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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.txt index 055c1ca2b7..84d0e1dc13 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Updates since v1.7.3 themselves. The name of a branch cannot begin with a dash now. * System-wide fallback default attributes can be stored in - /etc/gitattributes; core.attributesfile configuration variable can + /etc/gitattributes; the core.attributesfile configuration variable can be used to customize the path to this file. * The thread structure generated by "git send-email" has changed @@ -25,39 +25,39 @@ Updates since v1.7.3 cover letter of the previous series; this has been changed to make the patches in the new series replies to the new cover letter. - * Bash completion script in contrib/ has been adjusted to be usable with - Bash 4 (options with '=value' didn't complete) It has been also made + * The Bash completion script in contrib/ has been adjusted to be usable with + Bash 4 (options with '=value' didn't complete). It has been also made usable with zsh. * Different pagers can be chosen depending on which subcommand is - being run under the pager, using "pager.<subcommand>" variable. + being run under the pager, using the "pager.<subcommand>" variable. - * The hardcoded tab-width of 8 used in whitespace breakage checks is now + * The hardcoded tab-width of 8 that is used in whitespace breakage checks is now configurable via the attributes mechanism. * Support of case insensitive filesystems (i.e. "core.ignorecase") has been improved. For example, the gitignore mechanism didn't pay attention - to the case insensitivity. + to case insensitivity. - * The <tree>:<path> syntax to name a blob in a tree, and :<path> - syntax to name a blob in the index (e.g. "master:Makefile", + * The <tree>:<path> syntax for naming a blob in a tree, and the :<path> + syntax for naming a blob in the index (e.g. "master:Makefile", ":hello.c") have been extended. You can start <path> with "./" to implicitly have the (sub)directory you are in prefixed to the lookup. Similarly, ":../Makefile" from a subdirectory would mean "the Makefile of the parent directory in the index". - * "git blame" learned --show-email option to display the e-mail + * "git blame" learned the --show-email option to display the e-mail addresses instead of the names of authors. - * "git commit" learned --fixup and --squash options to help later invocation - of the interactive rebase. + * "git commit" learned the --fixup and --squash options to help later invocation + of interactive rebase. * Command line options to "git cvsimport" whose names are in capital letters (-A, -M, -R and -S) can now be specified as the default in the .git/config file by their longer names (cvsimport.authorsFile, cvsimport.mergeRegex, cvsimport.trackRevisions, cvsimport.ignorePaths). - * "git daemon" can be built in MinGW environment. + * "git daemon" can be built in the MinGW environment. * "git daemon" can take more than one --listen option to listen to multiple addresses. @@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ Updates since v1.7.3 * "git describe --exact-match" was optimized not to read commit objects unnecessarily. - * "git diff" and "git grep" learned how functions and subroutines - in Fortran look like. + * "git diff" and "git grep" learned what functions and subroutines + in Fortran and Perl look like. - * "git fetch" learned "--recurse-submodules" option. + * "git fetch" learned the "--recurse-submodules" option. - * "git mergetool" tells vim/gvim to show three-way diff by default - (use vimdiff2/gvimdiff2 as the tool name for old behaviour). + * "git mergetool" tells vim/gvim to show a three-way diff by default + (use vimdiff2/gvimdiff2 as the tool name for old behavior). * "git log -G<pattern>" limits the output to commits whose change has added or deleted lines that match the given pattern. @@ -91,12 +91,20 @@ Updates since v1.7.3 directory in one branch while a new file is created in place of that directory in the other branch. - * "git rebase --autosquash" can use SHA-1 object names to name which - commit to fix up (e.g. "fixup! e83c5163"). + * "git merge" learned the "--abort" option, synonymous to + "git reset --merge" when a merge is in progress. - * The default "recursive" merge strategy learned --rename-threshold + * "git notes" learned the "merge" subcommand to merge notes refs. + In addition to the default manual conflict resolution, there are + also several notes merge strategies for automatically resolving + notes merge conflicts. + + * "git rebase --autosquash" can use SHA-1 object names to name the + commit which is to be fixed up (e.g. "fixup! e83c5163"). + + * The default "recursive" merge strategy learned the --rename-threshold option to influence the rename detection, similar to the -M option - of "git diff". From "git merge" frontend, "-X<strategy option>" + of "git diff". From the "git merge" frontend, the "-X<strategy option>" interface, e.g. "git merge -Xrename-threshold=50% ...", can be used to trigger this. @@ -104,21 +112,21 @@ Updates since v1.7.3 changes; the most notable is -Xignore-space-at-eol. * "git send-email" learned "--to-cmd", similar to "--cc-cmd", to read - recipient list from a command output. + the recipient list from a command output. * "git send-email" learned to read and use "To:" from its input files. * you can extend "git shell", which is often used on boxes that allow - git-only login over ssh as login shell, with custom set of + git-only login over ssh as login shell, with a custom set of commands. * The current branch name in "git status" output can be colored differently - from the generic header color by setting "color.status.branch" variable. + from the generic header color by setting the "color.status.branch" variable. * "git submodule sync" updates metainformation for all submodules, not just the ones that have been checked out. - * gitweb can use custom 'highlight' command with its configuration file. + * gitweb can use a custom 'highlight' command with its configuration file. * other gitweb updates. @@ -129,7 +137,7 @@ Also contains various documentation updates. Fixes since v1.7.3 ------------------ -All of the fixes in v1.7.3.X maintenance series are included in this +All of the fixes in the v1.7.3.X maintenance series are included in this release, unless otherwise noted. * "git log --author=me --author=her" did not find commits written by @@ -146,6 +154,6 @@ release, unless otherwise noted. --- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.7.4-rc1 +O=v1.7.4-rc2 echo O=$(git describe master) git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master |