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@@ -54,6 +54,34 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* Userdiff regexp update for Java language.
+ * "git fetch --jobs=0" used to hit a BUG(), which has been corrected
+ to use the available CPUs.
+
+ * An invalid label or ref in the "rebase -i" todo file used to
+ trigger an runtime error. SUch an error is now diagnosed while the
+ todo file is parsed.
+
+ * The "diff" drivers specified by the "diff" attribute attached to
+ paths can now specify which algorithm (e.g. histogram) to use.
+
+ * "git range-diff" learned --abbrev=<num> option.
+
+ * "git archive HEAD^{tree}" records the paths with the current
+ timestamp in the archive, making it harder to obtain a stable
+ output. The command learned the --mtime option to specify an
+ arbitrary timestamp (e.g. --mtime="@0 +0000" for the epoch).
+
+ * The credential subsystem learned that a password may have an
+ explicit expiration.
+
+ * The format.attach configuration variable lacked a way to override a
+ value defined in a lower-priority configuration file (e.g. the
+ system one) by redefining it in a higher-priority configuration
+ file. Now, setting format.attach to an empty string means show the
+ patch inline in the e-mail message, without using MIME attachment.
+
+ This is a backward incompatible change.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -248,6 +276,11 @@ Fixes since v2.39
xwrite() wrapper appropriately.
(merge 58eab6ff13 jc/genzeros-avoid-raw-write later to maint).
+ * sscanf(3) used in "git symbolic-ref --short" implementation found
+ to be not working reliably on macOS in UTF-8 locales. Rewrite the
+ code to avoid sscanf() altogether to work it around.
+ (merge 613bef56b8 jk/shorten-unambiguous-ref-wo-sscanf later to maint).
+
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge 4eb1ccecd4 dh/mingw-ownership-check-typofix later to maint).
(merge f95526419b ar/typofix-gitattributes-doc later to maint).
@@ -275,3 +308,4 @@ Fixes since v2.39
(merge 3eb1e1ca9a ab/config-h-remove-unused later to maint).
(merge d390e08076 cw/doc-pushurl-vs-url later to maint).
(merge 567342fc77 rs/ctype-test later to maint).
+ (merge d35d8f2e7a ap/t2015-style-update later to maint).