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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt index 13c2684a19..80d5e15aa0 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.26.0.txt @@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ Git 2.26 Release Notes Updates since v2.25 ------------------- +Backward compatibility notes + + * "git rebase" uses a different backend that is based on the 'merge' + machinery by default. There are a few known differences in the + behaviour from the traditional machniery based on patch+apply. + + If your workflow is negatively affected by this change, please + report it to git@vger.kernel.org so that we can take a look into + it. In the meantime, the 'rebase.backend' configuration variable + can be set in order to use the old default behaviour (the value to + do so is not described here---it is given to those who report their + issues to the list ;-). + + UI, Workflows & Features * Sample credential helper for using .netrc has been updated to work @@ -312,6 +326,13 @@ Fixes since v2.25 we can show something not to bore users. (merge 7655b4119d rs/show-progress-in-dumb-http-fetch later to maint). + * Both "git ls-remote -h" and "git grep -h" give short usage help, + like any other Git subcommand, but it is not unreasonable to expect + that the former would behave the same as "git ls-remote --head" + (there is no other sensible behaviour for the latter). The + documentation has been updated in an attempt to clarify this. + (merge 1ff466c018 jc/doc-single-h-is-for-help later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 26f924d50e en/simplify-check-updates-in-unpack-trees later to maint). (merge d0d0a357a1 am/update-pathspec-f-f-tests later to maint). |