Sync 2.7 release notes from master
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@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ Release notes for Gerrit 2.7
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Gerrit 2.7 is now available:
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link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/detail?name=gerrit-2.7.war[
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http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/downloads/detail?name=gerrit-2.7.war]
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link:https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.7.war[
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https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-2.7.war]
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Gerrit 2.7 includes the bug fixes done with
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link:ReleaseNotes-2.6.1.html[Gerrit 2.6.1] and
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link:ReleaseNotes-2.6.2.html[Gerrit 2.6.2]. These bug fixes are *not*
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listed in these release notes.
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Gerrit 2.7 includes the bug fixes done with link:ReleaseNotes-2.6.1.html[Gerrit 2.6.1].
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These bug fixes are *not* listed in these release notes.
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Schema Change
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-------------
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@@ -27,6 +25,15 @@ newer, you may ignore this warning and upgrade directly to 2.7.x.
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Gerrit Trigger Plugin in Jenkins
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--------------------------------
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*WARNING:* Upgrading to 2.7 may cause the Gerrit Trigger Plugin in Jenkins to
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stop working. Please see the "New 'Stream Events' global capability" section
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below.
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Release Highlights
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@@ -70,6 +77,10 @@ The link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.7/access
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Stream Events capability] controls access to the `stream-events` ssh command.
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Only administrators and users having this capability are allowed to use `stream-events`.
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If you are using the Gerrit Trigger Plugin in Jenkins, you must make sure that the
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'Non-Interactive Users' group, or whichever group the Jenkins user belongs to, is
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given the 'Stream Events' capability.
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* Allow opening new changes on existing commits.
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@@ -88,7 +99,7 @@ draft patch sets.
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Teams that want to use Gerrit's submit strategies to handle contention on busy
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branches can use `%submit` to create a change and have it
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link:link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.7/user-upload.html#auto_merge[
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link:http://gerrit-documentation.googlecode.com/svn/Documentation/2.7/user-upload.html#auto_merge[
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immediately submitted], if the caller has Submit permission on `refs/for/<ref>`.
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* Allow administrators to see all groups.
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@@ -195,23 +206,49 @@ General
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* Postpone check for first account until adding an account.
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* Mark `ALREADY_MERGED` changes as merged in the database.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1848[Issue 1848]:
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Mark `ALREADY_MERGED` changes as merged in the database.
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If a change was marked `ALREADY_MERGED`, likely due to a bug in
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merge code, it does not end up in the list of changes to be submitted
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and never gets marked as merged despite the branch head already
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having advanced.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=600[Issue 600]:
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Fix change stuck in SUBMITTED state but actually merged.
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Works around (but does not fix)
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link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1985[Issue 1985] and
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link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=600[Issue 600]
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to allow recovery from certain kind of bad state.
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When submitting a commit that has a tag, it could not be merged.
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* Fix null-pointer exception when dashboard title is not specified.
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If the title is not specified, the path of the dashboard config file
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is used as title.
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* Allow label values to be configured with no text.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1966[Issue 1966]:
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Fix Gerrit plugins under Tomcat by avoiding Guice static filter.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2054[Issue 2054]:
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Expand capabilities of `ldap.groupMemberPattern`.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2098[Issue 2098]:
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Fix re-enabling of disabled plugins.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2128[Issue 2128]:
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Fix null-pointer exception when deleting draft patch set when previous
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draft was already deleted.
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Web UI
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~~~~~~
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* Properly handle double-click on external group in GroupTable.
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Double-clicking on an external group opens the group's URL (if it
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is provided).
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1848[Issue 1848]:
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Don't discard inline comments when escape key is pressed.
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@@ -222,6 +259,28 @@ Arial Unicode MS does not have a bold version. Selecting this font prevents
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correct display of bold text on Mac OS X. Simplify the selector to sans-serif
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and allow the browser to use the user's preferred font in this family.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1872[Issue 1872]:
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Fix tab expansion in diff screens when syntax coloring is on.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=1904[Issue 1904]:
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Fix diff screens for files with CRLF line endings.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2056[Issue 2056]:
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Display custom NoOp label score for open changes.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2093[Issue 2093]:
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Fix incorrect title of "repo download" link on change screen.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2127[Issue 2127]:
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Remove hard-coded documentation links from the admin page.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2010[Issue 2010]:
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Fix null-pointer exception when searching for changes with the query
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`owner:self`.
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* link:https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2039[Issue 2039]:
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Fix browser null-pointer exception when ChangeCache is incomplete.
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REST API
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