4.2.0

📗 Links

• Spring Data REST 4.2 Reference documentation
• Spring Data REST 4.2 Javadoc

⭐ New Features

• Add resource hints for rest-messages #2330

🐞 Bug Fixes

• The merge+patch implementation does not conform to RFC 7386 #2325
• Regression on PATCH requests when dealing with OneToMany link #2287
• Nested entities are not created when missing for PUT #2264
• Custom Jackson deserializer is not always respected for PATCH requests #2261

📔 Documentation

• Migrate documentation to Antora #2304
• Fix typo in ref docs anchor #2281
• Readme lists artifacts with .RELEASE and .BUILD-SNAPSHOT suffixes #1990

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to MongoDB driver 4.11.0 #2317
• Upgrade to Maven Wrapper 3.9.5 #2311
• Upgrade tests to use Spring Security 6.1.3 #2306
• Upgrade to Maven Wrapper 3.9.4 #2299
• Upgrade to Maven Wrapper 3.9.3 #2285
• Upgrade to Maven Wrapper 3.9.2 #2270

❤️ Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @wintersolutions
• @erichaagdev