Describe most important search updates in 2.9 release notes
Change-Id: Ieb116bfd11ac7dab0226718c0092fc00a51c7806
Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <edwin.kempin@sap.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/user-search.txt b/Documentation/user-search.txt
index b995bc8..16dab4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-search.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-search.txt
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@
+
Same as <<status,status:'STATE'>>.
+[[mergeable]]
is:mergeable::
+
True if the change has no merge conflicts and could be merged into its
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.9.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.9.txt
index cd23407..f65fddd 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.9.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.9.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
java -jar gerrit.war reindex --recheck-mergeable -d site_path
----
+*WARNING* Support for query via the SQL index is removed. The usage of
+a secondary index is now mandatory.
+
*WARNING:* Upgrading to 2.9.x requires the server be first upgraded to 2.1.7 (or
a later 2.1.x version), and then to 2.9.x. If you are upgrading from 2.2.x.x or
later, you may ignore this warning and upgrade directly to 2.9.x.
@@ -130,6 +133,44 @@
Gerrit but not in LDAP are authenticated with their HTTP password from
the Gerrit database.
+Search
+~~~~~~
+
+* Support for query via the SQL index is removed. The usage of
+a secondary index is now mandatory.
+
+* New link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/user-search.html#mergeable[
+is:mergeable] search operator
++
+Finds changes that have no merge conflicts and can be merged into the
+destination branch.
+
+* New link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/user-search.html#parentproject[
+parentproject] search operator
++
+Finds changes in the specified project or in one of its child projects.
+
+* New link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/user-search.html#conflicts[
+conflicts] search operator
++
+Finds changes that conflict with the specified change.
+
+* New operators for absolute last-updated-on search
+** link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/user-search.html#before_until[
+before / until]
+** link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/user-search.html#after_since[
+after / since]
+
+* Support exact match on file parts in
+link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.9/user-search.html#file[
+file] operator
+
+* Query shortcuts
+** `o` = `owner`
+** `r` = `reviewer`
+** `p` = `project`
+** `f` = `file`
+
Daemon
~~~~~~
