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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-01-05 00:39:39 +0300 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-01-05 00:39:39 +0300 |
commit | ecbdaf0899161c067986e9d9d564586d4b045d62 (patch) | |
tree | cb9798518e5131ebf2fdf5763e30e8337dd6aaa6 /Documentation/RelNotes | |
parent | ea8620b40178a5130d674212901381f64ac970da (diff) |
First batch after 2.20.1
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.21.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.21.0.txt index ad681bd5d5..8a5e53b429 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.21.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.21.0.txt @@ -10,13 +10,57 @@ Updates since v2.20 UI, Workflows & Features + * The "http.version" configuration variable can be used with recent + enough cURL library to force the version of HTTP used to talk when + fetching and pushing. + + * Small fixes and features for fast-export and fast-import, mostly on + the fast-export side. + + * "git push $there $src:$dst" rejects when $dst is not a fully + qualified refname and not clear what the end user meant. The + codepath has been taught to give a clearer error message, and also + guess where the push should go by taking the type of the pushed + object into account (e.g. a tag object would want to go under + refs/tags/). Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. + * Code clean-up with optimization for the codepath that checks + (non-)existence of loose objects. + + * More codepaths become aware of working with in-core repository + instance other than the default "the_repository". Fixes since v2.20 ----------------- + * Updates for corner cases in merge-recursive. + (merge cc4cb0902c en/merge-path-collision later to maint). + + * "git checkout frotz" (without any double-dash) avoids ambiguity by + making sure 'frotz' cannot be interpreted as a revision and as a + path at the same time. This safety has been updated to check also + a unique remote-tracking branch 'frotz' in a remote, when dwimming + to create a local branch 'frotz' out of a remote-tracking branch + 'frotz' from a remote. + (merge be4908f103 nd/checkout-dwim-fix later to maint). + + * Refspecs configured with "git -c var=val clone" did not propagate + to the resulting repository, which has been corrected. + (merge 7eae4a3ac4 sg/clone-initial-fetch-configuration later to maint). + + * A properly configured username/email is required under + user.useConfigOnly in order to create commits; now "git stash" + (even though it creates commit objects to represent stash entries) + command is exempt from the requirement. + (merge 3bc2111fc2 sd/stash-wo-user-name later to maint). + + * The http-backend CGI process did not correctly clean up the child + processes it spawns to run upload-pack etc. when it dies itself, + which has been corrected. + (merge 02818a98d7 mk/http-backend-kill-children-before-exit later to maint). + * Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. |