A bit more before 2.40-rc1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Feb 27, 2023 at 10:06 UTC
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.40.0.txt
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@@ -57,6 +57,31 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
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* "git fetch --jobs=0" used to hit a BUG(), which has been corrected
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to use the available CPUs.
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+ * An invalid label or ref in the "rebase -i" todo file used to
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+ trigger an runtime error. SUch an error is now diagnosed while the
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+ todo file is parsed.
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+ * The "diff" drivers specified by the "diff" attribute attached to
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+ paths can now specify which algorithm (e.g. histogram) to use.
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+ * "git range-diff" learned --abbrev=<num> option.
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+ * "git archive HEAD^{tree}" records the paths with the current
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+ timestamp in the archive, making it harder to obtain a stable
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+ output. The command learned the --mtime option to specify an
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+ arbitrary timestamp (e.g. --mtime="@0 +0000" for the epoch).
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+ * The credential subsystem learned that a password may have an
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+ explicit expiration.
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+ * The format.attach configuration variable lacked a way to override a
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+ value defined in a lower-priority configuration file (e.g. the
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+ system one) by redefining it in a higher-priority configuration
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+ file. Now, setting format.attach to an empty string means show the
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+ patch inline in the e-mail message, without using MIME attachment.
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+ This is a backward incompatible change.
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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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@@ -251,6 +276,11 @@ Fixes since v2.39
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xwrite() wrapper appropriately.
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(merge 58eab6ff13 jc/genzeros-avoid-raw-write later to maint).
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+ * sscanf(3) used in "git symbolic-ref --short" implementation found
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+ to be not working reliably on macOS in UTF-8 locales. Rewrite the
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+ code to avoid sscanf() altogether to work it around.
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+ (merge 613bef56b8 jk/shorten-unambiguous-ref-wo-sscanf later to maint).
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* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
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(merge 4eb1ccecd4 dh/mingw-ownership-check-typofix later to maint).
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(merge f95526419b ar/typofix-gitattributes-doc later to maint).
@@ -278,3 +308,4 @@ Fixes since v2.39
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(merge 3eb1e1ca9a ab/config-h-remove-unused later to maint).
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(merge d390e08076 cw/doc-pushurl-vs-url later to maint).
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(merge 567342fc77 rs/ctype-test later to maint).
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+ (merge d35d8f2e7a ap/t2015-style-update later to maint).