Hopefully final batch before -rc2

index 37f7a610a2..ecc76177e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.55.0.adoc +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.55.0.adoc @@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git rev-list" (and "git log" family of commands) learned a new "--max-count-oldest" that picks oldest N commits in the range instead of the usual newest. + * Various AsciiDoc markup fixes in 'git config' documentation and + related files to ensure lists and formatting are rendered correctly. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. -------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -208,6 +211,16 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. delta cache instead of immediately freeing them, letting the existing cache limit policy decide eviction. + * `git ls-files --modified` and `git ls-files --deleted` have been + optimized to filter with pathspec before calling lstat() when there is + only a single pathspec item, avoiding unnecessary filesystem access + for entries that will not be shown. + + * The UNUSED macro in 'compat/posix.h' has been updated to use a + newly introduced GIT_CLANG_PREREQ macro for compiler version + checks, and the existing GIT_GNUC_PREREQ macro has been modernized + to use explicit major/minor comparisons rather than bit-shifting. + Fixes since v2.54 ----------------- @@ -389,6 +402,24 @@ Fixes since v2.54 (e.g., a clean/smudge filter) fails to start. (merge 061a68e443 mm/subprocess-handshake-fix later to maint). + * The TSAN race in transfer_debug() within transport-helper.c has been + resolved by initializing the debug flag early in + bidirectional_transfer_loop() before spawning worker threads, allowing + the removal of a TSAN suppression. + (merge 85704eda18 ps/transport-helper-tsan-fix later to maint). + + * 'git describe' has been taught to pass the 'refs/tags/' prefix down to + the ref iterator when '--all' is not requested, avoiding unnecessary + iteration over non-tag refs. + (merge 55088ac8a4 td/describe-tag-iteration later to maint). + + * compute_reachable_generation_numbers() in commit-graph used a 32-bit + integer to accumulate parent generations, which is OK for generation + number v1 (topological levels), but with generation number v2 + (adjusted committer timestamps), it truncated timestamps beyond + 2106. Fixed by widening the accumulator to timestamp_t. + (merge fbcc5408fc en/commit-graph-timestamp-fix later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 80f4b802e9 ja/doc-difftool-synopsis-style later to maint). (merge b96490241e jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat later to maint). @@ -414,3 +445,4 @@ Fixes since v2.54 (merge d1b72b29e9 am/doc-tech-hash-typofix later to maint). (merge 014c454799 ak/typofixes later to maint). (merge 522ea8ef7d js/osxkeychain-build-wo-rust later to maint). + (merge e8f12e0e95 jc/t1400-fifo-cleanup later to maint).