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diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.7.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.7.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ad440b5dd9..0000000000 --- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.1.7.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,378 +0,0 @@ -= Release notes for Gerrit 2.1.7 - -Gerrit 2.1.7 is now available: - -link:https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download/gerrit-2.1.7.war[https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download/gerrit-2.1.7.war] - -== Schema Change -*WARNING* This release contains multiple schema changes. To upgrade: ----- - java -jar gerrit.war init -d site_path ----- - -To export prior review information into `refs/notes/review` branches -within each Git repository: ----- - java -jar gerrit.war ExportReviewNotes -d site_path ----- - -== Memory Usage Increase -*WARNING* The JGit delta base cache, whose size is controlled by -`core.deltaBaseCacheLimit`, has changed in this release from being a -JVM-wide singleton to per-thread. This alters the memory usage, going -from 10M for the entire JVM to 10M per concurrent operation. The -change improves performance on big repositories, but may need a larger -`container.heapLimit` if the number of concurrent operations is high. - -== New Features - -=== Change Data -* issue 64 Create Git notes for submitted changes -+ -Git notes are automatically added to the `refs/notes/review`. - -=== Query -* Search project names by substring -+ -Entering a word with no operator (for example `gerrit`) will be -expanded to all projects whose names contain the string 'gerrit'. - -* issue 722 ownerin and reviewerin search predicates -+ -New search predicates `ownerin:'GROUP'` and `reviewerin:'GROUP'` -search for changes whose owner or that has a reviewer in (or not -in if prefixed with `-`) the specified group. - -=== Web UI -* Add reviewer/verifier name beside check/plus/minus -+ -Change lists (such as from a search result, or in a user's dashboard) -can now optionally display the name of the reviewer or verifier who -gave the score being shown in the summary column. This is an optional -per-user preference that can be enabled in the Settings screen. - -* Add a "revert change"-button to a submitted patchset -+ -Clicking "Revert Change" creates a new change with the inverse of -the submitted patch set ready for review and submission. This makes -it easy to undo a build-breaking change right from the web UI. - -* issue 194 Diff patch sets -+ -Change pages now offer a selection box, "Old Version History", -to compare patch sets against one another and view only the files -that differ between two patch sets. This new feature can speed up -re-reviewing a change. - -* issue 913 Support different color palette when not signed in -+ -Site administrators can configure a different theme in gerrit.config for -the signed-in and signed-out states, making it more obvious to site users -they are currently signed-in (or not). - -* Add parent info to each change screen Patch Set -+ -This mirrors the data shown in the 'Commit Message' file, making -it easy to identify the parent(s) of the commit without opening -up the Commit Message or gitweb. - -* Remove the SSH key loading applet -+ -The Java based SSH key loading applet is no longer included as part of -the Gerrit Code Review interface. Users need to copy and paste their -SSH public key files by hand. - - -=== SSH Commands -* issue 674 Add abandon/restore to `gerrit review` -* Add `gerrit version` command - -=== Change Upload -* Display a more verbose "you are not author/committer" message - -=== Documentation -* Detailed error message explanations -+ -Most common error messages are now described in detail in the -documentation under 'User Guide', 'Error Messages'. Each error is -explained, along with possible courses of action for an end-user to -resolve the issue. - -* issue 905 Document reverse proxy using Nginx -* Updated system scaling data in 'System Design' - -=== Outgoing Mail -* Optionally add Importance and Expiry-Days headers -+ -New gerrit.config variable `sendemail.importance` can be set to `high` -or `low` to classify outgoing mail, and `sendemail.expiryDays` can be -set to suggest clients should automatically expire or expunge messages -this many days after being sent. - -* Add support for SMTP AUTH LOGIN - -=== Administration -* Group option to make group visible to all users -+ -A new group option permits the group to be visible to all users, -rather than just its members. Some sites may find this useful for -a project owners group, to help users contact the relevant folks. - -* Group option to only email change authors on updates -+ -A new group option causes all users who are a member of that group to -only send email notifications to change authors, excluding reviewers -and watchers. This can be useful for automated build and testing users -to reduce the amount of email sent to reviewers. - -* Hide non-visible groups from suggestion service -+ -Groups that are not visible to a user are not shown as suggestions in -contexts where a group name completion is supported. The previously -mentioned 'make group visible to all users' flag can be used on a -per-group basis to expose groups to everyone. - -* Use suggest.accounts to control user completion suggestions -+ -The new `suggest.accounts` configuration variable in gerrit.config -can control how suggestions for users are offered. - -* Permit groups to be members of other groups -+ -Groups can now be a member of another group, users are automatically -a member of the transitive closure of their group membership. - -* READ +3 permission required to upload merges -+ -The new READ +3 permission is required to upload merge commits. Users -with only READ +2 permission may upload new changes, but not merges. -The schema upgrade will automatically convert any current READ +2 -access lines to be READ +3 to maintain prior behavior. - -* "Show Inherited Rights" checkbox in Project Access -+ -This checkbox enables showing or hiding the lines that are inherited -from the parent project. This makes it easier to find the rules that -are unique to the project being viewed. - -* Allow single letter usernames -+ -Username requirements are relaxed to permit single letter usernames. - -* Fine-grained control over authentication cookie -+ -Site administrators can now set `auth.cookieSecure` to request -browsers only send the cookie over https:// connections, preventing -eavesdropping. -+ -Site administrators can now set `auth.cookiePath` to override the -path used for the authentication cookie, which may be necessary if -a reverse proxy maps requests to the managed gitweb. - -=== Replication -* Add adminUrl to replication for repository creation -+ -Replication remotes can be configured with `remote.name.adminUrl` to -indicate an SSH path for repository creation that is different from -the normal push URL in `remote.name.url`. The adminUrl can be used by -Gerrit to create a new repository when the normal URL is a non-SSH -URL, such as git:// or http://. - -* Support HTTP authentication for replication -+ -Replication can now be performed over an authenticated smart HTTP -transport, in addition to anonymous Git and authenticated SSH. - -=== Misc. -* Alternative URL for Gerrit's managed Gitweb -+ -The internal gitweb served from `/gitweb` can now appear to be from a -different URL by using a reverse proxy that does URL rewriting. - -* Internal dependencies updated -+ -Updated H2 Database to 1.2.147, PostgreSQL JDBC Client to 9.0-801, -openid4java to 0.9.6, ANTLR to 3.2, GWT to 2.1.1, JSch to 0.1.44, Gson -to 1.6, Apache Commons Net to 2.2, Apache Commons Pool to 1.5.5, JGit -to 0.12.1.53-g5ec4977, MINA SSHD to 0.5.1-r1095809. - -== Bug Fixes - -=== Web UI -* issue 853 Incorrect side-by-side display of modified lines -+ -A bug in JGit lead to the side-by-side view displaying wrong and -confusing output of modified lines. This bug also caused some -automatic merges to be carried out incorrectly, usually resulting in -compile failures. Fixed. - -* Disallow negative/zero columns in difference views -+ -Previously a negative or zero value in the number of columns field -would break the user's account and prevent them from viewing any file -differences through the web UI. Values less than 1 are now rejected, -and existing broken accounts will work again by resetting to a sane -column count. - -* Fix branches table displaying symbolic references (e.g. HEAD). -+ -In the project's "Branches" tab symbolic references like HEAD always -displayed the wrong target name. Fixed to display the target name of -the reference. - -* Disallow deletion of HEAD and targets of symbolic refs -+ -Deleting the target of a symbolic reference causes the symbolic to -become dangling, and it becomes useless. - -* Prevent creating 'refs/for/branch' in web UI. - -* issue 804 Display proper error message on invalid group -+ -Attempting to browse a group that does not exist or that is not -visible to the current user now displays a proper error message, -instead of a scary generic "Application Error, Server Error". - -* issue 822 Up To Change link activates last browsed patch set -* issue 846 Disable buttons during RPCs -* issue 915 Always display button text in black -* issue 946 Make sure that ENTER works in all text fields -* issue 963 Go back to change screen if 'Publish and Submit' fails -* Enable "Sign Out" when auth.type = CLIENT_SSL_CERT_LDAP. -* Fix handling of "Session Expired" with SSL certificates. -* Fix compatibility with recent releases of Gitweb. -* Fix "review" link in Gitweb integration. -* Always display button text in black -* Always disable content merge option if user can't change project - -=== commit-msg Hook -* issue 922 Fix commit-msg hook to run on Solaris - -=== Outgoing Mail -* issue 780 E-mail about failed merge should not use Anonymous Coward -+ -Some email was sent as Anonymous Coward, even when the user had a -configured name and email address. Fixed. - -* Fix calculation of project owners -+ -When sending out new changes for review, Gerrit automatically -tries to address the project owners on the To line of the outgoing -message. This sometimes included the owner of a branch. Fixed. - -* Do not email reviewers adding themselves as reviewers -* Fix comma/space separation in email templates - -=== Pushing Changes -* Avoid huge pushes during refs/for/BRANCH push -+ -With Gerrit 2.1.6, clients started to push possibly hundreds of -megabytes for what should be a tiny patch set changing 1 line of 1 -file. This large push was caused by the server advancing ahead of the -client (e.g. due to another change being submitted) and the client not -having fetched the new version. Fixed by adding some recent history to -the advertisement so that clients don't have to upload the entire -project for a small change. - -* issue 414 Reject pushing multiple commits with same Change-Id -+ -If multiple new commits are uploaded to a refs/for/ branch and -they have the same Change-Id, the push is now rejected. Within -a project, the Change-Id should be unique and users should either -squash the commits, or modify them to use unique Change-Ids. - -* issue 635 Match Change-Id by project and branch combination -* issue 635 Auto close changes by Change-Id on same branch only -+ -Changes are automatically closed during direct push to branch only if -the Change-Id line matches and the branch name matches. Previously -changes were closed automatically if only the Change-Id matched, -making it difficult to cherry-pick changes across branches. - -* issue 947 Disallow to push to non-connected target -+ -If a repository stores disconnected history graphs on different -branches, changes may only be pushed to the correct branch. - -* Always do Change-Id checks on receiving commits -+ -Ensure Change-Ids aren't incorrectly used, even if the project does -not require them to be present. Previously some validity checks were -only performed if the project required Change-Id lines. - -* Make Change-Id requirement applicable only to reviews -+ -Change-Ids are not required when directly pushing to a branch. This -permits projects that normally require Change-Ids to still perform -direct branch pushes for updates received from an upstream project -that does not use Change-Ids. - -* Reject invalid Change-Id lines -+ -Severely malformed Change-Id lines were previously accepted by the -server. These are now rejected. - -* Fix error message returned on push to closed change -+ -If a commit with a Change-Id was pushed, and the corresponding change -was already closed, the server incorrectly errored out with "No new -changes". Now it reports the change is closed and does not accept a -new patch set. - -* Fix error message for rejecting a change of another project -+ -Instead of saying 'change not found' when pushing to a commit to -a refs/changes/NNNN reference that belongs in another project, the -error now indicates the change belongs to another project. - -* Better help message when commit message is malformed -+ -If the commit message is badly formatted Gerrit displays an error -message to the client. This message has been extended to offer -suggestions on how to correct the commit message. - -* Log warning on 'change state corrupt' error -+ -If a change state corrupt error is reported to a client, there was -no mention if it on the server error log. Now it is reported so the -site administrator also knows about it. - -=== SSH Commands -* issue 755 Send new patchset event after its available -* issue 814 Evict initial members of group created by SSH -* issue 879 Fix replication of initial empty commit in new project -* Disallow setting a project as parent for itself -* Automatically create user account(s) as necessary -* Move SSH command creation off NioProcessor threads - -=== Administration -* Enable git reflog for all newly created projects -+ -Previously branch updates were not being recorded in the native Git -reflogs ($GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads) due to a misconfiguration on new -projects created by gerrit create-project. Fixed. - -* Fix IllegalArgumentException caused by non-ASCII user names -+ -An invalid username is now always reported in UTF-8. - -* PostgreSQL: conditional installation of PL/pgSQL. -+ -Conditional installation is needed to install Gerrit on PostgreSQL 9. - -* issue 961 Fix NPE on Gerrit startup if mail.from is invalid -* issue 966 Enable git:// download URLs if canonicalGitUrl set -* Stop logging 'keepalive@jcraft.com' errors in error_log -* gerrit.sh: Fix issues on SuSE Linux -* gerrit.sh: Fix issues on Solaris -* gerrit.sh: Support spaces in JAVA_HOME - -=== Documentation -* issue 800 documentation: Show example of review -m -* issue 896 Clarify that $\{name\} is required for replication. -* Fix spelling mistake in 'Searching Changes' documentation -* Fix spelling mistake in user-upload documentation -* Document cache diff_intraline -* Document change set dependencies and cherry-pick -* Include user in scp commands to copy commit hook -* Adjust documentation to build with current AsciiDoc version |