arxanas/git-branchless v0.11.0

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To install or update git-branchless, run the following:

$ cargo install --locked git-branchless
$ git branchless init  # in your repository

Release highlights

This release includes a number of new features and changes; including:

• Rust v1.86 or later is required to build.
• A new git split command was introduced.
• Revsets gained a new ! operator, as well some performance improvements.
• record and amend can now detect and add new, untracked files.
• record gained several new options, and a breaking change to another; see below.
• smartlog received rendering updates, a new setting, and a deprecation; see below.

For full details on the numerous other features, changes and fixes, see below.

Additionally, this is the first release managed by @claytonrcarter. If something seems amiss or is not packaged correctly, please mention it in discussion, or open an issue.

Added

• (#1461): added ! revset postfix operator as shortcut for "only child"
• (#1464): created git split command to extract changes from a commit
• (#1603): added git move --dry-run to test in-memory rebases
• (#1604): git record and git amend can now automatically detect and begin tracking new files (optional, disabled by default)
• (#1612): added git record --new to create new, empty commits
• (#1631): the --reparent flag, previously only available to git amend, is now available to git move, git restack, git split, git sync and git test
• (#1632): added git record --fixup option, to create a fixup commit (similar to reword --fixup)

Changed

• (#1270): git smartlog now renders with curved corners
• (#1271): git smartlog renders commit nodes more consistently with other nodes
• (#1315): git smartlog now reads the branchless.smartlog.reverse config setting (the --reverse option has been deprecated)
• (#1462) BREAKING: git record will use a default commit message with --stash (instead of prompting for one)
• (#1463): git switch now accepts a revset whose sole head will be checked out, and correctly treats - to mean last checked out commit or branch
• (#1492): scm-record upgraded to v0.5.0.
• (#1591): improved performance of some revset expressions
• (#1593) BREAKING: The minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.82. See #1638 below.
• (#1638) BREAKING: The minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.86, and the rust edition is now 2024.
• (#1661): add nix devshell (and other nix updates and fixes)

Fixed

• (#1439): fix panic with custom git status configuration
• (#1611): fix behavior of git record --stash on a detached HEAD
• (#1618): fix behavior of various commands when operating on branches that have the same name as files in the current directory
• (#1647): correctly describe behavior of when check out target is omitted to git switch
• (#1651): fix panic when running git-brancless commands in bare repos
• (#1659): fix snapshotting for submodules and symlinks ending in a /

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who made this release happen! In particular, we'd like to thank our new contributors:

• @TrueDoctor made their first contribution in #1439
• @raylu made their first contribution in #1518
• @xuanduc987 made their first contribution in #1271
• @chf2117 made their first contribution in #1419
• @cjsoft made their first contribution in #1618
• @feosuna1 made their first contribution in #1651
• @e-q made their first contribution in #1315
• @bitbloxhub made their first contribution in #1660

If you're interested in contributing, check out the Developer Guide in the Wiki, or post in the Discussions or Discord server to ask any questions.

Full Changelog: v0.10.0...v0.11.0