News and compat annotation for #29108 (current_project() / --project=@.)

JuliaLang · Dec 3, 2018 · dd2321b · dd2321b
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@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Standard library changes
   * `parse(Bool, str)` is now supported ([#29997]).
   * `copyto!(::AbstractMatrix, ::UniformScaling)` supports rectangular matrices now ([#28790]).
   * In `put!(c::Channel{T}, v)`, `v` now gets converted to `T` as `put!` is being called ([#29092]).
+  * `current_project()` now searches the parent directories of a Git repository for a `Project.toml` file.
+    This also affects the behavior of the `--project` command line option when using the default
+    `--project=@.` ([#29108]).
 
 Compiler/Runtime improvements
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diff --git a/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md b/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ julia [switches] -- [programfile] [args...]
 |`--track-allocation={none\|user\|all}` |Count bytes allocated by each source line|
 |`--track-allocation`                   |equivalent to `--track-allocation=user`|
 
+!!! compat "Julia 1.1"
+    In Julia 1.0, the default `--project=@.` option did not search up from the root
+    directory of a Git repository for the `Project.toml` file. From Julia 1.1 forward, it
+    does.
+
 ## Resources
 
 A curated list of useful learning resources to help new users get started can be found on the [learning](https://julialang.org/learning/) page of the main Julia web site.