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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt index ab631660f9..3b77b7068b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ Backward Compatibility Notes * "git help -a" now gives verbose output (same as "git help -av"). Those who want the old output may say "git help --no-verbose -a".. + * "git cpn --help", when "cpn" is an alias to, say, "cherry-pick -n", + reported only the alias expansion of "cpn" in earlier versions of + Git. It now runs "git cherry-pick --help" to show the manual page + of the command, while sending the alias expansion to the standard + error stream. + Updates since v2.19 ------------------- @@ -101,6 +107,22 @@ UI, Workflows & Features advertisement. The alternate refs that are advertised are now configurable with a pair of configuration variables. + * "git cmd --help" when "cmd" is aliased used to only say "cmd is + aliased to ...". Now it shows that to the standard error stream + and runs "git $cmd --help" where $cmd is the first word of the + alias expansion. + + * The documentation of "git gc" has been updated to mention that it + is no longer limited to "pruning away crufts" but also updates + ancillary files like commit-graph as a part of repository + optimization. + + * "git p4 unshelve" improvements. + + * The logic to select the default user name and e-mail on Windows has + been improved. + (merge 501afcb8b0 js/mingw-default-ident later to maint). + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -196,6 +218,18 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. object exists, even for paths that are outside of the partial checkout area. The code has been updated to avoid such a check. + * To help developers, an EditorConfig file that attempts to follow + the project convention has been added. + (merge b548d698a0 bc/editorconfig later to maint). + + * The result of coverage test can be combined with "git blame" to + check the test coverage of code introduced recently with a new + 'coverage-diff' tool (in contrib/). + (merge 783faedd65 ds/coverage-diff later to maint). + + * An experiment to fuzz test a few areas, hopefully we can gain more + coverage to various areas. + Fixes since v2.19 ----------------- @@ -290,6 +324,15 @@ Fixes since v2.19 no blobs are needed. (merge 4c7f9567ea jt/non-blob-lazy-fetch later to maint). + * The codepath to support the experimental split-index mode had + remaining "racily clean" issues fixed. + (merge 4c490f3d32 sg/split-index-racefix later to maint). + + * "git log --graph" showing an octopus merge sometimes miscounted the + number of display columns it is consuming to show the merge and its + parent commits, which has been corrected. + (merge 04005834ed np/log-graph-octopus-fix later to maint). + * Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 96a7501aad ts/doc-build-manpage-xsl-quietly later to maint). (merge b9b07efdb2 tg/conflict-marker-size later to maint). @@ -313,3 +356,8 @@ Fixes since v2.19 (merge 6e8fc70fce rs/sequencer-oidset-insert-avoids-dups later to maint). (merge ad0b8f9575 mw/doc-typofixes later to maint). (merge d9f079ad1a jc/how-to-document-api later to maint). + (merge b1492bf315 ma/t7005-bash-workaround later to maint). + (merge ac1f98a0df du/rev-parse-is-plumbing later to maint). + (merge ca8ed443a5 mm/doc-no-dashed-git later to maint). + (merge ce366a8144 du/get-tar-commit-id-is-plumbing later to maint). + (merge 61018fe9e0 du/cherry-is-plumbing later to maint). |