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authorCarlos Martín Nieto <cmn@dwim.me>2015-01-10 00:49:20 +0100
committerCarlos Martín Nieto <cmn@dwim.me>2015-01-10 00:49:20 +0100
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Reformat the changelogv0.22.0-rc2
This should provide a easier way to see what kinds of changes we have, and a single place to look at the breaking changes.
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v0.22
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-* File unlocks are atomic again via rename. Read-only files on Windows are
- made read-write if necessary.
-
-* Share open packfiles across repositories to share descriptors and mmaps.
-
-* Use a map for the treebuilder, making insertion O(1)
+### Changes or improvements
-* Introduce reference transactions, which allow multiple references to
- be locked at the same time and updates be queued. This also allows
- us to safely update a reflog with arbitrary contents, as we need to
- do for stash.
+* `git_signature_new()` now requires a non-empty email address.
-* The index' tree cache is now filled upon read-tree and write-tree
- and the cache is written to disk.
-
-* LF -> CRLF filter refuses to handle mixed-EOL files
+* Use CommonCrypto libraries for SHA-1 calculation on Mac OS X.
-* LF -> CRLF filter now runs when * text = auto (with Git for Windows 1.9.4)
+* Disable SSL compression and SSLv2 and SSLv3 ciphers in favor of TLSv1
+ in OpenSSL.
-* The git_transport structure definition has moved into the sys/transport.h
- file.
+* The fetch behavior of remotes with autotag set to `GIT_REMOTE_DOWNLOAD_TAGS_ALL`
+ has been changed to match git 1.9.0 and later. In this mode, libgit2 now
+ fetches all tags in addition to whatever else needs to be fetched.
-* The ssh transport supports asking the remote host for accepted
- credential types as well as multiple challeges using a single
- connection. This requires to know which username you want to connect
- as, so this introduces the USERNAME credential type which the ssh
- transport will use to ask for the username.
+* `git_checkout()` now handles case-changing renames correctly on
+ case-insensitive filesystems; for example renaming "readme" to "README".
-* The build system now accepts an option EMBED_SSH_PATH which when set
- tells it to include a copy of libssh2 at the given location. This is
- enabled for MSVC.
+* The search for libssh2 is now done via pkg-config instead of a
+ custom search of a few directories.
-* libgit2 no longer automatically sets the OpenSSL locking
- functions. This is not something which we can know to do. A
- last-resort convenience function is provided in sys/openssl.h,
- git_openssl_set_locking() which can be used to set the locking.
+* Add support for core.protectHFS and core.protectNTFS. Add more
+ validation for filenames which we write such as references.
-* The git_transport_register function no longer takes a priority and takes
- a URL scheme name (eg "http") instead of a prefix like "http://"
+* The local transport now generates textual progress output like
+ git-upload-pack does ("counting objects").
-* The git_remote_set_transport function now sets a transport factory function,
- rather than a pre-existing transport instance.
+* `git_checkout_index()` can now check out an in-memory index that is not
+ necessarily the repository's index, so you may check out an index
+ that was produced by git_merge and friends while retaining the cached
+ information.
-* A factory function for ssh has been added which allows to change the
- path of the programs to execute for receive-pack and upload-pack on
- the server, git_transport_ssh_with_paths.
+* Remove the default timeout for receiving / sending data over HTTP using
+ the WinHTTP transport layer.
-* git_remote_rename() now takes the repository and the remote's
- current name. Accepting a remote indicates we want to change it,
- which we only did partially. It is much clearer if we accept a name
- and no loaded objects are changed.
+* Add SPNEGO (Kerberos) authentication using GSSAPI on Unix systems.
-* git_remote_delete() now accepts the repository and the remote's name
- instead of a loaded remote.
+* Provide built-in objects for the empty blob (e69de29) and empty
+ tree (4b825dc) objects.
-* git_remote_supported_url() and git_remote_is_valid_url() have been
- removed as they have become essentially useless with rsync-style ssh paths.
+* The index' tree cache is now filled upon read-tree and write-tree
+ and the cache is written to disk.
-* The git_clone_options struct no longer provides the ignore_cert_errors or
- remote_name members for remote customization.
+* LF -> CRLF filter refuses to handle mixed-EOL files
- Instead, the git_clone_options struct has two new members, remote_cb and
- remote_cb_payload, which allow the caller to completely override the remote
- creation process. If needed, the caller can use this callback to give their
- remote a name other than the default (origin) or disable cert checking.
+* LF -> CRLF filter now runs when * text = auto (with Git for Windows 1.9.4)
- The remote_callbacks member has been preserved for convenience, although it
- is not used when a remote creation callback is supplied.
+* File unlocks are atomic again via rename. Read-only files on Windows are
+ made read-write if necessary.
-* The git_clone_options struct now provides repository_cb and
- repository_cb_payload to allow the user to create a repository with
- custom options.
+* Share open packfiles across repositories to share descriptors and mmaps.
-* The option to ignore certificate errors via git_remote_cert_check()
- is no longer present. Instead, git_remote_callbacks has gained a new
- entry which lets the user perform their own certificate checks.
+* Use a map for the treebuilder, making insertion O(1)
-* git_clone_into and git_clone_local_into have been removed from the
- public API in favour of git_clone callbacks
+* The build system now accepts an option EMBED_SSH_PATH which when set
+ tells it to include a copy of libssh2 at the given location. This is
+ enabled for MSVC.
* Add support for refspecs with the asterisk in the middle of a
pattern.
* Fetching now performs opportunistic updates. To achieve this, we
introduce a difference between active and passive refspecs, which
- make git_remote_download and git_remote_fetch to take a list of
+ make `git_remote_download()` and `git_remote_fetch()` to take a list of
resfpecs to be the active list, similarly to how git fetch accepts a
list on the command-line.
-* Rename git_remote_load() to git_remote_lookup() to bring it in line
- with the rest of the lookup functions.
+* The THREADSAFE option to build libgit2 with threading support has
+ been flipped to be on by default.
-* The git_push struct to perform a push has been replaced with
- git_remote_upload(). The refspecs and options are passed as a
- function argument. git_push_update_tips() is now also
- git_remote_update_tips() and the callbacks are in the same struct as
- the rest.
+* The remote object has learnt to prune remote-tracking branches. If
+ the remote is configured to do so, this will happen via
+ `git_remote_fetch()`. You can also call `git_remote_prune()` after
+ connecting or fetching to perform the prune.
+
+
+### API additions
-* Introduce git_merge_bases() and the git_oidarray type to expose all
+* Introduce `git_buf_text_is_binary()` and `git_buf_text_contains_nul()` for
+ consumers to perform binary detection on a git_buf.
+
+* `git_branch_upstream_remote()` has been introduced to provide the
+ branch.<name>.remote configuration value.
+
+* Introduce `git_describe_commit()` and `git_describe_workdir()` to provide
+ a description of the current commit (and working tree, respectively)
+ based on the nearest tag or reference
+
+* Introduce `git_merge_bases()` and the `git_oidarray` type to expose all
merge bases between two commits.
-* Introduce git_merge_bases_many() to expose all merge bases between
+* Introduce `git_merge_bases_many()` to expose all merge bases between
multiple commits.
-* git_merge_head is now git_annotated_commit, to better reflect its usage
- for multiple functions (including rebase)
-
* Introduce rebase functionality (using the merge algorithm only).
- Introduce git_rebase_init() to begin a new rebase session,
- git_rebase_open() to open an in-progress rebase session,
- git_rebase_commit() to commit the current rebase operation,
- git_rebase_next() to apply the next rebase operation,
- git_rebase_abort() to abort an in-progress rebase and git_rebase_finish()
+ Introduce `git_rebase_init()` to begin a new rebase session,
+ `git_rebase_open()` to open an in-progress rebase session,
+ `git_rebase_commit()` to commit the current rebase operation,
+ `git_rebase_next()` to apply the next rebase operation,
+ `git_rebase_abort()` to abort an in-progress rebase and `git_rebase_finish()`
to complete a rebase operation.
-* Introduce git_note_author() and git_note_committer() to get the author
- and committer information on a git_note, respectively.
+* Introduce `git_note_author()` and `git_note_committer()` to get the author
+ and committer information on a `git_note`, respectively.
-* git_note_create() has changed the position of the notes reference
- name to match git_note_remove().
+* A factory function for ssh has been added which allows to change the
+ path of the programs to execute for receive-pack and upload-pack on
+ the server, `git_transport_ssh_with_paths()`.
-* The THREADSAFE option to build libgit2 with threading support has
- been flipped to be on by default.
+* The ssh transport supports asking the remote host for accepted
+ credential types as well as multiple challeges using a single
+ connection. This requires to know which username you want to connect
+ as, so this introduces the USERNAME credential type which the ssh
+ transport will use to ask for the username.
-* The context_lines and interhunk_lines fields in git_diff_options are
- now uint32_t instead of uint16_t. This allows to set them to UINT_MAX,
- in effect asking for "infinite" context e.g. to iterate over all the
- unmodified lines of a diff.
+* The `GIT_EPEEL` error code has been introduced when we cannot peel a tag
+ to the requested object type; if the given object otherwise cannot be
+ peeled, `GIT_EINVALIDSPEC` is returned.
-* git_status_file now takes an exact path. Use git_status_list_new if
- pathspec searching is needed.
+* Introduce `GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_RELATIVE_GITLINK` to use relative paths
+ when writing gitlinks, as is used by git core for submodules.
-* The fetch behavior of remotes with autotag set to GIT_REMOTE_DOWNLOAD_TAGS_ALL
- has been changed to match git 1.9.0 and later. In this mode, libgit2 now
- fetches all tags in addition to whatever else needs to be fetched.
+* `git_remote_prune()` has been added. See above for description.
-* The remote object has learnt to prune remote-tracking branches. If
- the remote is configured to do so, this will happen via
- git_remote_fetch(). You can also call git_remote_prune() after
- connecting or fetching to perform the prune.
-* git_threads_init() and git_threads_shutdown() have been renamed to
- git_libgit2_init() and git_libgit2_shutdown() to better explain what
- their purpose is, as it's grown to be more than just about threads.
+* Introduce reference transactions, which allow multiple references to
+ be locked at the same time and updates be queued. This also allows
+ us to safely update a reflog with arbitrary contents, as we need to
+ do for stash.
-* git_libgit2_init() and git_libgit2_shutdown() now return the number of
- initializations of the library, so consumers may schedule work on the
- first initialization.
+### API removals
-* git_treebuilder_new (was git_treebuilder_create) now takes a
- repository so that it can query repository configuration.
- Subsequently, git_treebuilder_write no longer takes a repository.
+* `git_remote_supported_url()` and `git_remote_is_valid_url()` have been
+ removed as they have become essentially useless with rsync-style ssh paths.
+
+* `git_clone_into()` and `git_clone_local_into()` have been removed from the
+ public API in favour of `git_clone callbacks`.
+
+* The option to ignore certificate errors via `git_remote_cert_check()`
+ is no longer present. Instead, `git_remote_callbacks` has gained a new
+ entry which lets the user perform their own certificate checks.
+
+### Breaking API changes
-* git_treebuilder_create was renamed to git_treebuilder_new to better
+* `git_cherry_pick()` is now `git_cherrypick()`.
+
+* The `git_submodule_update()` function was renamed to
+ `git_submodule_update_strategy()`. `git_submodule_update()` is now used to
+ provide functionalty similar to "git submodule update".
+
+* `git_treebuilder_create()` was renamed to `git_treebuilder_new()` to better
reflect it being a constructor rather than something which writes to
disk.
-* git_checkout now handles case-changing renames correctly on
- case-insensitive filesystems; for example renaming "readme" to "README".
+* `git_treebuilder_new()` (was `git_treebuilder_create()`) now takes a
+ repository so that it can query repository configuration.
+ Subsequently, `git_treebuilder_write()` no longer takes a repository.
-* git_index_name_entrycount() and git_index_reuc_entrycount() now
- return size_t instead of unsigned int.
+* `git_threads_init()` and `git_threads_shutdown()` have been renamed to
+ `git_libgit2_init()` and `git_libgit2_shutdown()` to better explain what
+ their purpose is, as it's grown to be more than just about threads.
-* The search for libssh2 is now done via pkg-config instead of a
- custom search of a few directories.
+* `git_libgit2_init()` and `git_libgit2_shutdown()` now return the number of
+ initializations of the library, so consumers may schedule work on the
+ first initialization.
-* Add support for core.protectHFS and core.protectNTFS. Add more
- validation for filenames which we write such as references.
+* The `git_transport_register()` function no longer takes a priority and takes
+ a URL scheme name (eg "http") instead of a prefix like "http://"
-* The local transport now generates textual progress output like
- git-upload-pack does ("counting objects").
+* `git_index_name_entrycount()` and `git_index_reuc_entrycount()` now
+ return size_t instead of unsigned int.
-* The git_submodule_update function was renamed to
- git_submodule_update_strategy. git_submodule_update is now used to
- provide functionalty similar to "git submodule update".
+* The `context_lines` and `interhunk_lines` fields in `git_diff`_options are
+ now `uint32_t` instead of `uint16_t`. This allows to set them to `UINT_MAX`,
+ in effect asking for "infinite" context e.g. to iterate over all the
+ unmodified lines of a diff.
-* git_checkout_index() can now check out an in-memory index that is not
- necessarily the repository's index, so you may check out an index
- that was produced by git_merge and friends while retaining the cached
- information.
+* `git_status_file()` now takes an exact path. Use `git_status_list_new()` if
+ pathspec searching is needed.
-* git_cherry_pick() is now git_cherrypick().
+* `git_note_create()` has changed the position of the notes reference
+ name to match `git_note_remove()`.
-* Introduce git_buf_text_is_binary() and git_buf_text_contains_nul() for
- consumers to perform binary detection on a git_buf.
+* Rename `git_remote_load()` to `git_remote_lookup()` to bring it in line
+ with the rest of the lookup functions.
-* Remove the default timeout for receiving / sending data over HTTP using
- the WinHTTP transport layer.
+* `git_remote_rename()` now takes the repository and the remote's
+ current name. Accepting a remote indicates we want to change it,
+ which we only did partially. It is much clearer if we accept a name
+ and no loaded objects are changed.
-* Add SPNEGO (Kerberos) authentication using GSSAPI on Unix systems.
+* `git_remote_delete()` now accepts the repository and the remote's name
+ instead of a loaded remote.
-* git_signature_new() now requires a non-empty email address.
+* `git_merge_head` is now `git_annotated_commit`, to better reflect its usage
+ for multiple functions (including rebase)
-* Use CommonCrypto libraries for SHA-1 calculation on Mac OS X.
+* The `git_clone_options` struct no longer provides the `ignore_cert_errors` or
+ `remote_name` members for remote customization.
-* Disable SSL compression and SSLv2 and SSLv3 ciphers in favor of TLSv1
- in OpenSSL.
+ Instead, the `git_clone_options` struct has two new members, `remote_cb` and
+ `remote_cb_payload`, which allow the caller to completely override the remote
+ creation process. If needed, the caller can use this callback to give their
+ remote a name other than the default (origin) or disable cert checking.
-* git_branch_upstream_remote() has been introduced to provide the
- branch.<name>.remote configuration value.
+ The `remote_callbacks` member has been preserved for convenience, although it
+ is not used when a remote creation callback is supplied.
-* The GIT_EPEEL error code has been introduced when we cannot peel a tag
- to the requested object type; if the given object otherwise cannot be
- peeled, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC is returned.
+* The `git_clone`_options struct now provides `repository_cb` and
+ `repository_cb_payload` to allow the user to create a repository with
+ custom options.
-* Provide built-in objects for the empty blob (e69de29) and empty
- tree (4b825dc) objects.
+* The `git_push` struct to perform a push has been replaced with
+ `git_remote_upload()`. The refspecs and options are passed as a
+ function argument. `git_push_update_tips()` is now also
+ `git_remote_update_tips()` and the callbacks are in the same struct as
+ the rest.
-* Introduce GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_RELATIVE_GITLINK to use relative paths
- when writing gitlinks, as is used by git core for submodules.
+* The `git_remote_set_transport()` function now sets a transport factory function,
+ rather than a pre-existing transport instance.
-* Introduce git_describe_commit and git_describe_workdir to provide
- a description of the current commit (and working tree, respectively)
- based on the nearest tag or reference
+* The `git_transport` structure definition has moved into the sys/transport.h
+ file.
+
+* libgit2 no longer automatically sets the OpenSSL locking
+ functions. This is not something which we can know to do. A
+ last-resort convenience function is provided in sys/openssl.h,
+ `git_openssl_set_locking()` which can be used to set the locking.