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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt index 072309eaa6..ca149dac34 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt @@ -1,6 +1,29 @@ Git 2.4 Release Notes ===================== +Backward compatibility warning(s) +--------------------------------- + +Output from "git log --decorate" (and "%d" format specifier used in +the userformat "--format=<string>" parameter "git log" family of +command takes) used to list "HEAD" just like other tips of branch +names, separated with a comma in between. E.g. + + $ git log --decorate -1 master + commit bdb0f6788fa5e3cacc4315e9ff318a27b2676ff4 (HEAD, master) + ... + +This release updates the output slightly when HEAD refers to the tip +of a branch whose name is also shown in the output. The above is +shown as: + + $ git log --decorate -1 master + commit bdb0f6788fa5e3cacc4315e9ff318a27b2676ff4 (HEAD -> master) + ... + + + + Updates since v2.3 ------------------ @@ -13,6 +36,11 @@ Ports * We did not check the curl library version before using CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH feature that may not exist. + * We now detect number of CPUs on older BSD-derived systems. + + * Portability fixes and workarounds for shell scripts have been added + to help BSD-derived systems. + UI, Workflows & Features @@ -53,6 +81,25 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git archive" can now be told to set the 'text' attribute in the resulting zip archive. + * Output from "git log --decorate" mentions HEAD when it points at a + tip of an branch differently from a detached HEAD. + + This is a potentially backward-incompatible change. + + * "git branch" on a detached HEAD always said "(detached from xyz)", + even when "git status" would report "detached at xyz". The HEAD is + actually at xyz and haven't been moved since it was detached in + such a case, but the user cannot read what the current value of + HEAD is when "detached from" is used. + (merge 4b06318 mg/detached-head-report later to maint). + + * "git -C '' subcmd" refused to work in the current directory, unlike + "cd ''" which silently behaves as a no-op. + (merge 6a536e2 kn/git-cd-to-empty later to maint). + + * The versionsort.prerelease configuration variable can be used to + specify that v1.0-pre1 comes before v1.0. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -101,6 +148,9 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * Simplify the ref transaction API around how "the ref should be pointing at this object" is specified. + * Code in "git daemon" to parse out and hold hostnames used in + request interpolation has been simplified. + Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. @@ -307,6 +357,19 @@ notes for details). * A corrupt input to "git diff -M" used to cause it to segfault. (merge 4d6be03 jk/diffcore-rename-duplicate later to maint). + * Certain builds of GPG triggered false breakages in a test. + (merge 3f88c1b mg/verify-commit later to maint). + + * "git imap-send" learned to optionally talk with an IMAP server via + libcURL; because there is no other option when Git is built with + NO_OPENSSL option, use that codepath by default under such + configuration. + (merge dcd01ea km/imap-send-libcurl-options later to maint). + + * "git log --decorate" did not reset colors correctly around the + branch names. + (merge 5ee8758 jc/decorate-leaky-separator-color later to maint). + * Code cleanups and documentaiton updates. (merge 2ce63e9 rs/simple-cleanups later to maint). (merge 33baa69 rj/no-xopen-source-for-cygwin later to maint). @@ -317,3 +380,4 @@ notes for details). (merge 53e53c7 sg/completion-remote later to maint). (merge 8fa7975 ak/git-done-help-cleanup later to maint). (merge 9a6f128 rs/deflate-init-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 6f75d45 rs/use-isxdigit later to maint). |