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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.23.0.txt | 77 |
2 files changed, 92 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt index cdfdabe7d9..91e6ae9887 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ Git 2.22 Release Notes Updates since v2.21 ------------------- +Backward compatibility note + + * The filter specification "--filter=sparse:path=<path>" used to + create a lazy/partial clone has been removed. Using a blob that is + part of the project as sparse specification is still supported with + the "--filter=sparse:oid=<blob>" option. + UI, Workflows & Features * "git checkout --no-overlay" can be used to trigger a new mode of @@ -181,7 +188,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. been optimized out. * Mechanically and systematically drop "extern" from function - declarlation. + declaration. * The script to aggregate perf result unconditionally depended on libjson-perl even though it did not have to, which has been @@ -270,7 +277,7 @@ Fixes since v2.21 * On platforms where "git fetch" is killed with SIGPIPE (e.g. OSX), the upload-pack that runs on the other end that hangs up after detecting an error could cause "git fetch" to die with a signal, - which led to a flakey test. "git fetch" now ignores SIGPIPE during + which led to a flaky test. "git fetch" now ignores SIGPIPE during the network portion of its operation (this is not a problem as we check the return status from our write(2)s). (merge 143588949c jk/no-sigpipe-during-network-transport later to maint). @@ -358,7 +365,7 @@ Fixes since v2.21 (merge b5a0bd694c nd/read-tree-reset-doc later to maint). * Code clean-up around a much-less-important-than-it-used-to-be - update_server_info() funtion. + update_server_info() function. (merge b3223761c8 jk/server-info-rabbit-hole later to maint). * The message given when "git commit -a <paths>" errors out has been @@ -450,7 +457,7 @@ Fixes since v2.21 * When given a tag that points at a commit-ish, "git replace --graft" failed to peel the tag before writing a replace ref, which did not make sense because the old graft mechanism the feature wants to - mimick only allowed to replace one commit object with another. + mimic only allowed to replace one commit object with another. This has been fixed. (merge ee521ec4cb cc/replace-graft-peel-tags later to maint). @@ -500,7 +507,7 @@ Fixes since v2.21 conflicts are resolved in working tree *.h files but before the resolved results are added to the index. This has been corrected. - * "git chery-pick" (and "revert" that shares the same runtime engine) + * "git cherry-pick" (and "revert" that shares the same runtime engine) that deals with multiple commits got confused when the final step gets stopped with a conflict and the user concluded the sequence with "git commit". Attempt to fix it by cleaning up the state @@ -535,7 +542,7 @@ Fixes since v2.21 todo-list "rebase -i -r" uses should not be shown as a hex object name. - * A prerequiste check in the test suite to see if a working jgit is + * A prerequisite check in the test suite to see if a working jgit is available was made more robust. (merge abd0f28983 tz/test-lib-check-working-jgit later to maint). @@ -586,3 +593,5 @@ Fixes since v2.21 (merge 397a46db78 js/t5580-unc-alternate-test later to maint). (merge d4907720a2 cm/notes-comment-fix later to maint). (merge 9dde06de13 cb/http-push-null-in-message-fix later to maint). + (merge 4c785c0edc js/rebase-config-bitfix later to maint). + (merge 8e9fe16c87 es/doc-gitsubmodules-markup later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.23.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.23.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ada7f52e4f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.23.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +Git 2.23 Release Notes +====================== + +Updates since v2.22 +------------------- + +Backward compatibility note + + * The "--base" option of "format-patch" computed the patch-ids for + prerequisite patches in an unstable way, which has been updated to + compute in a way that is compatible with "git patch-id --stable". + + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * The "git fast-export/import" pair has been taught to handle commits + with log messages in encoding other than UTF-8 better. + + * In recent versions of Git, per-worktree refs are exposed in + refs/worktrees/<wtname>/ hierarchy, which means that worktree names + must be a valid refname component. The code now sanitizes the names + given to worktrees, to make sure these refs are well-formed. + + * "git merge" learned "--quit" option that cleans up the in-progress + merge while leaving the working tree and the index still in a mess. + + * "git format-patch" learns a configuration to set the default for + its --notes=<ref> option. + + * The code to show args with potential typo that cannot be + interpreted as a commit-ish has been improved. + + +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + + * Update supporting parts of "git rebase" to remove code that should + no longer be used. + + * Developer support to emulate unsatisfied prerequisites in tests to + ensure that the remainer of the tests still succeeds when tests + with prerequisites are skipped. + + * "git update-server-info" learned not to rewrite the file with the + same contents. + + * The way of specifying the path to find dynamic libraries at runtime + has been simplified. The old default to pass -R/path/to/dir has been + replaced with the new default to pass -Wl,-rpath,/path/to/dir, + which is the more recent GCC uses. Those who need to build with an + old GCC can still use "CC_LD_DYNPATH=-R" + + +Fixes since v2.22 +----------------- + + * A relative pathname given to "git init --template=<path> <repo>" + ought to be relative to the directory "git init" gets invoked in, + but it instead was made relative to the repository, which has been + corrected. + (merge e1df7fe43f nd/init-relative-template-fix later to maint). + + * "git worktree add" used to fail when another worktree connected to + the same repository was corrupt, which has been corrected. + (merge 105df73e71 nd/corrupt-worktrees later to maint). + + * The ownership rule for the file descriptor to fast-import remote + backend was mixed up, leading to unrelated file descriptor getting + closed, which has been fixed. + (merge 3203566a71 mh/import-transport-fd-fix later to maint). + + * A "merge -c" instruction during "git rebase --rebase-merges" should + give the user a chance to edit the log message, even when there is + otherwise no need to create a new merge and replace the existing + one (i.e. fast-forward instead), but did not. Which has been + corrected. + + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. |