RelNotes Update
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Feb 15, 2009 at 00:15 UTC
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@@ -10,9 +10,17 @@ To ease the transition plan, the receiving repository of such a
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push running this release will issue a big warning when the
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configuration variable is missing. Please refer to:
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+ http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare
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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007
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-for more details on the transition plan.
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+for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the
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+transition plan.
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+For a similar reason, "git push $there :$killed" to delete the branch
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+$killed in a remote repository $there, if $killed branch is the current
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+branch pointed at by its HEAD, gets a large warning. You can choose what
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+should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration variable
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+receive.denyDeleteCurrent in the receiving repository.
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Updates since v1.6.1
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* @{-1} is a way to refer to the last branch you were on. This is
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accepted not only where an object name is expected, but anywhere
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- a branch name is expected. E.g. "git branch --track mybranch @{-1}"
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- "git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{-1}".
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+ a branch name is expected and acts as if you typed the branch name.
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+ E.g. "git branch --track mybranch @{-1}", "git merge @{-1}", and
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+ "git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{-1}" would work as expected.
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+* When refs/remotes/origin/HEAD points at a remote tracking branch that
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+ has been pruned away, many git operations issued warning when they
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+ internally enumerated the refs. We now warn only when you say "origin"
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+ to refer to that pruned branch.
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+* The location of .mailmap file can be configured, and its file format was
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+ enhanced to allow mapping an incorrect e-mail field as well.
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* "git add -p" learned 'g'oto action to jump directly to a hunk.
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@@ -91,6 +108,9 @@ Updates since v1.6.1
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* "git fsck" now checks loose objects in alternate object stores, instead
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of misreporting them as missing.
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+* "git gc --prune" was resurrected to allow "git gc --no-prune" and
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+ giving non-default expiration period e.g. "git gc --prune=now".
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* "git grep -w" and "git grep" for fixed strings have been optimized.
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* "git mergetool" learned -y(--no-prompt) option to disable prompting.
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"git checkout" switches branches, taking the local changes while
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switching to another commit.
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+* "git submodule update" learned --no-fetch option.
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* "git tag" learned --contains that works the same way as the same option
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from "git branch".
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@@ -140,6 +162,6 @@ v1.6.1.X series.
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exec >/var/tmp/1
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-O=v1.6.1.3-371-gc19923a
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+v1.6.2-rc0-89-gf7a2bdb
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echo O=$(git describe master)
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git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint