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

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Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH 0/6] cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command
  2026-07-01 12:19 · 5 replies in 7d · Eric Ju <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 0/4] builtin/refs: add ability to write references
  2026-06-30 11:49 · 4 replies in 7d · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 0/2] builtin/history: introduce "drop" subcommand
  2026-07-01 11:36 · 2 replies in 7d · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RFC 0/2] Move libgit.a sources into separate "lib/" directory
  2026-07-01 06:59 · 1 reply in 7d · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v1] config: fix case-insensitive match for old-style [section.subsection]
  2026-06-30 12:49 · 0 replies in 7d · RISHAV DEWAN <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH/RFC 0/6] commit-reach: terminate merge-base walk when one side is exhausted
  2026-06-28 12:26 · 7 replies in 7d · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 0/2] rebase: add --fixup to fold a range into its oldest commit
  2026-06-28 08:29 · 4 replies in 7d · Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH 0/7] line-log: range-scope stat, check, and -G under -L
  2026-06-27 17:29 · 3 replies in 7d · Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH 00/10] repack: combine '--geometric' and '--cruft'
  2026-06-26 19:02 · 3 replies in 7d · Taylor Blau <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH 0/2] branch/push: suggest intended form when remote/branch slip given
  2026-06-27 18:02 · 2 replies in 7d · Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <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.

• HOTtoday [PATCH GSoC v15 12/13] cat-file: validate remote atoms with an allow-list
  2026-07-01 · Pablo Sabater <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH GSoC v15 11/13] cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command
  2026-07-01 · Pablo Sabater <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH GSoC v15 09/13] serve: advertise object-info feature
  2026-07-01 · Pablo Sabater <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v8 11/11] builtin/history: implement "drop" subcommand
  2026-07-01 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH RFC v3 2/2] Move libgit.a sources into separate "lib/" directory
  2026-07-01 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v1] config: fix case-insensitive match for old-style [section.subsection]
  2026-06-30 · RISHAV DEWAN <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 5/5] builtin/refs: add "rename" subcommand
  2026-06-30 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 4/5] builtin/refs: add "create" subcommand
  2026-06-30 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 3/5] builtin/refs: add "update" subcommand
  2026-06-30 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v3 2/5] builtin/refs: add "delete" subcommand
  2026-06-30 · Patrick Steinhardt <hidden>
• HOTtoday [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>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v6 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message
  2026-06-28 · Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v6 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range
  2026-06-28 · Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM3d [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>
• WARM3d [PATCH v2 6/7] diff: support --check with -L line ranges
  2026-06-27 · Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v2 5/7] line-log: support diff stat formats with -L
  2026-06-27 · Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH 10/10] repack: support combining '--geometric' with '--cruft'
  2026-06-26 · Taylor Blau <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH 09/10] pack-objects: support '--refs-snapshot' with 'follow-reachable'
  2026-06-26 · Taylor Blau <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH 08/10] pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable'
  2026-06-26 · Taylor Blau <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v3 8/8] commit-reach: move min_generation check into paint_queue_get()
  2026-06-26 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v3 7/8] commit-reach: terminate merge-base walk when one paint side is exhausted
  2026-06-26 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v3 5/8] commit-reach: introduce struct paint_state with per-side counters
  2026-06-26 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v3 1/8] Documentation/technical: add paint-down-to-common doc
  2026-06-26 · Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v5 3/3] replay: offer an option to linearize the commit topology
  2026-06-26 · Toon Claes <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v4] doc: clarify --follow and log.follow for git log
  2026-06-25 · Tamir Duberstein <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH GSoC v14 12/13] cat-file: validate remote atoms with allow_list
  2026-06-25 · Pablo Sabater <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
• STALE144d 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
• STALE144d 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
• STALE144d 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
• STALE144d 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
• STALE144d 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
• COLD54d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3] doc: add caveat about turning off commit-graph
  2026-05-07 · <hidden> · 1 Acked-by
• COLD42d 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
• COLD42d 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
• COLD42d 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.

• STALE208d [PATCH v2 1/3] repo: remove blank line from Documentation/git-repo.adoc
  2025-12-04 · Lucas Seiki Oshiro <hidden>
• STALE208d [PATCH v2 2/3] repo: use [--format=... | -z] instead of [-z] in git-repo-info synopsis
  2025-12-04 · Lucas Seiki Oshiro <hidden>
• STALE208d [PATCH v2 3/3] repo: add -z as an alias for --format=nul to git-repo-structure
  2025-12-04 · Lucas Seiki Oshiro <hidden>
• STALE126d [PATCH 03/17] builtin/multi-pack-index.c: make '--progress' a common option
  2025-12-06 · Taylor Blau <hidden>
• STALE126d [PATCH 04/17] git-multi-pack-index(1): remove non-existent incompatibility
  2025-12-06 · Taylor Blau <hidden>
• STALE126d [PATCH 05/17] git-multi-pack-index(1): align SYNOPSIS with 'git multi-pack-index -h'
  2025-12-06 · Taylor Blau <hidden>
• STALE198d [PATCH 1/3] doc: replay: mention no output on conflicts
  2025-12-07 · <hidden>
• STALE198d [PATCH 2/3] doc: replay: document --contained
  2025-12-07 · <hidden>
• STALE198d [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>