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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.2.txt47
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt58
2 files changed, 92 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f7e28f8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+Git v2.15.2 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v2.15.1
+-------------------
+
+ * Recent update to the refs infrastructure implementation started
+ rewriting packed-refs file more often than before; this has been
+ optimized again for most trivial cases.
+
+ * The SubmittingPatches document has been converted to produce an
+ HTML version via AsciiDoc/Asciidoctor.
+
+ * Contrary to the documentation, "git pull -4/-6 other-args" did not
+ ask the underlying "git fetch" to go over IPv4/IPv6, which has been
+ corrected.
+
+ * When "git rebase" prepared an mailbox of changes and fed it to "git
+ am" to replay them, it was confused when a stray "From " happened
+ to be in the log message of one of the replayed changes. This has
+ been corrected.
+
+ * Command line completion (in contrib/) has been taught about the
+ "--copy" option of "git branch".
+
+ * "git apply --inaccurate-eof" when used with "--ignore-space-change"
+ triggered an internal sanity check, which has been fixed.
+
+ * The sequencer machinery (used by "git cherry-pick A..B", and "git
+ rebase -i", among other things) would have lost a commit if stopped
+ due to an unlockable index file, which has been fixed.
+
+ * The three-way merge performed by "git cherry-pick" was confused
+ when a new submodule was added in the meantime, which has been
+ fixed (or "papered over").
+
+ * "git notes" sent its error message to its standard output stream,
+ which was corrected.
+
+ * A few scripts (both in production and tests) incorrectly redirected
+ their error output. These have been corrected.
+
+ * Clarify and enhance documentation for "merge-base --fork-point", as
+ it was clear what it computed but not why/what for.
+
+
+Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt
index c617e37dd8..431bd5e34a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* The SubmittingPatches document has been converted to produce an
HTML version via AsciiDoc/Asciidoctor.
- (merge 049e64aa50 bc/submitting-patches-in-asciidoc later to maint).
* We learned to talk to watchman to speed up "git status" and other
operations that need to see which paths have been modified.
@@ -90,6 +89,13 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
pattern" (aka "diff.*.xfuncname") to include a comment block, if
exists, that immediately precedes it.
+ * "git config --expiry-date gc.reflogexpire" can read "2.weeks" from
+ the configuration and report it as a timestamp, just like "--int"
+ would read "1k" and report 1024, to help consumption by scripts.
+
+ * The shell completion (in contrib/) learned that "git pull" can take
+ the "--autostash" option.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -130,6 +136,13 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* Drop (perhaps overly cautious) sanity check before using the index
read from the filesystem at runtime.
+ * The build procedure has been taught to avoid some unnecessary
+ instability in the build products.
+
+ * A new mechanism to upgrade the wire protocol in place is proposed
+ and demonstrated that it works with the older versions of Git
+ without harming them.
+
Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
@@ -206,7 +219,6 @@ Fixes since v2.15
* Recent update to the refs infrastructure implementation started
rewriting packed-refs file more often than before; this has been
optimized again for most trivial cases.
- (merge 7c6bd25c7d mh/avoid-rewriting-packed-refs later to maint).
* Some error messages did not quote filenames shown in it, which have
been fixed.
@@ -226,39 +238,31 @@ Fixes since v2.15
* Clarify and enhance documentation for "merge-base --fork-point", as
it was clear what it computed but not why/what for.
- (merge 6d1700b8af jc/merge-base-fork-point-doc later to maint).
* A few scripts (both in production and tests) incorrectly redirected
their error output. These have been corrected.
- (merge eadf1c8f45 tz/redirect-fix later to maint).
* "git notes" sent its error message to its standard output stream,
which was corrected.
- (merge 89b9e31dd5 tz/notes-error-to-stderr later to maint).
* The three-way merge performed by "git cherry-pick" was confused
when a new submodule was added in the meantime, which has been
fixed (or "papered over").
- (merge c641ca6707 sb/test-cherry-pick-submodule-getting-in-a-way later to maint).
* The sequencer machinery (used by "git cherry-pick A..B", and "git
rebase -i", among other things) would have lost a commit if stopped
due to an unlockable index file, which has been fixed.
- (merge bd58886775 pw/sequencer-recover-from-unlockable-index later to maint).
* "git apply --inaccurate-eof" when used with "--ignore-space-change"
triggered an internal sanity check, which has been fixed.
- (merge 4855de1233 rs/apply-inaccurate-eof-with-incomplete-line later to maint).
* Command line completion (in contrib/) has been taught about the
"--copy" option of "git branch".
- (merge 41ca0f773e tz/complete-branch-copy later to maint).
* When "git rebase" prepared an mailbox of changes and fed it to "git
am" to replay them, it was confused when a stray "From " happened
to be in the log message of one of the replayed changes. This has
been corrected.
- (merge ae3b2b04bb ew/rebase-mboxrd later to maint).
* There was a recent semantic mismerge in the codepath to write out a
section of a configuration section, which has been corrected.
@@ -266,12 +270,40 @@ Fixes since v2.15
* Mentions of "git-rebase" and "git-am" (dashed form) still remained
in end-user visible strings emitted by the "git rebase" command;
they have been corrected.
- (merge 82cb775c06 ks/rebase-no-git-foo later to maint).
* Contrary to the documentation, "git pull -4/-6 other-args" did not
ask the underlying "git fetch" to go over IPv4/IPv6, which has been
corrected.
- (merge ffb4568afe sw/pull-ipv46-passthru later to maint).
+
+ * "git checkout --recursive" may overwrite and rewind the history of
+ the branch that happens to be checked out in submodule
+ repositories, which might not be desirable. Detach the HEAD but
+ still allow the recursive checkout to succeed in such a case.
+ (merge 57f22bf997 sb/submodule-recursive-checkout-detach-head later to maint).
+
+ * "git branch --set-upstream" has been deprecated and (sort of)
+ removed, as "--set-upstream-to" is the preferred one these days.
+ The documentation still had "--set-upstream" listed on its
+ synopsys section, which has been corrected.
+ (merge a060f3d3d8 tz/branch-doc-remove-set-upstream later to maint).
+
+ * Internaly we use 0{40} as a placeholder object name to signal the
+ codepath that there is no such object (e.g. the fast-forward check
+ while "git fetch" stores a new remote-tracking ref says "we know
+ there is no 'old' thing pointed at by the ref, as we are creating
+ it anew" by passing 0{40} for the 'old' side), and expect that a
+ codepath to locate an in-core object to return NULL as a sign that
+ the object does not exist. A look-up for an object that does not
+ exist however is quite costly with a repository with large number
+ of packfiles. This access pattern has been optimized.
+ (merge 87b5e236a1 jk/fewer-pack-rescan later to maint).
+
+ * In addition to "git stash -m message", the command learned to
+ accept "git stash -mmessage" form.
+ (merge 5675473fcb ph/stash-save-m-option-fix later to maint).
* Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups.
- (merge c5e3bc6ec4 sd/branch-copy later to maint).
+ (merge 1a1fc2d5b5 rd/man-prune-progress later to maint).
+ (merge 0ba014035a rd/man-reflog-add-n later to maint).
+ (merge e54b63359f rd/doc-notes-prune-fix later to maint).
+ (merge ff4c9b413a sp/doc-info-attributes later to maint).