Update draft release notes to 1.6.2
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Jan 29, 2009 at 00:57 UTC
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@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Updates since v1.6.1
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+* git-svn updates.
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+* gitweb updates, including a new patch view and RSS/Atom feed
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+ improvements.
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(portability)
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@@ -15,25 +20,63 @@ Updates since v1.6.1
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(usability, bells and whistles)
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-* "git-add -p" learned 'g'oto action to jump directly to a hunk.
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+* automatic typo correction works on aliases as well
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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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+* "git add -p" learned 'g'oto action to jump directly to a hunk.
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+* when "git am" stops upon a patch that does not apply, it shows the
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+ title of the offending patch.
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+* "git am --directory=<dir>" and "git am --reject" passes these options
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+ to underlying "git apply".
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+* "git clone" now makes its best effort when cloning from an empty
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+ repository to set up configuration variables to refer to the remote
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+ repository.
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+* "git checkout -" is a shorthand for "git checkout @{-1}".
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-* git-cherry defaults to HEAD when the <upstream> argument is not given.
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+* "git cherry" defaults to whatever the current branch is tracking (if
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+ exists) when the <upstream> argument is not given.
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-* git-cvsserver can be told not to add extra "via git-CVS emulator" to the
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- commit log message it serves via gitcvs.commitmsgannotation configuration.
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+* "git cvsserver" can be told not to add extra "via git-CVS emulator" to
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+ the commit log message it serves via gitcvs.commitmsgannotation
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+ configuration.
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-* git-diff learned a new option --inter-hunk-context to coalesce close
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+* "git diff" learned a new option --inter-hunk-context to coalesce close
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hunks together and show context between them.
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-* git-filter-branch learned --prune-empty option that discards commits
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+* The definition of what constitutes a word for "git diff --color-words"
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+ can be customized via gitattributes, command line or a configuration.
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+* "git diff" learned --patience to run "patience diff" algorithm.
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+* Some combinations of -b/-w/--ignore-space-at-eol to "git diff" did
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+ not work as expected.
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+* "git filter-branch" learned --prune-empty option that discards commits
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that do not change the contents.
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-* git-ls-tree learned --full-tree option that shows the path in full
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+* "git grep -w" and "git grep" for fixed strings have been optimized.
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+* "git log" and friends include HEAD to the set of starting points
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+ when --all is given. This makes a difference when you are not on
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+ any branch.
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+* "git ls-tree" learned --full-tree option that shows the path in full
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regardless of where in the work tree hierarchy the command was started.
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-* git-mergetool learned -y(--no-prompt) option to disable prompting.
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+* "git mergetool" learned -y(--no-prompt) option to disable prompting.
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+* "git rebase -i" can transplant a history down to root to elsewhere
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+ with --root option.
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-* "git-reset --merge" is a new mode that works similar to the way
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+* "git reset --merge" is a new mode that works similar to the way
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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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@@ -52,14 +95,12 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
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* git-bundle did not exclude annotated tags even when a range given from the
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-* git-grep did not work correctly for index entries with assume-unchanged bit.
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* branch switching and merges had a silly bug that did not validate
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the correct directory when making sure an existing subdirectory is
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clean.
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exec >/var/tmp/1
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-O=v1.6.1-134-ge98c6a1
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+O=v1.6.1.2-252-g8c95d3c
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echo O=$(git describe master)
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git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint