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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt index 42e7fa5bec..d1c2cac4fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Updates since v1.5.1 This release supports the "version 2" format of the .idx file. This is automatically enabled when a huge packfile needs more than 32-bit to express offsets of objects in the - pack + pack. * Comes with an updated git-gui 0.7.0 @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Updates since v1.5.1 - Local "git fetch" from a repository whose object store is one of the alternates (e.g. fetching from the origin in a repository created with "git clone -l -s") avoids - downloading objects unnecessary. + downloading objects unnecessarily. - "git blame" uses .mailmap to canonicalize the author name just like "git shortlog" does. @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Updates since v1.5.1 - "git cherry-pick" and "git revert" does not use .msg file in the working tree to prepare commit message; instead it uses - $GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG as other commands. + $GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG as other commands do. * Builds @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Updates since v1.5.1 - gitk and git-gui can be configured out. - Generated documentation pages automatically get version - information from GIT_VERSION + information from GIT_VERSION. - Parallel build with "make -j" descending into subdirectory was fixed. @@ -151,11 +151,13 @@ Updates since v1.5.1 - The recursive merge strategy updated a worktree file that was changed identically in two branches, when one of them renamed it. We do not do that when there is no rename, so - match that behaviour. + match that behaviour. This avoids excessive rebuilds. - The default pack depth has been increased to 50, as the recent addition of delta_base_cache makes deeper delta chains - much less expensive to access. + much less expensive to access. Depending on the project, it was + reported that this reduces the resulting pack file by 10% + or so. Fixes since v1.5.1 @@ -194,6 +196,6 @@ this release, unless otherwise noted. -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.5.2-rc2-91-g616e40b +O=v1.5.2-rc3 echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master` git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint |