- Will merge to 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
  source: <33d6a062ec56be33ed50a42a420be0b023f6f4cf.1704980814.git.ps@pks.im>
 
---------------------------------------------------
-[Cooking]
 
 * ps/gitlab-ci-static-analysis (2024-01-08) 1 commit
   (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-10 at 71af34de07)
@@ -127,7 +444,6 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
   (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-10 at f9515b9d89)
  + git-prompt: stop manually parsing HEAD with unknown ref formats
  + Merge branch 'ps/refstorage-extension' into ps/prompt-parse-HEAD-futureproof
- (this branch uses ps/refstorage-extension.)
 
  Futureproof command line prompt support (in contrib/).
 
@@ -136,15 +452,16 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
 
 
 * ps/reftable-optimize-io (2024-01-11) 5 commits
- - reftable/blocksource: use mmap to read tables
- - reftable/blocksource: refactor code to match our coding style
- - reftable/stack: use stat info to avoid re-reading stack list
- - reftable/stack: refactor reloading to use file descriptor
- - reftable/stack: refactor stack reloading to have common exit path
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-12 at 4096e880e0)
+ + reftable/blocksource: use mmap to read tables
+ + reftable/blocksource: refactor code to match our coding style
+ + reftable/stack: use stat info to avoid re-reading stack list
+ + reftable/stack: refactor reloading to use file descriptor
+ + reftable/stack: refactor stack reloading to have common exit path
 
  Low-level I/O optimization for reftable.
 
- Will merge to 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
  source: <cover.1704966670.git.ps@pks.im>
 
 
@@ -159,28 +476,27 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
 
 
 * tb/fetch-all-configuration (2024-01-08) 1 commit
- - fetch: add new config option fetch.all
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-12 at 6a05050382)
+ + fetch: add new config option fetch.all
 
  "git fetch" learned to pay attention to "fetch.all" configuration
  variable, which pretends as if "--all" was passed from the command
  line when no remote parameter was given.
 
- Will merge to 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
  source: <20240108211832.47362-1-dev@tb6.eu>
 
 
-* rj/advice-disable-how-to-disable (2024-01-09) 3 commits
+* rj/advice-disable-how-to-disable (2024-01-15) 1 commit
  - advice: allow disabling the automatic hint in advise_if_enabled()
- - t/test-tool: handle -c <name>=<value> arguments
- - t/test-tool: usage description
+ (this branch uses rj/advice-delete-branch-not-fully-merged.)
 
  All conditional "advice" messages show how to turn them off, which
  becomes repetitive.  Add a configuration variable to omit the
  instruction.
 
- Expecting a reroll.
- cf. <ZZ2QafUf/JxXYZU/@nand.local>
- source: <7c68392c-af2f-4999-ae64-63221bf7833a@gmail.com>
+ Will requeue with better dependencies before merging to 'next'.
+ source: <c870a0b6-9fa8-4d00-a5a6-661ca175805f@gmail.com>
 
 
 * vd/fsck-submodule-url-test (2024-01-09) 3 commits
@@ -196,28 +512,6 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
  source: <pull.1635.git.1704822817.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
 
 
-* ms/rebase-insnformat-doc-fix (2024-01-03) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-04 at d68f2be39b)
- + Documentation: fix statement about rebase.instructionFormat
-
- Docfix.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <pull.1629.git.git.1704305663254.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
-
-
-* cp/git-flush-is-an-env-bool (2024-01-04) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-04 at b435a96ce8)
- + write-or-die: make GIT_FLUSH a Boolean environment variable
-
- Unlike other environment variables that took the usual
- true/false/yes/no as well as 0/1, GIT_FLUSH only understood 0/1,
- which has been corrected.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <pull.1628.v3.git.1704363617842.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
-
-
 * sd/negotiate-trace-fix (2024-01-03) 1 commit
  - push: region_leave trace for negotiate_using_fetch
 
@@ -229,57 +523,15 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
 
 
 * sk/mingw-owner-check-error-message-improvement (2024-01-10) 1 commit
- - mingw: give more details about unsafe directory's ownership
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-12 at 05c56e151b)
+ + mingw: give more details about unsafe directory's ownership
 
  In addition to (rather cryptic) Security Identifiers, show username
  and domain in the error message when we barf on mismatch between
  the Git directory and the current user.
 
- Will merge to 'next'.
- source: <20240108173837.20480-2-soekkle@freenet.de>
-
-
-* ib/rebase-reschedule-doc (2024-01-05) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at d451d1f760)
- + rebase: clarify --reschedule-failed-exec default
-
- Doc update.
-
  Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <20240105011424.1443732-2-illia.bobyr@gmail.com>
-
-
-* jk/commit-graph-slab-clear-fix (2024-01-05) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at f78c4fc296)
- + commit-graph: retain commit slab when closing NULL commit_graph
-
- Clearing in-core repository (happens during e.g., "git fetch
- --recurse-submodules" with commit graph enabled) made in-core
- commit object in an inconsistent state by discarding the necessary
- data from commit-graph too early, which has been corrected.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <20240105054142.GA2035092@coredump.intra.peff.net>
-
-
-* jk/index-pack-lsan-false-positive-fix (2024-01-05) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at 589ed65251)
- + index-pack: spawn threads atomically
-
- Fix false positive reported by leak sanitizer.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <20240105085034.GA3078476@coredump.intra.peff.net>
-
-
-* cp/sideband-array-index-comment-fix (2023-12-28) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at f906bc86f1)
- + sideband.c: remove redundant 'NEEDSWORK' tag
-
- In-code comment fix.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <pull.1625.v4.git.1703750460527.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
+ source: <20240108173837.20480-2-soekkle@freenet.de>
 
 
 * ps/worktree-refdb-initialization (2024-01-08) 7 commits
@@ -290,13 +542,12 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
  - setup: move creation of "refs/" into the files backend
  - refs: prepare `refs_init_db()` for initializing worktree refs
  - Merge branch 'ps/refstorage-extension' into ps/worktree-refdb-initialization
- (this branch uses ps/refstorage-extension.)
 
  Instead of manually creating refs/ hierarchy on disk upon a
  creation of a secondary worktree, which is only usable via the
  files backend, use the refs API to populate it.
 
- Needs review.
+ Will merge to 'next'.
  source: <cover.1704705733.git.ps@pks.im>
 
 
@@ -315,55 +566,23 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
  source: <20231226233218.472054-1-gitster@pobox.com>
 
 
-* jk/t1006-cat-file-objectsize-disk (2024-01-03) 2 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-03 at a492c6355c)
- + t1006: prefer shell loop to awk for packed object sizes
-  (merged to 'next' on 2023-12-28 at d82812e636)
- + t1006: add tests for %(objectsize:disk)
-
- Test update.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <20231221094722.GA570888@coredump.intra.peff.net>
- source: <20240103090152.GB1866508@coredump.intra.peff.net>
-
-
-* js/contributor-docs-updates (2023-12-27) 9 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-02 at 0e072117cd)
- + SubmittingPatches: hyphenate non-ASCII
- + SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub artifact format
- + SubmittingPatches: clarify GitHub visual
- + SubmittingPatches: provide tag naming advice
- + SubmittingPatches: update extra tags list
- + SubmittingPatches: discourage new trailers
- + SubmittingPatches: drop ref to "What's in git.git"
- + CodingGuidelines: write punctuation marks
- + CodingGuidelines: move period inside parentheses
-
- Doc update.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <pull.1623.v3.git.1703739324.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
-
-
-* al/unit-test-ctype (2024-01-05) 1 commit
+* al/unit-test-ctype (2024-01-16) 1 commit
  - unit-tests: rewrite t/helper/test-ctype.c as a unit test
 
  Move test-ctype helper to the unit-test framework.
 
- Expecting a (hopefully small and final) reroll.
- cf. <a087f57c-ce72-45c7-8182-f38d0aca9030@web.de>
- cf. <33c81610-0958-49da-b702-ba8d96ecf1d3@gmail.com>
- source: <20240105161413.10422-1-ach.lumap@gmail.com>
+ Will merge to 'next'.
+ source: <20240112102743.1440-1-ach.lumap@gmail.com>
 
 
 * bk/bisect-doc-fix (2024-01-10) 2 commits
- - doc: refer to pathspec instead of path
- - doc: use singular form of repeatable path arg
+  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-12 at bdb3609554)
+ + doc: refer to pathspec instead of path
+ + doc: use singular form of repeatable path arg
 
  Synopsis fix.
 
- Will merge to 'next'.
+ Will merge to 'master'.
  source: <20240103040207.661413-1-britton.kerin@gmail.com>
 
 
@@ -377,86 +596,6 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
  source: <pull.1626.git.1703539287.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
 
 
-* ps/refstorage-extension (2024-01-02) 13 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at f9a034803b)
- + t9500: write "extensions.refstorage" into config
- + builtin/clone: introduce `--ref-format=` value flag
- + builtin/init: introduce `--ref-format=` value flag
- + builtin/rev-parse: introduce `--show-ref-format` flag
- + t: introduce GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT envvar
- + setup: introduce GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT envvar
- + setup: introduce "extensions.refStorage" extension
- + setup: set repository's formats on init
- + setup: start tracking ref storage format
- + refs: refactor logic to look up storage backends
- + worktree: skip reading HEAD when repairing worktrees
- + t: introduce DEFAULT_REPO_FORMAT prereq
- + Merge branch 'ps/clone-into-reftable-repository' into ps/refstorage-extension
- (this branch is used by ps/prompt-parse-HEAD-futureproof and ps/worktree-refdb-initialization.)
-
- Introduce a new extension "refstorage" so that we can mark a
- repository that uses a non-default ref backend, like reftable.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <cover.1703833818.git.ps@pks.im>
-
-
-* ps/reftable-fixes-and-optims (2024-01-03) 9 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-08 at 167d7685f8)
- + reftable/merged: transfer ownership of records when iterating
- + reftable/merged: really reuse buffers to compute record keys
- + reftable/record: store "val2" hashes as static arrays
- + reftable/record: store "val1" hashes as static arrays
- + reftable/record: constify some parts of the interface
- + reftable/writer: fix index corruption when writing multiple indices
- + reftable/stack: do not auto-compact twice in `reftable_stack_add()`
- + reftable/stack: do not overwrite errors when compacting
- + Merge branch 'ps/reftable-fixes' into ps/reftable-fixes-and-optims
-
- More fixes and optimizations to the reftable backend.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <cover.1704262787.git.ps@pks.im>
-
-
-* tb/multi-pack-verbatim-reuse (2023-12-14) 26 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-04 at 891ac0fa2c)
- + t/perf: add performance tests for multi-pack reuse
- + pack-bitmap: enable reuse from all bitmapped packs
- + pack-objects: allow setting `pack.allowPackReuse` to "single"
- + t/test-lib-functions.sh: implement `test_trace2_data` helper
- + pack-objects: add tracing for various packfile metrics
- + pack-bitmap: prepare to mark objects from multiple packs for reuse
- + pack-revindex: implement `midx_pair_to_pack_pos()`
- + pack-revindex: factor out `midx_key_to_pack_pos()` helper
- + midx: implement `midx_preferred_pack()`
- + git-compat-util.h: implement checked size_t to uint32_t conversion
- + pack-objects: include number of packs reused in output
- + pack-objects: prepare `write_reused_pack_verbatim()` for multi-pack reuse
- + pack-objects: prepare `write_reused_pack()` for multi-pack reuse
- + pack-objects: pass `bitmapped_pack`'s to pack-reuse functions
- + pack-objects: keep track of `pack_start` for each reuse pack
- + pack-objects: parameterize pack-reuse routines over a single pack
- + pack-bitmap: return multiple packs via `reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap()`
- + pack-bitmap: simplify `reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap()` signature
- + ewah: implement `bitmap_is_empty()`
- + pack-bitmap: pass `bitmapped_pack` struct to pack-reuse functions
- + midx: implement `midx_locate_pack()`
- + midx: implement `BTMP` chunk
- + midx: factor out `fill_pack_info()`
- + pack-bitmap: plug leak in find_objects()
- + pack-bitmap-write: deep-clear the `bb_commit` slab
- + pack-objects: free packing_data in more places
-
- Streaming spans of packfile data used to be done only from a
- single, primary, pack in a repository with multiple packfiles.  It
- has been extended to allow reuse from other packfiles, too.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- cf. <ZXurD1NTZ4TAs7WZ@nand.local>
- source: <cover.1702592603.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
-
-
 * jc/bisect-doc (2023-12-09) 1 commit
  - bisect: document "terms" subcommand more fully
 
@@ -466,20 +605,6 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
  source: <xmqqzfyjmk02.fsf@gitster.g>
 
 
-* jw/builtin-objectmode-attr (2023-12-28) 1 commit
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-02 at 4c3784b3a1)
- + attr: add builtin objectmode values support
-
- The builtin_objectmode attribute is populated for each path
- without adding anything in .gitattributes files, which would be
- useful in magic pathspec, e.g., ":(attr:builtin_objectmode=100755)"
- to limit to executables.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- cf. <xmqq5y0ssknj.fsf@gitster.g>
- source: <20231116054437.2343549-1-jojwang@google.com>
-
-
 * tb/pair-chunk-expect (2023-11-10) 8 commits
  - midx: read `OOFF` chunk with `pair_chunk_expect()`
  - midx: read `OIDL` chunk with `pair_chunk_expect()`
@@ -577,29 +702,19 @@ Release tarballs are available at:
  source: <878r8l929e.fsf@gmail.froward.int.ebiederm.org>
 
 
-* jx/remote-archive-over-smart-http (2023-12-14) 4 commits
- - archive: support remote archive from stateless transport
- - transport-helper: call do_take_over() in connect_helper
+* jx/remote-archive-over-smart-http (2024-01-16) 6 commits
  - transport-helper: call do_take_over() in process_connect
+ - transport-helper: call do_take_over() in connect_helper
+ - http-backend: new rpc-service for git-upload-archive
+ - transport-helper: protocol-v2 supports upload-archive
+ - remote-curl: supports git-upload-archive service
  - transport-helper: no connection restriction in connect_helper
 
  "git archive --remote=<remote>" learned to talk over the smart
  http (aka stateless) transport.
 
- Needs review.
- source: <cover.1702562879.git.zhiyou.jx@alibaba-inc.com>
-
-
-* jx/sideband-chomp-newline-fix (2023-12-18) 3 commits
-  (merged to 'next' on 2024-01-04 at 1237898a22)
- + pkt-line: do not chomp newlines for sideband messages
- + pkt-line: memorize sideband fragment in reader
- + test-pkt-line: add option parser for unpack-sideband
-
- Sideband demultiplexer fixes.
-
- Will merge to 'master'.
- source: <cover.1702823801.git.zhiyou.jx@alibaba-inc.com>
+ Will merge to 'next'?
+ source: <cover.1705411391.git.zhiyou.jx@alibaba-inc.com>
 
 
 * jc/rerere-cleanup (2023-08-25) 4 commits