What's new in Gerrit 2.6 Add a presentation that describes the highlights of the Gerrit 2.6 release. The focus is on features which are relevant for end users. Change-Id: I5c09c662419d083f1a4cdfa7b64754c3de1a4142 Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <edwin.kempin@sap.com>
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@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@ += What's new in Gerrit 2.6 +:backend: slidy +:max-width: 70em +:data-uri: + +[[title-page]] +== What's new in Gerrit 2.6 + +== What's new in Gerrit 2.6 +* link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html[ +Release Notes] + +* Statistics ++ +[width="50%",cols=">s,^m,^m,^m",options="header"] +|========================== +| |Gerrit 2.6-rc0 |Gerrit 2.5 |Gerrit 2.4 +|commits ➊ |1093 |508 |122 +|resolved issues +|link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/list?can=1&q=FixedIn=2.6[59] +|link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/list?can=1&q=FixedIn=2.5[51] +|link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/list?can=1&q=FixedIn=2.4[35] +|contributors |52 |34 |22 +|========================== ++ +➊ without merge commits + +== New Default Skin + +.Gerrit 2.6 +image:../../img/Gerrit-2.6-skin.png[Gerrit 2.6 Skin] + +.Gerrit 2.5 +image:../../img/Gerrit-2.5-skin.png[Gerrit 2.5 Skin] + +== Edit Commit Message from UI + +.Icon to edit Commit Message +image:../../img/edit-commit-message-1.png[Edit Commit Message 1] + +.Dialog to edit Commit Message +image:../../img/edit-commit-message-2.png[Edit Commit Message 2] + +== Edit Change Topic from UI + +.Icon to edit Change Topic +image:../../img/edit-change-topic-1.png[Edit Change Topic 1] + +.Dialog to edit Change Topic +image:../../img/edit-change-topic-2.png[Edit Change Topic 2] + +== `Add Comment` Button +Below the summary comments there is now a button to add a comment. + +image:../../img/add-comment-button.png[Add Comment Button] + +== Support for Project Specific Labels +Individual projects can add (or remove) score categories through +link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/config-labels.html[ +labels] and link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/prolog-cookbook.html[ +Prolog rules]. + +This makes the workflow completely customizable. + +image:../../img/custom-label.png[Custom Label] + +.project.config +---- +[label "IP"] + function = MaxWithBlock + value = -1 Bad + value = 0 No score + value = +1 Clean +---- + + +== File Level Comments +It is now possible to comment on a whole file. + +.Icon to add a comment on a file +image:../../img/file-comment-1.png[File Comment 1] + +.Editor for a comment on a file +image:../../img/file-comment-2.png[File Comment 2] + +== Reviewed Panel at Bottom + +image:../../img/reviewed-panel-at-bottom.png[Reviewed Panel at Bottom] + +== New Submit Type `Rebase If Necessary` +The 'Rebase If Necessary' submit type automatically rebases the +changes on submit if needed. If a change gets rebased the rebased +commit is added as a new patch set to the change. + +image:../../img/rebase-if-necessary.png[Rebase If Necessary] + +== Branch specific Submit Types +The submit type for changes can now be controlled from Prolog. This +enables branch specific submit types. E.g. for devlopment branches the +submit type can be `Merge If Necessary` while for release branches it +is `Fast Forward Only`. + +image:../../img/submit-type-on-change-screen.png[Submit Type] + +== Show in ApprovalTable if a Reviewer can't vote in a Category +For a user that cannot vote in a category the cell in the category +column of the ApprovalTable will be shown with a grey background. +A tooltip explains that the user cannot vote in this category. + +image:../../img/reviewer-cannot-vote-in-category.png[Reviewer Cannot +Vote In Category] + +== Voting on Draft Changes +It is now possible to vote on draft changes. + +image:../../img/voting-2.png[Voting] + +== Filtering of Project List and Group List + +image:../../img/filter-projects.png[Filter Projects] + +== Query Icon for Projects +The icon links to a default query or to the projects default +dashboard. + +.In Project List +image:../../img/query-icon-1.png[Query Icon in Project List] + +.On Change Screen +image:../../img/query-icon-2.png[Query Icon on Change Screen] + +== Search Box + +=== Suggestions +The Search Box now provides suggestions for projects, groups and +users. + +image:../../img/search-box-project-suggestion.png[Project Suggestion] + +=== Animation +When typing a query the search box is automatically expanded. + +.Collapsed +image:../../img/search-box.png[Search Box] + +.Expanded +image:../../img/search-box-expanded.png[Search Box Expanded] + +== Project Screens: Top Menus instead of Side Menus +Also the last accessed project and the last accessed project screen +are remembered. + +.Gerrit 2.6 +image:../../img/project-screen-top-menus.png[Project Screens Top Menus] + +.Gerrit 2.5 +image:../../img/project-screen-side-menus.png[Project Screens Side Menus] + +== Project Dashboards +link:https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/user-dashboards.html#_project_dashboards[ +Project Dashboards] can be defined in `refs/meta/dashbaords/*`. + +image:../../img/project-dashboards.png[Project Dashboards] + +== Custom Dashboard: Link Section Title to Query + +.Custom Dashboard +image:../../img/to-query-1.png[Link Section Title to Query 1] + +.Query +image:../../img/to-query-2.png[Link Section Title to Query 2] + +== Notifications + +* Project owners and site administrators can + link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/user-notify.html[ + configure project level notifications] ++ +---- + [notify "team"] + email = team-address@example.com + email = paranoid-manager@example.com +---- + +* watchers are notified if a draft change is published + +* support watching upload of new patch sets ++ +image:../../img/email-notifications.png[Email notifications] + +* Automated system can control to whom notifications should be sent + link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/rest-api-changes.html#set-review[ + when posting a review via the REST API] + +== Basic support for Avatars +Plugins can provide avatar images for Gerrit users. + +.Avatar in Header +image:../../img/avatar-1.png[Avatar 1] + +.Avatar in Settings Popup +image:../../img/avatar-2.png[Avatar 2] + +== Login Screens +The new form based HTML screens for login allow browsers to offer +the choice to save the login data locally in the user's password store. + +image:../../img/login-screen.png[Login Screen] + +== Access Rights + +* ALLOW rule on the same project and ref overwrites BLOCK rule ++ +By this an access right can be blocked for all users, while allowing +it for a certain privileged group. ++ +image:../../img/overwrite-block-rule.png[Overwrite BLOCK rule] + +* Global Capabilities are visible to all users who can see the + `refs/meta/config` branch in `All-Projects`. ++ +By this users can now propose changes to the global capabilities +through code review. ++ +image:../../img/global-capabilities.png[Global Capabilities] + +* New permissions for editing topics and viewing, deleting and + publishing drafts ++ +image:../../img/access-rights.png[Access Rights] + +== REST API + +* A big chunk of the Gerrit functionality is now available via the + link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/rest-api.html[REST API]. ++ +The REST API is *NOT* complete yet and some functionality is still missing. ++ +To find out which functionality is available, check the REST endpoint documentation for +link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/rest-api-projects.html[projects], +link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/rest-api-changes.html[changes], +link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/rest-api-groups.html[groups] and +link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/rest-api-accounts.html[accounts]. ++ +image:../../img/rest-endpoints.png[REST endpoints] + +* Support setting `HEAD` of a project + link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/rest-api-projects.html#set-head[via REST]. + +== GIT + +* *42x* improvement on `git clone` and `git fetch` ++ +Running link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/cmd-gc.html[ +gerrit gc] allows JGit to optimize a repository to serve clone and fetch +faster than C Git can, with massively lower server CPU required. Typically +Gerrit 2.6 can completely transfer a project to a client faster than C Git +can finish "Counting" the objects. + +* Support for options in ref spec ++ +---- + refs/for/master%r=alice,cc=bob,cc=charlie,topic=options +---- + +* Support for link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.6/config-gerrit.html#core.useRecursiveMerge[ + recursive merge] ++ +Still experimental, needs to be enabled by the administratior. + + +== Plugins + +* support for JavaScript and GWT plugins +* new extension point for commit validation +* Plugins can contribute init steps +* Plugins can contribute Prolog facts/predicates + +== Important fixes + +* Support for Internet Explorer 9 and 10 + +* Fix auto closing of changes on direct push + +* Don't show error on ACL modifictaions +** if a section is added more than once or +** if empty permissions are added + +++++ +<style type="text/css"> +#title-page { + border-bottom: 0; + text-align: center; + position: relative; + top: 30%; + font-size: 60px; +} +</style> +++++
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