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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-10-08 13:08:55 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-10-08 13:08:55 -0700
commit63a45136a329bab550425c3142db6071434d935e (patch)
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parentMerge branch 'sp/stream-clean-filter' (diff)
downloadtgif-63a45136a329bab550425c3142db6071434d935e.tar.xz
Update draft release notes to 2.2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Ports
UI, Workflows & Features
+ * "git archive" learned to filter what gets archived with pathspec.
+
* "git config --edit --global" starts from a skeletal per-user
configuration file contents, instead of a total blank, when the
user does not already have any. This immediately reduces the
@@ -48,6 +50,14 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
for a tagged commit, gained a cousin "%D" that just gives the
"tagname" without frills.
+ * "git push" learned "--signed" push, that allows a push (i.e.
+ request to update the refs on the other side to point at a new
+ history, together with the transmission of necessary objects) to be
+ signed, so that it can be verified and audited, using the GPG
+ signature of the person who pushed, that the tips of branches at a
+ public repository really point the commits the pusher wanted to,
+ without having to "trust" the server.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
* The API to manipulate the "refs" is currently undergoing a revamp
@@ -108,6 +118,9 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
* "git hash-object" was taught a "--literally" option to help
debugging.
+ * When running a required clean filter, we do not have to mmap the
+ original before feeding the filter. Instead, stream the file
+ contents directly to the filter and process its output.
Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.