@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Git v2.2 Release Notes
44Updates since v2.1
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66
7+ Ports
8+
9+ * Building on older MacOS X systems automatically sets
10+ the necessary NO_APPLE_COMMON_CRYPTO build-time option.
11+
12+
713UI, Workflows & Features
814
915 * "git config --edit --global" starts from a skeletal per-user
@@ -12,9 +18,17 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
1218 need for a later "Have you forgotten setting core.user?" and we
1319 can add more to the template as we gain more experience.
1420
21+ * "git stash list -p" used to be almost always a no-op because each
22+ stash entry is represented as a merge commit. It learned to show
23+ the difference between the base commit version and the working tree
24+ version, which is in line with what "git show" gives.
1525
1626Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
1727
28+ * In tests, we have been using NOT_{MINGW,CYGWIN} test prerequisites
29+ long before negated prerequisites e.g. !MINGW were invented.
30+ The former has been converted to the latter to avoid confusion.
31+
1832 * Looking up remotes configuration in a repository with very many
1933 remotes defined has been optimized.
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@@ -36,6 +50,10 @@ Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
3650Fixes since v2.1
3751----------------
3852
53+ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.1 in the maintenance
54+ track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases'
55+ notes for details).
56+
3957 * "git log --pretty/format=" with an empty format string did not
4058 mean the more obvious "No output whatsoever" but "Use default
4159 format", which was counterintuitive.
@@ -46,7 +64,28 @@ Fixes since v2.1
4664 sure the permission bits of this file follows the same tar.umask
4765 configuration setting.
4866
67+ * "git -c section.var command" and "git -c section.var= command"
68+ should pass the configuration differently (the former should be a
69+ boolean true, the latter should be an empty string).
70+ (merge a789ca7 jk/command-line-config-empty-string later to maint).
4971
50- Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v2.1 in the maintenance
51- track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases'
52- notes for details).
72+ * Applying a patch not generated by Git in a subdirectory used to
73+ check the whitespace breakage using the attributes for incorrect
74+ paths. Also whitespace checks were performed even for paths
75+ excluded via "git apply --exclude=<path>" mechanism.
76+ (merge 477a08a jc/apply-ws-prefix later to maint).
77+
78+ * "git bundle create" with date-range specification were meant to
79+ exclude tags outside the range, but it didn't.
80+ (merge 2c8544a lf/bundle-exclusion later to maint).
81+
82+ * "git add x" where x that used to be a directory has become a
83+ symbolic link to a directory misbehaved.
84+ (merge ccad42d rs/refresh-beyond-symlink later to maint).
85+
86+ * The prompt script checked $GIT_DIR/ref/stash file to see if there
87+ is a stash, which was a no-no.
88+ (merge 0fa7f01 jk/prompt-stash-could-be-packed later to maint).
89+
90+ * Pack-protocol documentation had a minor typo.
91+ (merge 5d146f7 sp/pack-protocol-doc-on-shallow later to maint).
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