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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-02-17 21:13:57 +0300 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-02-17 21:13:57 +0300 |
commit | 63438327976c8dfbb3b03bcb6b143747afa7e724 (patch) | |
tree | cd586b2f3e54d831db89f847fa5137195d229816 /Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt | |
parent | 82c17b7a9ae1c78ce4891ad272f78fd2cd181ded (diff) |
Seventh batch for the 2.8 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 index 17e904cf4d..dd540d0327 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt @@ -1,11 +1,21 @@ Git 2.8 Release Notes ===================== +Backward compatibility note +--------------------------- + +The rsync:// transport has been removed. + + Updates since v2.7 ------------------ UI, Workflows & Features + * It turns out "git clone" over rsync transport has been broken when + the source repository has packed references for a long time, and + nobody noticed nor complained about it. + * "branch --delete" has "branch -d" but "push --delete" does not. * "git blame" learned to produce the progress eye-candy when it takes @@ -83,6 +93,11 @@ UI, Workflows & Features commit that is reachable from <branch> that does not match the given <pattern>. + * The "user.useConfigOnly" configuration variable can be used to + force the user to always set user.email & user.name configuration + variables, serving as a reminder for those who work on multiple + projects and do not want to put these in their $HOME/.gitconfig. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. @@ -126,6 +141,21 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. tests that take longer before other ones; this reduces the total wallclock time. + * Test scripts have been updated to remove assumptions that are not + portable between Git for POSIX and Git for Windows, or to skip ones + with expectations that are not satisfiable on Git for Windows. + + * Some calls to strcpy(3) triggers a false warning from static + analysers that are less intelligent than humans, and reducing the + number of these false hits helps us notice real issues. A few + calls to strcpy(3) in test-path-utils that are already safe has + been rewritten to avoid false wanings. + + * Some calls to strcpy(3) triggers a false warning from static + analysers that are less intelligent than humans, and reducing the + number of these false hits helps us notice real issues. A few + calls to strcpy(3) in "git rerere" that are already safe has been + rewritten to avoid false wanings. Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. @@ -267,9 +297,22 @@ notes for details). not stop until it fills the pipe buffer due to lack of SIGPIPE. (merge 6129c93 js/test-lib-windows-emulated-yes later to maint). + * The documentation for "git clean" has been corrected; it mentioned + that .git/modules/* are removed by giving two "-f", which has never + been the case. + (merge 31e3c2d mm/clean-doc-fix later to maint). + + * The vimdiff backend for "git mergetool" has been tweaked to arrange + and number buffers in the order that would match the expectation of + majority of people who read left to right, then top down and assign + buffers 1 2 3 4 "mentally" to local base remote merge windows based + on that order. + (merge 2300328 dw/mergetool-vim-window-shuffle 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). (merge 36fc7d8 sg/t6050-failing-editor-test-fix later to maint). (merge 60253a6 ss/clone-depth-single-doc later to maint). (merge bd02e97 lv/add-doc-working-tree later to maint). + (merge f562d7d ah/stripspace-optstring later to maint). |