Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.11.0-rc0
From: Simon Ruderich <hidden>
Date: 2016-10-31 23:16:28
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 02:49:42PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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Hello, I noticed a few minor typos in the changelog.
* The default abbreviation length, which has historically been 7, now scales as the repository grows, using the approximate number of objects in the reopsitory and a bit of math around the birthday
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repository
paradox. The logic suggests to use 12 hexdigits for the Linux kernel, and 9 to 10 for Git itself. Updates since v2.10 ------------------- [snip] * "git clone --resurse-submodules --reference $path $URL" is a way to
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recurse
reduce network transfer cost by borrowing objects in an existing $path repository when cloning the superproject from $URL; it learned to also peek into $path for presense of corresponding
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presence
[snip] * Output from "git diff" can be made easier to read by selecting which lines are common and which lines are added/deleted intelligently when the lines before and after the changed section are the same. A command line option is added to help with the experiment to find a good heuristics.
Maybe the name of the command line option should be added here. Regards Simon -- + privacy is necessary + using gnupg http://gnupg.org + public key id: 0x92FEFDB7E44C32F9
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