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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt index fb7aa970cb..b102837bb0 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt @@ -53,6 +53,34 @@ UI, Workflows & Features test scripts is now turned on by default. (merge 92b269f jk/test-chain-lint later to maint). + * Filter scripts were run with SIGPIPE disabled on the Git side, + expecting that they may not read what Git feeds them to filter. + We however treated a filter that does not read its input fully + before exiting as an error. + + This changes semantics, but arguably in a good way. If a filter + can produce its output without consuming its input using whatever + magic, we now let it do so, instead of diagnosing it as a + programming error. + + * Instead of dying immediately upon failing to obtain a lock, the + locking (of refs etc) retries after a short while with backoff. + + * Introduce http.<url>.SSLCipherList configuration variable to tweak + the list of cipher suite to be used with libcURL when talking with + https:// sites. + + * "git subtree" script (in contrib/) used "echo -n" to produce + progress messages in a non-portable way. + + * "git subtree" script (in contrib/) does not have --squash option + when pushing, but the documentation and help text pretended as if + it did. + + * The Git subcommand completion (in contrib/) listed credential + helpers among candidates, which is not something the end user would + invoke interatively. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -96,6 +124,11 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. is sent to the background instead. (merge 9a9a41d lm/squelch-bg-progress later to maint). + * There was a dead code that used to handle "git pull --tags" and + show special-cased error message, which was made irrelevant when + the semantics of the option changed back in Git 1.9 days. + (merge 19d122b pt/pull-tags-error-diag later to maint). + Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. @@ -107,6 +140,14 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.4 in the maintenance track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' notes for details). + * Git 2.4 broke setting verbosity and progress levels on "git clone" + with native transports. + (merge 822f0c4 mh/clone-verbosity-fix later to maint). + + * "git add -e" did not allow the user to abort the operation by + killing the editor. + (merge cb64800 jk/add-e-kill-editor later to maint). + * Memory usage of "git index-pack" has been trimmed by tens of per-cent. (merge c6458e6 nd/slim-index-pack-memory-usage later to maint). @@ -236,6 +277,37 @@ notes for details). files yet to be added to the index. (merge d95d728 nd/diff-i-t-a later to maint). + * There was a commented-out (instead of being marked to expect + failure) test that documented a breakage that was fixed since the + test was written; turn it into a proper test. + (merge 66d2e04 sb/t1020-cleanup later to maint). + + * The "log --decorate" enhancement in Git 2.4 that shows the commit + at the tip of the current branch e.g. "HEAD -> master", did not + work with --decorate=full. + (merge 429ad20 mg/log-decorate-HEAD later to maint). + + * The ref API did not handle cases where 'refs/heads/xyzzy/frotz' is + removed at the same time as 'refs/heads/xyzzy' is added (or vice + versa) very well. + (merge c628edf mh/ref-directory-file later to maint). + + * Multi-ref transaction support we merged a few releases ago + unnecessarily kept many file descriptors open, risking to fail with + resource exhaustion. This is for 2.4.x track. + (merge 185ce3a mh/write-refs-sooner-2.4 later to maint). + + * "git bundle verify" did not diagnose extra parameters on the + command line. + (merge 7886cfa ps/bundle-verify-arg later to maint). + + * Various documentation mark-up fixes to make the output more + consistent in general and also make AsciiDoctor (an alternative + formatter) happier. + (merge d0258b9 jk/asciidoc-markup-fix later to maint). + (merge ad3967a jk/stripspace-asciidoctor-fix later to maint). + (merge 975e382 ja/tutorial-asciidoctor-fix later to maint). + * Code cleanups and documentation updates. (merge 0269f96 mm/usage-log-l-can-take-regex later to maint). (merge 64f2589 nd/t1509-chroot-test later to maint). @@ -245,3 +317,6 @@ notes for details). (merge 1154aa4 jc/plug-fmt-merge-msg-leak later to maint). (merge 319b678 jk/sha1-file-reduce-useless-warnings later to maint). (merge 9a35c14 fg/document-commit-message-stripping later to maint). + (merge bbf431c ps/doc-packfile-vs-pack-file later to maint). + (merge 309a9e3 jk/skip-http-tests-under-no-curl later to maint). + (merge ccd593c dl/branch-error-message later to maint). |