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Reformat the changelog 

This should provide a easier way to see what kinds of changes we have,
and a single place to look at the breaking changes.
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CHANGELOG.md
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v0.22
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* File unlocks are atomic again via rename. Read-only files on Windows are
made read-write if necessary.
* Share open packfiles across repositories to share descriptors and mmaps.
* Use a map for the treebuilder, making insertion O(1)
### Changes or improvements
* Introduce reference transactions, which allow multiple references to
be locked at the same time and updates be queued. This also allows
us to safely update a reflog with arbitrary contents, as we need to
do for stash.
* `git_signature_new()` now requires a non-empty email address.
* The index' tree cache is now filled upon read-tree and write-tree
and the cache is written to disk.
* LF -> CRLF filter refuses to handle mixed-EOL files
* Use CommonCrypto libraries for SHA-1 calculation on Mac OS X.
* LF -> CRLF filter now runs when * text = auto (with Git for Windows 1.9.4)
* Disable SSL compression and SSLv2 and SSLv3 ciphers in favor of TLSv1
in OpenSSL.
* The git_transport structure definition has moved into the sys/transport.h
file.
* The fetch behavior of remotes with autotag set to `GIT_REMOTE_DOWNLOAD_TAGS_ALL`
has been changed to match git 1.9.0 and later. In this mode, libgit2 now
fetches all tags in addition to whatever else needs to be fetched.
* The ssh transport supports asking the remote host for accepted
credential types as well as multiple challeges using a single
connection. This requires to know which username you want to connect
as, so this introduces the USERNAME credential type which the ssh
transport will use to ask for the username.
* `git_checkout()` now handles case-changing renames correctly on
case-insensitive filesystems; for example renaming "readme" to "README".
* The build system now accepts an option EMBED_SSH_PATH which when set
tells it to include a copy of libssh2 at the given location. This is
enabled for MSVC.
* The search for libssh2 is now done via pkg-config instead of a
custom search of a few directories.
* libgit2 no longer automatically sets the OpenSSL locking
functions. This is not something which we can know to do. A
last-resort convenience function is provided in sys/openssl.h,
git_openssl_set_locking() which can be used to set the locking.
* Add support for core.protectHFS and core.protectNTFS. Add more
validation for filenames which we write such as references.
* The git_transport_register function no longer takes a priority and takes
a URL scheme name (eg "http") instead of a prefix like "http://"
* The local transport now generates textual progress output like
git-upload-pack does ("counting objects").
* The git_remote_set_transport function now sets a transport factory function,
rather than a pre-existing transport instance.
* `git_checkout_index()` can now check out an in-memory index that is not
necessarily the repository's index, so you may check out an index
that was produced by git_merge and friends while retaining the cached
information.
* A factory function for ssh has been added which allows to change the
path of the programs to execute for receive-pack and upload-pack on
the server, git_transport_ssh_with_paths.
* Remove the default timeout for receiving / sending data over HTTP using
the WinHTTP transport layer.
* git_remote_rename() now takes the repository and the remote's
current name. Accepting a remote indicates we want to change it,
which we only did partially. It is much clearer if we accept a name
and no loaded objects are changed.
* Add SPNEGO (Kerberos) authentication using GSSAPI on Unix systems.
* git_remote_delete() now accepts the repository and the remote's name
instead of a loaded remote.
* Provide built-in objects for the empty blob (e69de29) and empty
tree (4b825dc) objects.
* git_remote_supported_url() and git_remote_is_valid_url() have been
removed as they have become essentially useless with rsync-style ssh paths.
* The index' tree cache is now filled upon read-tree and write-tree
and the cache is written to disk.
* The git_clone_options struct no longer provides the ignore_cert_errors or
remote_name members for remote customization.
* LF -> CRLF filter refuses to handle mixed-EOL files
Instead, the git_clone_options struct has two new members, remote_cb and
remote_cb_payload, which allow the caller to completely override the remote
creation process. If needed, the caller can use this callback to give their
remote a name other than the default (origin) or disable cert checking.
* LF -> CRLF filter now runs when * text = auto (with Git for Windows 1.9.4)
The remote_callbacks member has been preserved for convenience, although it
is not used when a remote creation callback is supplied.
* File unlocks are atomic again via rename. Read-only files on Windows are
made read-write if necessary.
* The git_clone_options struct now provides repository_cb and
repository_cb_payload to allow the user to create a repository with
custom options.
* Share open packfiles across repositories to share descriptors and mmaps.
* The option to ignore certificate errors via git_remote_cert_check()
is no longer present. Instead, git_remote_callbacks has gained a new
entry which lets the user perform their own certificate checks.
* Use a map for the treebuilder, making insertion O(1)
* git_clone_into and git_clone_local_into have been removed from the
public API in favour of git_clone callbacks
* The build system now accepts an option EMBED_SSH_PATH which when set
tells it to include a copy of libssh2 at the given location. This is
enabled for MSVC.
* Add support for refspecs with the asterisk in the middle of a
pattern.
* Fetching now performs opportunistic updates. To achieve this, we
introduce a difference between active and passive refspecs, which
make git_remote_download and git_remote_fetch to take a list of
make `git_remote_download()` and `git_remote_fetch()` to take a list of
resfpecs to be the active list, similarly to how git fetch accepts a
list on the command-line.
* Rename git_remote_load() to git_remote_lookup() to bring it in line
with the rest of the lookup functions.
* The THREADSAFE option to build libgit2 with threading support has
been flipped to be on by default.
* The git_push struct to perform a push has been replaced with
git_remote_upload(). The refspecs and options are passed as a
function argument. git_push_update_tips() is now also
git_remote_update_tips() and the callbacks are in the same struct as
the rest.
* The remote object has learnt to prune remote-tracking branches. If
the remote is configured to do so, this will happen via
`git_remote_fetch()`. You can also call `git_remote_prune()` after
connecting or fetching to perform the prune.
### API additions
* Introduce git_merge_bases() and the git_oidarray type to expose all
* Introduce `git_buf_text_is_binary()` and `git_buf_text_contains_nul()` for
consumers to perform binary detection on a git_buf.
* `git_branch_upstream_remote()` has been introduced to provide the
branch.<name>.remote configuration value.
* Introduce `git_describe_commit()` and `git_describe_workdir()` to provide
a description of the current commit (and working tree, respectively)
based on the nearest tag or reference
* Introduce `git_merge_bases()` and the `git_oidarray` type to expose all
merge bases between two commits.
* Introduce git_merge_bases_many() to expose all merge bases between
* Introduce `git_merge_bases_many()` to expose all merge bases between
multiple commits.
* git_merge_head is now git_annotated_commit, to better reflect its usage
for multiple functions (including rebase)
* Introduce rebase functionality (using the merge algorithm only).
Introduce git_rebase_init() to begin a new rebase session,
git_rebase_open() to open an in-progress rebase session,
git_rebase_commit() to commit the current rebase operation,
git_rebase_next() to apply the next rebase operation,
git_rebase_abort() to abort an in-progress rebase and git_rebase_finish()
Introduce `git_rebase_init()` to begin a new rebase session,
`git_rebase_open()` to open an in-progress rebase session,
`git_rebase_commit()` to commit the current rebase operation,
`git_rebase_next()` to apply the next rebase operation,
`git_rebase_abort()` to abort an in-progress rebase and `git_rebase_finish()`
to complete a rebase operation.
* Introduce git_note_author() and git_note_committer() to get the author
and committer information on a git_note, respectively.
* Introduce `git_note_author()` and `git_note_committer()` to get the author
and committer information on a `git_note`, respectively.
* git_note_create() has changed the position of the notes reference
name to match git_note_remove().
* A factory function for ssh has been added which allows to change the
path of the programs to execute for receive-pack and upload-pack on
the server, `git_transport_ssh_with_paths()`.
* The THREADSAFE option to build libgit2 with threading support has
been flipped to be on by default.
* The ssh transport supports asking the remote host for accepted
credential types as well as multiple challeges using a single
connection. This requires to know which username you want to connect
as, so this introduces the USERNAME credential type which the ssh
transport will use to ask for the username.
* The context_lines and interhunk_lines fields in git_diff_options are
now uint32_t instead of uint16_t. This allows to set them to UINT_MAX,
in effect asking for "infinite" context e.g. to iterate over all the
unmodified lines of a diff.
* The `GIT_EPEEL` error code has been introduced when we cannot peel a tag
to the requested object type; if the given object otherwise cannot be
peeled, `GIT_EINVALIDSPEC` is returned.
* git_status_file now takes an exact path. Use git_status_list_new if
pathspec searching is needed.
* Introduce `GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_RELATIVE_GITLINK` to use relative paths
when writing gitlinks, as is used by git core for submodules.
* The fetch behavior of remotes with autotag set to GIT_REMOTE_DOWNLOAD_TAGS_ALL
has been changed to match git 1.9.0 and later. In this mode, libgit2 now
fetches all tags in addition to whatever else needs to be fetched.
* `git_remote_prune()` has been added. See above for description.
* The remote object has learnt to prune remote-tracking branches. If
the remote is configured to do so, this will happen via
git_remote_fetch(). You can also call git_remote_prune() after
connecting or fetching to perform the prune.
* git_threads_init() and git_threads_shutdown() have been renamed to
git_libgit2_init() and git_libgit2_shutdown() to better explain what
their purpose is, as it's grown to be more than just about threads.
* Introduce reference transactions, which allow multiple references to
be locked at the same time and updates be queued. This also allows
us to safely update a reflog with arbitrary contents, as we need to
do for stash.
* git_libgit2_init() and git_libgit2_shutdown() now return the number of
initializations of the library, so consumers may schedule work on the
first initialization.
### API removals
* git_treebuilder_new (was git_treebuilder_create) now takes a
repository so that it can query repository configuration.
Subsequently, git_treebuilder_write no longer takes a repository.
* `git_remote_supported_url()` and `git_remote_is_valid_url()` have been
removed as they have become essentially useless with rsync-style ssh paths.
* `git_clone_into()` and `git_clone_local_into()` have been removed from the
public API in favour of `git_clone callbacks`.
* The option to ignore certificate errors via `git_remote_cert_check()`
is no longer present. Instead, `git_remote_callbacks` has gained a new
entry which lets the user perform their own certificate checks.
### Breaking API changes
* git_treebuilder_create was renamed to git_treebuilder_new to better
* `git_cherry_pick()` is now `git_cherrypick()`.
* The `git_submodule_update()` function was renamed to
`git_submodule_update_strategy()`. `git_submodule_update()` is now used to
provide functionalty similar to "git submodule update".
* `git_treebuilder_create()` was renamed to `git_treebuilder_new()` to better
reflect it being a constructor rather than something which writes to
disk.
* git_checkout now handles case-changing renames correctly on
case-insensitive filesystems; for example renaming "readme" to "README".
* `git_treebuilder_new()` (was `git_treebuilder_create()`) now takes a
repository so that it can query repository configuration.
Subsequently, `git_treebuilder_write()` no longer takes a repository.
* git_index_name_entrycount() and git_index_reuc_entrycount() now
return size_t instead of unsigned int.
* `git_threads_init()` and `git_threads_shutdown()` have been renamed to
`git_libgit2_init()` and `git_libgit2_shutdown()` to better explain what
their purpose is, as it's grown to be more than just about threads.
* The search for libssh2 is now done via pkg-config instead of a
custom search of a few directories.
* `git_libgit2_init()` and `git_libgit2_shutdown()` now return the number of
initializations of the library, so consumers may schedule work on the
first initialization.
* Add support for core.protectHFS and core.protectNTFS. Add more
validation for filenames which we write such as references.
* The `git_transport_register()` function no longer takes a priority and takes
a URL scheme name (eg "http") instead of a prefix like "http://"
* The local transport now generates textual progress output like
git-upload-pack does ("counting objects").
* `git_index_name_entrycount()` and `git_index_reuc_entrycount()` now
return size_t instead of unsigned int.
* The git_submodule_update function was renamed to
git_submodule_update_strategy. git_submodule_update is now used to
provide functionalty similar to "git submodule update".
* The `context_lines` and `interhunk_lines` fields in `git_diff`_options are
now `uint32_t` instead of `uint16_t`. This allows to set them to `UINT_MAX`,
in effect asking for "infinite" context e.g. to iterate over all the
unmodified lines of a diff.
* git_checkout_index() can now check out an in-memory index that is not
necessarily the repository's index, so you may check out an index
that was produced by git_merge and friends while retaining the cached
information.
* `git_status_file()` now takes an exact path. Use `git_status_list_new()` if
pathspec searching is needed.
* git_cherry_pick() is now git_cherrypick().
* `git_note_create()` has changed the position of the notes reference
name to match `git_note_remove()`.
* Introduce git_buf_text_is_binary() and git_buf_text_contains_nul() for
consumers to perform binary detection on a git_buf.
* Rename `git_remote_load()` to `git_remote_lookup()` to bring it in line
with the rest of the lookup functions.
* Remove the default timeout for receiving / sending data over HTTP using
the WinHTTP transport layer.
* `git_remote_rename()` now takes the repository and the remote's
current name. Accepting a remote indicates we want to change it,
which we only did partially. It is much clearer if we accept a name
and no loaded objects are changed.
* Add SPNEGO (Kerberos) authentication using GSSAPI on Unix systems.
* `git_remote_delete()` now accepts the repository and the remote's name
instead of a loaded remote.
* git_signature_new() now requires a non-empty email address.
* `git_merge_head` is now `git_annotated_commit`, to better reflect its usage
for multiple functions (including rebase)
* Use CommonCrypto libraries for SHA-1 calculation on Mac OS X.
* The `git_clone_options` struct no longer provides the `ignore_cert_errors` or
`remote_name` members for remote customization.
* Disable SSL compression and SSLv2 and SSLv3 ciphers in favor of TLSv1
in OpenSSL.
Instead, the `git_clone_options` struct has two new members, `remote_cb` and
`remote_cb_payload`, which allow the caller to completely override the remote
creation process. If needed, the caller can use this callback to give their
remote a name other than the default (origin) or disable cert checking.
* git_branch_upstream_remote() has been introduced to provide the
branch.<name>.remote configuration value.
The `remote_callbacks` member has been preserved for convenience, although it
is not used when a remote creation callback is supplied.
* The GIT_EPEEL error code has been introduced when we cannot peel a tag
to the requested object type; if the given object otherwise cannot be
peeled, GIT_EINVALIDSPEC is returned.
* The `git_clone`_options struct now provides `repository_cb` and
`repository_cb_payload` to allow the user to create a repository with
custom options.
* Provide built-in objects for the empty blob (e69de29) and empty
tree (4b825dc) objects.
* The `git_push` struct to perform a push has been replaced with
`git_remote_upload()`. The refspecs and options are passed as a
function argument. `git_push_update_tips()` is now also
`git_remote_update_tips()` and the callbacks are in the same struct as
the rest.
* Introduce GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_RELATIVE_GITLINK to use relative paths
when writing gitlinks, as is used by git core for submodules.
* The `git_remote_set_transport()` function now sets a transport factory function,
rather than a pre-existing transport instance.
* Introduce git_describe_commit and git_describe_workdir to provide
a description of the current commit (and working tree, respectively)
based on the nearest tag or reference
* The `git_transport` structure definition has moved into the sys/transport.h
file.
* libgit2 no longer automatically sets the OpenSSL locking
functions. This is not something which we can know to do. A
last-resort convenience function is provided in sys/openssl.h,
`git_openssl_set_locking()` which can be used to set the locking.
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