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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 3 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt index 02d5910d5c..5902a85a78 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt @@ -11,21 +11,30 @@ Futureproof Fixes since v1.5.6.1 -------------------- -* Optimization for a large import via "git-svn" introduced in v1.5.6 had a - serious memory and temporary file leak, which made it unusable for - moderately large import. +* "git clone" from a remote that is named with url.insteadOf setting in + $HOME/.gitconfig did not work well. -* "git-svn" mangled remote nickname used in the configuration file - unnecessarily. +* "git describe --long --tags" segfaulted when the described revision was + tagged with a lightweight tag. * "git diff --check" did not report the result via its exit status reliably. +* When remote side used to have branch 'foo' and git-fetch finds that now + it has branch 'foo/bar', it refuses to lose the existing remote tracking + branch and its reflog. The error message has been improved to suggest + pruning the remote if the user wants to proceed and get the latest set + of branches from the remote, including such 'foo/bar'. + +* "git reset file" should mean the same thing as "git reset HEAD file", + but we required disambiguating -- even when "file" is not ambiguous. + * "git show" segfaulted when an annotated tag that points at another annotated tag was given to it. --- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -echo O=$(git describe maint) -O=v1.5.6.1-13-g4f3dcc2 -git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint +* Optimization for a large import via "git-svn" introduced in v1.5.6 had a + serious memory and temporary file leak, which made it unusable for + moderately large import. + +* "git-svn" mangled remote nickname used in the configuration file + unnecessarily. diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 85468a154d..0d6fe9cf79 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.5.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.6.1] +* link:v1.5.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.6.2] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt[1.5.6.2]. link:RelNotes-1.5.6.1.txt[1.5.6.1]. link:RelNotes-1.5.6.txt[1.5.6]. |