Update draft release notes to 1.7.5
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Mar 15, 2011 at 15:17 UTC
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@@ -10,12 +10,25 @@ Updates since v1.7.4
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* Various vcs-svn enhancements.
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+ * Update to more modern HP-UX port.
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+ * "git apply -v" reports offset lines when the patch does not apply at
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+ the exact location recorded in the diff output.
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+ * "git branch --track" (and "git checkout --track --branch") used to
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+ allow setting up a random non-branch that does not make sense to follow
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+ as the "upstream". The command correctly diagnoses it as an error.
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* "git config" used to be also known as "git repo-config", but the old
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name is now officially deprecated.
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* "git checkout --detach <commit>" is a more user friendly synonym for
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"git checkout <commit>^0".
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+ * "git checkout" performed on detached HEAD gives a warning and an
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+ advice when the commit being left behind will become unreachable from
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+ any branch or tag.
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* "git cherry-pick" and "git revert" can be told to use custom merge
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strategy, similar to "git rebase".
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@@ -23,15 +36,23 @@ Updates since v1.7.4
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stopped by conflicts, making it unnecessary to use "commit -c $commit"
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to conclude it.
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+ * "git cvsimport" bails out immediately when the cvs server cannot be
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+ reached, without spewing unnecessary error messages that complain about
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+ the server response it never got.
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* "git grep --no-index" did not honor pathspecs correctly, returning
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paths outside the specified area.
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+ * "git log" family of commands now understand globbing pathspecs. You
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+ can say "git log -- '*.txt'" for example.
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* "git rev-list --objects $revs -- $pathspec" would limit the objects listed
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in its output properly with the pathspec, in preparation for narrow
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clones.
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- * "git log" family of commands now understand globbing pathspecs. You
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- can say "git log -- '*.txt'" for example.
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+ * "git push" with no parameters gives better advice messages when
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+ "tracking" is used as the push.default semantics or there is no remote
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+ configured yet.
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* "git rerere" learned a new subcommand "remaining", that is similar to
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"status" that lists the paths that had conflicts that are known to
@@ -52,6 +73,15 @@ Fixes since v1.7.4
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All of the fixes in the v1.7.4.X maintenance series are included in this
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release, unless otherwise noted.
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+ * We used to keep one file descriptor open for each and every packfile
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+ that we have a mmap window on it (read: "in use"), even when for very
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+ tiny packfiles. We now close the file descriptor early when the entire
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+ packfile fits inside one mmap window.
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+ * "git apply" used to confuse lines updated by previous hunks as lines
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+ that existed before when applying a hunk, contributing misapplication
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+ of patches with offsets.
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* "git clone /no/such/path" did not fail correctly (jk/fail-null/clone).
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* "git checkout $other_branch" silently removed untracked symbolic links
@@ -75,6 +105,6 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
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exec >/var/tmp/1
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-O=v1.7.4.1-224-g66ecd2d
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+O=v1.7.4.1-265-gd0ef5a7
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echo O=$(git describe 'master')
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git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master