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[81.111.15.228]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q3-20020a05600c46c300b00405442edc69sm18685911wmo.14.2023.11.14.14.31.46 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:31:47 -0800 (PST) From: Andy Koppe To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andy Koppe Subject: [PATCH] RelNotes: tweak 2.43.0 release notes Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 22:31:27 +0000 Message-ID: <20231114223127.11292-1-andy.koppe@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0-rc2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Add some more detail on the $(decorate) log format placeholder and tweak the wording on some other points. --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt | 20 +++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt index 770543c464..9a68074a4a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Backward Compatibility Notes prefix. If you are negatively affected by this change, please use "--subject-prefix=PATCH --rfc" as a replacement. - * "git rev-list --stdin" learned to take non-revisions (like "--not") - recently from the standard input, but the way such a "--not" was + * "git rev-list --stdin" recently learned to take non-revisions (like + "--not") from the standard input, but the way such a "--not" was handled was quite confusing, which has been rethought. The updated rule is that "--not" given from the command line only affects revs given from the command line that comes but not revs read from the @@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * Git GUI updates. - * "git format-patch" learns a way to feed cover letter description, - that (1) can be used on detached HEAD where there is no branch - description available, and (2) also can override the branch - description if there is one. + * "git format-patch" learns option "--description-file" to feed in a + cover letter description that can be used when no branch description + is available, or that can override the branch description if there is + one. * Use of --max-pack-size to allow multiple packfiles to be created is now supported even when we are sending unreachable objects to cruft @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features "--subject-prefix" option and used "[RFC PATCH]"; now we will add "RFC" prefix to whatever subject prefix is specified. - * "git log --format" has been taught the %(decorate) placeholder. + * "git log" format strings now support a "%(decorate)" placeholder that + can be used to customize the symbols and the tag prefix used in ref + decorations. * The default log message created by "git revert", when reverting a commit that records a revert, has been tweaked, to encourage people @@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * The attribute subsystem learned to honor `attr.tree` configuration that specifies which tree to read the .gitattributes files from. - * "git merge-file" learns a mode to read three contents to be merged + * "git merge-file" learns a mode to read three files to be merged from blob objects. @@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * The code to keep track of existing packs in the repository while repacking has been refactored. - * The "streaming" interface used for bulk-checkin codepath has been + * The "streaming" interface used for the bulk-checkin codepath has been narrowed to take only blob objects for now, with no real loss of functionality.