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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt | 47 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/gpg.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/grep.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/user.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-apply.txt | 11 |
5 files changed, 73 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt index b1d8145dd9..dc72843e16 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt @@ -44,6 +44,24 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "default" and "reset" have been added to our color palette. + * The cryptographic signing using ssh keys can specify literal keys + for keytypes whose name do not begin with the "ssh-" prefix by + using the "key::" prefix mechanism (e.g. "key::ecdsa-sha2-nistp256"). + + * "git fetch" without the "--update-head-ok" option ought to protect + a checked out branch from getting updated, to prevent the working + tree that checks it out to go out of sync. The code was written + before the use of "git worktree" got widespread, and only checked + the branch that was checked out in the current worktree, which has + been updated. + + * "git name-rev" has been tweaked to give output that is shorter and + easier to understand. + + * "git apply" has been taught to ignore a message without a patch + with the "--allow-empty" option. It also learned to honor the + "--quiet" option given from the command line. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -56,7 +74,6 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The command line complation 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 index.sparse configuration specified by the repository immediately after the on-disk index file is read. @@ -101,6 +118,18 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. nonexistent object name to refs to simulate error situations we want to test Git in. + * "diff --histogram" optimization. + + * Weather balloon to find compilers that do not grok variable + declaration in the for() loop. + + * diff and blame commands have been taught to work better with sparse + index. + + * The chainlint test script linter in the test suite has been updated. + + * The DEVELOPER=yes build uses -std=gnu99 now. + Fixes since v2.34 ----------------- @@ -210,6 +239,21 @@ Fixes since v2.34 sparse checkout patterns. (merge 8c5de0d265 ds/sparse-deep-pattern-checkout-fix later to maint). + * "git rebase -x" by mistake started exporting the GIT_DIR and + GIT_WORK_TREE environment variables when the command was rewritten + in C, which has been corrected. + (merge 434e0636db en/rebase-x-wo-git-dir-env later to maint). + + * When "git log" implicitly enabled the "decoration" processing + without being explicitly asked with "--decorate" option, it failed + to read and honor the settings given by the "--decorate-refs" + option. + + * "git fetch --set-upstream" did not check if there is a current + branch, leading to a segfault when it is run on a detached HEAD, + which has been corrected. + (merge 17baeaf82d ab/fetch-set-upstream-while-detached 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). @@ -227,3 +271,4 @@ Fixes since v2.34 (merge 0bf0de6cc7 tb/pack-revindex-on-disk-cleanup later to maint). (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). diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt index 4f30c7dbdd..c9be554c73 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt @@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ A repository that only allows signed commits can store the file in the repository itself using a path relative to the top-level of the working tree. This way only committers with an already valid key can add or change keys in the keyring. + +Since OpensSSH 8.8 this file allows specifying a key lifetime using valid-after & +valid-before options. Git will mark signatures as valid if the signing key was +valid at the time of the signatures creation. This allows users to change a +signing key without invalidating all previously made signatures. ++ Using a SSH CA key with the cert-authority option (see ssh-keygen(1) "CERTIFICATES") is also valid. diff --git a/Documentation/config/grep.txt b/Documentation/config/grep.txt index 44abe45a7c..182edd813a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/grep.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/grep.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ grep.patternType:: Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`, `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the - value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior. + value 'default' will use the `grep.extendedRegexp` option to choose + between 'basic' and 'extended'. grep.extendedRegexp:: If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt index ad78dce9ec..ec9233b060 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt @@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ user.signingKey:: commit, you can override the default selection with this variable. This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports. - If gpg.format is set to "ssh" this can contain the literal ssh public - key (e.g.: "ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier") or a file which contains it and - corresponds to the private key used for signing. The private key - needs to be available via ssh-agent. Alternatively it can be set to - a file containing a private key directly. If not set git will call - gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (e.g.: "ssh-add -L") and try to use the first - key available. + If gpg.format is set to `ssh` this can contain the path to either + your private ssh key or the public key when ssh-agent is used. + Alternatively it can contain a public key prefixed with `key::` + directly (e.g.: "key::ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier"). The private key + needs to be available via ssh-agent. If not set git will call + gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand (e.g.: "ssh-add -L") and try to use the + first key available. For backward compatibility, a raw key which + begins with "ssh-", such as "ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier", is treated + as "key::ssh-rsa XXXXXX identifier", but this form is deprecated; + use the `key::` form instead. diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index aa1ae56a25..b6d77f4206 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=(nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all)] [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--directory=<root>] - [--verbose] [--unsafe-paths] [<patch>...] + [--verbose | --quiet] [--unsafe-paths] [--allow-empty] [<patch>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ behavior: current patch being applied will be printed. This option will cause additional information to be reported. +-q:: +--quiet:: + Suppress stderr output. Messages about patch status and progress + will not be printed. + --recount:: Do not trust the line counts in the hunk headers, but infer them by inspecting the patch (e.g. after editing the patch without @@ -251,6 +256,10 @@ When `git apply` is used as a "better GNU patch", the user can pass the `--unsafe-paths` option to override this safety check. This option has no effect when `--index` or `--cached` is in use. +--allow-empty:: + Don't return error for patches containing no diff. This includes + empty patches and patches with commit text only. + CONFIGURATION ------------- |