diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt index 14b6c70ed6..6eb16ebb6f 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features the source repository has packed references for a long time, and nobody noticed nor complained about it. - * "branch --delete" has "branch -d" but "push --delete" does not. + * "push" learned that its "--delete" option can be shortened to + "-d", just like "branch --delete" and "branch -d" are the same + thing. * "git blame" learned to produce the progress eye-candy when it takes too much time before emitting the first line of the result. @@ -131,8 +133,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * Across the transition at around Git version 2.0, the user used to get a pretty loud warning when running "git push" without setting - push.default configuration variable. We no longer warn, given that - the transition is over long time ago. + push.default configuration variable. We no longer warn because the + transition was completed a long time ago. * README has been renamed to README.md and its contents got tweaked slightly to make it easier on the eyes. @@ -143,8 +145,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * Add a framework to spawn a group of processes in parallel, and use it to run "git fetch --recurse-submodules" in parallel. - * A slight update to the Makefile to mark "phoney" targets - as such correctly. + * A slight update to the Makefile to mark ".PHONY" targets as such + correctly. * In-core storage of the reverse index for .pack files (which lets you go from a pack offset to an object name) has been streamlined. @@ -187,14 +189,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * Some calls to strcpy(3) triggers a false warning from static analysers that are less intelligent than humans, and reducing the number of these false hits helps us notice real issues. A few - calls to strcpy(3) in test-path-utils that are already safe has - been rewritten to avoid false wanings. - - * Some calls to strcpy(3) triggers a false warning from static - analysers that are less intelligent than humans, and reducing the - number of these false hits helps us notice real issues. A few - calls to strcpy(3) in "git rerere" that are already safe has been - rewritten to avoid false wanings. + calls to strcpy(3) in a couple of protrams that are already safe + has been rewritten to avoid false warnings. * The "name_path" API was an attempt to reduce the need to construct the full path out of a series of path components while walking a @@ -334,7 +330,7 @@ notes for details). * dirname() emulation has been added, as Msys2 lacks it. * The underlying machinery used by "ls-files -o" and other commands - have been taught not to create empty submodule ref cache for a + has been taught not to create empty submodule ref cache for a directory that is not a submodule. This removes a ton of wasted CPU cycles. |