From patchwork Wed Nov 15 19:07:32 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Andy Koppe X-Patchwork-Id: 13457242 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="LpKvhii/" Received: from mail-qt1-x829.google.com (mail-qt1-x829.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::829]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B2C0E5 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:07:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-qt1-x829.google.com with SMTP id d75a77b69052e-421ae930545so220691cf.0 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:07:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1700075264; x=1700680064; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:date:subject:cc:to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=HVeTjrqm3S380Lff2YDriUNkPMRZaabMdiOB2HofYdc=; b=LpKvhii/C7NEnuYrfVvMX7s4oZp0sB2jk8gQ9Qt4RIVoS+Y642i07xQgaCQoRWQcWD fYhUjMDHZV9erIQRy78C6Iy4irtyF1+x05Y2L/A3d0Ifo+TR8iJKWwLgimVdTtVLVjSv wWPjGPvw9Xoau1FXPN5OHb2jupd130c241AaD1mY052EeUNMssTmHTkYDGEeoDt1eZLw ShvOczjkx4zPnImpZuefakTqGUedEP6HiyA/7Dui64P2cHHjKu5U0LVG2lp+WH27m4Mj uNogN9sxRwmoESGgJkCmRebRvkVTkxWmfW5UvOpNFuBr1arZ2aZM8AZHLmPhdOW5D6YZ EBZg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1700075264; x=1700680064; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:date:subject:cc:to:from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=HVeTjrqm3S380Lff2YDriUNkPMRZaabMdiOB2HofYdc=; b=VkyoLl/cdHWPyI8/P6T4KQg1J3Whtgbz4sm2DGFrWZO2L3zTS2gU1eYUD8qdqwq5l4 zAIEbtbH0MH9piHpA2JjuWkiORq+8RLOFkyyZXgTTc3tF6rZfzZf6MgH9WIFDavzGhX/ qh/VxrARHq6pLXYvZYRZGKanRM4k3HlD+E98bFPCzbADM/W4+YXBMibcfdCuOl1u49Rg swoEaj16ye89hCRU+5Jq4H6A3mbefVPLOrdjoSk+Q1NAhBFAzjMWuAdWdU1vZL/RIQU/ QzouKnyrIrpCKtfx/cl544VkCXUEB9iWb3g9jN08iaNxkadSY/KGpuD4x9aJEDeVF0ao ENoQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzN4DwcSGtOSelWzvnS2/lUZOgODz1QCnPVxhOUCRyHGv4SUsYE rVIdlnxks4fGVyWG/YgX3MoWZFqhBak= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHHRRQVpsFu9U9BU9Gz+ml6Cdfbw+u8Ds/xwpyH1bkaLGWpsofdyyXeNd5yXNrDahPwy17UYg== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:5e52:0:b0:419:a2c6:820e with SMTP id i18-20020ac85e52000000b00419a2c6820emr7836599qtx.12.1700075264004; Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:07:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from u.ad.analog.com ([185.7.230.119]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y26-20020ac8709a000000b004197079f2f8sm3712722qto.64.2023.11.15.11.07.42 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:07:43 -0800 (PST) From: Andy Koppe To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andy Koppe Subject: [PATCH v2] RelNotes: tweak 2.43.0 release notes Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:07:32 +0000 Message-ID: <20231115190732.2615-1-andy.koppe@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0-rc1 In-Reply-To: <20231114223127.11292-1-andy.koppe@gmail.com> References: <20231114223127.11292-1-andy.koppe@gmail.com> 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. Signed-off-by: Andy Koppe --- Now with 100% more signature. Sorry for the unnecessary noise. 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 770543c464e..9a68074a4a5 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.