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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt index 84a84519d4..e560af14a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ GIT v1.6.5 Release Notes ======================== -In git 1.7.0, which is planned to be the release after 1.6.5, "git push" -into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by default. +In git 1.7.0, which was planned to be the release after 1.6.5, "git +push" into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by +default. You can choose what should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving @@ -44,8 +45,14 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 outperforms the default fallback implementation we borrowed from Mozzilla. + * Unnecessary inefficiency in deepening of a shallow repository has + been removed. + (usability, bells and whistles) + * Human writable date format to various options, e.g. --since=yesterday, + master@{2000.09.17}, are taught to infer some omitted input properly. + * refs/replace/ hierarchy is designed to be usable as a replacement of the "grafts" mechanism, with the added advantage that it can be transferred across repositories. @@ -54,10 +61,23 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 * "git am" handles input e-mail files that has CRLF line endings sensibly. + * "git am" learned "--scissors" option to allow you to discard early part + of an incoming e-mail. + + * "git checkout", "git reset" and "git stash" learned to pick and + choose to use selected changes you made, similar to "git add -p". + + * "git clone" learned a "-b" option to pick a HEAD to check out + different from the remote's default branch. + * "git commit --dry-run $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would happen if I try to commit with these arguments." - * "git cvsimport" now supports password-protected pserver access. + * "git commit --dry-run" and "git status" shows conflicted paths in a + separate section to make them easier to spot during a merge. + + * "git cvsimport" now supports password-protected pserver access even + when the password is not taken from ~/.cvspass file. * "git fast-export" learned --no-data option that can be useful when reordering commits and trees without touching the contents of @@ -76,8 +96,6 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 * informational output from "git reset" that lists the locally modified paths is made consistent with that of "git checkout $another_branch". - * "git status" gives more descriptive output for unmerged paths. - * "git submodule" learned to give submodule name to scripts run with "foreach" subcommand. @@ -87,6 +105,9 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 tree vs the commit bound at submodule path, instead of comparing the index. + * "git upload-pack", which is the server side support for "git clone" and + "git fetch", can call a new post-upload-pack hook for statistics purposes. + (developers) * With GIT_TEST_OPTS="--root=/p/a/t/h", tests can be run outside the @@ -104,6 +125,6 @@ Fixes since v1.6.4 -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.4.1-266-g235db15 +O=v1.6.4.2-298-gdf01e7c echo O=$(git describe master) git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint |