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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt | 46 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 3 |
3 files changed, 49 insertions, 2 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..1a0ba377cf --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Git v1.6.6.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.6.2 +-------------------- + + * 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/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt index d9a3326f58..a8c0b80613 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.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 8c5f5b05cb..b7df54dfa7 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]. |