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• M Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
• R Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>

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• F tools/net/ynl/pyynl/lib/doc_generator.py
• X Documentation/ABI/
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• X Documentation/devicetree/
• X Documentation/driver-api/media/
• X Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/
• X Documentation/i2c/
• X Documentation/netlink/
• X Documentation/power/
• X Documentation/spi/
• X Documentation/userspace-api/media/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] diff: give --compact-summary a short synonym --sstat
  2026-07-05 04:28 · 0 replies in 7d · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH/RFC 0/6] commit-reach: terminate merge-base walk when one side is exhausted
  2026-07-01 16:37 · 7 replies in 7d · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM1d [GSoC Patch] repo: support category-based prefix querying for info keys
  2026-07-03 16:47 · 0 replies in 7d · K Jayatheerth <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH 0/3] history: sign rewritten commits
  2026-07-03 14:51 · 1 reply in 7d · Souma <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v6 0/2] includeIf: add "worktree" condition for matching working tree path
  2026-07-03 03:13 · 1 reply in 7d · Chen Linxuan <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH 0/6] cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command
  2026-07-01 12:19 · 3 replies in 7d · Eric Ju <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH 0/3] Teach git-replay(1) to linearize merge commits
  2026-07-02 17:59 · 1 reply in 7d · Toon Claes <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH 0/4] builtin/refs: add ability to write references
  2026-06-30 11:49 · 4 replies in 7d · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH 0/2] builtin/history: introduce "drop" subcommand
  2026-07-01 11:36 · 2 replies in 7d · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH RFC 0/2] Move libgit.a sources into separate "lib/" directory
  2026-07-01 06:59 · 1 reply in 7d · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• D. Ben Knoble <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-06-10
• Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-06-10

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on git (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] diff: give --compact-summary a short synonym --sstat
  2026-07-05 · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
• WARM1d [GSoC Patch] repo: support category-based prefix querying for info keys
  2026-07-03 · K Jayatheerth <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH 2/3] doc: document history signing options
  2026-07-03 · Souma <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v6 2/2] config: add "worktree" and "worktree/i" includeIf conditions
  2026-07-03 · Chen Linxuan <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v6 3/3] replay: offer an option to linearize the commit topology
  2026-07-02 · Toon Claes <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 10/10] commit-reach: remove commit-date ordering fallback
  2026-07-01 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 08/10] commit-reach: terminate merge-base walk when one paint side is exhausted
  2026-07-01 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 07/10] commit-reach: introduce struct paint_state with per-side counters
  2026-07-01 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v5 01/10] Documentation/technical: add paint-down-to-common doc
  2026-07-01 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH GSoC v15 12/13] cat-file: validate remote atoms with an allow-list
  2026-07-01 · Pablo Sabater <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH GSoC v15 11/13] cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command
  2026-07-01 · Pablo Sabater <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH GSoC v15 09/13] serve: advertise object-info feature
  2026-07-01 · Pablo Sabater <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v8 11/11] builtin/history: implement "drop" subcommand
  2026-07-01 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH RFC v3 2/2] Move libgit.a sources into separate "lib/" directory
  2026-07-01 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH v1] config: fix case-insensitive match for old-style [section.subsection]
  2026-06-30 · RISHAV DEWAN <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v3 5/5] builtin/refs: add "rename" subcommand
  2026-06-30 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v3 4/5] builtin/refs: add "create" subcommand
  2026-06-30 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v3 3/5] builtin/refs: add "update" subcommand
  2026-06-30 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v3 2/5] builtin/refs: add "delete" subcommand
  2026-06-30 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v7 11/11] builtin/history: implement "drop" subcommand
  2026-06-29 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v4 7/8] commit-reach: terminate merge-base walk when one paint side is exhausted
  2026-06-28 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v4 5/8] commit-reach: introduce struct paint_state with per-side counters
  2026-06-28 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v4 1/8] Documentation/technical: add paint-down-to-common doc
  2026-06-28 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v6 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message
  2026-06-28 · Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v6 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range
  2026-06-28 · Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v3 2/2] push: suggest <remote> <branch> for a slash slip
  2026-06-27 · Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2 7/7] diffcore-pickaxe: scope -G to the -L tracked range
  2026-06-27 · Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v2 6/7] diff: support --check with -L line ranges
  2026-06-27 · Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v2 5/7] line-log: support diff stat formats with -L
  2026-06-27 · Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• COOLING8d [RFC PATCH 10/10] repack: support combining '--geometric' with '--cruft'
  2026-06-26 · Taylor Blau <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2] doc: shortlog: put back trailer paragraphs
  2026-02-03 · <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• STALE147d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 2/4] doc: finalize git-clone documentation conversion to synopsis style
  2026-02-03 · Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE147d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 3/4] doc: fix some style issues in git-clone and for-each-ref-options
  2026-02-03 · Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE147d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 2/4] doc: finalize git-clone documentation conversion to synopsis style
  2026-02-06 · Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE147d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 3/4] doc: fix some style issues in git-clone and for-each-ref-options
  2026-02-06 · Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE147d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 4/4] doc: convert git-show to synopsis style
  2026-02-06 · Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD58d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3] doc: add caveat about turning off commit-graph
  2026-05-07 · <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• COLD46d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 6/8] fetch: add --negotiation-include option for negotiation
  2026-05-18 · Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD46d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 6/8] fetch: add --negotiation-include option for negotiation
  2026-05-19 · Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD46d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v6 8/8] send-pack: pass negotiation config in push
  2026-05-19 · Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE201d [PATCH 1/3] doc: replay: mention no output on conflicts
  2025-12-07 · <hidden>
• STALE201d [PATCH 2/3] doc: replay: document --contained
  2025-12-07 · <hidden>
• STALE201d [PATCH 3/3] doc: replay: link section using markup
  2025-12-07 · <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] doc: join default pre-commit paragraphs
  2025-12-08 · <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] doc: send-email: fix broken list continuation
  2025-12-08 · <hidden>
• STALE199d [PATCH 3/6] builtin/repo: add inflated object info to keyvalue structure output
  2025-12-09 · Justin Tobler <hidden>
• STALE201d [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: replay: mention no output on conflicts
  2025-12-13 · <hidden>
• STALE201d [PATCH v2 2/3] replay: improve --contained and add to doc
  2025-12-13 · <hidden>
• STALE201d [PATCH v2 3/3] doc: replay: link section using markup
  2025-12-13 · <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] docs: clarify git-rev-list(1) --filter behavior
  2025-12-15 · Justin Tobler <hidden>