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@@ -46,6 +46,19 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
and domain in the error message when we barf on mismatch between
the Git directory and the current user on Windows.
+ * The error message given when "git branch -d branch" fails due to
+ commits unique to the branch has been split into an error and a new
+ conditional advice message.
+
+ * When given an existing but unreadable file as a configuration file,
+ gitweb behaved as if the file did not exist at all, but now it
+ errors out. This is a change that may break backward compatibility.
+
+ * When $HOME/.gitignore is missing but XDG config file available, we
+ should write into the latter, not former. "git gc" and "git
+ maintenance" wrote into a wrong "global config" file, which have
+ been corrected.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -80,6 +93,23 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
single, primary, pack in a repository with multiple packfiles. It
has been extended to allow reuse from other packfiles, too.
+ * Comment updates to help developers not to attempt to modify
+ messages from plumbing commands that must stay constant.
+
+ It might make sense to reassess the plumbing needs every few years,
+ but that should be done as a separate effort.
+
+ * Move test-ctype helper to the unit-test framework.
+
+ * Instead of manually creating refs/ hierarchy on disk upon a
+ creation of a secondary worktree, which is only usable via the
+ files backend, use the refs API to populate it.
+
+ * CI for GitLab learned to drive macOS jobs.
+
+ * A few tests to "git commit -o <pathspec>" and "git commit -i
+ <pathspec>" has been added.
+
Fixes since v2.43
-----------------
@@ -214,3 +244,6 @@ Fixes since v2.43
(merge 25aec06326 ib/rebase-reschedule-doc later to maint).
(merge 5aea3955bc rj/clarify-branch-doc-m later to maint).
(merge 9cce3be2df bk/bisect-doc-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 8f50984cf4 ne/doc-filter-blob-limit-fix later to maint).
+ (merge f10b0989b8 la/strvec-comment-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 8430b438f6 vd/fsck-submodule-url-test later to maint).