From 494398473714dcbedb38b1ac79b531c7384b3bc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:24:14 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Sixth batch for the 2.8 cycle Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt index 166e06ccd..17e904cf4 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt @@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ UI, Workflows & Features has been taught to use credential API to store the authentication material in user's keyrings. + * Update the untracked cache subsystem and change its primary UI from + "git update-index" to "git config". + + * There were a few "now I am doing this thing" progress messages in + the TCP connection code that can be triggered by setting a verbose + option internally in the code, but "git fetch -v" and friends never + passed the verbose option down to that codepath. + + * Clean/smudge filters defined in a configuration file of lower + precedence can now be overridden to be a pass-through no-op by + setting the variable to an empty string. + + * A new "^{/!-}" notation can be used to name a + commit that is reachable from that does not match the + given . + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -227,6 +243,30 @@ notes for details). CPU cycles. (merge a2d5156 jk/ref-cache-non-repository-optim later to maint). + * "git worktree" had a broken code that attempted to auto-fix + possible inconsistency that results from end-users moving a + worktree to different places without telling Git (the original + repository needs to maintain backpointers to its worktrees, but + "mv" run by end-users who are not familiar with that fact will + obviously not adjust them), which actually made things worse + when triggered. + (merge 618244e nd/do-not-move-worktree-manually later to maint). + + * The low-level merge machinery has been taught to use CRLF line + termination when inserting conflict markers to merged contents that + are themselves CRLF line-terminated. + (merge 15980de js/xmerge-marker-eol later to maint). + + * "git push --force-with-lease" has been taught to report if the push + needed to force (or fast-forwarded). + (merge b2e93f8 aw/push-force-with-lease-reporting later to maint). + + * The emulated "yes" command used in our test scripts has been + tweaked not to spend too much time generating unnecessary output + that is not used, to help those who test on Windows where it would + not stop until it fills the pipe buffer due to lack of SIGPIPE. + (merge 6129c93 js/test-lib-windows-emulated-yes later to maint). + * Other minor clean-ups and documentation updates (merge 99487cf ss/user-manual later to maint). (merge e914ef0 ew/for-each-ref-doc later to maint).