- "git rev-list" learned --regexp-ignore-case and
--extended-regexp options to tweak its matching logic used
- for --grep fitering.
+ for --grep filtering.
- "git describe --contains" is a handier way to call more
obscure command "git name-rev --tags".
cloning locally.
- URL used for "git clone" and friends can specify nonstandard SSH port
- by using sh://host:port/path/to/repo syntax.
+ by using ssh://host:port/path/to/repo syntax.
- "git bundle create" can now create a bundle without negative refs,
i.e. "everything since the beginning up to certain points".
- We used to have core.legacyheaders configuration, when
set to false, allowed git to write loose objects in a format
- that mimicks the format used by objects stored in packs. It
+ that mimics the format used by objects stored in packs. It
turns out that this was not so useful. Although we will
continue to read objects written in that format, we do not
honor that configuration anymore and create loose objects in
small enough delta results it creates while looking for the
best delta candidates.
- - "git pack-objects" learned a new heuristcs to prefer delta
+ - "git pack-objects" learned a new heuristic to prefer delta
that is shallower in depth over the smallest delta
possible. This improves both overall packfile access
performance and packfile density.