whats new file

Author: bruAristimunha

doc/whats_new.rst

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Detailed list of changes
 - :func:`mne_bids.write_raw_bids()` has a new parameter `electrodes_tsv_task` which allows adding the `task` entity to the `electrodes.tsv` filepath, by `Alex Lopez Marquez`_ (:gh:`1424`)
 - Extended the configuration to recognise `motion` as a valid BIDS datatype by `Julius Welzel`_ (:gh:`1430`)
 - Better control of verbosity in several functions, by `Bruno Aristimunha`_ (:gh:`1449`)
+- :meth:`mne_bids.BIDSPath.match()` now short-circuits root directory scans when ``subject``, ``session``, or ``datatype`` entities are known, reducing lookup time on large datasets, by `Bruno Aristimunha`_ and `Maximilien Chaumon`_ (:gh:`1450`)
 
 🧐 API and behavior changes
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