Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.33.0-rc2

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 14, 2021, 17:00 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5yw8ufl3.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0heSrPXdpPXTpY3Cdn-HHcuzLvc--Y_L+SgK-QGt5yS8u54w@mail.gmail.com>

Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 01:23, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> Git 2.33 Release Notes (draft)
>> ==============================
>
> rc1 had a section "Backward compatibility notes" where the recent work
> on "git log -m" was mentioned. That was then dropped because of
> 6a38e33331 ("Revert 'diff-merges: let "-m" imply "-p"'", 2021-08-05), so
> there are no backward compatibility notes in rc2.
>
>> Updates since Git 2.32
>> ----------------------
>>
>> UI, Workflows & Features
>
>>  * The "-m" option in "git log -m" that does not specify which format,
>>    if any, of diff is desired did not have any visible effect; it now
>>    implies some form of diff (by default "--patch") is produced.
>
> This is basically the same blurb. It was duplicated in rc1, and one of
> the copies remains in rc2. I believe it should be dropped.

It indeed is now stale and needs to be adjusted.

Thanks for your sharp eyes.