* perf(vcs): filter the Git log with git log instead of a background search index
The log built a persistent inverted index of every commit's message, authors and
changed paths in the background, with a progress bar above the commit list, and
walked trees itself to filter by path. Building it took minutes on large
repositories, and filters were slow until it finished.
- Text: plain text uses `git log --fixed-strings --grep` (with
`--regexp-ignore-case` unless Match Case is on); text of 4+ hex digits also
matches hash prefixes. Regex filters still match in-process.
- Paths: `git log -- :(literal)<paths>` replaces the in-process path walk and
its per-commit tree cache. It uses git's history simplification and, when the
repository has a changed-path commit-graph, its Bloom filters. Glob characters
in a path are literal.
- Authors match against the commit metadata cache.
- Removed the search tables, `index_log`, the `vcs_log_index` command and the
indexing progress bar. The commit metadata cache stays.
* docs(contributing): ask for screenshots only when a change alters what users see
Removing a feature together with its UI, copy-only and non-visual changes now
describe what was checked instead of attaching before/after screenshots.
* fix(vcs): match case-insensitive non-ASCII Git log text in process
git folds case only for ASCII under the C locale it runs with, so a
case-insensitive filter like "ärger" missed "Ärger". Such text is now
matched against commit messages directly. Path and text selection also
ignore log.showSignature and log.follow from the user's config.
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