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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.2.txt | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 15 |
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f7846a2569 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Git v2.7.2 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.7.1 +------------------ + + * The low-level merge machinery has been taught to use CRLF line + termination when inserting conflict markers to merged contents that + are themselves CRLF line-terminated. + + * "git worktree" had a broken code that attempted to auto-fix + possible inconsistency that results from end-users moving a + worktree to different places without telling Git (the original + repository needs to maintain backpointers to its worktrees, but + "mv" run by end-users who are not familiar with that fact will + obviously not adjust them), which actually made things worse + when triggered. + + * "git push --force-with-lease" has been taught to report if the push + needed to force (or fast-forwarded). + + * The emulated "yes" command used in our test scripts has been + tweaked not to spend too much time generating unnecessary output + that is not used, to help those who test on Windows where it would + not stop until it fills the pipe buffer due to lack of SIGPIPE. + +Also includes tiny documentation and test updates. diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index 5b9ad0429c..62c76c1c89 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ The working tree's administrative files in the repository (see `git worktree prune` in the main or any linked working tree to clean up any stale administrative files. -If you move a linked working tree to another file system, or -within a file system that does not support hard links, you need to run -at least one git command inside the linked working tree -(e.g. `git status`) in order to update its administrative files in the -repository so that they do not get automatically pruned. +If you move a linked working tree, you need to manually update the +administrative files so that they do not get pruned automatically. See +section "DETAILS" for more information. If a linked working tree is stored on a portable device or network share which is not always mounted, you can prevent its administrative files from @@ -137,6 +135,13 @@ thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to $GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR when you need to directly access something inside $GIT_DIR. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` to get the final path. +If you move a linked working tree, you need to update the 'gitdir' file +in the entry's directory. For example, if a linked working tree is moved +to `/newpath/test-next` and its `.git` file points to +`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next`, then update +`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/gitdir` to reference `/newpath/test-next` +instead. + To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from being pruned (which can be useful in some situations, such as when the entry's working tree is stored on a portable device), add a file named |