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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.33.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.33.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b71738e654 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.33.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +Git 2.33.1 Release Notes +======================== + +This primarily is to backport various fixes accumulated during the +development towards Git 2.34, the next feature release. + + +Fixes since v2.33 +----------------- + + * The unicode character width table (used for output alignment) has + been updated. + + * Input validation of "git pack-objects --stdin-packs" has been + corrected. + + * Bugfix for common ancestor negotiation recently introduced in "git + push" codepath. + + * "git pull" had various corner cases that were not well thought out + around its --rebase backend, e.g. "git pull --ff-only" did not stop + but went ahead and rebased when the history on other side is not a + descendant of our history. The series tries to fix them up. + + * "git apply" miscounted the bytes and failed to read to the end of + binary hunks. + + * "git range-diff" code clean-up. + + * "git commit --fixup" now works with "--edit" again, after it was + broken in v2.32. + + * Use upload-artifacts v1 (instead of v2) for 32-bit linux, as the + new version has a blocker bug for that architecture. + + * Checking out all the paths from HEAD during the last conflicted + step in "git rebase" and continuing would cause the step to be + skipped (which is expected), but leaves MERGE_MSG file behind in + $GIT_DIR and confuses the next "git commit", which has been + corrected. + + * Various bugs in "git rebase -r" have been fixed. + + * mmap() imitation used to call xmalloc() that dies upon malloc() + failure, which has been corrected to just return an error to the + caller to be handled. + + * "git diff --relative" segfaulted and/or produced incorrect result + when there are unmerged paths. + + * The delayed checkout code path in "git checkout" etc. were chatty + even when --quiet and/or --no-progress options were given. + + * "git branch -D <branch>" used to refuse to remove a broken branch + ref that points at a missing commit, which has been corrected. + + * Build update for Apple clang. + + * The parser for the "--nl" option of "git column" has been + corrected. + + * "git upload-pack" which runs on the other side of "git fetch" + forgot to take the ref namespaces into account when handling + want-ref requests. + + * The sparse-index support can corrupt the index structure by storing + a stale and/or uninitialized data, which has been corrected. + + * Buggy tests could damage repositories outside the throw-away test + area we created. We now by default export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES + to limit the damage from such a stray test. + + * Even when running "git send-email" without its own threaded + discussion support, a threading related header in one message is + carried over to the subsequent message to result in an unwanted + threading, which has been corrected. + + * The output from "git fast-export", when its anonymization feature + is in use, showed an annotated tag incorrectly. + + * Recent "diff -m" changes broke "gitk", which has been corrected. + + * "git maintenance" scheduler fix for macOS. + + * A pathname in an advice message has been made cut-and-paste ready. + + * The "git apply -3" code path learned not to bother the lower level + merge machinery when the three-way merge can be trivially resolved + without the content level merge. + + * The code that optionally creates the *.rev reverse index file has + been optimized to avoid needless computation when it is not writing + the file out. + + * "git range-diff -I... <range> <range>" segfaulted, which has been + corrected. + + * The order in which various files that make up a single (conceptual) + packfile has been reevaluated and straightened up. This matters in + correctness, as an incomplete set of files must not be shown to a + running Git. + + * The "mode" word is useless in a call to open(2) that does not + create a new file. Such a call in the files backend of the ref + subsystem has been cleaned up. + + * "git update-ref --stdin" failed to flush its output as needed, + which potentially led the conversation to a deadlock. + + * When "git am --abort" fails to abort correctly, it still exited + with exit status of 0, which has been corrected. + + * Correct nr and alloc members of strvec struct to be of type size_t. + + * "git stash", where the tentative change involves changing a + directory to a file (or vice versa), was confused, which has been + corrected. + + * "git clone" from a repository whose HEAD is unborn into a bare + repository didn't follow the branch name the other side used, which + is corrected. + + * "git cvsserver" had a long-standing bug in its authentication code, + which has finally been corrected (it is unclear and is a separate + question if anybody is seriously using it, though). + + * "git difftool --dir-diff" mishandled symbolic links. + + * Sensitive data in the HTTP trace were supposed to be redacted, but + we failed to do so in HTTP/2 requests. + + * "make clean" has been updated to remove leftover .depend/ + directories, even when it is not told to use them to compute header + dependencies. + + * Protocol v0 clients can get stuck parsing a malformed feature line. + +Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt index 6c9c5301f4..080687f202 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt @@ -152,205 +152,130 @@ Fixes since v2.33 * Input validation of "git pack-objects --stdin-packs" has been corrected. - (merge 561fa03529 ab/pack-stdin-packs-fix later to maint). * Bugfix for common ancestor negotiation recently introduced in "git push" code path. - (merge 82823118b9 jt/push-negotiation-fixes later to maint). * "git pull" had various corner cases that were not well thought out around its --rebase backend, e.g. "git pull --ff-only" did not stop but went ahead and rebased when the history on other side is not a descendant of our history. The series tries to fix them up. - (merge 6f843a3355 en/pull-conflicting-options later to maint). * "git apply" miscounted the bytes and failed to read to the end of binary hunks. - (merge 46d723ce57 jk/apply-binary-hunk-parsing-fix later to maint). * "git range-diff" code clean-up. - (merge c4d5907324 jk/range-diff-fixes later to maint). * "git commit --fixup" now works with "--edit" again, after it was broken in v2.32. - (merge 8ef6aad664 jk/commit-edit-fixup-fix later to maint). * Use upload-artifacts v1 (instead of v2) for 32-bit linux, as the new version has a blocker bug for that architecture. - (merge 3cf9bb36bf cb/ci-use-upload-artifacts-v1 later to maint). * Checking out all the paths from HEAD during the last conflicted step in "git rebase" and continuing would cause the step to be skipped (which is expected), but leaves MERGE_MSG file behind in $GIT_DIR and confuses the next "git commit", which has been corrected. - (merge e5ee33e855 pw/rebase-skip-final-fix later to maint). * Various bugs in "git rebase -r" have been fixed. - (merge f2563c9ef3 pw/rebase-r-fixes later to maint). * mmap() imitation used to call xmalloc() that dies upon malloc() failure, which has been corrected to just return an error to the caller to be handled. - (merge 95b4ff3931 rs/git-mmap-uses-malloc later to maint). * "git diff --relative" segfaulted and/or produced incorrect result when there are unmerged paths. - (merge 8174627b3d dd/diff-files-unmerged-fix later to maint). * The delayed checkout code path in "git checkout" etc. were chatty even when --quiet and/or --no-progress options were given. - (merge 7a132c628e mt/quiet-with-delayed-checkout later to maint). * "git branch -D <branch>" used to refuse to remove a broken branch ref that points at a missing commit, which has been corrected. - (merge 597a977489 rs/branch-allow-deleting-dangling later to maint). * Build update for Apple clang. - (merge f32c5d3716 cb/makefile-apple-clang later to maint). * The parser for the "--nl" option of "git column" has been corrected. - (merge c93ca46cf5 sg/column-nl later to maint). * "git upload-pack" which runs on the other side of "git fetch" forgot to take the ref namespaces into account when handling want-ref requests. - (merge 53a66ec37c ka/want-ref-in-namespace later to maint). * The sparse-index support can corrupt the index structure by storing a stale and/or uninitialized data, which has been corrected. - (merge d9e9b44d7a jh/sparse-index-resize-fix later to maint). * Buggy tests could damage repositories outside the throw-away test area we created. We now by default export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES to limit the damage from such a stray test. - (merge 614c3d8f2e sg/set-ceiling-during-tests later to maint). * Even when running "git send-email" without its own threaded discussion support, a threading related header in one message is carried over to the subsequent message to result in an unwanted threading, which has been corrected. - (merge e082113484 mh/send-email-reset-in-reply-to later to maint). * The output from "git fast-export", when its anonymization feature is in use, showed an annotated tag incorrectly. - (merge 2f040a9671 tk/fast-export-anonymized-tag-fix later to maint). * Doc update plus improved error reporting. - (merge 1e93770888 jk/log-warn-on-bogus-encoding later to maint). * Recent "diff -m" changes broke "gitk", which has been corrected. - (merge 5acffd3473 so/diff-index-regression-fix later to maint). * Regression fix. - (merge b996f84989 ab/send-email-config-fix later to maint). * The "git apply -3" code path learned not to bother the lower level merge machinery when the three-way merge can be trivially resolved without the content level merge. This fixes a regression caused by recent "-3way first and fall back to direct application" change. - (merge 57f183b698 jc/trivial-threeway-binary-merge later to maint). * The code that optionally creates the *.rev reverse index file has been optimized to avoid needless computation when it is not writing the file out. - (merge 8fe8bae9d2 ab/reverse-midx-optim later to maint). * "git range-diff -I... <range> <range>" segfaulted, which has been corrected. - (merge 709b3f32d3 rs/range-diff-avoid-segfault-with-I later to maint). * The order in which various files that make up a single (conceptual) packfile has been reevaluated and straightened up. This matters in correctness, as an incomplete set of files must not be shown to a running Git. - (merge 4bc1fd6e39 tb/pack-finalize-ordering later to maint). * The "mode" word is useless in a call to open(2) that does not create a new file. Such a call in the files backend of the ref subsystem has been cleaned up. - (merge 35cf94eaf6 rs/no-mode-to-open-when-appending later to maint). * "git update-ref --stdin" failed to flush its output as needed, which potentially led the conversation to a deadlock. - (merge 7c1200745b ps/update-ref-batch-flush later to maint). * When "git am --abort" fails to abort correctly, it still exited with exit status of 0, which has been corrected. - (merge c5ead19ea2 en/am-abort-fix later to maint). * Correct nr and alloc members of strvec struct to be of type size_t. - (merge 8d133a4653 jk/strvec-typefix later to maint). * "git stash", where the tentative change involves changing a directory to a file (or vice versa), was confused, which has been corrected. - (merge bee8691f19 en/stash-df-fix later to maint). * "git clone" from a repository whose HEAD is unborn into a bare repository didn't follow the branch name the other side used, which is corrected. - (merge 6b58df54cf jk/clone-unborn-head-in-bare later to maint). * "git cvsserver" had a long-standing bug in its authentication code, which has finally been corrected (it is unclear and is a separate question if anybody is seriously using it, though). - (merge 4b81f690f6 cb/cvsserver later to maint). * "git difftool --dir-diff" mishandled symbolic links. - (merge 5bafb3576a da/difftool-dir-diff-symlink-fix later to maint). * Sensitive data in the HTTP trace were supposed to be redacted, but we failed to do so in HTTP/2 requests. - (merge b66c77a64e jk/http-redact-fix later to maint). * "make clean" has been updated to remove leftover .depend/ directories, even when it is not told to use them to compute header dependencies. - (merge f0a74bcb03 ab/make-clean-depend-dirs later to maint). * Protocol v0 clients can get stuck parsing a malformed feature line. - (merge 44d2aec6e8 ah/connect-parse-feature-v0-fix later to maint). * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. - (merge 1d9c8daef8 ab/bundle-doc later to maint). - (merge 81483fe613 en/merge-strategy-docs later to maint). - (merge 626beebdf8 js/log-protocol-version later to maint). - (merge 00e302da76 cb/builtin-merge-format-string-fix later to maint). - (merge ad51ae4dc0 cb/ci-freebsd-update later to maint). - (merge be6444d1ca fc/completion-updates later to maint). - (merge ff7b83f562 ti/tcsh-completion-regression-fix later to maint). - (merge 325b06deda sg/make-fix-ar-invocation later to maint). - (merge bd72824c60 me/t5582-cleanup later to maint). - (merge f6a5af0f62 ga/send-email-sendmail-cmd later to maint). - (merge f58c7468cd ab/ls-remote-packet-trace later to maint). - (merge 0160f7e725 ab/rebase-fatal-fatal-fix later to maint). - (merge a16eb6b1ff js/maintenance-launchctl-fix later to maint). - (merge c21b2511c2 jk/t5323-no-pack-test-fix later to maint). - (merge 5146c2f148 mh/credential-leakfix later to maint). - (merge 1549577338 dd/t6300-wo-gpg-fix later to maint). - (merge 66e905b7dd rs/xopen-reports-open-failures later to maint). - (merge 469888e6a5 es/walken-tutorial-fix later to maint). - (merge 88682b016d ba/object-info later to maint). - (merge b45c172e51 ab/gc-log-rephrase later to maint). - (merge ccdd5d1eb1 ab/mailmap-leakfix later to maint). - (merge 6540b71614 cb/remote-ndebug-fix later to maint). - (merge e4f8d27585 rs/show-branch-simplify later to maint). - (merge e124ecf7f7 rs/archive-use-object-id later to maint). - (merge cebead1ebf cb/ci-build-pedantic later to maint). - (merge ca0cc98e03 bs/doc-bugreport-outdir later to maint). - (merge 72b113e562 ab/no-more-check-bindir later to maint). - (merge 92a5d1c9b4 jc/prefix-filename-allocates later to maint). - (merge d9a65b6c0a rs/setup-use-xopen-and-xdup later to maint). - (merge e8f55568de jk/t5562-racefix later to maint). - (merge 8f0f110156 rs/drop-core-compression-vars later to maint). - (merge b6d8887d3d ma/doc-git-version later to maint). - (merge 66c0c44df6 cb/plug-leaks-in-alloca-emu-users later to maint). - (merge afb32e8101 kz/revindex-comment-fix later to maint). - (merge ae578de926 po/git-config-doc-mentions-help-c later to maint). - (merge 187fc8b8b6 cb/unicode-14 later to maint). - (merge 3584cff71c en/typofixes later to maint). (merge f188160be9 ab/bundle-remove-verbose-option later to maint). (merge 8c6b4332b4 rs/close-pack-leakfix later to maint). (merge 51b04c05b7 bs/difftool-msg-tweak later to maint). |