Hopefully the final batch before -rc2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Mar 12, 2020 at 14:36 UTC
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@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ Git 2.26 Release Notes
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Updates since v2.25
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+Backward compatibility notes
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+ * "git rebase" uses a different backend that is based on the 'merge'
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+ machinery by default. There are a few known differences in the
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+ behaviour from the traditional machniery based on patch+apply.
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+ If your workflow is negatively affected by this change, please
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+ report it to git@vger.kernel.org so that we can take a look into
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+ it. In the meantime, the 'rebase.backend' configuration variable
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+ can be set in order to use the old default behaviour (the value to
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+ do so is not described here---it is given to those who report their
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+ issues to the list ;-).
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UI, Workflows & Features
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* Sample credential helper for using .netrc has been updated to work
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we can show something not to bore users.
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(merge 7655b4119d rs/show-progress-in-dumb-http-fetch later to maint).
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+ * Both "git ls-remote -h" and "git grep -h" give short usage help,
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+ like any other Git subcommand, but it is not unreasonable to expect
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+ that the former would behave the same as "git ls-remote --head"
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+ (there is no other sensible behaviour for the latter). The
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+ documentation has been updated in an attempt to clarify this.
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+ (merge 1ff466c018 jc/doc-single-h-is-for-help later to maint).
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* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
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(merge 26f924d50e en/simplify-check-updates-in-unpack-trees later to maint).
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(merge d0d0a357a1 am/update-pathspec-f-f-tests later to maint).