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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc index 5e254541b5..a73ea3e808 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.51.0.adoc @@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git pull" learned to pay attention to pull.autostash configuration variable, which overrides rebase/merge.autostash. + * "git for-each-ref" learns "--start-after" option to help + applications that want to page its output. + + * "git switch" and "git restore" are declared to be no longer + experimental. + + * "git -c alias.foo=bar foo -h baz" reported "'foo' is aliased to + 'bar'" and then went on to run "git foo -h baz", which was + unexpected. Tighten the rule so that alias expansion is reported + only when "-h" is the sole option. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. -------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -86,8 +97,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * "git push" and "git fetch" are taught to update refs in batches to gain performance. - * Some code paths in the "git prune" used to ignore passed in - repository object and used the_repository singleton instance + * Some code paths in "git prune" used to ignore the passed-in + repository object and used the `the_repository` singleton instance instead, which has been corrected. * Update ".clang-format" and ".editorconfig" to match our style guide @@ -125,6 +136,14 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The reftable unit tests are now ported to the "clar" unit testing framework. + * Redefine where the multi-pack-index sits in the object subsystem, + which recently was restructured to allow multiple backends that + support a single object source that belongs to one repository. A + MIDX does span multiple "object sources". + + * Reduce implicit assumption and dependence on the_repository in the + object-file subsystem. + Fixes since v2.50 ----------------- @@ -252,6 +271,36 @@ including security updates, are included in this release. core.commentstring is set to 'auto'. (merge 92b7c7c9f5 ac/auto-comment-char-fix later to maint). + * "git rebase -i" with bogus rebase.instructionFormat configuration + failed to produce the todo file after recording the state files, + leading to confused "git status"; this has been corrected. + (merge ade14bffd7 ow/rebase-verify-insn-fmt-before-initializing-state later to maint). + + * A few file descriptors left unclosed upon program completion in a + few test helper programs are now closed. + (merge 0f1b33815b hl/test-helper-fd-close later to maint). + + * Interactive prompt code did not correctly strip CRLF from the end + of line on Windows. + (merge 711a20827b js/prompt-crlf-fix later to maint). + + * The config API had a set of convenience wrapper functions that + implicitly use the_repository instance; they have been removed and + inlined at the calling sites. + + * "git add/etc -p" now honor the diff.context configuration variable, + and also they learn to honor the -U<n> command-line option. + (merge 2b3ae04011 lm/add-p-context later to maint). + + * The case where a new submodule takes a path where there used to be a + completely different subproject is now dealt with a bit better than + before. + (merge 5ed8c5b465 kj/renamed-submodule later to maint). + + * The deflate codepath in "git archive --format=zip" had a + longstanding bug coming from misuse of zlib API, which has been + corrected. + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge b257adb571 lo/my-first-ow-doc-update later to maint). (merge 8b34b6a220 ly/sequencer-update-squash-is-fixup-only later to maint). @@ -282,3 +331,11 @@ including security updates, are included in this release. (merge 26552cb62a jk/unleak-reflog-expire-entry later to maint). (merge 339d95fda9 jc/ci-print-test-failures-fix later to maint). (merge 8c3add51a8 cb/meson-avoid-broken-macos-pcre2 later to maint). + (merge 5247da07b8 ps/meson-clar-decls-fix later to maint). + (merge f3ef347bb2 ch/t7450-recursive-clone-test-fix later to maint). + (merge 4ac3302a1a jc/doc-release-vs-clear later to maint). + (merge 3bdd897413 ms/meson-with-ancient-git-wo-ls-files-dedup later to maint). + (merge cca758d324 kh/doc-fast-import-historical later to maint). + (merge 9b0781196a jc/test-hashmap-is-still-here later to maint). + (merge 1bad05bacc jk/revert-squelch-compiler-warning later to maint). + (merge 3a7e783d9c dl/squelch-maybe-uninitialized later to maint). |