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@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* The sideband code learned to optionally paint selected keywords at
the beginning of incoming lines on the receiving end.
+ * "git branch --list" learned to take the default sort order from the
+ 'branch.sort' configuration variable, just like "git tag --list"
+ pays attention to 'tag.sort'.
+
+ * "git worktree" command learned "--quiet" option to make it less
+ verbose.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -251,6 +258,14 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
getting them coalesced into fewer packfiles, hurting performance.
"git repack" now learned to repack them.
+ * Partially revert the support for multiple hash functions to regain
+ hash comparison performance; we'd think of a way to do this better
+ in the next cycle.
+
+ * "git help --config" (which is used in command line completion)
+ missed the configuration variables not described in the main
+ config.txt file but are described in another file that is included
+ by it, which has been corrected.
Fixes since v2.18
-----------------
@@ -300,7 +315,6 @@ Fixes since v2.18
indicates whether/where a submodule repository has its associated
working tree across various state transitions, which has been
corrected.
- (merge 984cd77ddb sb/submodule-core-worktree later to maint).
* Bugfix for "rebase -i" corner case regression.
(merge a9279c6785 pw/rebase-i-keep-reword-after-conflict later to maint).
@@ -533,6 +547,15 @@ Fixes since v2.18
has been corrected.
(merge 3e7dd99208 nd/cherry-pick-quit-fix later to maint).
+ * In a recent update in 2.18 era, "git pack-objects" started
+ producing a larger than necessary packfiles by missing
+ opportunities to use large deltas. This has been corrected.
+
+ * The meaning of the possible values the "core.checkStat"
+ configuration variable can take were not adequately documented,
+ which has been fixed.
+ (merge 9bf5d4c4e2 nd/config-core-checkstat-doc later to maint).
+
* Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge aee9be2ebe sg/update-ref-stdin-cleanup later to maint).
(merge 037714252f jc/clean-after-sanity-tests later to maint).
@@ -565,3 +588,13 @@ Fixes since v2.18
(merge 10c600172c sg/t5310-empty-input-fix later to maint).
(merge 5641eb9465 jh/partial-clone-doc later to maint).
(merge 2711b1ad5e ab/submodule-relative-url-tests later to maint).
+ (merge ce528de023 ab/unconditional-free-and-null later to maint).
+ (merge bbc072f5d8 rs/opt-updates later to maint).
+ (merge 69d846f053 jk/use-compat-util-in-test-tool later to maint).
+ (merge 1820703045 js/larger-timestamps later to maint).
+ (merge c8b35b95e1 sg/t4051-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 30612cb670 sg/t0020-conversion-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 15da753709 sg/t7501-thinkofix later to maint).
+ (merge 79b04f9b60 sg/t3903-missing-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 2745817028 sg/t3420-autostash-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 7afb0d6777 sg/test-rebase-editor-fix later to maint).