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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-01-13 02:20:51 +0300 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-01-13 02:20:51 +0300 |
commit | c9906e47c065940bfe1a9992da494a8f437a49ac (patch) | |
tree | 49f152498cfde082f3223e20338ca64517991cd7 /Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt | |
parent | bdd1cc20929e9f7631dd29ff70426eea53f69443 (diff) |
First batch for post 2.7 cycle
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8444dd509d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +Git 2.8 Release Notes +===================== + +Updates since v2.7 +------------------ + +UI, Workflows & Features + + * "branch --delete" has "branch -d" but "push --delete" does not. + (merge 38a2559 ps/push-delete-option later to maint). + + * "git blame" learned to produce the progress eye-candy when it takes + too much time before emitting the first line of the result. + (merge aba37f4 ea/blame-progress later to maint). + + * "git grep" can now be configured (or told from the command line) + how many threads to use when searching in the working tree files. + (merge 89f09dd vl/grep-configurable-threads later to maint). + + +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + + * Add a framework to spawn a group of processes in parallel, and use + it to run "git fetch --recurse-submodules" in parallel. + + * A slight update to the Makefile to mark "phoney" targets + as such correctly. + + +Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. + + +Fixes since v2.7 +---------------- + +Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.7 in the maintenance +track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' +notes for details). + + * An earlier change in 2.5.x-era broke users' hooks and aliases by + exporting GIT_WORK_TREE to point at the root of the working tree, + interfering when they tried to use a different working tree without + setting GIT_WORK_TREE environment themselves. + (merge df1e6ea nd/stop-setenv-work-tree later to maint). |