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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt | 46 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt | 76 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | 8 |
4 files changed, 127 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/.gitignore b/Documentation/.gitignore index 6a51331b2f..b98d21e98e 100644 --- a/Documentation/.gitignore +++ b/Documentation/.gitignore @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ *.html *.1 *.7 +*.made howto-index.txt doc.dep cmds-*.txt diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b48b4bc3e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +GIT v1.5.1.1 Release Notes (draft) +========================== + +Fixes since v1.5.1 +------------------ + +* Documentation updates + + - The --left-right option of rev-list and friends is documented. + + - The documentation for cvsimport has been majorly improved. + +* Bugfixes + + - "git send-email" produced of References header of unbounded length; + fixed this with line-folding. + + - "git archive" to download from remote site should not + require you to be in a git repository, but it incorrectly + did. + + - "git apply" ignored -p<n> for "diff --git" formatted + patches. + + - "git rerere" recorded a conflict that had one side empty + (the other side adds) incorrectly; this made merging in the + other direction fail to use previously recorded resolution. + + - t4200 test was broken where "wc -l" pads its output with + spaces. + + - "git branch -m old new" to rename branch did not work + without a configuration file in ".git/config". + + - The sample hook for notification e-mail was misnamed. + + - gitweb did not show type-changing patch correctly in the + blobdiff view. + +* Performance Tweaks + +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.5.1-26-ge94a4f6 +echo O=`git describe refs/heads/maint` +git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/maint diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2e3c7bc4f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +GIT v1.5.2 Release Notes (draft) +======================== + +Updates since v1.5.1 +-------------------- + +* New commands and options. + + - "git bisect start" can optionally take a single bad commit and + zero or more good commits on the command line. + +* Updated behavior of existing commands. + + - "git diff --stat" shows size of preimage and postimage blobs + for binary contents. Earlier it only said "Bin". + + - "git lost-found" shows stuff that are unreachable except + from reflogs. + + - "git checkout branch^0" now detaches HEAD at the tip commit + on the named branch, instead of just switching to the + branch (use "git checkout branch" to switch to the branch, + as before). + + - "git bisect next" can be used after giving only a bad commit + without giving a good one (this starts bisection half-way to + the root commit). We used to refuse to operate without a + good and a bad commit. + +* Builds + + - git-p4import has never been installed; now there is an + installation option to do so. + + - gitk and git-gui can be configured out. + + - Generated documentation pages automatically get version + information from GIT_VERSION + + - Parallel build with "make -j" descending into subdirectory + was fixed. + +* Performance Tweaks + + - optimized "git-rev-list --bisect" (hence "git-bisect"). + + - optimized "git-add $path" in a large directory, most of + whose contents are ignored. + + +Fixes since v1.5.1 +------------------ + +The following are all in v1.5.1.x series, unless otherwise noted. + +* Documentation updates + +* Bugfixes + + - Switching branches with "git checkout" refused to work when + a path changes from a file to a directory between the + current branch and the new branch, in order not to lose + possible local changes in the directory that is being turned + into a file with the switch. We now allow such a branch + switch after making sure that there is no locally modified + file nor un-ignored file in the directory. This has not + been backported to 1.5.1.x series, as it is rather an + intrusive change. + +* Performance Tweaks + +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.5.1-91-g640ee0d +echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master` +git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 85d0950cf4..f9e0c77379 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ To get a checkout with the Eclipse CVS client: Protocol notes: If you are using anonymous access via pserver, just select that. Those using SSH access should choose the 'ext' protocol, and configure 'ext' access on the Preferences->Team->CVS->ExtConnection pane. Set CVS_SERVER to -'git-cvsserver'. Not that password support is not good when using 'ext', +'git-cvsserver'. Note that password support is not good when using 'ext', you will definitely want to have SSH keys setup. Alternatively, you can just use the non-standard extssh protocol that Eclipse offer. In that case CVS_SERVER is ignored, and you will have to replace -the cvs utility on the server with git-cvsserver or manipulate your .bashrc +the cvs utility on the server with git-cvsserver or manipulate your `.bashrc` so that calling 'cvs' effectively calls git-cvsserver. Clients known to work @@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ checkout, diff, status, update, log, add, remove, commit. Legacy monitoring operations are not supported (edit, watch and related). Exports and tagging (tags and branches) are not supported at this stage. -The server should set the -k mode to binary when relevant, however, +The server should set the '-k' mode to binary when relevant, however, this is not really implemented yet. For now, you can force the server -to set `-kb` for all files by setting the `gitcvs.allbinary` config +to set '-kb' for all files by setting the `gitcvs.allbinary` config variable. In proper GIT tradition, the contents of the files are always respected. No keyword expansion or newline munging is supported. |