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@@ -9,21 +9,22 @@ Ports

9 * Building on older MacOS X systems automatically sets

10 the necessary NO_APPLE_COMMON_CRYPTO build-time option.

11

12 - * The support to build with NO_PTHREADS has been resurrected.

12 + * Building with NO_PTHREADS has been resurrected.

13

14 - * Compilation options has been updated a bit to support z/OS port

15 - better.

14 + * Compilation options have been updated a bit to better support the

15 + z/OS port.

16

17

18 UI, Workflows & Features

19

20 - * "git archive" learned to filter what gets archived with pathspec.

20 + * "git archive" learned to filter what gets archived with a pathspec.

21

22 * "git config --edit --global" starts from a skeletal per-user

23 configuration file contents, instead of a total blank, when the

24 - user does not already have any. This immediately reduces the

25 - need for a later "Have you forgotten setting core.user?" and we

26 - can add more to the template as we gain more experience.

24 + user does not already have any global config. This immediately

25 + reduces the need to later ask "Have you forgotten to set

26 + core.user?", and we can add more to the template as we gain

27 + more experience.

28

29 * "git stash list -p" used to be almost always a no-op because each

30 stash entry is represented as a merge commit. It learned to show

@@ -33,30 +34,30 @@ UI, Workflows & Features

34 * Sometimes users want to report a bug they experience on their

35 repository, but they are not at liberty to share the contents of

36 the repository. "fast-export" was taught an "--anonymize" option

36 - to replace blob contents, names of people and paths and log

37 + to replace blob contents, names of people, paths and log

38 messages with bland and simple strings to help them.

39

40 * "git difftool" learned an option to stop feeding paths to the

41 diff backend when it exits with a non-zero status.

42

42 - * "git grep" allows to paint (or not paint) partial matches on

43 + * "git grep" learned to paint (or not paint) partial matches on

44 context lines when showing "grep -C<num>" output in color.

45

45 - * "log --date=iso" uses a slight variant of ISO 8601 format that is

46 - made more human readable. A new "--date=iso-strict" option gives

47 - datetime output that is more strictly conformant.

46 + * "log --date=iso" uses a slight variant of the ISO 8601 format that is

47 + more human readable. A new "--date=iso-strict" option gives

48 + datetime output that conforms more strictly.

49

50 * The logic "git prune" uses is more resilient against various corner

51 cases.

52

53 * A broken reimplementation of Git could write an invalid index that

53 - records both stage #0 and higher stage entries for the same path.

54 + records both stage #0 and higher-stage entries for the same path.

55 We now notice and reject such an index, as there is no sensible

56 fallback (we do not know if the broken tool wanted to resolve and

56 - forgot to remove higher stage entries, or if it wanted to unresolve

57 - and forgot to remove the stage#0 entry).

57 + forgot to remove the higher-stage entries, or if it wanted to unresolve

58 + and forgot to remove the stage #0 entry).

59

59 - * The temporary files "git mergetool" uses are named to avoid too

60 + * The temporary files "git mergetool" uses are renamed to avoid too

61 many dots in them (e.g. a temporary file for "hello.c" used to be

62 named e.g. "hello.BASE.4321.c" but now uses underscore instead,

63 e.g. "hello_BASE_4321.c", to allow us to have multiple variants).

@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features

74 to consume their input fully (not following this requirement used

75 to result in intermittent errors in "git push").

76

76 - * The pretty-format specifier "%d", which expanded to " (tagname)"

77 + * The pretty-format specifier "%d", which expands to " (tagname)"

78 for a tagged commit, gained a cousin "%D" that just gives the

79 "tagname" without frills.

80

@@ -86,14 +87,14 @@ UI, Workflows & Features

87 without having to "trust" the server.

88

89 * "git interpret-trailers" is a new filter to programmatically edit

89 - the tail end of the commit log messages, e.g. "Signed-off-by:".

90 + the tail end of the commit log messages, e.g. "Signed-off-by:".

91

92 * "git help everyday" shows the "Everyday Git in 20 commands or so"

93 document, whose contents have been updated to match more modern

94 Git practice.

95

95 - * On the "git svn" front, work to reduce memory consumption and

96 - to improve handling of mergeinfo progresses.

96 + * On the "git svn" front, work progresses to reduce memory consumption and

97 + to improve handling of mergeinfo.

98

99

100 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.

@@ -106,18 +107,18 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.

107 * The lockfile API and its users have been cleaned up.

108

109 * We no longer attempt to keep track of individual dependencies to

109 - the header files in the build procedure, relying on automated

110 + the header files in the build procedure, relying instead on automated

111 dependency generation support from modern compilers.

112

113 * In tests, we have been using NOT_{MINGW,CYGWIN} test prerequisites

114 long before negated prerequisites e.g. !MINGW were invented.

115 The former has been converted to the latter to avoid confusion.

116

116 - * Looking up remotes configuration in a repository with very many

117 - remotes defined has been optimized.

117 + * Optimized looking up a remote's configuration in a repository with very many

118 + remotes defined.

119

120 * There are cases where you lock and open to write a file, close it

120 - to show the updated contents to external processes, and then have

121 + to show the updated contents to an external processes, and then have

122 to update the file again while still holding the lock; now the

123 lockfile API has support for such an access pattern.

124

@@ -125,15 +126,15 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.

126 decoration has been updated to make it less cumbersome to use.

127

128 * An in-core caching layer to let us avoid reading the same

128 - configuration files number of times has been added. A few commands

129 + configuration files several times has been added. A few commands

130 have been converted to use this subsystem.

131

132 * Various code paths have been cleaned up and simplified by using

132 - "strbuf", "starts_with()", and "skip_prefix()" APIs more.

133 + the "strbuf", "starts_with()", and "skip_prefix()" APIs more.

134

135 * A few codepaths that died when large blobs that would not fit in

136 core are involved in their operation have been taught to punt

136 - instead, by e.g. marking too large a blob as not to be diffed.

137 + instead, by e.g. marking a too-large blob as not to be diffed.

138

139 * A few more code paths in "commit" and "checkout" have been taught

140 to repopulate the cache-tree in the index, to help speed up later

@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.

142 "status").

143

144 * A common programming mistake to assign the same short option name

144 - to two separate options is detected by parse_options() API to help

145 + to two separate options is detected by the parse_options() API to help

146 developers.

147

148 * The code path to write out the packed-refs file has been optimized,

@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.

154 especially matters in a repository with a large number of existing

155 refs.

156

156 - * "git fsck" was taught to check contents of tag objects a bit more.

157 + * "git fsck" was taught to check the contents of tag objects a bit more.

158

159 * "git hash-object" was taught a "--literally" option to help

160 debugging.

@@ -162,8 +163,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.

163 original before feeding the filter. Instead, stream the file

164 contents directly to the filter and process its output.

165

165 - * The scripts in the test suite can be run with "-x" option to show

166 - a shell-trace of each command run in them.

166 + * The scripts in the test suite can be run with the "-x" option to show

167 + a shell-trace of each command they run.

168

169 * The "run-command" API learned to manage the argv and environment

170 arrays for child process, alleviating the need for the callers to

@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.

172

173 * Some people use AsciiDoctor, instead of AsciiDoc, to format our

174 documentation set; the documentation has been adjusted to be usable

174 - by both, as AsciiDoctor is pickier than AsciiDoc in its input

175 + by both, as AsciiDoctor is pickier than AsciiDoc about its input

176 mark-up.

177

178

@@ -190,21 +191,21 @@ notes for details).

191 format", which was counterintuitive.

192

193 * "git -c section.var command" and "git -c section.var= command"

193 - should pass the configuration differently (the former should be a

194 + should pass the configuration value differently (the former should be a

195 boolean true, the latter should be an empty string).

196

197 * Applying a patch not generated by Git in a subdirectory used to

197 - check the whitespace breakage using the attributes for incorrect

198 + check for whitespace breakage using the attributes of incorrect

199 paths. Also whitespace checks were performed even for paths

199 - excluded via "git apply --exclude=<path>" mechanism.

200 + excluded via the "git apply --exclude=<path>" mechanism.

201

201 - * "git bundle create" with date-range specification were meant to

202 + * "git bundle create" with a date-range specification was meant to

203 exclude tags outside the range, but it didn't.

204

204 - * "git add x" where x that used to be a directory has become a

205 + * "git add x" where x used to be a directory and is now a

206 symbolic link to a directory misbehaved.

207

207 - * The prompt script checked $GIT_DIR/ref/stash file to see if there

208 + * The prompt script checked the $GIT_DIR/ref/stash file to see if there

209 is a stash, which was a no-no.

210

211 * Pack-protocol documentation had a minor typo.

@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ notes for details).

219 (merge 107efbe rs/daemon-fixes later to maint).

220

221 * With sufficiently long refnames, "git fast-import" could have

221 - overflown an on-stack buffer.

222 + overflowed an on-stack buffer.

223

224 * After "pack-refs --prune" packed refs at the top-level, it failed

225 to prune them.

@@ -233,8 +234,8 @@ notes for details).

234 to first check out <branch>.

235 (merge 95c6826 so/rebase-doc later to maint).

236

236 - * "git push" over HTTP transport had an artificial limit on number of

237 - refs that can be pushed imposed by the command line length.

237 + * "git push" over HTTP transport had an artificial limit on the number of

238 + refs that can be pushed, imposed by the command line length.

239 (merge 26be19b jk/send-pack-many-refspecs later to maint).

240

241 * When receiving an invalid pack stream that records the same object

@@ -249,19 +250,19 @@ notes for details).

250 detached HEAD as a starting point to traverse objects still in use.

251 (merge c40fdd0 mk/reachable-protect-detached-head later to maint).

252

252 - * "git config --add section.var val" used to lose existing

253 - section.var whose value was an empty string.

253 + * "git config --add section.var val" when section.var already has an

254 + empty-string value used to lose the empty-string value.

255 (merge c1063be ta/config-add-to-empty-or-true-fix later to maint).

256

257 * "git fsck" failed to report that it found corrupt objects via its

258 exit status in some cases.

259 (merge 30d1038 jk/fsck-exit-code-fix later to maint).

260

260 - * Use of "--verbose" option used to break "git branch --merged".

261 + * Use of the "--verbose" option used to break "git branch --merged".

262 (merge 12994dd jk/maint-branch-verbose-merged later to maint).

263

263 - * Some MUAs mangled a line in a message that begins with "From " to

264 - ">From " when writing to a mailbox file and feeding such an input

264 + * Some MUAs mangle a line in a message that begins with "From " to

265 + ">From " when writing to a mailbox file, and feeding such an input

266 to "git am" used to lose such a line.

267 (merge 85de86a jk/mbox-from-line later to maint).

268

@@ -274,8 +275,8 @@ notes for details).

275 coding guidelines.

276 (merge 1c4b660 da/include-compat-util-first-in-c later to maint).

277

277 - * t7004 test, which tried to run Git with small stack space, has been

278 - updated to give a bit larger stack to avoid false breakage on some

278 + * The t7004 test, which tried to run Git with small stack space, has been

279 + updated to use a bit larger stack to avoid false breakage on some

280 platforms.

281 (merge b9a1907 sk/tag-contains-wo-recursion later to maint).

282

@@ -288,11 +289,11 @@ notes for details).

289 CGI.pm as of 4.04; use CGI::start_from instead.

290 (merge 4750f4b rm/gitweb-start-form later to maint).

291

291 - * Newer versions of 'meld' breaks the auto-detection we use to see if

292 + * Newer versions of 'meld' break the auto-detection we use to see if

293 they are new enough to support the `--output` option.

294 (merge b12d045 da/mergetool-meld later to maint).

295

295 - * "git pack-objects" forgot to disable the codepath to generate

296 + * "git pack-objects" forgot to disable the codepath to generate the

297 object reachability bitmap when it needs to split the resulting

298 pack.

299 (merge 2113471 jk/pack-objects-no-bitmap-when-splitting later to maint).

@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ notes for details).

303 index file.

304 (merge 729dbbd jk/cache-tree-protect-from-broken-libgit2 later to maint).

305

305 - * "git fetch" into a repository where branch B was deleted earlier

306 + * "git fetch" into a repository where branch B was deleted earlier,

307 back when it had reflog enabled, and then branch B/C is fetched

308 into it without reflog enabled, which is arguably an unlikely

309 corner case, unnecessarily failed.

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