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 Spring Data MongoDB Changelog
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+Changes in version 1.9.7.RELEASE (2017-01-26)
+---------------------------------------------
+* DATAMONGO-1596 - Reference to wrong annotation in cross-store reference documentation.
+* DATAMONGO-1590 - Entity new detection doesn't consider Persistable.isNew().
+* DATAMONGO-1588 - Repository will not accept Point subclass in spatial query.
+* DATAMONGO-1586 - TypeBasedAggregationOperationContext.getReferenceFor(…) exposes fields with their leaf property name.
+* DATAMONGO-1585 - Aggregation sort references target field of projected and aliased fields.
+* DATAMONGO-1578 - Add missing @Test annotation to ProjectionOperationUnitTests.
+* DATAMONGO-1577 - Fix Reference and JavaDoc spelling issues.
+* DATAMONGO-1576 - AbstractMongoEventListener methods not called when working with member fields.
+* DATAMONGO-1573 - Release 1.9.7 (Hopper SR7).
+* DATAMONGO-1508 - Documentation lacking for db-factory authentication-dbname.
+
+
 Changes in version 1.10.0.RELEASE (2017-01-26)
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 * DATAMONGO-1596 - Reference to wrong annotation in cross-store reference documentation.