Re: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2026, #05)

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

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

>> * tb/send-pack-no-ref-delta (2026-07-12) 4 commits
>>  - send-pack: honor `no-ref-delta` capability
>>  - pack-objects: support reuse with `--no-ref-delta`
>>  - pack-objects: introduce `--no-ref-delta`
>>  - t/helper: teach pack-deltas to list delta entries
>> 
>>  'git send-pack' has been taught to refrain from sending 'REF_DELTA'
>>  encoded packfiles when the other side asks it to.
>> 
>>  Needs review.
>>  source: <alQ7WKITYDXfiVn9@com-79390>
>
> In <an0EkMZGEbg6LERc@com-79390> we've agreed that this series can be
> evicted for now in favor of
> <20260807-b4-pks-odb-generate-pack-v1-0-7dec431ae7cd@pks.im>, as Taylor
> still needs some more time to rethink the approach in there.
>
>> * tb/midx-incremental-custom-base (2026-06-12) 3 commits
>>  - midx-write: include packs above custom incremental base
>>  - midx: pass custom '--base' through incremental writes
>>  - t5334: expose shared `nth_line()` helper
>> 
>>  The 'git multi-pack-index write --incremental' command has been
>>  corrected to properly honor the '--base' option.  Previously, the
>>  custom base was ignored by the normal write path; packs from layers
>>  above the selected base were incorrectly skipped by the pack exclusion
>>  logic, and reachability closure for bitmaps was broken.
>> 
>>  Needs review.
>>  source: <cover.1781294771.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
>
> I'll try to have a look at this series later today.

Thanks.