Git v1.6.6-rc0
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
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@@ -42,15 +42,29 @@ Updates since v1.6.5
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* various git-gui updates including new translations, wm states, etc.
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+ * git-svn updates.
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+ * "git fetch" over http learned a new mode that is different from the
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+ traditional "dumb commit walker".
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(portability)
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+ * imap-send can be built on mingw port.
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(performance)
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+ * "git diff -B" has smaller memory footprint.
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(usability, bells and whistles)
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* The object replace mechanism can be bypassed with --no-replace-objects
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global option given to the "git" program.
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+ * In configuration files, a few variables that name paths can begin with ~/
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+ and ~username/ and they are expanded as expected.
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+ * "git subcmd -h" now shows short usage help for many more subcommands.
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* "git bisect reset" can reset to an arbitrary commit.
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* "git checkout frotz" when there is no local branch "frotz" but there
@@ -65,6 +79,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.5
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* "git fsck" by default checks the packfiles (i.e. "--full" is the
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default); you can turn it off with "git fsck --no-full".
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+ * "git grep" can use -F (fixed strings) and -i (ignore case) together.
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* import-tars contributed fast-import frontend learned more types of
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compressed tarballs.
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@@ -77,6 +93,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.5
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. to wrap text with the "%w()" specifier.
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. to show reflog information with "%g[sdD]" specifier.
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+ * "git notes" command to annotate existing commits.
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* "git merge" (and "git pull") learned --ff-only option to make it fail
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if the merge does not result in a fast-forward.
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@@ -87,6 +105,9 @@ Updates since v1.6.5
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the shell, which is done by "edit" to give an opportunity to tweak the
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contents.
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+ * In "git submodule add <repository> <path>", <path> is now optional and
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+ inferred from <repository> the same way "git clone <repository>" does.
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* "git svn" learned to read SVN 1.5+ and SVK merge tickets.
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* Author names shown in gitweb output are links to search commits by the
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exec >/var/tmp/1
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echo O=$(git describe master)
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-O=v1.6.5.3-152-g122d0f6
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+O=v1.6.5.3-337-gf341feb
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git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint