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Jeff King f1cbd033e2 pack-objects: use object_id in packlist_alloc()
The only caller of packlist_alloc() already has a "struct object_id",
and we immediately copy the hash they pass us into our own object_id.
Let's avoid the unnecessary round-trip to a raw sha1 pointer.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-09-06 11:03:39 -07:00
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xdiff Merge branch 'cb/xdiff-no-system-includes-in-dot-c' into maint 2019-08-09 15:18:19 -07:00
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archive-tar.c
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archive.h Merge branch 'dl/no-extern-in-func-decl' 2019-05-13 23:50:32 +09:00
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azure-pipelines.yml
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blame.h Merge branch 'br/blame-ignore' 2019-07-19 11:30:20 -07:00
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branch.c Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
branch.h Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
builtin.h Merge branch 'ab/test-env' 2019-07-25 13:59:20 -07:00
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bundle.c bundle verify: error out if called without an object database 2019-05-28 13:04:14 -07:00
bundle.h
cache-tree.c Merge branch 'jk/tree-walk-overflow' 2019-08-22 12:34:10 -07:00
cache-tree.h
cache.h Merge branch 'sg/rebase-progress' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:19 -07:00
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
check_bindir
check-builtins.sh
checkout.c
checkout.h
color.c
color.h
column.c
column.h
combine-diff.c
command-list.txt help: move git-diff and git-reset to different groups 2019-05-07 13:04:48 +09:00
commit-graph.c Merge branch 'sg/commit-graph-validate' 2019-08-22 12:34:11 -07:00
commit-graph.h commit-graph: error out on invalid commit oids in 'write --stdin-commits' 2019-08-05 14:33:39 -07:00
commit-reach.c
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commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
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commit.c Merge branch 'ds/close-object-store' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:22 -07:00
commit.h Merge branch 'dl/no-extern-in-func-decl' 2019-05-13 23:50:32 +09:00
common-main.c
config.c config: work around bug with includeif:onbranch and early config 2019-07-31 15:20:56 -07:00
config.h Merge branch 'dl/no-extern-in-func-decl' 2019-05-13 23:50:32 +09:00
config.mak.dev
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config.mak.uname vcxproj: also link-or-copy builtins 2019-07-29 14:51:43 -07:00
configure.ac configure: Detect linking style for HP aCC on HP-UX 2019-06-07 10:06:11 -07:00
connect.c
connect.h
connected.c check_everything_connected: assume alternate ref tips are valid 2019-07-01 10:11:09 -07:00
connected.h
convert.c
convert.h
copy.c
COPYING
credential-cache--daemon.c
credential-cache.c
credential-store.c
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c
date.c
decorate.c hashmap: convert sha1hash() to oidhash() 2019-06-20 10:44:22 -07:00
decorate.h
delta-islands.c Merge branch 'jk/oidhash' 2019-07-09 15:25:43 -07:00
delta-islands.h delta-islands: respect progress flag 2019-06-20 13:29:49 -07:00
delta.h
detect-compiler
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diff-lib.c mark_fsmonitor_valid(): mark the index as changed if needed 2019-05-28 12:43:43 -07:00
diff-no-index.c
diff.c Merge branch 'js/unmap-before-ext-diff' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:11 -07:00
diff.h range-diff: suppress line count in outer diff 2019-07-11 14:29:27 -07:00
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diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c Merge branch 'jk/oidhash' 2019-07-09 15:25:43 -07:00
diffcore.h
dir-iterator.c dir-iterator: add flags parameter to dir_iterator_begin 2019-07-11 13:52:15 -07:00
dir-iterator.h dir-iterator: add flags parameter to dir_iterator_begin 2019-07-11 13:52:15 -07:00
dir.c cleanup: fix possible overflow errors in binary search, part 2 2019-06-13 11:28:53 -07:00
dir.h Merge branch 'dl/no-extern-in-func-decl' 2019-05-13 23:50:32 +09:00
editor.c pager: add a helper function to clear the last line in the terminal 2019-06-24 13:38:46 -07:00
entry.c fill_stat_cache_info(): prepare for an fsmonitor fix 2019-05-28 12:43:42 -07:00
environment.c
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fast-import.c Merge branch 'nd/tree-walk-with-repo' 2019-07-19 11:30:21 -07:00
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-object.c
fetch-object.h
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'nd/fetch-capability-tweak' 2019-07-09 15:25:43 -07:00
fetch-pack.h fetch_pack(): drop unused parameters 2019-03-20 18:34:09 +09:00
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c Merge branch 'br/blame-ignore' 2019-07-19 11:30:20 -07:00
fsck.h
fsmonitor.c Merge branch 'cb/fsmonitor-intfix' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:15 -07:00
fsmonitor.h mark_fsmonitor_valid(): mark the index as changed if needed 2019-05-28 12:43:43 -07:00
fuzz-commit-graph.c
fuzz-pack-headers.c
fuzz-pack-idx.c
generate-cmdlist.sh
gettext.c Merge branch 'ab/test-env' 2019-07-25 13:59:20 -07:00
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh
git-compat-util.h msvc: add a compile-time flag to allow detailed heap debugging 2019-06-25 10:46:57 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl
git-difftool--helper.sh
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh
git-legacy-stash.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh Merge branch 'dl/difftool-mergetool' 2019-05-19 16:45:30 +09:00
git-mergetool.sh mergetool: use shell variable magic instead of awk 2019-06-12 13:20:56 -07:00
git-p4.py Merge branch 'sw/git-p4-unshelve-branched-files' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:15 -07:00
git-parse-remote.sh
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git-rebase--preserve-merges.sh rebase: fold git-rebase--common into the -p backend 2019-05-15 10:57:32 +09:00
git-request-pull.sh request-pull: warn if the remote object is not the same as the local one 2019-05-28 13:06:25 -07:00
git-send-email.perl Merge branch 'ab/send-email-transferencoding-fix' 2019-06-13 13:18:46 -07:00
git-sh-i18n.sh tests: make GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON a boolean 2019-06-21 09:42:49 -07:00
git-sh-setup.sh
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl
GIT-VERSION-GEN First batch after Git 2.23 2019-08-22 12:41:04 -07:00
git-web--browse.sh
git.c Merge branch 'js/visual-studio' 2019-08-02 13:12:02 -07:00
git.rc mingw: embed a manifest to trick UAC into Doing The Right Thing 2019-06-27 12:55:45 -07:00
gpg-interface.c gpg-interface: do not scan past the end of buffer 2019-07-16 12:15:12 -07:00
gpg-interface.h
graph.c
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grep.c Merge branch 'bb/grep-pcre2-bug-message-fix' 2019-07-29 12:39:13 -07:00
grep.h
hash.h hash.h: move object_id definition from cache.h 2019-06-20 10:40:42 -07:00
hashmap.c
hashmap.h hashmap: convert sha1hash() to oidhash() 2019-06-20 10:44:22 -07:00
help.c Merge branch 'jk/help-unknown-ref-fix' 2019-06-13 13:19:42 -07:00
help.h
hex.c
http-backend.c
http-fetch.c
http-push.c object: convert lookup_object() to use object_id 2019-06-20 10:18:09 -07:00
http-walker.c
http.c
http.h Merge branch 'dl/no-extern-in-func-decl' 2019-05-13 23:50:32 +09:00
ident.c
imap-send.c
INSTALL
interdiff.c
interdiff.h
iterator.h
json-writer.c json_writer: new routines to create JSON data 2018-07-16 13:55:39 -07:00
json-writer.h
khash.h hashmap: convert sha1hash() to oidhash() 2019-06-20 10:44:22 -07:00
kwset.c Merge branch 'rs/copy-array' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:15 -07:00
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
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line-log.c tree-walk.c: remove the_repo from get_tree_entry() 2019-06-27 12:45:17 -07:00
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
linear-assignment.c
linear-assignment.h
list-objects-filter-options.c Merge branch 'md/list-objects-filter-parse-msgfix' 2019-06-21 11:24:10 -07:00
list-objects-filter-options.h list-objects-filter: disable 'sparse:path' filters 2019-05-29 11:05:34 -07:00
list-objects-filter.c Merge branch 'md/list-objects-filter-memfix' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:12 -07:00
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c
list-objects.h
list.h
ll-merge.c
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c Replace all die("BUG: ...") calls by BUG() ones 2018-05-06 19:06:13 +09:00
lockfile.h
log-tree.c
log-tree.h
ls-refs.c upload-pack: strip namespace from symref data 2019-05-28 10:02:00 -07:00
ls-refs.h
mailinfo.c
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
Makefile Merge branch 'js/visual-studio' 2019-08-02 13:12:02 -07:00
match-trees.c match-trees.c: remove the_repo from shift_tree*() 2019-06-27 12:45:17 -07:00
mem-pool.c
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c
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merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'en/disable-dir-rename-in-recursive-merge' 2019-08-08 14:26:10 -07:00
merge-recursive.h
merge.c
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
midx.c midx: implement midx_repack() 2019-06-11 10:34:40 -07:00
midx.h multi-pack-index: prepare 'repack' subcommand 2019-06-11 10:34:40 -07:00
name-hash.c cleanup: fix possible overflow errors in binary search, part 2 2019-06-13 11:28:53 -07:00
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c
notes-utils.h
notes.c tree-walk.c: remove the_repo from get_tree_entry() 2019-06-27 12:45:17 -07:00
notes.h
object-store.h Merge branch 'ds/object-info-for-prefetch-fix' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:08 -07:00
object.c Merge branch 'jk/oidhash' 2019-07-09 15:25:43 -07:00
object.h object: convert create_object() to use object_id 2019-06-20 10:20:51 -07:00
oidmap.c Merge branch 'cc/test-oidmap' 2019-07-19 11:30:19 -07:00
oidmap.h
oidset.c Merge branch 'br/blame-ignore' 2019-07-19 11:30:20 -07:00
oidset.h Merge branch 'br/blame-ignore' 2019-07-19 11:30:20 -07:00
pack-bitmap-write.c pack-bitmap: convert khash_sha1 maps into kh_oid_map 2019-06-20 10:35:05 -07:00
pack-bitmap.c pack-bitmap: convert khash_sha1 maps into kh_oid_map 2019-06-20 10:35:05 -07:00
pack-bitmap.h pack-bitmap: convert khash_sha1 maps into kh_oid_map 2019-06-20 10:35:05 -07:00
pack-check.c
pack-objects.c pack-objects: use object_id in packlist_alloc() 2019-09-06 11:03:39 -07:00
pack-objects.h pack-objects: use object_id in packlist_alloc() 2019-09-06 11:03:39 -07:00
pack-revindex.c
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c
pack.h
packfile.c Merge branch 'ds/close-object-store' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:22 -07:00
packfile.h Merge branch 'ds/close-object-store' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:22 -07:00
pager.c pager: add a helper function to clear the last line in the terminal 2019-06-24 13:38:46 -07:00
parse-options-cb.c Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
parse-options.c Merge branch 'nd/diff-parseopt' 2019-05-30 10:50:44 -07:00
parse-options.h Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c hashmap: convert sha1hash() to oidhash() 2019-06-20 10:44:22 -07:00
patch-ids.h
path.c
path.h
pathspec.c
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c pkt-line: drop 'const'-ness of a param to set_packet_header() 2019-05-16 13:29:06 +09:00
pkt-line.h
preload-index.c mark_fsmonitor_valid(): mark the index as changed if needed 2019-05-28 12:43:43 -07:00
pretty.c use COPY_ARRAY for copying arrays 2019-06-17 18:15:04 -07:00
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c Merge branch 'dr/progress-i18n' 2019-07-11 15:16:49 -07:00
progress.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
quote.c
quote.h
range-diff.c range-diff: add headers to the outer hunk header 2019-07-11 14:29:27 -07:00
range-diff.h format-patch: do not let its diff-options affect --range-diff 2018-11-30 13:47:55 +09:00
reachable.c object: convert lookup_object() to use object_id 2019-06-20 10:18:09 -07:00
reachable.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'rs/avoid-overflow-in-midpoint-computation' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:21 -07:00
README.md README: fix rendering of text in angle brackets 2019-07-18 14:47:46 -07:00
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'ma/ref-filter-leakfix' 2019-07-19 11:30:23 -07:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
refs.c object: convert lookup_unknown_object() to use object_id 2019-06-20 10:06:19 -07:00
refs.h Merge branch 'nd/worktree-name-sanitization' 2019-06-13 13:19:40 -07:00
refspec.c refspec: make hash size independent 2019-04-01 11:57:39 +09:00
refspec.h
RelNotes First batch after Git 2.23 2019-08-22 12:41:04 -07:00
remote-curl.c i18n: fix typos found during l10n for git 2.22.0 2019-06-03 11:10:53 -07:00
remote-testsvn.c
remote.c
remote.h Merge branch 'dl/no-extern-in-func-decl' 2019-05-13 23:50:32 +09:00
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repository.c
repository.h
rerere.c
rerere.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'jk/check-connected-with-alternates' 2019-07-19 11:30:21 -07:00
revision.h
run-command.c
run-command.h
send-pack.c
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'pw/rebase-abort-clean-rewritten' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:20 -07:00
sequencer.h Merge branch 'ra/cherry-pick-revert-skip' 2019-07-19 11:30:21 -07:00
serve.c
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server-info.c Merge branch 'ew/server-info-remove-crufts' 2019-06-17 10:15:15 -07:00
setup.c
sh-i18n--envsubst.c cleanup: fix possible overflow errors in binary search, part 2 2019-06-13 11:28:53 -07:00
sha1-array.c sha1-array: provide oid_array_filter 2018-12-05 11:42:31 +09:00
sha1-array.h
sha1-file.c sha1-file: release strbuf after use 2019-08-07 12:28:57 -07:00
sha1-lookup.c
sha1-lookup.h
sha1-name.c Merge branch 'nd/tree-walk-with-repo' 2019-07-19 11:30:21 -07:00
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c Use the right 'struct repository' instead of the_repository 2019-06-27 12:45:17 -07:00
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
split-index.c
split-index.h
strbuf.c l10n: localizable upload progress messages 2019-07-02 12:18:49 -07:00
strbuf.h l10n: localizable upload progress messages 2019-07-02 12:18:49 -07:00
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
sub-process.c
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c
submodule-config.h
submodule.c
submodule.h
symlinks.c Indent code with TABs 2018-12-09 12:37:32 +09:00
tag.c object: convert create_object() to use object_id 2019-06-20 10:20:51 -07:00
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c
tmp-objdir.h
trace2.c Merge branch 'jh/trace2' 2019-05-13 23:50:35 +09:00
trace2.h trace2: rename environment variables to GIT_TRACE2* 2019-05-28 10:20:34 -07:00
trace.c
trace.h
trailer.c
trailer.h
transport-helper.c Merge branch 'es/local-atomic-push-failure-with-http' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:16 -07:00
transport-internal.h
transport.c Merge branch 'es/local-atomic-push-failure-with-http' 2019-07-25 13:59:22 -07:00
transport.h object-store.h: move for_each_alternate_ref() from transport.h 2019-07-01 09:47:29 -07:00
tree-diff.c tree-walk.c: remove the_repo from fill_tree_descriptor() 2019-06-27 12:45:17 -07:00
tree-walk.c Merge branch 'jk/tree-walk-overflow' 2019-08-22 12:34:10 -07:00
tree-walk.h Merge branch 'jk/tree-walk-overflow' 2019-08-22 12:34:10 -07:00
tree.c object: convert create_object() to use object_id 2019-06-20 10:20:51 -07:00
tree.h
unicode-width.h Merge branch 'bb/unicode-12.1-reiwa' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:11 -07:00
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'jk/tree-walk-overflow' 2019-08-22 12:34:10 -07:00
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'ds/close-object-store' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:22 -07:00
upload-pack.h
url.c url: do not allow %00 to represent NUL in URLs 2019-06-04 14:48:25 -07:00
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c Merge branch 'ml/userdiff-rust' 2019-06-21 11:24:08 -07:00
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
walker.c object: convert lookup_unknown_object() to use object_id 2019-06-20 10:06:19 -07:00
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c Merge branch 'nd/corrupt-worktrees' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:07 -07:00
worktree.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c wrapper: avoid undefined behaviour in macOS 2019-06-19 07:41:31 -07:00
write-or-die.c
ws.c
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Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.

The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.

The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):

  • random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
  • stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
  • "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
  • "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks