Git Plugin 4.0.0-beta12

Last beta release before the final release of git plugin 4.0.0.

🚀 New features and improvements

• JENKINS-44720 - Add parallel submodule updates (#612 ) @nre-ableton
• JENKINS-21248 - Add shallow submodule update (#610 ) @darxriggs
• JENKINS-56189 - Add sparse checkout trait for multi-branch pipeline (#679 ) @Dohbedoh
• JENKINS-59415 - Provide Run context for GitSCMExtension (#766 ) @KostyaSha
• JENKINS-45504 - Add symbol to branch and tag traits (#595 ) @samrocketman

🐛 Bug Fixes

• JENKINS-57694 - Prevent missing descriptor message (#754 ) @darxriggs
• JENKINS-57683 - Fix class cast exception scanning multibranch pipeline (#721 ) @MarkEWaite
• JENKINS-33238 - Do not block builds in Git Publisher (#645 ) @MarkEWaite
• JENKINS-29977 - Show full changelog messages in UI (#638, #640, ) @joseblas
• JENKINS-52964 - Add SCMFileSystem descriptor support (#623 ) @abayer
• JENKINS-42597 - '%' in filenames not URL encoded (#619 ) @joseblas
• JENKINS-53050 - Handle empty shallow depth parameter (#614 ) @darxriggs
• Allow Gitlab browser configuration with JCasC (#771 ) @fcojfernandez
• Correct changeset detail links (#734 ) @knapsu

💥 Breaking Changes

• JENKINS-55693 - Replace joda time with Java 8 time (#664 ) @MarkEWaite (not intended to be part of git plugin API)

📝 Documentation updates

• Move documentation from Wiki to GitHub README () @MarkEWaite
• Improve documentation content and format (#764, #765, #735, ) @LinuxSuRen , @MarkEWaite

📦 Dependency updates

• Use plugin BOM for dependency version definition (#762, #768, #770 ) @MarkEWaite, @jglick
• Use git client plugin 3.0.0-beta12 (#778 ) @MarkEWaite

Localization

• Add more localization support (#763 ) @LinuxSuRen

Cleanup

• Reduce calls to deprecated methods, remove unused imports (#748 ) @res0nance

🚦 Tests

• JENKINS-23606 Improved tests for include and exclude regions (#716 ) @kshultzCB
• JENKINS-57694 Fix IncompatibleClassChangeError in tests (#754 ) @darxriggs
• JENKINS-53050 Test shallow clone depth settings (#674 ) @darxriggs
• Improve test coverage (#717, #723, #729, #667 ) @MarkEWaite
• Improve test execution in non-English locales (#719 ) @MarkEWaite
• Remove obsolete code (#752 , #750 ) @darxriggs, @MarkEWaite