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@@ -118,9 +118,11 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* HTTP transport clients learned to throw extra HTTP headers at the
server, specified via http.extraHeader configuration variable.
- * Patch output from "git diff" and friends has been tweaked to be
- more readable by using a blank line as a strong hint that the
- contents before and after it belong to logically separate units.
+ * The "--compaction-heuristic" option to "git diff" family of
+ commands enables a heuristic to make the patch output more readable
+ by using a blank line as a strong hint that the contents before and
+ after it belong to logically separate units. It is still
+ experimental.
* A new configuration variable core.hooksPath allows customizing
where the hook directory is.
@@ -506,3 +508,5 @@ notes for details).
(merge cd82b7a pa/cherry-pick-doc-typo later to maint).
(merge 2bb73ae rs/patch-id-use-skip-prefix later to maint).
(merge aa20cbc rs/apply-name-terminate later to maint).
+ (merge fe17fc0 jc/t2300-setup later to maint).
+ (merge e256eec jk/shell-portability later to maint).