diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.2.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.2.0.txt index f65de52539..f771854705 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.2.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.2.0.txt @@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Git v2.2 Release Notes Updates since v2.1 ------------------ +Ports + + * Building on older MacOS X systems automatically sets + the necessary NO_APPLE_COMMON_CRYPTO build-time option. + + UI, Workflows & Features * "git config --edit --global" starts from a skeletal per-user @@ -12,9 +18,17 @@ UI, Workflows & Features need for a later "Have you forgotten setting core.user?" and we can add more to the template as we gain more experience. + * "git stash list -p" used to be almost always a no-op because each + stash entry is represented as a merge commit. It learned to show + the difference between the base commit version and the working tree + version, which is in line with what "git show" gives. Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. + * In tests, we have been using NOT_{MINGW,CYGWIN} test prerequisites + long before negated prerequisites e.g. !MINGW were invented. + The former has been converted to the latter to avoid confusion. + * Looking up remotes configuration in a repository with very many remotes defined has been optimized. @@ -36,6 +50,10 @@ Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups. Fixes since v2.1 ---------------- +Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.1 in the maintenance +track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' +notes for details). + * "git log --pretty/format=" with an empty format string did not mean the more obvious "No output whatsoever" but "Use default format", which was counterintuitive. @@ -46,7 +64,28 @@ Fixes since v2.1 sure the permission bits of this file follows the same tar.umask configuration setting. + * "git -c section.var command" and "git -c section.var= command" + should pass the configuration differently (the former should be a + boolean true, the latter should be an empty string). + (merge a789ca7 jk/command-line-config-empty-string later to maint). -Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.1 in the maintenance -track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' -notes for details). + * Applying a patch not generated by Git in a subdirectory used to + check the whitespace breakage using the attributes for incorrect + paths. Also whitespace checks were performed even for paths + excluded via "git apply --exclude=" mechanism. + (merge 477a08a jc/apply-ws-prefix later to maint). + + * "git bundle create" with date-range specification were meant to + exclude tags outside the range, but it didn't. + (merge 2c8544a lf/bundle-exclusion later to maint). + + * "git add x" where x that used to be a directory has become a + symbolic link to a directory misbehaved. + (merge ccad42d rs/refresh-beyond-symlink later to maint). + + * The prompt script checked $GIT_DIR/ref/stash file to see if there + is a stash, which was a no-no. + (merge 0fa7f01 jk/prompt-stash-could-be-packed later to maint). + + * Pack-protocol documentation had a minor typo. + (merge 5d146f7 sp/pack-protocol-doc-on-shallow later to maint).