Third batch for 2.19 cycle
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
index 2b45b6f..f2e261a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
otherwise working-tree-only application of a patch will add new
paths to the index marked with the "intent-to-add" bit.
+ * "git grep" learned the "--column" option that gives not just the
+ line number but the column number of the hit.
+
+ * The "-l" option in "git branch -l" is an unfortunate short-hand for
+ "--create-reflog", but many users, both old and new, somehow expect
+ it to be something else, perhaps "--list". This step warns when "-l"
+ is used as a short-hand for "--create-reflog" and warns about the
+ future repurposing of the it when it is used.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -51,6 +60,18 @@
* Build and test procedure for netrc credential helper (in contrib/)
has been updated.
+ * The conversion to pass "the_repository" and then "a_repository"
+ throughout the object access API continues.
+
+ * Remove unused function definitions and declarations from ewah
+ bitmap subsystem.
+
+ * Code preparation to make "git p4" closer to be usable with Python 3.
+
+ * Tighten the API to make it harder to misuse in-tree .gitmodules
+ file, even though it shares the same syntax with configuration
+ files, to read random configuration items from it.
+
Fixes since v2.18
-----------------
@@ -96,6 +117,43 @@
to the submodule was changed in the range of commits in the
superproject, sometimes showing "(null)". This has been corrected.
- * Code cleanup.
+ * "git submodule" did not correctly adjust core.worktree setting that
+ indicates whether/where a submodule repository has its associated
+ working tree across various state transitions, which has been
+ corrected.
+ (merge 984cd77ddb sb/submodule-core-worktree later to maint).
+
+ * Bugfix for "rebase -i" corner case regression.
+ (merge a9279c6785 pw/rebase-i-keep-reword-after-conflict later to maint).
+
+ * Recently added "--base" option to "git format-patch" command did
+ not correctly generate prereq patch ids.
+ (merge 15b76c1fb3 xy/format-patch-prereq-patch-id-fix later to maint).
+
+ * POSIX portability fix in Makefile to fix a glitch introduced a few
+ releases ago.
+ (merge 6600054e9b dj/runtime-prefix later to maint).
+
+ * "git filter-branch" when used with the "--state-branch" option
+ still attempted to rewrite the commits whose filtered result is
+ known from the previous attempt (which is recorded on the state
+ branch); the command has been corrected not to waste cycles doing
+ so.
+ (merge 709cfe848a mb/filter-branch-optim later to maint).
+
+ * Clarify that setting core.ignoreCase to deviate from reality would
+ not turn a case-incapable filesystem into a case-capable one.
+ (merge 48294b512a ms/core-icase-doc later to maint).
+
+ * Code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge aee9be2ebe sg/update-ref-stdin-cleanup later to maint).
(merge 037714252f jc/clean-after-sanity-tests later to maint).
+ (merge 5b26c3c941 en/merge-recursive-cleanup later to maint).
+ (merge 0dcbc0392e bw/config-refer-to-gitsubmodules-doc later to maint).
+ (merge bb4d000e87 bw/protocol-v2 later to maint).
+ (merge 928f0ab4ba vs/typofixes later to maint).
+ (merge d7f590be84 en/rebase-i-microfixes later to maint).
+ (merge 81d395cc85 js/rebase-recreate-merge later to maint).
+ (merge 51d1863168 tz/exclude-doc-smallfixes later to maint).
+ (merge a9aa3c0927 ds/commit-graph later to maint).
+ (merge 5cf8e06474 js/enhanced-version-info later to maint).
