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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt | 129 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt | 34 |
3 files changed, 168 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt index aa311cb96e..d69b50d180 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt @@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ Backward compatibility warts * "_" is now treated as any other URL-valid characters in an URL when matching the per-URL configuration variable names. + * The color palette used by "git grep" has been updated to match that + of GNU grep. + + +Note to those who build from the source + + * You may need to define NO_UNCOMPRESS2 Makefile macro if you build + with zlib older than 1.2.9. + + * If your compiler cannot grok C99, the build will fail. See the + instruction at the beginning of git-compat-util.h if this happens + to you. + UI, Workflows & Features @@ -65,6 +78,29 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * The "init" and "set" subcommands in "git sparse-checkout" have been unified for a better user experience and performance. + * Many git commands that deal with working tree files try to remove a + directory that becomes empty (i.e. "git switch" from a branch that + has the directory to another branch that does not would attempt + remove all files in the directory and the directory itself). This + drops users into an unfamiliar situation if the command was run in + a subdirectory that becomes subject to removal due to the command. + The commands have been taught to keep an empty directory if it is + the directory they were started in to avoid surprising users. + + * "git am" learns "--empty=(stop|drop|keep)" option to tweak what is + done to a piece of e-mail without a patch in it. + + * The default merge message prepared by "git merge" records the name + of the current branch; the name can be overridden with a new option + to allow users to pretend a merge is made on a different branch. + + * The way "git p4" shows file sizes in its output has been updated to + use human-readable units. + + * "git -c branch.autosetupmerge=inherit branch new old" makes "new" + to have the same upstream as the "old" branch, instead of marking + "old" itself as its upstream. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -74,7 +110,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * Teach and encourage first-time contributors to this project to state the base commit when they submit their topic. - * The command line complation for "git send-email" options have been + * The command line completion for "git send-email" options have been tweaked to make it easier to keep it in sync with the command itself. * Ensure that the sparseness of the in-core index matches the @@ -141,6 +177,27 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * Broken &&-chains in the test scripts have been corrected. + * The RCS keyword substitution in "git p4" used to be done assuming + that the contents are UTF-8 text, which can trigger decoding + errors. We now treat the contents as a bytestring for robustness + and correctness. + + * The conditions to choose different definitions of the FLEX_ARRAY + macro for vendor compilers has been simplified to make it easier to + maintain. + + * Correctness and performance update to "diff --color-moved" feature. + + * "git upload-pack" (the other side of "git fetch") used a 8kB buffer + but most of its payload came on 64kB "packets". The buffer size + has been enlarged so that such a packet fits. + + * "git fetch" and "git pull" are now declared sparse-index clean. + Also "git ls-files" learns the "--sparse" option to help debugging. + + * Similar message templates have been consolidated so that + translators need to work on fewer number of messages. + Fixes since v2.34 ----------------- @@ -265,6 +322,68 @@ Fixes since v2.34 which has been corrected. (merge 17baeaf82d ab/fetch-set-upstream-while-detached later to maint). + * Among some code paths that ask an yes/no question, only one place + gave a prompt that looked different from the others, which has been + updated to match what the others create. + (merge 0fc8ed154c km/help-prompt-fix later to maint). + + * "git log --invert-grep --author=<name>" used to exclude commits + written by the given author, but now "--invert-grep" only affects + the matches made by the "--grep=<pattern>" option. + (merge 794c000267 rs/log-invert-grep-with-headers later to maint). + + * "git grep --perl-regexp" failed to match UTF-8 characters with + wildcard when the pattern consists only of ASCII letters, which has + been corrected. + (merge 32e3e8bc55 rs/pcre2-utf later to maint). + + * Certain sparse-checkout patterns that are valid in non-cone mode + led to segfault in cone mode, which has been corrected. + + * Use of certain "git rev-list" options with "git fast-export" + created nonsense results (the worst two of which being "--reverse" + and "--invert-grep --grep=<foo>"). The use of "--first-parent" is + made to behave a bit more sensible than before. + (merge 726a228dfb ws/fast-export-with-revision-options later to maint). + + * Perf tests were run with end-user's shell, but it has been + corrected to use the shell specified by $TEST_SHELL_PATH. + (merge 9ccab75608 ja/perf-use-specified-shell later to maint). + + * Fix dependency rules to generate hook-list.h header file. + (merge d3fd1a6667 ab/makefile-hook-list-dependency-fix later to maint). + + * "git stash" by default triggers its "push" action, but its + implementation also made "git stash -h" to show short help only for + "git stash push", which has been corrected. + (merge ca7990cea5 ab/do-not-limit-stash-help-to-push later to maint). + + * "git apply --3way" bypasses the attempt to do a three-way + application in more cases to address the regression caused by the + recent change to use direct application as a fallback. + (merge 34d607032c jz/apply-3-corner-cases later to maint). + + * Fix performance-releated bug in "git subtree" (in contrib/). + (merge 3ce8888fb4 jl/subtree-check-parents-argument-passing-fix later to maint). + + * Extend the guidance to choose the base commit to build your work + on, and hint/nudge contributors to read others' changes. + (merge fdfae830f8 jc/doc-submitting-patches-choice-of-base later to maint). + + * A corner case bug in the ort merge strategy has been corrected. + (merge d30126c20d en/merge-ort-renorm-with-rename-delete-conflict-fix later to maint). + + * "git stash apply" forgot to attempt restoring untracked files when + it failed to restore changes to tracked ones. + (merge 71cade5a0b en/stash-df-fix later to maint). + + * Calling dynamically loaded functions on Windows has been corrected. + (merge 4a9b204920 ma/windows-dynload-fix later to maint). + + * Some lockfile code called free() in signal-death code path, which + has been corrected. + (merge 58d4d7f1c5 ps/lockfile-cleanup-fix later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 74db416c9c cw/protocol-v2-doc-fix later to maint). (merge f9b2b6684d ja/doc-cleanup later to maint). @@ -283,3 +402,11 @@ Fixes since v2.34 (merge 2c68f577fc ew/cbtree-remove-unused-and-broken-cb-unlink later to maint). (merge eafd6e7e55 ab/die-with-bug later to maint). (merge 91028f7659 jc/grep-patterntype-default-doc later to maint). + (merge 47ca93d071 ds/repack-fixlets later to maint). + (merge e6a9bc0c60 rs/t4202-invert-grep-test-fix later to maint). + (merge deb5407a42 gh/gpg-doc-markup-fix later to maint). + (merge 999bba3e0b rs/daemon-plug-leak later to maint). + (merge 786eb1ba39 js/l10n-mention-ngettext-early-in-readme later to maint). + (merge 2f12b31b74 ab/makefile-msgfmt-wo-stats later to maint). + (merge 0517f591ca fs/gpg-unknown-key-test-fix later to maint). + (merge 97d6fb5a1f ma/header-dup-cleanup later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..726ba250ef --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Git v2.35.1 Release Notes +========================= + +Git 2.35 shipped with a regression that broke use of "rebase" and +"stash" in a secondary worktree. This maintenance release ought to +fix it. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c59e0c80e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Git 2.36 Release Notes +====================== + +Updates since Git 2.35 +---------------------- + +Backward compatibility warts + + * + + +Note to those who build from the source + + * + + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * + + +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + + * + + +Fixes since v2.35 +----------------- + + * "rebase" and "stash" in secondary worktrees are broken in + Git 2.35.0, which has been corrected. + (merge ff5b7913f0 en/keep-cwd later to maint). + + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. |