Git 2.42-rc0
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Aug 4, 2023 at 10:01 UTC
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.42.0.txt
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@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
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is a valid and sensible thing to update a branch at a remote
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repository, rather than reconciling with merge/rebase.
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+ * "git blame --contents=file" has been taught to work in a bare
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+ repository.
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+ * "git branch -f X" to repoint the branch X said that X was "checked
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+ out" in another worktree, even when branch X was not and instead
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+ being bisected or rebased. The message was reworded to say the
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+ branch was "in use".
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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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* "git branch --list --format=<format>" and friends are taught
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a new "%(describe)" placeholder.
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+ * Clarify how to choose the starting point for a new topic in
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+ developer guidance document.
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+ * The implementation of "get_sha1_hex()" that reads a hexadecimal
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+ string that spells a full object name has been extended to cope
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+ with any hash function used in the repository, but the "sha1" in
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+ its name survived. Rename it to get_hash_hex(), a name that is
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+ more consistent within its friends like get_hash_hex_algop().
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+ * Command line parser fix, and a small parse-options API update.
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Fixes since v2.41
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such a malformed todo file.
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(merge 9645a087c2 ah/sequencer-rewrite-todo-fix later to maint).
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+ * Rewrite the description of giving a custom command to the
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+ submodule.<name>.update configuration variable.
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+ (merge 7cebc5bd78 pv/doc-submodule-update-settings later to maint).
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* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
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(merge 51f9d2e563 sa/doc-ls-remote later to maint).
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(merge c6d26a9dda jk/format-patch-message-id-unleak later to maint).
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