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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt index ca149dac34..f052162eff 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt @@ -4,24 +4,36 @@ Git 2.4 Release Notes Backward compatibility warning(s) --------------------------------- -Output from "git log --decorate" (and "%d" format specifier used in -the userformat "--format=<string>" parameter "git log" family of -command takes) used to list "HEAD" just like other tips of branch -names, separated with a comma in between. E.g. +This release has a few changes in the user-visible output from +Porcelain commands, which the users may want to be aware of. - $ git log --decorate -1 master - commit bdb0f6788fa5e3cacc4315e9ff318a27b2676ff4 (HEAD, master) - ... + * Output from "git log --decorate" (and "%d" format specifier used in + the userformat "--format=<string>" parameter "git log" family of + command takes) used to list "HEAD" just like other tips of branch + names, separated with a comma in between. E.g. -This release updates the output slightly when HEAD refers to the tip -of a branch whose name is also shown in the output. The above is -shown as: + $ git log --decorate -1 master + commit bdb0f6788fa5e3cacc4315e9ff318a27b2676ff4 (HEAD, master) + ... - $ git log --decorate -1 master - commit bdb0f6788fa5e3cacc4315e9ff318a27b2676ff4 (HEAD -> master) - ... + This release updates the output slightly when HEAD refers to the tip + of a branch whose name is also shown in the output. The above is + shown as: + $ git log --decorate -1 master + commit bdb0f6788fa5e3cacc4315e9ff318a27b2676ff4 (HEAD -> master) + ... + * The phrasing "git branch" uses to describe a detached HEAD has been + updated to match that of "git status": + + - When the HEAD is at the same commit as it was originally + detached, they now both show "detached at <commit object name>". + + - When the HEAD has moved since it was originally detached, + they now both show "detached from <commit object name>". + + Earlier "git branch" always used "from" Updates since v2.3 @@ -91,7 +103,6 @@ UI, Workflows & Features actually at xyz and haven't been moved since it was detached in such a case, but the user cannot read what the current value of HEAD is when "detached from" is used. - (merge 4b06318 mg/detached-head-report later to maint). * "git -C '' subcmd" refused to work in the current directory, unlike "cd ''" which silently behaves as a no-op. @@ -100,6 +111,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * The versionsort.prerelease configuration variable can be used to specify that v1.0-pre1 comes before v1.0. + * A new "push.followTags" configuration turns the "--follow-tags" + option on by default for the "git push" command. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -151,6 +165,9 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * Code in "git daemon" to parse out and hold hostnames used in request interpolation has been simplified. + * "git push" codepath has been restructured to make it easier to add + new configuration bits. + Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. @@ -370,7 +387,20 @@ notes for details). branch names. (merge 5ee8758 jc/decorate-leaky-separator-color later to maint). - * Code cleanups and documentaiton updates. + * The code that reads from the ctags file in the completion script + (in contrib/) did not spell ${param/pattern/string} substitution + correctly, which happened to work with bash but not with zsh. + (merge db8d750 js/completion-ctags-pattern-substitution-fix later to maint). + + * The transfer.hiderefs support did not quite work for smart-http + transport. + (merge 8ddf3ca jk/smart-http-hide-refs later to maint). + + * "git tag -h" used to show the "--column" and "--sort" options + that are about listing in a wrong section. + (merge dd059c6 jk/tag-h-column-is-a-listing-option later to maint). + + * Code cleanups and documentation updates. (merge 2ce63e9 rs/simple-cleanups later to maint). (merge 33baa69 rj/no-xopen-source-for-cygwin later to maint). (merge 817d03e jc/diff-test-updates later to maint). @@ -381,3 +411,4 @@ notes for details). (merge 8fa7975 ak/git-done-help-cleanup later to maint). (merge 9a6f128 rs/deflate-init-cleanup later to maint). (merge 6f75d45 rs/use-isxdigit later to maint). + (merge 376e4b3 jk/test-annoyances later to maint). |