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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt index afd1150eaa..d0e30e95d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.1.txt @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ on. * "git bisect" is careful about a user mistake and suggests testing of merge base first when good is not a strict ancestor of bad. +* "git blame" re-encodes the commit metainfo to UTF-8 from i18n.commitEncoding + by default. + +* "git check-attr --stdin" can check attributes for multiple paths. + * "git checkout --track origin/hack" used to be a syntax error. It now DWIMs to create a corresponding local branch "hack", i.e. acts as if you said "git checkout --track -b hack origin/hack". @@ -74,6 +79,8 @@ on. * "git cherry-pick" can also utilize rerere for conflict resolution. +* "git clone" learned to be verbose with -v + * "git commit --author=$name" can look up author name from existing commits. @@ -85,6 +92,12 @@ on. * "git daemon" learned --max-connections=<count> option. +* "git daemon" exports REMOTE_ADDR to record client address, so that + spawned programs can act differently on it. + +* "git describe --tags" favours closer lightweight tags than farther + annotated tags now. + * "git diff" learned to mimic --suppress-blank-empty from GNU diff via a configuration option. @@ -99,9 +112,16 @@ on. * "git diff" hunk header pattern for ObjC has been added. +* a "textconv" filter that makes binary files textual form for human + consumption can be specified as an attribute for paths; "git diff" + learnt to make use of it. + * "git for-each-ref" learned "refname:short" token that gives an unambiguously abbreviated refname. +* Auto-numbering of the subject lines is the default for "git + format-patch" now. + * "git grep" learned to accept -z similar to GNU grep. * "git help" learned to use GIT_MAN_VIEWER environment variable before @@ -127,9 +147,21 @@ on. * "git merge -s $strategy" can use a custom built strategy if you have a command "git-merge-$strategy" on your $PATH. +* "git push" can be told to reject deletion of refs with receive.denyDeletes + configuration. + +* "git rebase" honours pre-rebase hook; use --no-verify to bypass it. + +* "git rebase -p" uses interactive rebase machinery now to preserve the merges. + * "git reflog expire branch" can be used in place of "git reflog expire refs/heads/branch". +* "git remote show $remote" lists remote branches one-per-line now. + +* when giving up resolving a conflicted merge, "git reset --hard" failed + to remove new paths from the working tree. [cherry-pick to 'maint'?] + * "git submodule foreach" subcommand allows you to iterate over checked out submodules. @@ -138,6 +170,8 @@ on. * "git svn branch" can create new branches on the other end. +* "gitweb" can use more saner PATH_INFO based URL. + (internal) * "git hash-object" learned to lie about the path being hashed, so that @@ -147,6 +181,15 @@ on. * various callers of git-merge-recursive avoid forking it as an external process. +* Git class defined in "Git.pm" can be subclasses a bit more easily. + +* We used to link GNU regex library as a compatibility layer for some + platforms, but it turns out it is not necessary on most of them. + +* Some path handling routines used fixed number of buffers used alternately + but depending on the call depth, this arrangement led to hard to track + bugs. This issue is being addressed. + Fixes since v1.6.0 ------------------ @@ -179,6 +222,6 @@ release, unless otherwise noted. -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.0.2-553-g58e0fa5 +O=v1.6.0.3-639-ga1a846a echo O=$(git describe master) git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint |