Update Release Notes to 1.6.5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Sep 21, 2009 at 18:14 UTC
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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Updates since v1.6.4
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(subsystems)
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- * various updates to git-svn and gitweb.
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+ * various updates to gitk, git-svn and gitweb.
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(portability)
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@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ Updates since v1.6.4
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* mingw will also give FRSX as the default value for the LESS
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environment variable when the user does not have one.
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+ * initial support to compile git on Windows with MSVC.
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(performance)
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* On major platforms, the system can be compiled to use with Linus's
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block-sha1 implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm, which
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outperforms the default fallback implementation we borrowed from
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- Mozzilla.
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+ Mozilla.
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* Unnecessary inefficiency in deepening of a shallow repository has
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been removed.
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* "git am" learned "--scissors" option to allow you to discard early part
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of an incoming e-mail.
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+ * "git archive -o output.zip" works without being told what format to
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+ use with an explicit "--format=zip".option.
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* "git checkout", "git reset" and "git stash" learned to pick and
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choose to use selected changes you made, similar to "git add -p".
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* "git clone" learned a "-b" option to pick a HEAD to check out
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different from the remote's default branch.
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+ * "git clone" learned --recursive option.
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+ * "git clone" from a local repository on a different filesystem used to
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+ copy individual object files without preserving the old timestamp, giving
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+ them extra lifetime in the new repository until they gc'ed.
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* "git commit --dry-run $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would
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happen if I try to commit with these arguments."
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@@ -155,7 +166,6 @@ Fixes since v1.6.4
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exec >/var/tmp/1
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-O=v1.6.4.2-298-gdf01e7c
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-O=v1.6.5-rc0-49-g5f2b1e6
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+O=v1.6.5-rc1-44-ga16753d
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echo O=$(git describe master)
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git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint