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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt index 296804301f..3151c85d88 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.2.txt @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Updates since v1.6.1 (subsystems) +* git-svn updates. + +* gitweb updates, including a new patch view and RSS/Atom feed + improvements. + (portability) (performance) @@ -15,25 +20,63 @@ Updates since v1.6.1 (usability, bells and whistles) -* "git-add -p" learned 'g'oto action to jump directly to a hunk. +* automatic typo correction works on aliases as well + +* @{-1} is a way to refer to the last branch you were on. This is + accepted not only where an object name is expected, but anywhere + a branch name is expected. E.g. "git branch --track mybranch @{-1}" + "git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{-1}". + +* "git add -p" learned 'g'oto action to jump directly to a hunk. + +* when "git am" stops upon a patch that does not apply, it shows the + title of the offending patch. + +* "git am --directory=<dir>" and "git am --reject" passes these options + to underlying "git apply". + +* "git clone" now makes its best effort when cloning from an empty + repository to set up configuration variables to refer to the remote + repository. + +* "git checkout -" is a shorthand for "git checkout @{-1}". -* git-cherry defaults to HEAD when the <upstream> argument is not given. +* "git cherry" defaults to whatever the current branch is tracking (if + exists) when the <upstream> argument is not given. -* git-cvsserver can be told not to add extra "via git-CVS emulator" to the - commit log message it serves via gitcvs.commitmsgannotation configuration. +* "git cvsserver" can be told not to add extra "via git-CVS emulator" to + the commit log message it serves via gitcvs.commitmsgannotation + configuration. -* git-diff learned a new option --inter-hunk-context to coalesce close +* "git diff" learned a new option --inter-hunk-context to coalesce close hunks together and show context between them. -* git-filter-branch learned --prune-empty option that discards commits +* The definition of what constitutes a word for "git diff --color-words" + can be customized via gitattributes, command line or a configuration. + +* "git diff" learned --patience to run "patience diff" algorithm. + +* Some combinations of -b/-w/--ignore-space-at-eol to "git diff" did + not work as expected. + +* "git filter-branch" learned --prune-empty option that discards commits that do not change the contents. -* git-ls-tree learned --full-tree option that shows the path in full +* "git grep -w" and "git grep" for fixed strings have been optimized. + +* "git log" and friends include HEAD to the set of starting points + when --all is given. This makes a difference when you are not on + any branch. + +* "git ls-tree" learned --full-tree option that shows the path in full regardless of where in the work tree hierarchy the command was started. -* git-mergetool learned -y(--no-prompt) option to disable prompting. +* "git mergetool" learned -y(--no-prompt) option to disable prompting. + +* "git rebase -i" can transplant a history down to root to elsewhere + with --root option. -* "git-reset --merge" is a new mode that works similar to the way +* "git reset --merge" is a new mode that works similar to the way "git checkout" switches branches, taking the local changes while switching to another commit. @@ -52,14 +95,12 @@ release, unless otherwise noted. * git-bundle did not exclude annotated tags even when a range given from the command line wanted to. -* git-grep did not work correctly for index entries with assume-unchanged bit. - * branch switching and merges had a silly bug that did not validate the correct directory when making sure an existing subdirectory is clean. -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.1-134-ge98c6a1 +O=v1.6.1.2-252-g8c95d3c echo O=$(git describe master) git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint |