What's new in Gerrit 2.8
Add a presentation that describes the highlights of the Gerrit 2.8
release. The focus is on features which are relevant for end users.
Change-Id: I1cda995c87691d540c67c6b518b9eb1b12dc2938
Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <[email protected]>
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+= What's new in Gerrit 2.8
+:backend: slidy
+:max-width: 70em
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+
+[[title-page]]
+== What's new in Gerrit 2.8
+
+== What's new in Gerrit 2.8
+* link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.html[
+2.8 Release Notes]
+* link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-2.8.1.html[
+2.8.1 Release Notes]
+
+* Statistics
++
+[width="50%",cols=">s,^m,^m,^m,^m,^m",options="header"]
+|==========================
+| |Gerrit 2.8 |Gerrit 2.7 |Gerrit 2.6 |Gerrit 2.5 |Gerrit 2.4
+|commits ➊ |1373 |272 |1301 |508 |122
+|resolved issues
+|link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/list?can=1&q=FixedIn=2.8[72]
+|link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/list?can=1&q=FixedIn=2.7[9]
+|link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/list?can=1&q=FixedIn=2.6[85]
+|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 |54 |31 |56 |34 |22
+|==========================
++
+➊ without merge commits
+
+== Copy review labels on trivial rebase or if there was no code change
+
+* link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.8/config-labels.html#label_copyAllScoresOnTrivialRebase[
+ Labels can be configured to copy scores forward to new patch sets
+ for trivial rebases.]
++
+----
+[label "Code-Review"]
+ function = MaxWithBlock
+ copyMinScore = true
+ copyAllScoresOnTrivialRebase = true
+ value = -2 Do not submit
+ value = -1 I would prefer that you didn't submit this
+ value = 0 No score
+ value = +1 Looks good to me, but someone else must approve
+ value = +2 Looks good to me, approved
+----
+
+* link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.8/config-labels.html#label_copyAllScoresIfNoCodeChange[
+ Labels can be configured to copy scores forward to new patch sets if
+ there is no code change (e.g. only the commit message was edited).]
++
+----
+[label "Verified"]
+ function = MaxWithBlock
+ copyAllScoresIfNoCodeChange = true
+ value = -1 Fails
+ value = 0 No score
+ value = +1 Verified
+----
+
+== Improved performance of change queries
+
+The change search in Gerrit is now backed by a Lucene index which can
+deliver results much faster than the database.
+
+== New search operators
+
+* New link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.8/user-search.html#file[
+ file] operator to find changes on the specified file. Regular
+ expressions can be used to specify a file name pattern.
++
+.Find all merged changes in the 'gerrit' project that touched 'ReceiveCommits.java'
+----
+ status:merged project:gerrit
+ file:gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ReceiveCommits.java
+----
+
+* New link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.8/user-search.html#comment[
+ comment] operator to find changes that match a string in any comment
+ left by a reviewer
++
+.Find all merged changes in the 'gerrit' project where a reviewer wrote 'third-party libraries' in any comment
+----
+ status:merged project:gerrit comment:"third-party libraries"
+----
+
+== New Change Screen / New Side-By-Side Diff Screen
+
+The Change Screen was completely redesigned and is now based on the
+Gerrit REST API.
+
+.New Change Screen
+image:../../img/new-change-screen.png[]
+
+.Old Change Screen
+image:../../img/old-change-screen.png[]
+
+== Change Screen Preference
+
+A preference setting allows the user to decide if the new or the old
+change screen should be used.
+
+image:../../img/change-screen-preference.png[]
+
+*WARNING:* The new change screen in 2.8 is still beta.
+
+* Not all features that the old change screen supports are available
+ on the new change screen.
+* The design is not final yet and with Gerrit 2.9 some things will
+ look different.
+* There are known issues with the new change screen that are fixed
+ only in Gerrit 2.9
+
+== New features of new Change Screen / new Side-By-Side Diff Screen
+
+* In the new Side-By-Side Diff Screen comments can be added on code
+ blocks.
+* There is a new button to cherry-pick a change to another branch.
+* For identical files the reviewed flag is automatically copied to
+ new patch sets.
+
+*WARNING:* +
+To insert comments in the new Side-By-Side Diff Screen select a code
+block and press 'c'. Inserting a comment by double click does not work!
+
+== REST API
+
+Many new
+link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.8/rest-api.html[
+REST API endpoints] were added.
+
+== Plugin Extension Points
+
+Gerrit Plugins may now
+
+* contribute buttons to various parts of the UI using the UI
+ extension and JavaScript API.
+* provide global capabilities.
+* provide pre-merge validation steps.
+* provide entries in Gerrit’s top menu.
+* provide download schemes and download commands.
+* send events to the events stream.
+
+== Important Bug Fixes
+* Don’t allow project owners to delete branches if force push is
+ blocked.
+
+* Performance Fix: Minimize number of advertisedHaves.
++
+By filtering the refs before the objectIds are added to
+advertisedHaves, lots of time can be saved when pushing to complex
+Git repositories.
+
+* Show review comments for unchanged files.
++
+When comparing patch sets and some comment was put in one side, that
+comment was not shown if there was no code changed between the two
+patch sets.
+
+++++
+<style type="text/css">
+#title-page {
+ border-bottom: 0;
+ text-align: center;
+ position: relative;
+ top: 30%;
+ font-size: 60px;
+}
+</style>
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