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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt | 46 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-add.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-am.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-push.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 3 |
8 files changed, 81 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4eaddc0106 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Git v1.6.6.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.6.1 +-------------------- + + * recursive merge didn't correctly diagnose its own programming errors, + and instead caused the caller to segfault. + + * The new "smart http" aware clients probed the web servers to see if + they support smart http, but did not fall back to dumb http transport + correctly with some servers. + + * Time based reflog syntax e.g. "@{yesterday}" didn't diagnose a misspelled + time specification and instead assumed "@{now}". + + * "git archive HEAD -- no-such-directory" produced an empty archive + without complaining. + + * "git blame -L start,end -- file" misbehaved when given a start that is + larger than the number of lines in the file. + + * "git checkout -m" didn't correctly call custom merge backend supplied + by the end user. + + * "git config -f <file>" misbehaved when run from a subdirectory. + + * "git cvsserver" didn't like having regex metacharacters (e.g. '+') in + CVSROOT environment. + + * "git fast-import" did not correctly handle large blobs that may + bust the pack size limit. + + * "git gui" is supposed to work even when launched from inside a .git + directory. + + * "git gui" misbehaved when applying a hunk that ends with deletion. + + * "git imap-send" did not honor imap.preformattedHTML as documented. + + * "git log" family incorrectly showed the commit notes unconditionally by + mistake, which was especially irritating when running "git log --oneline". + + * "git status" shouldn't require an write access to the repository. + +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index f7728ec40c..b16a20bc36 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -409,6 +409,20 @@ You probably do not need to adjust this value. + Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. +core.bigFileThreshold:: + Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without + attempting delta compression. Storing large files without + delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the + slight expense of increased disk usage. ++ +Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable +for most projects as source code and other text files can still +be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be. ++ +Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. ++ +Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting. + core.excludesfile:: In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index 1f1b19996b..d0b279b829 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ EXAMPLES and its subdirectories: + ------------ -$ git add Documentation/\\*.txt +$ git add Documentation/\*.txt ------------ + Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index 67ad5da9cc..40178be922 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OPTIONS Remove everything in body before a scissors line (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). ----no-scissors:: +--no-scissors:: Ignore scissors lines (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). -q:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index 0aeef24780..7422185bf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ imposes the following rules on how references are named: . They cannot contain a sequence `@{`. -- They cannot contain a `\\`. +. They cannot contain a `\`. These rules make it easy for shell script based tools to parse reference names, pathname expansion by the shell when a reference name is used diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index e6d364f53c..79c5f69d42 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ OPTIONS importers may wish to lower this, such as to ensure the resulting packfiles fit on CDs. +--big-file-threshold=<n>:: + Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to + create a delta for, expressed in bytes. The default is 512m + (512 MiB). Some importers may wish to lower this on systems + with constrained memory. + --depth=<n>:: Maximum delta depth, for blob and tree deltification. Default is 10. diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt index 52c0538df5..ab1bf99fdb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-push.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt @@ -165,12 +165,17 @@ If --porcelain is used, then each line of the output is of the form: <flag> \t <from>:<to> \t <summary> (<reason>) ------------------------------- +The status of up-to-date refs is shown only if --porcelain or --verbose +option is used. + flag:: - A single character indicating the status of the ref. This is - blank for a successfully pushed ref, `!` for a ref that was - rejected or failed to push, and '=' for a ref that was up to - date and did not need pushing (note that the status of up to - date refs is shown only when `git push` is running verbosely). + A single character indicating the status of the ref: +(space);; for a successfully pushed fast-forward; +`{plus}`;; for a successful forced update; +`-`;; for a successfully deleted ref; +`*`;; for a successfully pushed new ref; +`!`;; for a ref that was rejected or failed to push; and +`=`;; for a ref that was up to date and did not need pushing. summary:: For a successfully pushed ref, the summary shows the old and new diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index b6df39ba36..b4c2bcc45b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.6.6.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.1] +* link:v1.6.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.2] * release notes for + link:RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt[1.6.6.2], link:RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt[1.6.6.1], link:RelNotes-1.6.6.txt[1.6.6]. |