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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Jun 3, 2022 at 14:30 UTC
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.37.0.txt
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testing; the reimplementation is now exposed to general public by
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default.
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+ * Deprecate non-cone mode of the sparse-checkout feature.
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+ * Introduce a filesystem-dependent mechanism to optimize the way the
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+ bits for many loose object files are ensured to hit the disk
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+ platter.
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+ * The "do not remove the directory the user started Git in" logic,
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+ when Git cannot tell where that directory is, is disabled. Earlier
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+ we refused to run in such a case.
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+ * A mechanism to pack unreachable objects into a "cruft pack",
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+ instead of ejecting them into loose form to be reclaimed later, has
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+ been introduced.
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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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comparison between a pointer and NULL, and applies the clean-up to
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the maintenance track.
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+ * Preliminary code refactoring around transport and bundle code.
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+ * "sparse-checkout" learns to work better with the sparse-index
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+ feature.
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+ * A workflow change for translators are being proposed. git.pot is
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+ no longer version controlled and it is local responsibility of
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+ translaters to generate it.
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Fixes since v2.36
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* Some real problems noticed by gcc 12 have been fixed, while false
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positives have been worked around.
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+ * Update the version of FreeBSD image used in Cirrus CI.
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+ (merge c58bebd4c6 pb/use-freebsd-12.3-in-cirrus-ci later to maint).
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+ * The multi-pack-index code did not protect the packfile it is going
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+ to depend on from getting removed while in use, which has been
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+ corrected.
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+ (merge 4090511e40 tb/midx-race-in-pack-objects later to maint).
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+ * Teach "git repack --geometric" work better with "--keep-pack" and
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+ avoid corrupting the repository when packsize limit is used.
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+ (merge 66731ff921 tb/geom-repack-with-keep-and-max later to maint).
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* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
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(merge e6b2582da3 cm/reftable-0-length-memset later to maint).
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(merge 0b75e5bf22 ab/misc-cleanup later to maint).