The third batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Dec 20, 2023 at 10:15 UTC
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.44.0.txt
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@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
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* "git merge-file" learned to take the "--diff-algorithm" option to
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use algorithm different from the default "myers" diff.
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+ * Command line completion (in contrib/) learned to complete path
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+ arguments to the "add/set" subcommands of "git sparse-checkout"
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+ better.
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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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@@ -65,8 +69,37 @@ Fixes since v2.43
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authentication material, which has been corrected.
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(merge 16fa3eebc0 jh/trace2-redact-auth later to maint).
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+ * The sample pre-commit hook that tries to catch introduction of new
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+ paths that use potentially non-portable characters did not notice
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+ an existing path getting renamed to such a problematic path, when
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+ rename detection was enabled.
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+ (merge d9fd71fa2a jp/use-diff-index-in-pre-commit-sample later to maint).
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+
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+ * The command line parser for the "log" family of commands was too
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+ loose when parsing certain numbers, e.g., silently ignoring the
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+ extra 'q' in "git log -n 1q" without complaining, which has been
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+ tightened up.
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+ (merge 71a1e94821 jc/revision-parse-int later to maint).
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+ * "git $cmd --end-of-options --rev -- --path" for some $cmd failed
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+ to interpret "--rev" as a rev, and "--path" as a path. This was
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+ fixed for many programs like "reset" and "checkout".
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+ (merge 9385174627 jk/end-of-options later to maint).
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+ * "git bisect reset" has been taught to clean up state files and refs
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+ even when BISECT_START file is gone.
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+ (merge daaa03e54c jk/bisect-reset-fix later to maint).
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+ * Some codepaths did not correctly parse configuration variables
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+ specified with valueless "true", which has been corrected.
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+ (merge d49cb162fa jk/implicit-true later to maint).
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* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
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(merge 50f1abcff6 js/packfile-h-typofix later to maint).
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(merge cbf498eb53 jb/reflog-expire-delete-dry-run-options later to maint).
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(merge 7854bf4960 rs/i18n-cannot-be-used-together later to maint).
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(merge cd3c28c53a rs/column-leakfix later to maint).
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+ (merge 866a1b9026 ps/ref-tests-update-more later to maint).
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+ (merge e4299d26d4 mk/doc-gitfile-more later to maint).
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+ (merge 792b86283b rs/incompatible-options-messages later to maint).
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+ (merge ea8f9494ab jk/config-cleanup later to maint).