| Release notes for Gerrit 2.2.0 |
| ============================== |
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| Gerrit 2.2.0 is now available: |
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| link:https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download/gerrit-2.2.0.war[https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download/gerrit-2.2.0.war] |
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| Schema Change |
| ------------- |
| *WARNING:* Upgrading to 2.2.0 requires the server be first upgraded |
| to 2.1.7, and then to 2.2.0. |
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| *WARNING:* This release contains schema changes. To upgrade: |
| ---- |
| java -jar gerrit.war init -d site_path |
| ---- |
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| *WARNING:* The "projects" and "ref_rights" tables are no longer |
| stored in the SQL database. The tables have been moved to Git |
| storage, inside of the `refs/meta/config` branch of each managed |
| Git repository. The init based upgrade tool will automatically |
| export the current table contents and create the Git data. |
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| New Features |
| ------------ |
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| Project Administration |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| * issue 436 List projects by scanning the managed Git directory |
| + |
| Instead of generating the list of projects from SQL database, the |
| project list is obtained by recursively scanning the Git directory. |
| Adding new projects is now simply a matter of creating the Git |
| repository under the directory and flushing the "projects" cache |
| to force the server to rescan the directory. Administrators may |
| also continue to use `gerrit create-project`. |
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| * Move "projects" table into Git |
| + |
| The projects table columns are now stored in the `project.config` |
| file of the `refs/meta/config` branch of each managed Git repository. |
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| * Move "ref_rights" table into Git |
| + |
| The "ref_rights" table is now stored in the "access" sections of |
| the `project.config` file on the `refs/meta/config` branch of each |
| managed Git repository. This brings version control auditing to the |
| access data of each project. |
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| * New project Access screen to edit access controls |
| + |
| The Access panel of the project administration has been rewritten |
| with a new UI that reflects the new Git based storage format. |
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| Bug Fixes |
| --------- |
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| Project Administration |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| * Avoid unnecessary updates to $GIT_DIR/description |
| + |
| Gerrit always tried to rewrite the gitweb "description" file when the |
| project was modified. This lead to unnecessary changes in the local |
| filesystem, leading to more data to rsync to backups than necessary. |
| Fixed to only update the file if the content changes. |
