On Mon, Jun 27 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote:

* ab/squelch-empty-fsync-traces (2022-06-23) 1 commit
 - trace2: don't include "fsync" events in all trace2 logs

 Omit fsync-related trace2 entries when their values are all zero.

 Expecting a reroll.
 cf. <xmqqh74byy19.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: [ref]

Will re-roll.

* ab/test-quoting-fix (2022-06-21) 3 commits
 - config tests: fix harmless but broken "rm -r" cleanup
 - test-lib.sh: fix prepend_var() quoting issue
 - tests: add missing double quotes to included library paths

 Fixes for tests when the source directory has unusual characters in
 its path, e.g. whitespaces, double-quotes, etc.

 Expecting a reroll.
 source: [ref]

Ditto.

* ab/submodule-cleanup (2022-06-15) 12 commits
 - git-sh-setup.sh: remove "say" function, change last users
 - git-submodule.sh: use "$quiet", not "$GIT_QUIET"
 - submodule--helper: eliminate internal "--update" option
 - submodule--helper: understand --checkout, --merge and --rebase synonyms
 - submodule--helper: report "submodule" as our name in "-h" output
 - submodule--helper: rename "absorb-git-dirs" to "absorbgitdirs"
 - submodule update: remove "-v" option
 - submodule--helper: have --require-init imply --init
 - git-submodule.sh: remove unused top-level "--branch" argument
 - git-submodule.sh: make "$cached" variable a boolean
 - git-submodule.sh: remove unused $prefix var and --super-prefix
 - git-submodule.sh: remove unused sanitize_submodule_env()

 Further preparation to turn git-submodule.sh into a builtin.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: [ref]

I have a locally queued re-roll of this addressing Glen's comments. I
don't think there's anything broken in this as-is, but hopefully
clarifying the --super-prefix situation a bit more will help.

* ab/test-without-templates (2022-06-06) 7 commits
 - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/sparse-checkout
 - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/exclude
 - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/refs
 - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/attributes
 - tests: don't assume a .git/info for .git/info/grafts
 - tests: don't depend on template-created .git/branches
 - t0008: don't rely on default ".git/info/exclude"

 Tweak tests so that they still work when the "git init" template
 did not create .git/info directory.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: [ref]

Discussed in
https://lore.kernel.org/git/220627.86zghygdtd.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com/ (local);
I think it's ready, but you've got some reservations.