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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt index d66a9732c3..321ae973b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt @@ -44,18 +44,55 @@ Updates since v1.6.6 (subsystems) + * "git fast-import" updates; adds "option" and "feature" to detect the + mismatch between fast-import and the frontends that produce the input + stream. + (portability) (performance) (usability, bells and whistles) + * More commands learned "--quiet" and "--[no-]progress" options. + + * Various commands given by the end user (e.g. diff.type.textconv, + and GIT_EDITOR) can be specified with command line arguments. E.g. it + is now possible to say "[diff "utf8doc"] textconv = nkf -w". + + * "sparse checkout" feature allows only part of the work tree to be + checked out. + + * HTTP transfer can use authentication scheme other than basic + (i.e./e.g. digest). + + * "git checkout A...B" is a way to detach HEAD at the merge base between + A and B. + * "git commit --date='<date>'" can be used to override the author date just like "git commit --author='<name> <email>'" can be used to override the author identity. + * "git commit --no-status" can be used to omit the listing of the index + and the work tree status in the editor used to prepare the log message. + + * "git fetch --all" can now be used in place of "git remote update". + + * "git push" learned "git push origin --delete branch", a syntactic sugar + for "git push origin :branch". + + * "git rebase --onto A...B" means the history is replayed on top of the + merge base between A and B. + + * Use of "git reset --merge" has become easier when resetting away a + conflicted mess left in the work tree. + * "git status" learned "-s(hort)" output format. +(developers) + + * The infrastructure to build foreign SCM interface has been updated. + Fixes since v1.6.6 ------------------ @@ -65,6 +102,6 @@ release, unless otherwise noted. -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.6-101-gf012d27 +O=v1.6.6-242-gf287c65 echo O=$(git describe master) git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint |