Getting ready for -rc1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Aug 27, 2018 at 14:34 UTC
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@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
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* The sideband code learned to optionally paint selected keywords at
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the beginning of incoming lines on the receiving end.
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+ * "git branch --list" learned to take the default sort order from the
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+ 'branch.sort' configuration variable, just like "git tag --list"
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+ pays attention to 'tag.sort'.
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+ * "git worktree" command learned "--quiet" option to make it less
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+ verbose.
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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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@@ -251,6 +258,14 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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getting them coalesced into fewer packfiles, hurting performance.
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"git repack" now learned to repack them.
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+ * Partially revert the support for multiple hash functions to regain
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+ hash comparison performance; we'd think of a way to do this better
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+ in the next cycle.
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+ * "git help --config" (which is used in command line completion)
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+ missed the configuration variables not described in the main
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+ config.txt file but are described in another file that is included
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+ by it, which has been corrected.
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Fixes since v2.18
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indicates whether/where a submodule repository has its associated
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working tree across various state transitions, which has been
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corrected.
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- (merge 984cd77ddb sb/submodule-core-worktree later to maint).
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* Bugfix for "rebase -i" corner case regression.
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(merge a9279c6785 pw/rebase-i-keep-reword-after-conflict later to maint).
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has been corrected.
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(merge 3e7dd99208 nd/cherry-pick-quit-fix later to maint).
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+ * In a recent update in 2.18 era, "git pack-objects" started
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+ producing a larger than necessary packfiles by missing
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+ opportunities to use large deltas. This has been corrected.
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+ * The meaning of the possible values the "core.checkStat"
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+ configuration variable can take were not adequately documented,
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+ which has been fixed.
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+ (merge 9bf5d4c4e2 nd/config-core-checkstat-doc later to maint).
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* Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
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(merge aee9be2ebe sg/update-ref-stdin-cleanup later to maint).
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(merge 037714252f jc/clean-after-sanity-tests later to maint).
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(merge 10c600172c sg/t5310-empty-input-fix later to maint).
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(merge 5641eb9465 jh/partial-clone-doc later to maint).
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(merge 2711b1ad5e ab/submodule-relative-url-tests later to maint).
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+ (merge ce528de023 ab/unconditional-free-and-null later to maint).
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+ (merge bbc072f5d8 rs/opt-updates later to maint).
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+ (merge 69d846f053 jk/use-compat-util-in-test-tool later to maint).
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+ (merge 1820703045 js/larger-timestamps later to maint).
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+ (merge c8b35b95e1 sg/t4051-fix later to maint).
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+ (merge 30612cb670 sg/t0020-conversion-fix later to maint).
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+ (merge 15da753709 sg/t7501-thinkofix later to maint).
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+ (merge 79b04f9b60 sg/t3903-missing-fix later to maint).
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+ (merge 2745817028 sg/t3420-autostash-fix later to maint).
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+ (merge 7afb0d6777 sg/test-rebase-editor-fix later to maint).