{"thread":{"id":"60523","subject":"[PATCH] RelNotes: tweak 2.43.0 release notes","startedAt":"2023-11-14T22:31:51Z","lastAt":"2023-11-15T19:07:45Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Andy Koppe"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"484899","messageId":"20231114223127.11292-1-andy.koppe@gmail.com","threadId":"60523","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] RelNotes: tweak 2.43.0 release notes","fromName":"Andy Koppe","fromEmail":"andy.koppe@gmail.com","sentAt":"2023-11-14T22:31:27Z","receivedAt":"2023-11-14T22:31:51Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"andy.koppe@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/223411?v=4"},"body":"Add some more detail on the $(decorate) log format placeholder and tweak\nthe wording on some other points.\n---\n Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt | 20 +++++++++++---------\n 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt\nindex 770543c464..9a68074a4a 100644\n--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt\n@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Backward Compatibility Notes\n    prefix.  If you are negatively affected by this change, please use\n    \"--subject-prefix=PATCH --rfc\" as a replacement.\n \n- * \"git rev-list --stdin\" learned to take non-revisions (like \"--not\")\n-   recently from the standard input, but the way such a \"--not\" was\n+ * \"git rev-list --stdin\" recently learned to take non-revisions (like\n+   \"--not\") from the standard input, but the way such a \"--not\" was\n    handled was quite confusing, which has been rethought.  The updated\n    rule is that \"--not\" given from the command line only affects revs\n    given from the command line that comes but not revs read from the\n@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features\n \n  * Git GUI updates.\n \n- * \"git format-patch\" learns a way to feed cover letter description,\n-   that (1) can be used on detached HEAD where there is no branch\n-   description available, and (2) also can override the branch\n-   description if there is one.\n+ * \"git format-patch\" learns option \"--description-file\" to feed in a\n+   cover letter description that can be used when no branch description\n+   is available, or that can override the branch description if there is\n+   one.\n \n  * Use of --max-pack-size to allow multiple packfiles to be created is\n    now supported even when we are sending unreachable objects to cruft\n@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features\n    \"--subject-prefix\" option and used \"[RFC PATCH]\"; now we will add\n    \"RFC\" prefix to whatever subject prefix is specified.\n \n- * \"git log --format\" has been taught the %(decorate) placeholder.\n+ * \"git log\" format strings now support a \"%(decorate)\" placeholder that\n+   can be used to customize the symbols and the tag prefix used in ref\n+   decorations.\n \n  * The default log message created by \"git revert\", when reverting a\n    commit that records a revert, has been tweaked, to encourage people\n@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features\n  * The attribute subsystem learned to honor `attr.tree` configuration\n    that specifies which tree to read the .gitattributes files from.\n \n- * \"git merge-file\" learns a mode to read three contents to be merged\n+ * \"git merge-file\" learns a mode to read three files to be merged\n    from blob objects.\n \n \n@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.\n  * The code to keep track of existing packs in the repository while\n    repacking has been refactored.\n \n- * The \"streaming\" interface used for bulk-checkin codepath has been\n+ * The \"streaming\" interface used for the bulk-checkin codepath has been\n    narrowed to take only blob objects for now, with no real loss of\n    functionality.\n \n-- \n2.43.0-rc2\n\n"},{"id":"484946","messageId":"20231115190732.2615-1-andy.koppe@gmail.com","threadId":"60523","inReplyTo":"20231114223127.11292-1-andy.koppe@gmail.com","subject":"[PATCH v2] RelNotes: tweak 2.43.0 release notes","fromName":"Andy Koppe","fromEmail":"andy.koppe@gmail.com","sentAt":"2023-11-15T19:07:32Z","receivedAt":"2023-11-15T19:07:45Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"andy.koppe@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/223411?v=4"},"body":"Add some more detail on the $(decorate) log format placeholder and tweak\nthe wording on some other points.\n\nSigned-off-by: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>\n---\nNow with 100% more signature. Sorry for the unnecessary noise.\n\n Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt | 20 +++++++++++---------\n 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt\nindex 770543c464e..9a68074a4a5 100644\n--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt\n@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Backward Compatibility Notes\n    prefix.  If you are negatively affected by this change, please use\n    \"--subject-prefix=PATCH --rfc\" as a replacement.\n \n- * \"git rev-list --stdin\" learned to take non-revisions (like \"--not\")\n-   recently from the standard input, but the way such a \"--not\" was\n+ * \"git rev-list --stdin\" recently learned to take non-revisions (like\n+   \"--not\") from the standard input, but the way such a \"--not\" was\n    handled was quite confusing, which has been rethought.  The updated\n    rule is that \"--not\" given from the command line only affects revs\n    given from the command line that comes but not revs read from the\n@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features\n \n  * Git GUI updates.\n \n- * \"git format-patch\" learns a way to feed cover letter description,\n-   that (1) can be used on detached HEAD where there is no branch\n-   description available, and (2) also can override the branch\n-   description if there is one.\n+ * \"git format-patch\" learns option \"--description-file\" to feed in a\n+   cover letter description that can be used when no branch description\n+   is available, or that can override the branch description if there is\n+   one.\n \n  * Use of --max-pack-size to allow multiple packfiles to be created is\n    now supported even when we are sending unreachable objects to cruft\n@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features\n    \"--subject-prefix\" option and used \"[RFC PATCH]\"; now we will add\n    \"RFC\" prefix to whatever subject prefix is specified.\n \n- * \"git log --format\" has been taught the %(decorate) placeholder.\n+ * \"git log\" format strings now support a \"%(decorate)\" placeholder that\n+   can be used to customize the symbols and the tag prefix used in ref\n+   decorations.\n \n  * The default log message created by \"git revert\", when reverting a\n    commit that records a revert, has been tweaked, to encourage people\n@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features\n  * The attribute subsystem learned to honor `attr.tree` configuration\n    that specifies which tree to read the .gitattributes files from.\n \n- * \"git merge-file\" learns a mode to read three contents to be merged\n+ * \"git merge-file\" learns a mode to read three files to be merged\n    from blob objects.\n \n \n@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.\n  * The code to keep track of existing packs in the repository while\n    repacking has been refactored.\n \n- * The \"streaming\" interface used for bulk-checkin codepath has been\n+ * The \"streaming\" interface used for the bulk-checkin codepath has been\n    narrowed to take only blob objects for now, with no real loss of\n    functionality.\n \n-- \n2.43.0-rc1\n\n"}]}