# [PATCH 0/2] docs: improvements for Git v2.45 changelog 4 messages from 2024-04-22 to 2024-04-22. Participants: Patrick Steinhardt, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/61352 ## Patrick Steinhardt, 2024-04-22 06:34 Subject: [PATCH 0/2] docs: improvements for Git v2.45 changelog Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/cover.1713767605.git.ps%40pks.im ``` Hi, this short series contains some small improvements for the Git v2.45 changelog. Patrick Patrick Steinhardt (2): docs: improve changelog entry for `git pack-refs --auto` docs: address typos in Git v2.45 changelog Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) -- 2.45.0-rc0 ``` ## Patrick Steinhardt, 2024-04-22 06:35 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: improve changelog entry for `git pack-refs --auto` Message-ID: <2f8c2d54d73cd53f6d310513fe5aeed05a5b7a4f.1713767605.git.ps@pks.im> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2f8c2d54d73cd53f6d310513fe5aeed05a5b7a4f.1713767605.git.ps%40pks.im In-Reply-To: ``` The changelog entry for the new `git pack-refs --auto` mode only says that the new flag is useful, but doesn't really say what it does. Add some more information. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt index 0570dcd877..0fc29bc3ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt @@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features skip showing the hunk immediately after it has already been shown, and an additional action to explicitly ask to reshow the current hunk. - * "git pack-refs" learned the "--auto" option, which is a useful - addition to be triggered from "git gc --auto". + * "git pack-refs" learned the "--auto" option, which defers the decision of + whether and how to pack to the ref backend. This is used by the reftable + backend to avoid repacking of an already-optimal ref database. The new mode + is triggered from "git gc --auto". * "git add -u " and "git commit [-i] " did not diagnose a pathspec element that did not match any files in certain -- 2.45.0-rc0 ``` ## Patrick Steinhardt, 2024-04-22 06:35 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: address typos in Git v2.45 changelog Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/fd1386a694322c0de534d89a8a359f7ffb9ea6d2.1713767605.git.ps%40pks.im In-Reply-To: ``` Address some typos in the Git v2.45 changelog. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt index 0fc29bc3ad..d4c9e9d93f 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.0.txt @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Fixes since v2.44 This has been corrected. (merge 199f44cb2e ps/remote-helper-repo-initialization-fix later to maint). - * Various parts of upload-pack has been updated to bound the resource + * Various parts of upload-pack have been updated to bound the resource consumption relative to the size of the repository to protect from abusive clients. (merge 6cd05e768b jk/upload-pack-bounded-resources later to maint). @@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ Fixes since v2.44 variable that is no longer used. (merge 72a8d3f027 pw/rebase-i-ignore-cherry-pick-help-environment later to maint). - * The code to find the effective end of log message can fall into an + * The code to find the effective end of log messages can fall into an endless loop, which has been corrected. (merge 2541cba2d6 fs/find-end-of-log-message-fix later to maint). - * Mark-ups used in the documentation has been improved for + * Mark-up used in the documentation has been improved for consistency. (merge 45d5ed3e50 ja/doc-markup-fixes later to maint). @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ Fixes since v2.44 configuration variable used to leak, which has been corrected. (merge 0e0fefb29f jc/unleak-core-excludesfile later to maint). - * vreportf(), which is usede by error() and friends, has been taught + * vreportf(), which is used by error() and friends, has been taught to give the error message printf-format string when its vsnprintf() call fails, instead of showing nothing useful to identify the nature of the error. -- 2.45.0-rc0 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2024-04-22 15:54 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] docs: improvements for Git v2.45 changelog Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqr0exxujc.fsf%40gitster.g In-Reply-To: ``` Patrick Steinhardt writes: > Hi, > > this short series contains some small improvements for the Git v2.45 > changelog. Thanks. ```