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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt index f7fca7123f..073a126a9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt @@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ UI, Workflows & Features in /usr/lib and /usr/sbin; extend the list of locations to be checked to also include directories on $PATH. + * "git diff" learned, "--anchored", a variant of the "--patience" + algorithm, to which the user can specify which 'unique' line to be + used as anchoring points. + + * The way "git worktree add" determines what branch to create from + where and checkout in the new worktree has been updated a bit. + + * Ancient part of codebase still shows dots after an abbreviated + object name just to show that it is not a full object name, but + these ellipses are confusing to people who newly discovered Git + who are used to seeing abbreviated object names and find them + confusing with the range syntax. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -163,6 +176,13 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * An internal function that was left for backward compatibility has been removed, as there is no remaining callers. + * Historically, the diff machinery for rename detection had a + hardcoded limit of 32k paths; this is being lifted to allow users + trade cycles with a (possibly) easier to read result. + + * The tracing infrastructure has been optimized for cases where no + tracing is requested. + Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. @@ -329,6 +349,31 @@ Fixes since v2.15 * A regression in the progress eye-candy was fixed. (merge 9c5951cacf jk/progress-delay-fix later to maint). + * The code internal to the recursive merge strategy was not fully + prepared to see a path that is renamed to try overwriting another + path that is only different in case on case insensitive systems. + This does not matter in the current code, but will start to matter + once the rename detection logic starts taking hints from nearby + paths moving to some directory and moves a new path along with them. + (merge 4cba2b0108 en/merge-recursive-icase-removal later to maint). + + * An v2.12-era regression in pathspec match logic, which made it look + into submodule tree even when it is not desired, has been fixed. + (merge eef3df5a93 bw/pathspec-match-submodule-boundary later to maint). + + * Amending commits in git-gui broke the author name that is non-ascii + due to incorrect enconding conversion. + + * Recent update to the submodule configuration code broke "diff-tree" + by accidentally stopping to read from the index upfront. + (merge fd66bcc31f bw/submodule-config-cleanup later to maint). + + * Git shows a message to tell the user that it is waiting for the + user to finish editing when spawning an editor, in case the editor + opens to a hidden window or somewhere obscure and the user gets + lost. + (merge abfb04d0c7 ls/editor-waiting-message later to maint). + * Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups. (merge 1a1fc2d5b5 rd/man-prune-progress later to maint). (merge 0ba014035a rd/man-reflog-add-n later to maint). @@ -338,3 +383,4 @@ Fixes since v2.15 (merge 5a0526264b tg/t-readme-updates later to maint). (merge 5e83cca0b8 jk/no-optional-locks later to maint). (merge 826c778f7c js/hashmap-update-sample later to maint). + (merge 176b2d328c sg/setup-doc-update later to maint). |