The 13th batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
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@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
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* The "git pack-objects --path-walk" traversal has been integrated
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with several object filters, including blobless and sparse filters.
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+ * "git push" learned to take a "remote group" name to push to, which
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+ causes pushes to multiple places, just like "git fetch" would do.
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+ * The 'git-jump' command (in contrib/) has been taught to automatically
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+ pick a mode (merge, diff, or ws) when invoked without arguments.
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+ * The documentation for `push.default = simple` has been clarified to
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+ better explain its behavior, making it clear that it pushes the
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+ current branch to a same-named branch on the remote, and detailing
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+ the upstream requirements for centralized workflows.
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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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replacing an O(N) scan with an O(1) counter, yielding performance
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improvements in repositories with wide histories.
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+ * Reachability bitmap generation has been significantly optimized. By
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+ reordering tree traversal, caching object positions, and refining how
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+ pseudo-merge bitmaps are constructed, the performance of "git repack
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+ --write-midx-bitmaps" is improved, especially for large repositories
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+ and when using pseudo-merges.
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+ * Adding a decimal integer with strbuf_addf("%u") appears commonly;
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+ they have been optimized by using a custom formatter.
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+ * Formatting object name in full hexadecimal form has been optimized
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+ by using a new strbuf_add_oid_hex() helper function.
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+ * Encourage original authors to monitor the CI status.
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Fixes since v2.54
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synopsis style.
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(merge 2ef248ae45 ja/doc-synopsis-style-again later to maint).
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+ * The "promisor.quiet" configuration variable was not used from
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+ relevant submodules when commands like "grep --recurse-submodules"
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+ triggered a lazy fetch, which has been corrected.
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+ (merge fa1468a1f7 th/promisor-quiet-per-repo later to maint).
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* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
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(merge 80f4b802e9 ja/doc-difftool-synopsis-style later to maint).
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(merge b96490241e jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat later to maint).