Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.11.0-rc0

From: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>
Date: Oct 31, 2016, 23:16 UTC
Message-ID: <20161031231620.ewhdy2zwgzlczy5o@ruderich.org>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq1sywrxxl.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 02:49:42PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> [snip]

Hello,

I noticed a few minor typos in the changelog.

>  * The default abbreviation length, which has historically been 7, now
>    scales as the repository grows, using the approximate number of
>    objects in the reopsitory and a bit of math around the birthday

                    ^^^^^^^^^^
                    repository

Show 10 quoted lines

>    paradox.  The logic suggests to use 12 hexdigits for the Linux
>    kernel, and 9 to 10 for Git itself.
>
>
> Updates since v2.10
> -------------------
>
> [snip]
>
>  * "git clone --resurse-submodules --reference $path $URL" is a way to

                  ^^^^^^^
                  recurse

>    reduce network transfer cost by borrowing objects in an existing
>    $path repository when cloning the superproject from $URL; it
>    learned to also peek into $path for presense of corresponding

                                         ^^^^^^^^
                                         presence

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> [snip]
>
>  * Output from "git diff" can be made easier to read by selecting
>    which lines are common and which lines are added/deleted
>    intelligently when the lines before and after the changed section
>    are the same.  A command line option is added to help with the
>    experiment to find a good heuristics.

Maybe the name of the command line option should be added here.

Regards Simon

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