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Fifth batch for 2.1

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 11 years ago
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.1.0.txt

@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
shorter than a page). shorter than a page).


* The logic and data used to compute the display width needed for * The logic and data used to compute the display width needed for
UTF-8 strings have been updated to match Unicode 6.3 better. UTF-8 strings have been updated to match Unicode 7.0 better.


* HTTP-based transports learned to propagate the error messages from * HTTP-based transports learned to propagate the error messages from
the webserver better to the client coming over the HTTP transport. the webserver better to the client coming over the HTTP transport.


* The completion script for bash (in contrib/) has been updated to
handle aliases that define complex sequence of commands better.

* The "core.preloadindex" configuration variable is by default * The "core.preloadindex" configuration variable is by default
enabled, allowing modern platforms to take advantage of the enabled, allowing modern platforms to take advantage of the
multiple cores they have. multiple cores they have.
@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ notes for details).
* Mishandling of patterns in .gitignore that has trailing SPs quoted * Mishandling of patterns in .gitignore that has trailing SPs quoted
with backslashes (e.g. ones that end with "\ ") have been with backslashes (e.g. ones that end with "\ ") have been
corrected. corrected.
(merge e61a6c1 pb/trim-trailing-spaces later to maint). (merge 97c1364be6b pb/trim-trailing-spaces later to maint).


* Reworded the error message given upon a failure to open an existing * Reworded the error message given upon a failure to open an existing
loose object file due to e.g. permission issues; it was reported as loose object file due to e.g. permission issues; it was reported as
@ -242,6 +245,11 @@ notes for details).
from scratch anyway. from scratch anyway.
(merge fb79947 rs/pack-objects-no-unnecessary-realloc later to maint). (merge fb79947 rs/pack-objects-no-unnecessary-realloc later to maint).


* Recent updates to "git repack" started to duplicate objects that
are in packfiles marked with .keep flag into the new packfile by
mistake.
(merge d078d85 jk/repack-pack-keep-objects later to maint).

* "git rerere forget" did not work well when merge.conflictstyle * "git rerere forget" did not work well when merge.conflictstyle
was set to a non-default value. was set to a non-default value.
(merge de3d8bb fc/rerere-conflict-style later to maint). (merge de3d8bb fc/rerere-conflict-style later to maint).
@ -281,6 +289,10 @@ notes for details).
them. them.
(merge c215d3d jl/status-added-submodule-is-never-ignored later to maint). (merge c215d3d jl/status-added-submodule-is-never-ignored later to maint).


* Documentation for "git submodule sync" forgot to say that the subcommand
can take the "--recursive" option.
(merge 9393ae7 mc/doc-submodule-sync-recurse later to maint).

* "git update-index --cacheinfo" in 2.0 release crashed on a * "git update-index --cacheinfo" in 2.0 release crashed on a
malformed command line. malformed command line.
(merge c8e1ee4 jc/rev-parse-argh-dashed-multi-words later to maint). (merge c8e1ee4 jc/rev-parse-argh-dashed-multi-words later to maint).

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