RelNotes: the tenth batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Dec 19, 2017 at 11:34 UTC
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt
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@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
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in /usr/lib and /usr/sbin; extend the list of locations to be
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checked to also include directories on $PATH.
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+ * "git diff" learned, "--anchored", a variant of the "--patience"
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+ algorithm, to which the user can specify which 'unique' line to be
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+ used as anchoring points.
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+ * The way "git worktree add" determines what branch to create from
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+ where and checkout in the new worktree has been updated a bit.
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+ * Ancient part of codebase still shows dots after an abbreviated
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+ object name just to show that it is not a full object name, but
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+ these ellipses are confusing to people who newly discovered Git
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+ who are used to seeing abbreviated object names and find them
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+ confusing with the range syntax.
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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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@@ -163,6 +176,13 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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* An internal function that was left for backward compatibility has
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been removed, as there is no remaining callers.
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+ * Historically, the diff machinery for rename detection had a
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+ hardcoded limit of 32k paths; this is being lifted to allow users
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+ trade cycles with a (possibly) easier to read result.
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+ * The tracing infrastructure has been optimized for cases where no
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+ tracing is requested.
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Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
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@@ -329,6 +349,31 @@ Fixes since v2.15
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* A regression in the progress eye-candy was fixed.
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(merge 9c5951cacf jk/progress-delay-fix later to maint).
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+ * The code internal to the recursive merge strategy was not fully
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+ prepared to see a path that is renamed to try overwriting another
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+ path that is only different in case on case insensitive systems.
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+ This does not matter in the current code, but will start to matter
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+ once the rename detection logic starts taking hints from nearby
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+ paths moving to some directory and moves a new path along with them.
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+ (merge 4cba2b0108 en/merge-recursive-icase-removal later to maint).
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+ * An v2.12-era regression in pathspec match logic, which made it look
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+ into submodule tree even when it is not desired, has been fixed.
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+ (merge eef3df5a93 bw/pathspec-match-submodule-boundary later to maint).
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+ * Amending commits in git-gui broke the author name that is non-ascii
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+ due to incorrect enconding conversion.
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+ * Recent update to the submodule configuration code broke "diff-tree"
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+ by accidentally stopping to read from the index upfront.
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+ (merge fd66bcc31f bw/submodule-config-cleanup later to maint).
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+ * Git shows a message to tell the user that it is waiting for the
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+ user to finish editing when spawning an editor, in case the editor
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+ opens to a hidden window or somewhere obscure and the user gets
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+ lost.
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+ (merge abfb04d0c7 ls/editor-waiting-message later to maint).
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* Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups.
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(merge 1a1fc2d5b5 rd/man-prune-progress later to maint).
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(merge 0ba014035a rd/man-reflog-add-n later to maint).
@@ -338,3 +383,4 @@ Fixes since v2.15
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(merge 5a0526264b tg/t-readme-updates later to maint).
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(merge 5e83cca0b8 jk/no-optional-locks later to maint).
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(merge 826c778f7c js/hashmap-update-sample later to maint).
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+ (merge 176b2d328c sg/setup-doc-update later to maint).