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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/BreakingChanges.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.47.0.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt | 18 |
4 files changed, 58 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/BreakingChanges.txt b/Documentation/BreakingChanges.txt index 0532bfcf7f..2b64665694 100644 --- a/Documentation/BreakingChanges.txt +++ b/Documentation/BreakingChanges.txt @@ -115,6 +115,26 @@ info/grafts as outdated, 2014-03-05) and will be removed. + Cf. <20140304174806.GA11561@sigill.intra.peff.net>. +* The git-pack-redundant(1) command can be used to remove redundant pack files. + The subcommand is unusably slow and the reason why nobody reports it as a + performance bug is suspected to be the absense of users. We have nominated + the command for removal and have started to emit a user-visible warning in + c3b58472be (pack-redundant: gauge the usage before proposing its removal, + 2020-08-25) whenever the command is executed. ++ +So far there was a single complaint about somebody still using the command, but +that complaint did not cause us to reverse course. On the contrary, we have +doubled down on the deprecation and starting with 4406522b76 (pack-redundant: +escalate deprecation warning to an error, 2023-03-23), the command dies unless +the user passes the `--i-still-use-this` option. ++ +There have not been any subsequent complaints, so this command will finally be +removed. ++ +Cf. <xmqq1rjuz6n3.fsf_-_@gitster.c.googlers.com>, + <CAKvOHKAFXQwt4D8yUCCkf_TQL79mYaJ=KAKhtpDNTvHJFuX1NA@mail.gmail.com>, + <20230323204047.GA9290@coredump.intra.peff.net>, + == Superseded features that will not be deprecated Some features have gained newer replacements that aim to improve the design in diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index ccaea39752..3263245b03 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ For C programs: ensure your patch is clear of all compiler warnings we care about, by e.g. "echo DEVELOPER=1 >>config.mak". + - When using DEVELOPER=1 mode, you may see warnings from the compiler + like "error: unused parameter 'foo' [-Werror=unused-parameter]", + which indicates that a function ignores its argument. If the unused + parameter can't be removed (e.g., because the function is used as a + callback and has to match a certain interface), you can annotate + the individual parameters with the UNUSED (or MAYBE_UNUSED) + keyword, like "int foo UNUSED". + - We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile Git with, including old ones. As of Git v2.35.0 Git requires C99 (we check "__STDC_VERSION__"). You should not use features from a newer C diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.47.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.47.0.txt index f614056467..2aee05e09a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.47.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.47.0.txt @@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * Support for the RUNTIME_PREFIX feature has been added to z/OS port. + * "git send-email" learned "--mailmap" option to allow rewriting the + recipient addresses. + + * "git mergetool" learned to use VSCode as a merge backend. + + * "git pack-redundant" has been marked for removal in Git 3.0. + Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. -------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -111,6 +118,9 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc. * More trace2 events at key points on push and fetch code paths have been added. + * Make our codebase compilable with the -Werror=unused-parameter + option. + Fixes since v2.46 ----------------- @@ -190,6 +200,11 @@ Fixes since v2.46 * The code path for compacting reftable files saw some bugfixes against concurrent operation. + * The code forgot to discard unnecessary in-core commit buffer data + for commits that "git log --skip=<number>" traversed but omitted + from the output, which has been corrected. + (merge 6bd2ae67a5 jk/free-commit-buffer-of-skipped-commits later to maint). + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc. (merge bb0498b1bb jc/how-to-maintain-updates later to maint). (merge 0d66f601a9 jc/tests-no-useless-tee later to maint). @@ -200,3 +215,4 @@ Fixes since v2.46 (merge 596f4ff6ad cl/config-regexp-docfix later to maint). (merge 4881328617 aa/cat-file-batch-output-doc later to maint). (merge 1609470409 jc/config-doc-update later to maint). + (merge d4dc0efd7d rj/compat-terminal-unused-fix later to maint). diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt b/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt index 02f4418323..966c91c46a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -For each ``Name $$<user@host>$$'' or ``$$<user@host>$$'' from the command-line -or standard input (when using `--stdin`), look up the person's canonical name -and email address (see "Mapping Authors" below). If found, print them; -otherwise print the input as-is. +For each ``Name $$<user@host>$$'', ``$$<user@host>$$'', or ``$$user@host$$'' +from the command-line or standard input (when using `--stdin`), look up the +person's canonical name and email address (see "Mapping Authors" below). If +found, print them; otherwise print the input as-is. OPTIONS @@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ OPTIONS Read contacts, one per line, from the standard input after exhausting contacts provided on the command-line. +--mailmap-file=<file>:: + In addition to any configured mailmap files, read the specified + mailmap file. Entries in this file take precedence over entries in + either the default mailmap file or any configured mailmap file. + +--mailmap-blob=<blob>:: + Like `--mailmap-file`, but consider the value as a reference to a + blob in the repository. If both `--mailmap-file` and + `--mailmap-blob` are specified, entries in `--mailmap-file` will + take precedence. OUTPUT ------ |
