Re* [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.27.0-rc1
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- May 20, 2020, 20:31 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 12:17:11PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Git 2.27 Release Notes (draft) >> ============================== >> >> Updates since v2.26 >> ------------------- >> >> Backward compatibility notes > > Is it worth mentioning here the reversion of v2 as the default protocol? > > It does end up (along with the actual code fix) in the "fixes from > v2.26" section: > >> * Those fetching over protocol v2 from linux-next and other kernel >> repositories are reporting that v2 often fetches way too much than >> needed. >> (merge 11c7f2a30b jn/demote-proto2-from-default later to maint). >> >> * The upload-pack protocol v2 gave up too early before finding a >> common ancestor, resulting in a wasteful fetch from a fork of a >> project. This has been corrected to match the behaviour of v0 >> protocol. >> (merge 2f0a093dd6 jt/v2-fetch-nego-fix later to maint). > > but that's somewhat buried. I dunno. It is not likely to introduce _new_ > compatibility issues, but perhaps folks looking into compatibility stuff > may want to know about the revert.
The promotion in Git 2.26 was buried in the "performance & implementation details" section and not in the backward compatibility section, so it feels a bit funny to highlight the reversion. In any case, here is what I prepared (but not committed yet)
-- >8 -- Subject: [PATCH] RelNotes: advertise the demotion of protocol v2
In the upcoming release, the transport protocol v2 is no longer the default; note it in the backward compatibility section.
Suggested-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt index 5fb8c0cf67..95a8d338ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.27.0.txt @@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ Backward compatibility notes users may find annoying---those who prefer not to rebase need to set the variable to false to squelch the warning. + * The transport protocol version 2, which was promoted to the default + in Git 2.26 release, turned out to have some remaining rough edges, + so it has been demoted from the default. + UI, Workflows & Features