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| author | Steven Danna <steve@chef.io> | 2015-08-25 18:34:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Steven Danna <steve@chef.io> | 2015-08-25 18:34:51 +0100 |
| commit | f02496aea39712b3081d029987eb23a8cecd242c (patch) | |
| tree | 080b53c58c9dc65cf747938134ec58d686782169 | |
| parent | 49009b301e10130629944fd3b3511a26cdfbd1b1 (diff) | |
| download | chef-ssd/release-notes-for-rehash.tar.gz | |
Add RELEASE_NOTES entry for `knife rehash`ssd/release-notes-for-rehash
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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index a1d4bfad14..c32309064a 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -1,6 +1,18 @@ # Chef Client Release Notes 12.5.0: * OSX 10.11 support (support for SIP and service changes) +## New `knife rehash` for faster command loading + +The new `knife rehash` command speeds up day-to-day knife usage by +caching information about installed plugins and available commands. +Initial testing has shown substantial improvements in `knife` startup +times for users with a large number of Gems installed and Windows +users. + +To use this feature, simply run `knife rehash` and continue using +`knife`. When you install or remove gems that provide knife plugins, +run `knife rehash` again to keep the cache up to date. + ## Support for `/usr/bin/yum-deprecated` in the yum provider In Fedora 22 yum has been deprecated in favor of DNF. Unfortunately, while DNF tries to be backwards |