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@@ -1,6 +1,49 @@
 Spring Data REST Changelog
 ==========================
 
+Changes in version 2.6.0.RC1 (2016-12-21)
+-----------------------------------------
+* DATAREST-964 - Remove deprecations in RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.
+* DATAREST-959 - PUT error when merging a previously undefined array.
+* DATAREST-957 - Polish most critical Sonar warnings.
+* DATAREST-956 - PUT does not apply new items in nested collection.
+* DATAREST-953 - PUT empties nested collection.
+* DATAREST-951 - Fix example in reference documentation.
+* DATAREST-950 - Fix typos in reference documentation.
+* DATAREST-941 - Upgrade to HAL browser version that supports nested _embedded declarations.
+* DATAREST-938 - Nested entities are replaced with new instances instead of being updated when merging.
+* DATAREST-937 - Transient properties in JSON should be included in merge.
+* DATAREST-925 - ResourceProcessor not used for nested Projection.
+* DATAREST-919 - PUT/PATCH of Entity object that is a Map silently dropping elements of Map.
+* DATAREST-910 - Support nested Sort properties.
+* DATAREST-906 - MappingAwarePageableArgumentResolver accidentally drops default Pageable returned from delegate PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.
+* DATAREST-899 - User registered Hibernate 5 Jackson module should be preferred over the one registered by default.
+* DATAREST-898 - Typo in EntityLookupConfiguration assertion message.
+* DATAREST-897 - NestedEntitySerializer fails to serialize Map for Hibernate proxy.
+* DATAREST-892 - Fix integration tests failing due to more precise Content-Type headers returned by Spring MVC 4.3.
+* DATAREST-889 - JSON Patch silently nullifies property values.
+* DATAREST-887 - JsonLateObjectEvaluator uses hard-coded ObjectMapper.
+* DATAREST-886 - JSON Patch for arrays is broken.
+* DATAREST-885 - Patch with object value omitted.
+* DATAREST-883 - Sort mapping does not consider Jackson customizations in field names.
+* DATAREST-881 - ResourceProcessor is not invoked if RepositoryEntityController does not return a subtype of Resources.
+* DATAREST-880 - @JsonUnwrapped annotation ignored.
+* DATAREST-873 - Allow excluding properties from being nullified in PUT requests.
+* DATAREST-872 - Jackson's @JsonTypeInfo is not supported.
+* DATAREST-868 - Fix Solr integration tests after Jackson upgrade.
+* DATAREST-866 - NullPointerException from RepositoryRestConfiguration if you inject mvcValidator into RepositoryRestConfigurer.
+* DATAREST-864 - NestedEntitySerializer does not support Maps.
+* DATAREST-863 - REST calls to /api always redirect to HAL Browser if no accept header is specified.
+* DATAREST-862 - Release 2.6 RC1 (Ingalls).
+* DATAREST-859 - Broken links to included code in conditionals reference documentation.
+* DATAREST-858 - Broken links to included code in security reference documentation.
+* DATAREST-835 - Add persistent entity headers to single entity searches.
+* DATAREST-793 - Some setter methods in RepositoryRestConfiguration do not return RepositoryRestConfiguration.
+* DATAREST-607 - Jackson2DatatypeHelper should register Jackson's Hibernate 5 module automatically if present.
+* DATAREST-575 - Insufficient check for the presence of a PersistentProperty in MappedProperties.
+* DATAREST-573 - Add support for Spring Web MVC CORS configuration mechanisms.
+
+
 Changes in version 3.0.0.M1 (2016-11-23)
 ----------------------------------------
 * DATAREST-935 - Set up 3.0 development.
@@ -665,7 +708,7 @@ Changes in version 2.0.0.RC1 (2014-01-29)
     * [DATAREST-203] - Move to HAL as default hypermedia format
     * [DATAREST-219] - Improve handling of updates to related collection properties
     * [DATAREST-229] - RepositoryEntityLinks should exposed templated link for pageable collection resources
-    * [DATAREST-233] - Improve annotation based customization 
+    * [DATAREST-233] - Improve annotation based customization
 
 ** Task
     * [DATAREST-220] - Add contribution guidelines