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2013-01-11Merge branch 'jc/format-patch-reroll'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-21/+31
Teach "format-patch" to prefix v4- to its output files for the fourth iteration of a patch series, to make it easier for the submitter to keep separate copies for iterations. * jc/format-patch-reroll: format-patch: give --reroll-count a short synonym -v format-patch: document and test --reroll-count format-patch: add --reroll-count=$N option get_patch_filename(): split into two functions get_patch_filename(): drop "just-numbers" hack get_patch_filename(): simplify function signature builtin/log.c: stop using global patch_suffix builtin/log.c: drop redundant "numbered_files" parameter from make_cover_letter() builtin/log.c: drop unused "numbered" parameter from make_cover_letter()
2013-01-05Merge branch 'jc/format-color-auto'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
Introduce "log --format=%C(auto,blue)Foo%C(auto,reset)" that does not color its output when writing to a non-terminal. * jc/format-color-auto: log --format: teach %C(auto,black) to respect color config t6006: clean up whitespace
2012-12-22format-patch: add --reroll-count=$N optionLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+2
The --reroll-count=$N option, when given a positive integer: - Adds " v$N" to the subject prefix specified. As the default subject prefix string is "PATCH", --reroll-count=2 makes it "PATCH v2". - Prefixes "v$N-" to the names used for output files. The cover letter, whose name is usually 0000-cover-letter.patch, becomes v2-0000-cover-letter.patch when given --reroll-count=2. This allows users to use the same --output-directory for multiple iterations of the same series, without letting the output for a newer round overwrite output files from the earlier rounds. The user can incorporate materials from earlier rounds to update the newly minted iteration, and use "send-email v2-*.patch" to send out the patches belonging to the second iteration easily. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-21get_patch_filename(): split into two functionsLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-18/+23
The function switched between two operating modes depending on the NULL-ness of its two parameters, as a hacky way to share small part of implementation, sacrificing cleanliness of the API. Implement "fmt_output_subject()" function that takes a subject string and gives the name for the output file, and on top of it, implement "fmt_output_commit()" function that takes a commit and gives the name for the output file. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-21get_patch_filename(): drop "just-numbers" hackLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-15/+14
The function chooses from three operating modes (format using the subject, the commit, or just number) based on NULL-ness of two of its parameters, which is an ugly hack for sharing only a bit of code. Separate out the "just numbers" part out to the callers. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-21get_patch_filename(): simplify function signatureLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+8
Most functions that emit to a strbuf take the strbuf as their first parameter; make this function follow suit. The serial number of the patch being emitted (nr) and suffix used for patch filename (suffix) are both recorded in rev_info; drop these separate parameters and pass the rev_info directly. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-12-17log --format: teach %C(auto,black) to respect color configLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
Traditionally, %C(color attr) always emitted the ANSI color sequence; it was up to the scripts that wanted to conditionally color their output to omit %C(...) specifier when they do not want colors. Optionally allow "auto," to be prefixed to the color, so that the output is colored iff we would color regular "log" output (e.g., taking into account color.* and --color command line options). Tests and pretty_context bits by Jeff King <peff@peff.net>. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-11-13format-patch: add a blank line between notes and diffstatLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-10/+21
The last line of the note text comes immediately before the diffstat block, making the latter unnecessarily harder to view. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-17format-patch --notes: show notes after three-dashesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+11
When inserting the note after the commit log message to format-patch output, add three dashes before the note. Record the fact that we did so in the rev_info and omit showing duplicated three dashes in the usual codepath that is used when notes are not being shown. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-17format-patch: append --signature after notesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+4
When appending a new signature with "format-patch --signature", if the "--notes" option is also in effect, the location of the new signature (and if the signature should be added in the first place) should be decided using the contents of the original commit log message, before the message from the notes is added. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-17pretty_print_commit(): do not append notes messageLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+3
The only case pretty_print_commit() appends notes message to the log message taken from the commit is when show_log() calls it with the notes_message field set, and the output format is not the userformat (i.e. when substituting "%N"). No other users of this function sets this field in the pretty_print_context, as can be easily verified in the previous step. Hoist the code to append the notes message to the caller. Up to this point, no functionality change is intended. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-17pretty: prepare notes message at a centralized placeLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+13
Instead of passing a boolean show_notes around, pass an optional string that is to be inserted after the log message proper is shown. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-05-22format-patch: refactor get_patch_filenameLibravatar Jeff King1-8/+11
The get_patch_filename function expects a commit argument and uses it to get the sanitized subject line when making a patch filename. However, we also want to use this same function for the cover letter, which does not have a commit object. The current solution is to create a fake commit with the subject "cover letter". Instead, let's make the get_patch_filename interface more flexibile, and allow passing a direct subject. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-05-11Merge branch 'jk/maint-reflog-walk-count-vs-time'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+4
Gives a better DWIM behaviour for --pretty=format:%gd, "stash list", and "log -g", depending on how the starting point ("master" vs "master@{0}" vs "master@{now}") and date formatting options (e.g. "--date=iso") are given on the command line. By Jeff King (4) and Junio C Hamano (1) * jk/maint-reflog-walk-count-vs-time: reflog-walk: tell explicit --date=default from not having --date at all reflog-walk: always make HEAD@{0} show indexed selectors reflog-walk: clean up "flag" field of commit_reflog struct log: respect date_mode_explicit with --format:%gd t1411: add more selector index/date tests
2012-05-07reflog-walk: tell explicit --date=default from not having --date at allLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+3
Introduction of opt->date_mode_explicit was a step in the right direction, but lost that crucial bit at the very end of the callchain, and the callee could not tell an explicitly specified "I want *date* but in default format" from the built-in default value passed when there was no --date specified. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-05-07Merge branch 'jk/maint-tformat-with-z'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
"log -z --pretty=tformat:..." does not terminate each record with NUL and this is a beginning of an attempt to fix it. It still is not right but the patch does not make externally observable behaviour worse. By Jan Krüger (1) and Junio C Hamano (1) * jk/maint-tformat-with-z: log-tree: the previous one is still not quite right log-tree: use custom line terminator in line termination mode
2012-05-04log: respect date_mode_explicit with --format:%gdLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+1
When we show a reflog selector (e.g., via "git log -g"), we perform some DWIM magic: while we normally show the entry's index (e.g., HEAD@{1}), if the user has given us a date with "--date", then we show a date-based select (e.g., HEAD@{yesterday}). However, we don't want to trigger this magic if the alternate date format we got was from the "log.date" configuration; that is not sufficiently strong context for us to invoke this particular magic. To fix this, commit f4ea32f (improve reflog date/number heuristic, 2009-09-24) introduced a "date_mode_explicit" flag in rev_info. This flag is set only when we see a "--date" option on the command line, and we a vanilla date to the reflog code if the date was not explicit. Later, commit 8f8f547 (Introduce new pretty formats %g[sdD] for reflog information, 2009-10-19) added another way to show selectors, and it did not respect the date_mode_explicit flag from f4ea32f. This patch propagates the date_mode_explicit flag to the pretty-print code, which can then use it to pass the appropriate date field to the reflog code. This brings the behavior of "%gd" in line with the other formats, and means that its output is independent of any user configuration. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-05-01log-tree: use custom line terminator in line termination modeLibravatar Jan Krüger1-1/+1
When using a custom format in line termination mode (as opposed to line separation mode), the configured line terminator is not used, so things like "git log --pretty=tformat:%H -z" do not work properly. Make it use the line terminator the user ordered. Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-04-23Merge branch 'lp/maint-diff-three-dash-with-graph'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+3
"log -p --graph" used with "--stat" had a few formatting error. By Lucian Poston * lp/maint-diff-three-dash-with-graph: t4202: add test for "log --graph --stat -p" separator lines log --graph: fix break in graph lines log --graph --stat: three-dash separator should come after graph lines
2012-03-20log --graph --stat: three-dash separator should come after graph linesLibravatar Lucian Poston1-2/+3
Output from "git log --graph --stat -p" emits the three-dash separator line before the graph that shows ancestry lines. The separator should come after the ancestry lines just like all the other output. Signed-off-by: Lucian Poston <lucian.poston@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-01-29Merge branch 'nd/maint-refname-in-hierarchy-check'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* nd/maint-refname-in-hierarchy-check: Fix incorrect ref namespace check
2012-01-11Fix incorrect ref namespace checkLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-2/+2
The reason why the trailing slash is needed is obvious. refs/stash and HEAD are not namespace, but complete refs. Do full string compare on them. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-01-06Merge branch 'jc/show-sig'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+129
* jc/show-sig: log --show-signature: reword the common two-head merge case log-tree: show mergetag in log --show-signature output log-tree.c: small refactor in show_signature() commit --amend -S: strip existing gpgsig headers verify_signed_buffer: fix stale comment gpg-interface: allow use of a custom GPG binary pretty: %G[?GS] placeholders test "commit -S" and "log --show-signature" log: --show-signature commit: teach --gpg-sign option Conflicts: builtin/commit-tree.c builtin/commit.c builtin/merge.c notes-cache.c pretty.c
2012-01-05log --show-signature: reword the common two-head merge caseLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+12
While identifying the commit merged to our history as "parent #2" is technically correct, we will never say "parent #1" (as that is the tip of our history before the merge is made), and we rarely would say "parent #3" (which would mean the merge is an octopus), especially when responding to a request to pull a signed tag. Treat the most common case to merge a single commit specially, and just say "merged tag '<tagname>'" instead. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-01-05log-tree: show mergetag in log --show-signature outputLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+75
A commit object that merges a signed tag records the "mergetag" extended header. Check the validity of the GPG signature on it, and show it in a way similar to how "gpgsig" extended header is shown. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-01-05log-tree.c: small refactor in show_signature()Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-12/+16
The next patch needs to show the result of signature verification on a mergetag extended header in a way similar to how embedded signature for the commit object itself is shown. Separate out the logic to go through the message lines and show them in the "error" color (highlighted) or the "correct" color (dim). Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-17pass struct commit to diff_tree_combined_merge()Libravatar René Scharfe1-3/+1
Instead of passing the hash of a commit and then searching that same commit in the single caller, simply pass the commit directly. Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-11-12log: --show-signatureLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+39
This teaches the "log" family of commands to pass the GPG signature in the commit objects to "gpg --verify" via the verify_signed_buffer() interface used to verify signed tag objects. E.g. $ git show --show-signature -s HEAD shows GPG output in the header part of the output. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-18Merge branch 'js/log-show-children'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+12
* js/log-show-children: log --children
2011-10-04log --childrenLibravatar Jay Soffian1-0/+12
Teach git-log to support --children, which was added by f35f5603f4 to the revision machinery, and by 72276a3ecb to rev-list, but was never added to git-log. Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-28Merge branch 'nd/decorate-grafts'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+32
* nd/decorate-grafts: log: Do not decorate replacements with --no-replace-objects log: decorate "replaced" on to replaced commits log: decorate grafted commits with "grafted" Move write_shallow_commits to fetch-pack.c Add for_each_commit_graft() to iterate all grafts decoration: do not mis-decorate refs with same prefix
2011-08-25log: Do not decorate replacements with --no-replace-objectsLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-0/+2
5267d29 (log: decorate "replaced" on to replaced commits, 2011-08-19) introduced textual decorations for replaced commits, based on the detection of refs/replace. Make it so that additionally the use of --no-replace-objects is detected: I.e. replaced commits are only decorated as replaced when they are actually replaced. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-19color: delay auto-color decision until point of useLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+1
When we read a color value either from a config file or from the command line, we use git_config_colorbool to convert it from the tristate always/never/auto into a single yes/no boolean value. This has some timing implications with respect to starting a pager. If we start (or decide not to start) the pager before checking the colorbool, everything is fine. Either isatty(1) will give us the right information, or we will properly check for pager_in_use(). However, if we decide to start a pager after we have checked the colorbool, things are not so simple. If stdout is a tty, then we will have already decided to use color. However, the user may also have configured color.pager not to use color with the pager. In this case, we need to actually turn off color. Unfortunately, the pager code has no idea which color variables were turned on (and there are many of them throughout the code, and they may even have been manipulated after the colorbool selection by something like "--color" on the command line). This bug can be seen any time a pager is started after config and command line options are checked. This has affected "git diff" since 89d07f7 (diff: don't run pager if user asked for a diff style exit code, 2007-08-12). It has also affect the log family since 1fda91b (Fix 'git log' early pager startup error case, 2010-08-24). This patch splits the notion of parsing a colorbool and actually checking the configuration. The "use_color" variables now have an additional possible value, GIT_COLOR_AUTO. Users of the variable should use the new "want_color()" wrapper, which will lazily determine and cache the auto-color decision. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-19log: decorate "replaced" on to replaced commitsLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-1/+15
Old code also decorates "new" commits with "refs/replace/SHA1". This is now gone, but I guess no one will miss it. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-18diff: refactor COLOR_DIFF from a flag into an intLibravatar Jeff King1-2/+2
This lets us store more than just a bit flag for whether we want color; we can also store whether we want automatic colors. This can be useful for making the automatic-color decision closer to the point of use. This mostly just involves replacing DIFF_OPT_* calls with manipulations of the flag. The biggest exception is that calls to DIFF_OPT_TST must check for "o->use_color > 0", which lets an "unknown" value (i.e., the default) stay at "no color". In the previous code, a value of "-1" was not propagated at all. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-18log: decorate grafted commits with "grafted"Libravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-0/+12
In shallow repositories, this may help detect whether a branch ends, or it is deeper than current depth. It also show graft points that extend a branch. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-08-18decoration: do not mis-decorate refs with same prefixLibravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-3/+3
We definitely do not want to decorate refs/headsandtails the same as refs/heads/*, for example. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-31Merge branch 'jk/format-patch-am'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
* jk/format-patch-am: format-patch: preserve subject newlines with -k clean up calling conventions for pretty.c functions pretty: add pp_commit_easy function for simple callers mailinfo: always clean up rfc822 header folding t: test subject handling in format-patch / am pipeline Conflicts: builtin/branch.c builtin/log.c commit.h
2011-05-30format-patch: make zero-length subject prefixes prettierLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+2
If you give a zero-length subject prefix to format-patch (e.g., "format-patch --subject-prefix="), we will print the ugly: Subject: [ 1/2] your subject here because we always insert a space between the prefix and numbering. Requiring the user to provide the space in their prefix would be more flexible, but would break existing usage. This patch provides a DWIM and suppresses the space for zero-length prefixes, under the assumption that nobody actually wants "[ 1/2]". Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-26format-patch: preserve subject newlines with -kLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+1
In older versions of git, we used rfc822 header folding to indicate that the original subject line had multiple lines in it. But since a1f6baa (format-patch: wrap long header lines, 2011-02-23), we now use header folding whenever there is a long line. This means that "git am" cannot trust header folding as a sign from format-patch that newlines should be preserved. Instead, format-patch needs to signal more explicitly that the newlines are significant. This patch does so by rfc2047-encoding the newlines in the subject line. No changes are needed on the "git am" end; it already decodes the newlines properly. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-05-26clean up calling conventions for pretty.c functionsLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+2
We have a pretty_print_context representing the parameters for a pretty-print session, but we did not use it uniformly. As a result, functions kept growing more and more arguments. Let's clean this up in a few ways: 1. All pretty-print pp_* functions now take a context. This lets us reduce the number of arguments to these functions, since we were just passing around the context values separately. 2. The context argument now has a cmit_fmt field, which was passed around separately. That's one less argument per function. 3. The context argument always comes first, which makes calling a little more uniform. This drops lines from some callers, and adds lines in a few places (because we need an extra line to set the context's fmt field). Overall, we don't save many lines, but the lines that are there are a lot simpler and more readable. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-10git-log: put space after commit markLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-2/+2
Currently, commit marks (left, right, boundary, cherry) are output right before the commit sha1, which makes it difficult to copy sha1s. Sample output for "git log --oneline --cherry": =049c269 t6007: test rev-list --cherry Change this to = 049c269 t6007: test rev-list --cherry which matches exactly the current output of "git log --graph". Leave "git rev-list" output as is (no space) so that they do not break. Adjust "git-svn" which uses "git log --pretty=raw --boundary". Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-09rev-list/log: factor out revision mark generationLibravatar Michael J Gruber1-24/+4
Currently, we have identical code for generating revision marks ('<', '>', '-') in 5 places. Factor out the code to a single function get_revision_mark() for easier maintenance and extensibility. Note that the check for !!revs in graph.c (which gets removed effectively by this patch) is superfluous. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-06-24Allow customizable commit decorations colorsLibravatar Nazri Ramliy1-0/+36
Signed-off-by: Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-06-20log --decorate: Colorize commit decorationsLibravatar Nazri Ramliy1-1/+33
This makes the decorations stand out more and easier to distinguish and spot because they are colored differently depending on their type. Signed-off-by: Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-06-20log-tree.c: Use struct name_decoration's type for classifying decorationLibravatar Nazri Ramliy1-8/+32
The "tag: " prefix is no longer prepended to the name of the decoration. It is now printed conditionally by show_decorations if the decoration type is DECORATION_REF_TAG. Signed-off-by: Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-05-31Output the graph columns at the end of the commit messageLibravatar Bo Yang1-0/+6
There is an empty line between the commit message and the diff output. Add the graph columns as prefix of this line. Signed-off-by: Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-02-12git log -p -m: document -m and honor --first-parentLibravatar Petr Baudis1-0/+10
git log -p -m is used to show one merge entry per parent, with an appropriate diff; this can be useful when examining histories where full set of changes introduced by a merged branch is interesting, not only the conflicts. This patch properly documents the -m switch, which has so far been mentioned only as a fairly special diff-tree flag. It also makes the code show full patch entry only for the first parent when --first-parent is used. Thus: git log -p -m --first-parent will show the history from the "main branch perspective", while also including full diff of changes introduced by other merged in branches. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-20Fix "log" family not to be too agressive about showing notesLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
Giving "Notes" information in the default output format of "log" and "show" is a sensible progress (the user has asked for it by having the notes), but for some commands (e.g. "format-patch") spewing notes into the formatted commit log message without being asked is too aggressive. Enable notes output only for "log", "show", "whatchanged" by default and only when the user didn't ask any specific --pretty/--format from the command line; users can explicitly override this default with --show-notes and --no-notes option. Parts of tests are taken from Jeff King's fix. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-10-19Introduce new pretty formats %g[sdD] for reflog informationLibravatar Thomas Rast1-0/+1
Add three new --pretty=format escapes: %gD long reflog descriptor (e.g. refs/stash@{0}) %gd short reflog descriptor (e.g. stash@{0}) %gs reflog message This is achieved by passing down the reflog info, if any, inside the pretty_print_context struct. We use the newly refactored get_reflog_selector(), and give it some extra functionality to extract a shortened ref. The shortening is cached inside the commit_reflogs struct; the only allocation of it happens in read_complete_reflog(), where it is initialised to 0. Also add another helper get_reflog_message() for the message extraction. Note that the --format="%h %gD: %gs" tests may not work in real repositories, as the --pretty formatter doesn't know to leave away the ": " on the last commit in an incomplete (because git-gc removed the old part) reflog. This equivalence is nevertheless the main goal of this patch. Thanks to Jeff King for reviews, the %gd testcase and documentation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>