| 1 | GIT v1.6.4.2 Release Notes |
| 2 | ========================== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Fixes since v1.6.4.1 |
| 5 | -------------------- |
| 6 | |
| 7 | * --date=relative output between 1 and 5 years ago rounded the number of |
| 8 | years when saying X years Y months ago, instead of rounding it down. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | * "git add -p" did not handle changes in executable bits correctly |
| 11 | (a regression around 1.6.3). |
| 12 | |
| 13 | * "git apply" did not honor GNU diff's convention to mark the creation/deletion |
| 14 | event with UNIX epoch timestamp on missing side. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | * "git checkout" incorrectly removed files in a directory pointed by a |
| 17 | symbolic link during a branch switch that replaces a directory with |
| 18 | a symbolic link. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | * "git clean -d -f" happily descended into a subdirectory that is managed by a |
| 21 | separate git repository. It now requires two -f options for safety. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | * "git fetch/push" over http transports had two rather grave bugs. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | * "git format-patch --cover-letter" did not prepare the cover letter file |
| 26 | for use with non-ASCII strings when there are the series contributors with |
| 27 | non-ASCII names. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | * "git pull origin branch" and "git fetch origin && git merge origin/branch" |
| 30 | left different merge messages in the resulting commit. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Other minor documentation updates are included. |