From 8858448bb49332d353febc078ce4a3abcc962efe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 15:51:23 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Ninth batch for 2.20 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt index 4b546d025f..79217a7ad3 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git format-patch" learned new "--interdiff" and "--range-diff" options to explain the difference between this version and the - previous attempt in the cover letter (or after the tree-dashes as + previous attempt in the cover letter (or after the three-dashes as a comment). * "git mailinfo" used in "git am" learned to make a best-effort @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features meaningfully large repository. The users will now see progress output. - * The minimum version of Windows supported by Windows port fo Git is + * The minimum version of Windows supported by Windows port of Git is now set to Vista. * The completion script (in contrib/) learned to complete a handful of @@ -149,6 +149,18 @@ UI, Workflows & Features insert in the to-do list. Upon hitting it, the command returns control back to the user. + * New "--pretty=format:" placeholders %GF and %GP that show the GPG + key fingerprints have been invented. + + * On platforms with recent cURL library, http.sslBackend configuration + variable can be used to choose a different SSL backend at runtime. + The Windows port uses this mechanism to switch between OpenSSL and + Secure Channel while talking over the HTTPS protocol. + + * "git send-email" learned to disable SMTP authentication via the + "--smtp-auth=none" option, even when the smtp username is given + (which turns the authentication on by default). + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -268,6 +280,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * "git rebase" and "git rebase -i" have been reimplemented in C. + * Windows port learned to use nano-second resolution file timestamps. + Fixes since v2.19 ----------------- @@ -394,6 +408,45 @@ Fixes since v2.19 has been corrected. (merge b072a25fad jc/receive-deny-current-branch-fix later to maint). + * The logic to determine the archive type "git archive" uses did not + correctly kick in for "git archive --remote", which has been + corrected. + + * "git repack" in a shallow clone did not correctly update the + shallow points in the repository, leading to a repository that + does not pass fsck. + (merge 5dcfbf564c js/shallow-and-fetch-prune later to maint). + + * Some codepaths failed to form a proper URL when .gitmodules record + the URL to a submodule repository as relative to the repository of + superproject, which has been corrected. + (merge e0a862fdaf sb/submodule-url-to-absolute later to maint). + + * "git fetch" over protocol v2 into a shallow repository failed to + fetch full history behind a new tip of history that was diverged + before the cut-off point of the history that was previously fetched + shallowly. + + * The command line completion machinery (in contrib/) has been + updated to allow the completion script to tweak the list of options + that are reported by the parse-options machinery correctly. + (merge 276b49ff34 nd/completion-negation later to maint). + + * Operations on promisor objects make sense in the context of only a + small subset of the commands that internally use the revisions + machinery, but the "--exclude-promisor-objects" option were taken + and led to nonsense results by commands like "log", to which it + didn't make much sense. This has been corrected. + (merge 669b1d2aae md/exclude-promisor-objects-fix later to maint). + + * The "container" mode of TravisCI is going away. Our .travis.yml + file is getting prepared for the transition. + (merge 32ee384be8 ss/travis-ci-force-vm-mode later to maint). + + * Our test scripts can now take the '-V' option as a synonym for the + '--verbose-log' option. + (merge a5f52c6dab sg/test-verbose-log later to maint). + * Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge 96a7501aad ts/doc-build-manpage-xsl-quietly later to maint). (merge b9b07efdb2 tg/conflict-marker-size later to maint). @@ -430,3 +483,5 @@ Fixes since v2.19 (merge b84c783882 jc/cocci-preincr later to maint). (merge 5e495f8122 uk/merge-subtree-doc-update later to maint). (merge aaaa881822 jk/uploadpack-packobjectshook-fix later to maint). + (merge 3063477445 tb/char-may-be-unsigned later to maint). + (merge 8c64bc9420 sg/test-rebase-editor-fix later to maint). -- 2.11.4.GIT