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New and Noteworthy 6.2
The git config
core.commentChar
is supported as of JGit 6.2. It enables users to change the default
character indicating comment lines in commit messages, which by default
is #. The auto setting is also supported.
JGit 6.2 supports negative refspecs when fetching, introduced in C git
2.29. Negative refspecs enable a git client to specify that some refs
should not be fetched. A negative refspec has the form ^refs/... and
it many contain the * wildcard. For the details, see the git fetch
documentation,
or the git 2.29
announcement.
JGit 6.2 supports the use of external diff and merge tools. To invoke a merge or diff tool use, for instance:
jgit difftool --tool=kdiff3
jgit mergetool --tool=kdiff3
The list of diff or merge tools configured on the system may be obtained via
jgit difftool --tool-help
jgit mergetool --tool-help
Diff or merge tools are defined in the git configuration files, typically in the repository or user git config. The mechanism is the same for both. An example of a merge tool definition might be
[merge]
tool = customTool
[mergetool "customTool"]
cmd = echo
path = /usr/bin/echo
prompt = false
trustExitCode = false
For a diff tool definition, use diff.tool = <name> and define it via
diff.<name>.* instead of merge.tool and merge.<name>.*.
For the details of configurations and possible parameters to the
difftool or mergetool commands, see the official git documentation
on git difftool and
git mergetool.
The complete list of new features and bug fixes is available in the release notes.
The following 13 developers worked on this release:
Andre Bossert, Andrey Loskutov, Fabio Ponciroli, Han-Wen Nienhuys, James Z.M. Gao, Luca Milanesio, Matthias Fromme, Matthias Sohn, Michael Keppler, Simon Sohrt, Sven Selberg, Thomas Wolf, Yun Jieli