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-- 4b6019e7d (HEAD -> j17-preview) add missing list templating logic to fix imports bug
+- b22d1d63d (HEAD -> nb5-preview, origin/main, main) ignore generated files for Apache Rat checking
+- 63fd3c1ec ignore generated files for Apache Rat checking
+- 757a703fa rm generated files from git
+- d1bc40b60 remove docsys node sources and related content
+- d6ff8ca39 add missing key check to template vars logic
+- f5ef63553 add aplv2 headers to package-info.java
+- fce9223dd add aplv2 headers to virtdata-lib-curves4
+- 0088db95b add aplv2 headers to virtdata-realdata
+- 4d4ac57b5 add aplv2 headers to virtdata-userlibs
+- 5f942082f add aplv2 headers to virtdata-lib-realer
+- 3eff33276 add aplv2 headers to virtdata-lib-random
+- 49f8c1c18 add aplv2 headers to virtdata-lib-basics
+- 2e76867a1 add aplv2 headers to virtdata-lang
+- 7846aaa6e add aplv2 headers to virtdata-api
+- 739914b6d add aplv2 headers to nb-runtime
+- 660e93799 add aplv2 headers to nb-api
+- 13bc790ae add aplv2 headers to nb-annotations
+- 90f7e36bf add aplv2 headers to engine-rest
+- d22e8f06f add aplv2 headers to engine-extensions
+- c641553eb add aplv2 headers to engine-docs
+- 52420b5f8 add aplv2 headers to engine-docker
+- 5ecd24b37 add aplv2 headers to engine-core
+- 41f4b3ee2 add aplv2 headers to engine-client
+- 0402e9d4b add aplv2 headers to engine-cli
+- 7c82f766b add aplv2 headers to engine-api
+- 1719e69d7 add aplv2 headers to drivers-api
+- a69731e30 add aplv2 headers to driver-tcp
+- 284d7c1c5 add aplv2 headers to driver-stdout
+- 4cc099ac7 add aplv2 headers to driver-pulsar
+- 2e013e8d1 add aplv2 headers to driver-mongodb
+- c21ed785f add aplv2 headers to driver-kafka
+- 93bd86ee4 add aplv2 headers to driver-jmx
+- c2ea9ef8d add aplv2 headers to driver-jms
+- 30caec4a6 add aplv2 headers to driver-jdbc
+- 255203497 add aplv2 headers to driver-http
+- d669d46ab add aplv2 headers to driver-diag
+- f01536706 add aplv2 headers to driver-cockroachdb
+- 97031502f add aplv2 headers to docsys
+- 07e6e0ab2 add aplv2 headers to adapters-api
+- 84d40da28 add aplv2 headers to adapter-dynamodb
+- 231d38f7a add aplv2 headers to adapter-cqld4
+- db343fca9 add rat plugin to mvn-defaults module
+- 1eb44ed4c remove rat plugin from root module
+- 6153acbe1 Merge pull request #498 from nosqlbench/update_aplv2_jdbc
+- a726cc548 (origin/update_aplv2_jdbc, update_aplv2_jdbc) Merge APLv2 license headers for JDBC
+- 4df059ed7 add Apache Rat plugin to ensure Apache Public License Version 2 on all source files
+- 2052ed24a Merge pull request #495 from nosqlbench/dependabot/maven/driver-cockroachdb/org.postgresql-postgresql-42.3.3
+- d22c585e0 (origin/dependabot/maven/driver-cockroachdb/org.postgresql-postgresql-42.3.3) build(deps): bump postgresql in /driver-cockroachdb
+- d584bb3f2 Merge pull request #492 from nosqlbench/dependabot/maven/mvn-defaults/org.apache.logging.log4j-log4j-core-2.17.1
+- d7aa43dfa remove CodeQL due to lack of J17 support
+- 6efdfcf1b build(deps): bump log4j-core from 2.17.0 to 2.17.1 in /mvn-defaults
+- 4ffc05254 merge of nb5-preview onto main, main is now the feed for nb5-preview work
+- 700290247 (nb4-maintenance) Merge branch 'nb4-maintenance'
+- 366feda87 fix missing NBConfiguration param name
+- 0e4a23c00 Merge pull request #484 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-ddaff467ada8d32b93e19f138dda5145
+- 9a2a3925e Merge pull request #479 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-082f8f5d90e9c7ec20b86d202ffbe51c
+- 947fe858d Merge pull request #483 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-ba7e2a320836e144bbd93d7bf6cfc02f
+- b01d6cf3f Merge pull request #482 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-a79c9bbdd1c85d9db30b4f68969da5c3
+- 2c00ff7e5 Merge pull request #487 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-2613fe561b42a4ffa9f81b8db585a75a
+- d884c60a1 Merge pull request #486 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-2d89f0feb342b2896539f5269bc95e60
+- f56a74c5d Merge pull request #485 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-c627b62bd1c4c9ecadd4eb87a38f62f4
+- bd2afa258 Merge pull request #481 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-3d6f30c69b931b673a6dfe2a426fd749
+- ab5f72fcb Merge pull request #480 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-49944bcc2da0567930a4c53b15792274
+- 6da7f84d1 Merge pull request #469 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-2f6a3328b1b0486c88873277ec88a519
+- 1f419fa86 (origin/snyk-upgrade-2613fe561b42a4ffa9f81b8db585a75a) fix: upgrade @nuxt/webpack from 2.14.5 to 2.15.8
+- 078f4948a (origin/snyk-upgrade-2d89f0feb342b2896539f5269bc95e60) fix: upgrade org.graalvm.sdk:graal-sdk from 20.3.0 to 20.3.5
+- 919bc372f (origin/snyk-upgrade-c627b62bd1c4c9ecadd4eb87a38f62f4) fix: upgrade org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess from 1.22 to 1.34
+- ce70b1aca (origin/snyk-upgrade-ddaff467ada8d32b93e19f138dda5145) fix: upgrade com.github.oshi:oshi-core from 5.2.2 to 5.8.7
+- f90f62038 (origin/snyk-upgrade-ba7e2a320836e144bbd93d7bf6cfc02f) fix: upgrade org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-json-jackson from 3.0.1 to 3.0.4
+- 3c5e7bc5a (origin/snyk-upgrade-a79c9bbdd1c85d9db30b4f68969da5c3) fix: upgrade org.yaml:snakeyaml from 1.26 to 1.30
+- 332f23a25 (origin/snyk-upgrade-3d6f30c69b931b673a6dfe2a426fd749) fix: upgrade org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server from 11.0.3 to 11.0.8
+- ca9c2ae01 (origin/snyk-upgrade-49944bcc2da0567930a4c53b15792274) fix: upgrade org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets from 11.0.3 to 11.0.8
+- ec6c81d71 (origin/snyk-upgrade-082f8f5d90e9c7ec20b86d202ffbe51c) fix: upgrade com.squareup:javapoet from 1.11.1 to 1.13.0
+- f1bccfce9 Merge branch 'main' of github.com:nosqlbench/nosqlbench
+- 05c7ba913 port fix for statements loader
+- 04d3031ec cherry-pick transient fields for Gson compat with newer JLS
+- aba8973ad merge fixups to main (nb4)
+- 3274997aa Merge pull request #477 from nosqlbench/snyk-fix-b27a11a6dbf8774dd3405c919ca0afd2
+- 0cb9920a8 Merge pull request #460 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-3a2b71f57973884b94c185399b07a082
+- 9c8e85352 (origin/snyk-upgrade-3a2b71f57973884b94c185399b07a082) Merge branch 'main' into snyk-upgrade-3a2b71f57973884b94c185399b07a082
+- cfae83d09 (origin/snyk-upgrade-2f6a3328b1b0486c88873277ec88a519) Merge branch 'main' into snyk-upgrade-2f6a3328b1b0486c88873277ec88a519
+- 224859dbb Merge pull request #474 from nosqlbench/snyk-fix-b4090a3d656cf89ffb4b57851d375346
+- 41b17ffa6 (origin/nb5-preview) moving j17-preview to nb5-preview
+- d7e0a6bc6 moving main branch to nb4-maintenance
+- e434ce7cd (j17-preview) stdout adapter progress
+- 50b73e277 squelch noisy test
+- 371f4317b (origin/snyk-fix-b27a11a6dbf8774dd3405c919ca0afd2) fix: driver-jms/pom.xml to reduce vulnerabilities
+- ac170ef1f (origin/snyk-fix-b4090a3d656cf89ffb4b57851d375346) fix: docsys/src/main/node/docsys/package.json & docsys/src/main/node/docsys/package-lock.json to reduce vulnerabilities
+- 3ecc9b18d Merge pull request #472 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-3e6452acc5cf1cbdbb41804e300ce063
+- c27e0159c Merge pull request #471 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-9eaeed4df9adfafbab13db5a7e9358b3
+- 46b7e2f02 Merge pull request #470 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-8e176305122ebabf01f4cd0fa74c6756
+- 1a35791f6 Merge pull request #468 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-2b9a4f87bc6c6c7e84505c594fb931c1
+- 79b96a627 Merge pull request #467 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-21d640de4b7ac19e879ebb796b351587
+- 00dfbac76 Merge pull request #465 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-d2b089b9aa0d1a1940eef7d8f9d780ae
+- e4bd5e42b Merge pull request #464 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-ed6bf64e6c97c7108aadd7a46d370f63
+- 177b26d2d Merge pull request #462 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-2bdee3ef86ae24e819ee0624aca56421
+- 99f9d5b3a Merge pull request #461 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-47d9243ad108bff042c0aba180246839
+- f0f75ea26 Merge pull request #459 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-d8590253608762089d0ec3d485622b4e
+- 94e4259ad Merge pull request #458 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-6e77ccd065d01af1a32e23e4735f7dd5
+- 683cefdab Merge pull request #457 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-7fc9614dbd1b2cdc13fc04bb98991ee3
+- 7fa62fa2a Merge pull request #456 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-200b553597f0ddd88cebe0ffe157303a
+- 4d4c126a7 Merge pull request #455 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-958a1cde75f571640a98642e32644812
+- 1172e287c Merge pull request #454 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-3d8d45df6ee69c6ff21686a625b9343f
+- 5d21218c4 Merge pull request #473 from nosqlbench/snyk-upgrade-566a07884416864dc3e3f8741c12ce14
+- f7c7a4358 (origin/snyk-upgrade-566a07884416864dc3e3f8741c12ce14) fix: upgrade org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet from 11.0.1 to 11.0.8
+- b066fbf82 (origin/snyk-upgrade-3e6452acc5cf1cbdbb41804e300ce063) fix: upgrade org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-rewrite from 11.0.1 to 11.0.8
+- 15080672a (origin/snyk-upgrade-9eaeed4df9adfafbab13db5a7e9358b3) fix: upgrade org.mvel:mvel2 from 2.4.10.Final to 2.4.14.Final
+- 323123758 (origin/snyk-upgrade-8e176305122ebabf01f4cd0fa74c6756) fix: upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs:jackson-jaxrs-json-provider from 2.12.2 to 2.13.1
+- d9f44d5d8 fix: upgrade org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core from 1.22 to 1.34
+- e749045a6 (origin/snyk-upgrade-2b9a4f87bc6c6c7e84505c594fb931c1) fix: upgrade io.netty:netty-handler from 4.1.51.Final to 4.1.74.Final
+- e025e33c7 (origin/snyk-upgrade-21d640de4b7ac19e879ebb796b351587) fix: upgrade io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core from 4.1.9 to 4.2.8
+- 741665f25 (origin/snyk-upgrade-d2b089b9aa0d1a1940eef7d8f9d780ae) fix: upgrade com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-s3 from 1.12.12 to 1.12.155
+- 02c20117e (origin/snyk-upgrade-ed6bf64e6c97c7108aadd7a46d370f63) fix: upgrade eslint from 7.9.0 to 7.32.0
+- 3708040ef (origin/snyk-upgrade-2bdee3ef86ae24e819ee0624aca56421) fix: upgrade org.greenrobot:essentials from 3.0.0-RC1 to 3.1.0
+- 86c6518ac (origin/snyk-upgrade-47d9243ad108bff042c0aba180246839) fix: upgrade io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-nano from 1.18.0 to 1.21.1
+- d4ab59371 fix: upgrade org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.9 to 3.12.0
+- 226022b59 (origin/snyk-upgrade-d8590253608762089d0ec3d485622b4e) fix: upgrade org.apache.commons:commons-csv from 1.8 to 1.9.0
+- cbfd103eb (origin/snyk-upgrade-6e77ccd065d01af1a32e23e4735f7dd5) fix: upgrade joda-time:joda-time from 2.9.9 to 2.10.13
+- 6a4f3dd99 (origin/snyk-upgrade-7fc9614dbd1b2cdc13fc04bb98991ee3) fix: upgrade org.glassfish.jersey.core:jersey-common from 3.0.2 to 3.0.4
+- 9b8ca0064 (origin/snyk-upgrade-200b553597f0ddd88cebe0ffe157303a) fix: upgrade org.antlr:antlr4-runtime from 4.9.2 to 4.9.3
+- 23b429a0b (origin/snyk-upgrade-958a1cde75f571640a98642e32644812) fix: upgrade org.slf4j:slf4j-api from 1.7.30 to 1.7.36
+- de819020b (origin/snyk-upgrade-3d8d45df6ee69c6ff21686a625b9343f) fix: upgrade org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12 from 1.7.26 to 1.7.36
+- 13327dd1b Merge pull request #452 from eolivelli/impl/pulsar/keyshared-ranges
+- 5f12eb56a document dynamodb driver updates
+- 5c3306a16 support scoped params with unscoped op fields
+- 98c5042d5 simplify to functional switch
+- 54965f0fc improve test debugging
+- 0575eff3a #450 Warn users when map structure indicates unintended inline map in YAML
+- be56ef317 add completed dynamodb timeseries workload
+- c1b5a0497 add dynamodb-keyvalue2 workload
+- d07a8f664 avoid submitting -1 result size
+- 15a7da061 Pulsar: allow to configure 'ranges' for KEY_SHARED subscription type
+- 41c1384a9 update dynamodb-tabular2.yaml to simplified format
+- 3792865f4 only report result size when result is not null
+- 45bd31b77 unapply uniqueness constraints on template values
+- 204839957 add new parsed op enhancer function
+- dd80d4d69 reduce Levenshtein distance for valid suggestions
+- 3b1bb5df6 Allow 'blocked by' in comments to show in github issues and PRs