diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c11ec0115c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +GIT v1.6.4.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.4.1 +-------------------- + +* --date=relative output between 1 and 5 years ago rounded the number of + years when saying X years Y months ago, instead of rounding it down. + +* "git add -p" did not handle changes in executable bits correctly + (a regression around 1.6.3). + +* "git apply" did not honor GNU diff's convention to mark the creation/deletion + event with UNIX epoch timestamp on missing side. + +* "git checkout" incorrectly removed files in a directory pointed by a + symbolic link during a branch switch that replaces a directory with + a symbolic link. + +* "git clean -d -f" happily descended into a subdirectory that is managed by a + separate git repository. It now requires two -f options for safety. + +* "git fetch/push" over http transports had two rather grave bugs. + +* "git format-patch --cover-letter" did not prepare the cover letter file + for use with non-ASCII strings when there are the series contributors with + non-ASCII names. + +* "git pull origin branch" and "git fetch origin && git merge origin/branch" + left different merge messages in the resulting commit. + +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt index 856047d16f..e560af14a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ GIT v1.6.5 Release Notes ======================== -In git 1.7.0, which is planned to be the release after 1.6.5, "git push" -into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by default. +In git 1.7.0, which was planned to be the release after 1.6.5, "git +push" into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by +default. You can choose what should happen upon such a push by setting the configuration variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving @@ -31,14 +32,88 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 (subsystems) + * various updates to git-svn and gitweb. + (portability) + * more improvements on mingw port. + (performance) + * On major platforms, the system can be compiled to use with Linus's + block-sha1 implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm, which + outperforms the default fallback implementation we borrowed from + Mozzilla. + + * Unnecessary inefficiency in deepening of a shallow repository has + been removed. + (usability, bells and whistles) + * Human writable date format to various options, e.g. --since=yesterday, + master@{2000.09.17}, are taught to infer some omitted input properly. + + * refs/replace/ hierarchy is designed to be usable as a replacement + of the "grafts" mechanism, with the added advantage that it can be + transferred across repositories. + + * "git am" learned to optionally ignore whitespace differences. + + * "git am" handles input e-mail files that has CRLF line endings sensibly. + + * "git am" learned "--scissors" option to allow you to discard early part + of an incoming e-mail. + + * "git checkout", "git reset" and "git stash" learned to pick and + choose to use selected changes you made, similar to "git add -p". + + * "git clone" learned a "-b" option to pick a HEAD to check out + different from the remote's default branch. + + * "git commit --dry-run $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would + happen if I try to commit with these arguments." + + * "git commit --dry-run" and "git status" shows conflicted paths in a + separate section to make them easier to spot during a merge. + + * "git cvsimport" now supports password-protected pserver access even + when the password is not taken from ~/.cvspass file. + + * "git fast-export" learned --no-data option that can be useful when + reordering commits and trees without touching the contents of + blobs. + + * "git init" learned to mkdir/chdir into a directory when given an + extra argument (i.e. "git init this"). + + * "git instaweb" optionally can use mongoose as the web server. + + * "git log --decorate" can optionally be told with --decorate=full to + give the reference name in full. + + * "git push" can be told to be --quiet. + + * informational output from "git reset" that lists the locally modified + paths is made consistent with that of "git checkout $another_branch". + + * "git submodule" learned to give submodule name to scripts run with + "foreach" subcommand. + + * various subcommands to "git submodule" learned --recursive option. + + * "git submodule summary" learned --files option to compare the work + tree vs the commit bound at submodule path, instead of comparing + the index. + + * "git upload-pack", which is the server side support for "git clone" and + "git fetch", can call a new post-upload-pack hook for statistics purposes. + (developers) + * With GIT_TEST_OPTS="--root=/p/a/t/h", tests can be run outside the + source directory; using tmpfs may give faster turnaround. + + Fixes since v1.6.4 ------------------ @@ -48,4 +123,8 @@ Fixes since v1.6.4 # Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to # v1.6.4.X series. - +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.6.4.2-298-gdf01e7c +echo O=$(git describe master) +git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index ea3b1bc19f..5eb2b0ee07 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +ifndef::git-pull[] -q:: --quiet:: Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally @@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ -v:: --verbose:: Be verbose. +endif::git-pull[] -a:: --append:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index fcacc94650..87781f4a77 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date] [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=