Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2025, #10; Sun, 30)

From: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 10:54:25 +0100

On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 09:05:07PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> * ps/object-read-stream (2025-11-23) 20 commits
>  - streaming: drop redundant type and size pointers
>  - streaming: move into object database subsystem
>  - streaming: refactor interface to be object-database-centric
>  - streaming: move logic to read packed objects streams into backend
>  - streaming: move logic to read loose objects streams into backend
>  - streaming: make the `odb_read_stream` definition public
>  - streaming: get rid of `the_repository`
>  - streaming: rely on object sources to create object stream
>  - packfile: introduce function to read object info from a store
>  - streaming: move zlib stream into backends
>  - streaming: create structure for filtered object streams
>  - streaming: create structure for packed object streams
>  - streaming: create structure for loose object streams
>  - streaming: create structure for in-core object streams
>  - streaming: allocate stream inside the backend-specific logic
>  - streaming: explicitly pass packfile info when streaming a packed object
>  - streaming: propagate final object type via the stream
>  - streaming: drop the `open()` callback function
>  - streaming: rename `git_istream` into `odb_read_stream`
>  - Merge branch 'ps/object-source-loose' into ps/object-read-stream
> 
>  The "git_istream" abstraction has been revamped to make it easier
>  to interface with pluggable object database design.
> 
>  Will merge to 'next'?
>  source: <[email-masked]>

I think this topic should be ready for next. The latest version didn't
receive any feedback, but all it did is to improve some commit messages
and rename a function based on previous reviews.

> * ps/history (2025-10-27) 12 commits
>  - builtin/history: implement "split" subcommand
>  - cache-tree: allow writing in-memory index as tree
>  - add-patch: add support for in-memory index patching
>  - add-patch: remove dependency on "add-interactive" subsystem
>  - add-patch: split out `struct interactive_options`
>  - add-patch: split out header from "add-interactive.h"
>  - builtin/history: implement "reword" subcommand
>  - builtin: add new "history" command
>  - replay: stop using `the_repository`
>  - replay: extract logic to pick commits
>  - wt-status: provide function to expose status for trees
>  - Merge branch 'sa/replay-atomic-ref-updates' into ps/history
>  (this branch is used by pw/replay-drop-empty.)
> 
>  "git history" history rewriting UI.
> 
>  Expecting a reroll.
>  cf. <[email-masked]>
>  source: <[email-masked]>

I'll address feedback on this topic later this week.

Thanks!

Patrick