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index 5809fd6cb2..4bada0145d 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.55.0.adoc +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.55.0.adoc @@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * The documentation for "--word-diff" has been extended with a bit of implementation detail of where these different words come from. + * "git config foo.bar=baz" is not likely to be a request to read the + value of such a variable with '=' in its name; rather it is plausible + that the user meant "git config set foo.bar baz". Give advice when + giving an error message. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. -------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -171,6 +176,18 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The loose object source has been refactored into a proper `struct odb_source`. + * Guidelines on how to write a cover letter for a multi-patch series + have been added to SubmittingPatches, which also got a new marker + to separate the section for typofixes. + + * The setup logic to discover and configure repositories has been + refactored, and the initialization of the object database has been + centralized. + + * Many core configuration variables have been migrated from global + variables into 'repo_config_values' to tie them to a specific + repository instance, avoiding cross-repository state leakage. + Fixes since v2.54 ----------------- @@ -322,6 +339,15 @@ Fixes since v2.54 sufficiently new linker is detected. (merge 5cd4d0d850 hn/macos-linker-warning later to maint). + * Documentation and tests have been added to clarify that Git's internal + raw timestamp format requires a `@` prefix for values less than + 100,000,000 to prevent ambiguity with other formats like YYYYMMDD. + (merge 4018dc29ee ls/doc-raw-timestamp-prefix later to maint). + + * Wording used in "format-patch --subject-prefix" documentation + has been improved. + (merge 4a1eb9304a lo/doc-format-patch-subject-prefix 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). @@ -344,3 +370,5 @@ Fixes since v2.54 (merge 1740cc35d0 ed/check-connected-close-err-fd later to maint). (merge f4d7eb3d1c sp/doc-range-diff-takes-notes later to maint). (merge 83e7f3bd2b kh/free-commit-list later to maint). + (merge d1b72b29e9 am/doc-tech-hash-typofix later to maint). + (merge 014c454799 ak/typofixes later to maint).