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+Qt Creator 5
+===============
+
+Qt Creator version 5 contains bug fixes and new features.
+
+The most important changes are listed in this document. For a complete list of
+changes, see the Git log for the Qt Creator sources that you can check out from
+the public Git repository. For example:
+
+    git clone git://code.qt.io/qt-creator/qt-creator.git
+    git log --cherry-pick --pretty=oneline origin/4.15..v5.0.0
+
+General
+-------
+
+* Fixed various possible crashes at shutdown
+
+Editing
+-------
+
+* Added line ending and indentation to file properties information
+* Added menu item and shortcut for editing bookmark comments
+  (QTCREATORBUG-25696)
+
+### C++
+
+* Added highlighting option for function parameters (QTCREATORBUG-24880)
+* Added experimental support for `clangd` for global index (`Find References`,
+  `Rename Symbol`, `Follow Symbol`)
+* Added template parameters to symbols in Locator
+* Fixed that project-unrelated files were selected by default when renaming
+  symbols (QTCREATORBUG-8561)
+* Fixed highlighting of string literals with multi-byte characters
+  (QTCREATORBUG-25715)
+
+### QML
+
+* Fixed handling of multiline template strings (QTCREATORBUG-22766)
+* Fixed handling of required and readonly properties (QTCREATORBUG-24144)
+* Fixed reformatting of inline components (QTCREATORBUG-24144)
+* Fixed reformatting of functions with default values (QTCREATORBUG-23009)
+* Fixed wrong warning for types with same name but different namespace
+  (QTCREATORBUG-24615)
+
+### Language Client
+
+* Added support for progress notifications
+* Added support for snippets (QTCREATORBUG-22406)
+* Fixed completion results for language servers that do not filter results
+  themselves
+
+### Beautifier
+
+* Fixed issue with `clang-format` and multi-byte characters (QTCREATORBUG-21812,
+  QTCREATORBUG-23131)
+
+Projects
+--------
+
+* Fixed crash when closing project while changing current configuration
+  (QTCREATORBUG-25655)
+* Fixed that output of custom targets was interpreted as errors
+  (QTCREATORBUG-25677)
+
+### CMake
+
+* Removed option `Auto-create build directories`, making this the default
+  behavior (QTCREATORBUG-25532)
+* Added CMake output to right side of `Projects` mode (QTCREATORBUG-25522)
+* Fixed `Jump to File` for file names with special characters
+  (QTCREATORBUG-25572)
+
+Debugging
+---------
+
+* Added `Force logging to console` option (QTCREATORBUG-25421)
+* Added context menu for changing variable display style to viewer window
+  (QTCREATORBUG-25762)
+* Fixed that comments in startup commands resulted in message boxes
+  (QTCREATORBUG-25666)
+
+### GDB
+
+* Added option `Use automatic symbol cache` (QTCREATORBUG-23207)
+
+### QML
+
+* Implemented `Load QML Stack` for LLDB (QTCREATORBUG-25554)
+
+FakeVim
+-------
+
+* Fixed backspace option
+
+Platforms
+---------
+
+### Windows
+
+* Added support for MSVC ARM64 toolchain
+
+### macOS
+
+* Fixed performance issue with registering file watches after loading projects
+
+### QNX
+
+* Fixed device configuration
+* Fixed listing of device processes on Windows
+* Fixed issues with CMake and QNX 7.1 and Qt 6
+
+### MCU
+
+* Added tracking of kit dependencies (QTCREATORBUG-25262)
+* Added support for module mappings in QML (QTCREATORBUG-25356)
+* Fixed update of kit after settings changes (QTCREATORBUG-25488)
+
+Credits for these changes go to:
+--------------------------------
+Aleksei German  
+Alessandro Portale  
+Andre Hartmann  
+André Pönitz  
+Andy Shaw  
+Assam Boudjelthia  
+Bernhard Beschow  
+Björn Schäpers  
+Christiaan Janssen  
+Christian Kandeler  
+Christian Stenger  
+Cristian Adam  
+David Schulz  
+Eike Ziller  
+Erik Verbruggen  
+Fawzi Mohamed  
+Henning Gruendl  
+Jaroslaw Kobus  
+Jochen Becher  
+Johanna Vanhatapio  
+Kai Köhne  
+Knud Dollereder  
+Leena Miettinen  
+Lukas Holecek  
+Mahmoud Badri  
+Marcel Krems  
+Marco Bubke  
+Martin Kampas  
+Michael Weghorn  
+Miikka Heikkinen  
+Miina Puuronen  
+Miklós Márton  
+Oliver Wolff  
+Orgad Shaneh  
+Pekka Kaikkonen  
+Tasuku Suzuki  
+Thomas Hartmann  
+Tim Blechmann  
+Tim Jenssen  
+Tom Praschan  
+Vikas Pachdha  
+Youri Westerman