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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt | 95 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.31.0.txt | 91 |
2 files changed, 179 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt index cb4d65f9ff..c2f1dc7b06 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.0.txt @@ -78,6 +78,31 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * The command line completion script (in contrib/) learned to expand commands that are alias of alias. + * "git update-ref --stdin" learns to take multiple transactions in a + single session. + + * Various subcommands of "git config" that take value_regex + learned the "--literal-value" option to take the value_regex option + as a literal string. + + * The transport layer was taught to optionally exchange the session + ID assigned by the trace2 subsystem during fetch/push transactions. + + * "git imap-send" used to ignore configuration variables like + core.askpass; this has been corrected. + + * "git $cmd $args", when $cmd is not a recognised subcommand, by + default tries to see if $cmd is a typo of an existing subcommand + and optionally executes the corrected command if there is only one + possibility, depending on the setting of help.autocorrect; the + users can now disable the whole thing, including the cycles spent + to find a likely typo, by setting the configuration variable to + 'never'. + + * "@" sometimes worked (e.g. "git push origin @:there") as a part of + a refspec element, but "git push origin @" did not work, which has + been corrected. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -95,11 +120,11 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. test pieces to run. * Adjust tests so that they won't scream when the default initial - branch name is changed to 'main'. + branch name is different from 'master'. * Rewriting "git bisect" in C continues. - * More preliminary tests have been added to document desired outcome + * More preliminary tests have been added to document desired outcomes of various "directory rename" situations. * Micro clean-up of a couple of test scripts. @@ -111,9 +136,6 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The code to detect premature EOF in the sideband demultiplexer has been cleaned up. - * Test scripts are being prepared to transition of the default branch - name to 'main'. - * "git fetch --depth=<n>" over the stateless RPC / smart HTTP transport handled EOF from the client poorly at the server end. @@ -138,6 +160,14 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * "git-parse-remote" shell script library outlived its usefulness. + * Like die() and error(), a call to warning() will also trigger a + trace2 event. + + * Use of non-reentrant localtime() has been removed. + + * Non-reentrant time-related library functions and ctime/asctime with + awkward calling interfaces are banned from the codebase. + Fixes since v2.29 ----------------- @@ -219,7 +249,7 @@ Fixes since v2.29 (merge c779386182 jc/sequencer-stopped-sha-simplify later to maint). * The code to see if "git stash drop" can safely remove refs/stash - has been made more carerful. + has been made more careful. (merge 4f44c5659b rs/empty-reflog-check-fix later to maint). * "git log -L<range>:<path>" is documented to take no pathspec, but @@ -266,7 +296,7 @@ Fixes since v2.29 (merge 81c4c5cf2e jk/4gb-idx later to maint). * Since jgit does not yet work with SHA-256 repositories, mark the - tests that uses it not to run unless we are testing with ShA-1 + tests that use it not to run unless we are testing with ShA-1 repositories. (merge ea699b4adc sg/t5310-jgit-wants-sha1 later to maint). @@ -294,6 +324,46 @@ Fixes since v2.29 has been corrected. (merge 309a4028e7 jk/stop-pack-objects-when-fetch-is-killed later to maint). + * "git add -i" failed to honor custom colors configured to show + patches, which has been corrected. + (merge 96386faa03 js/add-i-color-fix later to maint). + + * Processes that access packdata while the .idx file gets removed + (e.g. while repacking) did not fail or fall back gracefully as they + could. + (merge 506ec2fbda tb/idx-midx-race-fix later to maint). + + * "git apply" adjusted the permission bits of working-tree files and + directories according to core.sharedRepository setting by mistake and + for a long time, which has been corrected. + (merge eb3c027e17 mt/do-not-use-scld-in-working-tree later to maint). + + * "fetch-pack" could pass NULL pointer to unlink(2) when it sees an + invalid filename; the error checking has been tightened to make + this impossible. + (merge 6031af387e rs/fetch-pack-invalid-lockfile later to maint). + + * "git maintenance run/start/stop" needed to be run in a repository + to hold the lockfile they use, but didn't make sure they are + actually in a repository, which has been corrected. + + * The glossary described a branch as an "active" line of development, + which is misleading---a stale and non-moving branch is still a + branch. + (merge eef1ceabd8 so/glossary-branch-is-not-necessarily-active later to maint). + + * Newer versions of xsltproc can assign IDs in HTML documents it + generates in a consistent manner. Use the feature to help format + HTML version of the user manual reproducibly. + (merge 3569e11d69 ae/doc-reproducible-html later to maint). + + * Tighten error checking in the codepath that responds to "git fetch". + (merge d43a21bdbb jk/check-config-parsing-error-in-upload-pack later to maint). + + * "git pack-redundant" when there is only one packfile used to crash, + which has been corrected. + (merge 0696232390 jx/pack-redundant-on-single-pack later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 3e0a5dc9af cc/doc-filter-branch-typofix later to maint). (merge 32c83afc2c cw/ci-ghwf-check-ws-errors later to maint). @@ -318,3 +388,14 @@ Fixes since v2.29 (merge 793c1464d3 ab/gc-keep-base-option later to maint). (merge b86339b12b mt/worktree-error-message-fix later to maint). (merge e01ae2a4a7 js/pull-rebase-use-advise later to maint). + (merge e63d774242 sn/config-doc-typofix later to maint). + (merge 08e9df2395 jk/multi-line-indent-style-fix later to maint). + (merge e66590348a da/vs-build-iconv-fix later to maint). + (merge 7fe07275be js/cmake-extra-built-ins-fix later to maint). + (merge 633eebe142 jb/midx-doc-update later to maint). + (merge 5885367e8f jh/index-v2-doc-on-fsmn later to maint). + (merge 14639a4779 jc/compat-util-setitimer-fix later to maint). + (merge 56f56ac50b ab/unreachable-break later to maint). + (merge 731d578b4f rb/nonstop-config-mak-uname-update later to maint). + (merge f4698738f9 es/perf-export-fix later to maint). + (merge 773c694142 nk/refspecs-negative-fix later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.31.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.31.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..47041f3376 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.31.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +Git 2.31 Release Notes +====================== + +Updates since v2.30 +------------------- + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * The "--format=%(trailers)" mechanism gets enhanced to make it + easier to design output for machine consumption. + + * When a user does not tell "git pull" to use rebase or merge, the + command gives a loud message telling a user to choose between + rebase or merge but creates a merge anyway, forcing users who would + want to rebase to redo the operation. Fix an early part of this + problem by tightening the condition to give the message---there is + no reason to stop or force the user to choose between rebase or + merge if the history fast-forwards. + + * The configuration variable 'core.abbrev' can be set to 'no' to + force no abbreviation regardless of the hash algorithm. + + * "git rev-parse" can be explicitly told to give output as absolute + or relative path with the `--path-format=(absolute|relative)` option. + + * Bash completion (in contrib/) update to make it easier for + end-users to add completion for their custom "git" subcommands. + + * "git maintenance" learned to drive scheduled maintenance on + platforms whose native scheduling methods are not 'cron'. + + +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + + * A 3-year old test that was not testing anything useful has been + corrected. + + * Retire more names with "sha1" in it. + + * The topological walk codepath is covered by new trace2 stats. + + +Fixes since v2.30 +----------------- + + * Diagnose command line error of "git rebase" early. + (merge ca5120c339 rs/rebase-commit-validation later to maint). + + * Clean up option descriptions in "git cmd --help". + (merge e73fe3dd02 zh/arg-help-format later to maint). + + * "git stash" did not work well in a sparsely checked out working + tree. + (merge ba359fd507 en/stash-apply-sparse-checkout later to maint). + + * Some tests expect that "ls -l" output has either '-' or 'x' for + group executable bit, but setgid bit can be inherited from parent + directory and make these fields 'S' or 's' instead, causing test + failures. + (merge ea8bbf2a4e mt/t4129-with-setgid-dir later to maint). + + * "git for-each-repo --config=<var> <cmd>" should not run <cmd> for + any repository when the configuration variable <var> is not defined + even once. + (merge 6c62f01552 ds/for-each-repo-noopfix later to maint). + + * Fix 2.29 regression where "git mergetool --tool-help" fails to list + all the available tools. + (merge 80f5a16798 pb/mergetool-tool-help-fix later to maint). + + * Fix for procedure to building CI test environment for mac. + (merge 3831132ace jc/macos-install-dependencies-fix later to maint). + + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. + (merge 505a276596 pk/subsub-fetch-fix-take-2 later to maint). + (merge 33fc56253b fc/t6030-bisect-reset-removes-auxiliary-files later to maint). + (merge 7efc378205 ta/doc-typofix later to maint). + (merge 1f4e9319c7 pb/doc-modules-git-work-tree-typofix later to maint). + (merge 04f6b0a192 ma/t1300-cleanup later to maint). + (merge 7b77f5a13e ma/doc-pack-format-varint-for-sizes later to maint). + (merge cc2d43be2b nk/perf-fsmonitor-cleanup later to maint). + (merge c8302c6c00 ar/t6016-modernise later to maint). + (merge 0454986e78 jc/sign-off later to maint). + (merge 155067ab4f vv/send-email-with-less-secure-apps-access later to maint). + (merge acaabcf391 jk/t5516-deflake later to maint). + (merge a1e03535db ad/t4129-setfacl-target-fix later to maint). + (merge b356d23638 ug/doc-lose-dircache later to maint). + (merge 9371c0e9dd ab/gettext-charset-comment-fix later to maint). + (merge 52fc4f195c dl/p4-encode-after-kw-expansion later to maint). + (merge 4eb56b56e7 bc/doc-status-short later to maint). + (merge a4a1ca22ef tb/local-clone-race-doc later to maint). |