diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4eaddc0106 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Git v1.6.6.2 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.6.6.1 +-------------------- + + * recursive merge didn't correctly diagnose its own programming errors, + and instead caused the caller to segfault. + + * The new "smart http" aware clients probed the web servers to see if + they support smart http, but did not fall back to dumb http transport + correctly with some servers. + + * Time based reflog syntax e.g. "@{yesterday}" didn't diagnose a misspelled + time specification and instead assumed "@{now}". + + * "git archive HEAD -- no-such-directory" produced an empty archive + without complaining. + + * "git blame -L start,end -- file" misbehaved when given a start that is + larger than the number of lines in the file. + + * "git checkout -m" didn't correctly call custom merge backend supplied + by the end user. + + * "git config -f " misbehaved when run from a subdirectory. + + * "git cvsserver" didn't like having regex metacharacters (e.g. '+') in + CVSROOT environment. + + * "git fast-import" did not correctly handle large blobs that may + bust the pack size limit. + + * "git gui" is supposed to work even when launched from inside a .git + directory. + + * "git gui" misbehaved when applying a hunk that ends with deletion. + + * "git imap-send" did not honor imap.preformattedHTML as documented. + + * "git log" family incorrectly showed the commit notes unconditionally by + mistake, which was especially irritating when running "git log --oneline". + + * "git status" shouldn't require an write access to the repository. + +Other minor documentation updates are included. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt index 6510d42abd..43e3f33615 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Git v1.7.0 Release Notes Notes on behaviour change ------------------------- - * "git push" into a branch that is currently checked out (i.e. pointed by + * "git push" into a branch that is currently checked out (i.e. pointed at by HEAD in a repository that is not bare) is refused by default. Similarly, "git push $there :$killed" to delete the branch $killed @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Notes on behaviour change patch series with more than two messages. All messages will be sent as a reply to the first message, i.e. cover letter. - It has been possible to configure send-email to send "shallow thread" + It has been possible already to configure send-email to send "shallow thread" by setting sendemail.chainreplyto configuration variable to false. The only thing this release does is to change the default when you haven't configured that variable. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Notes on behaviour change * "git diff" traditionally treated various "ignore whitespace" options only as a way to filter the patch output. "git diff --exit-code -b" exited with non-zero status even if all changes were about changing the - ammount of whitespace and nothing else. and "git diff -b" showed the + amount of whitespace and nothing else; and "git diff -b" showed the "diff --git" header line for such a change without patch text. In this release, the "ignore whitespaces" options affect the semantics @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Notes on behaviour change whitespaces is reported with zero exit status when run with --exit-code, and there is no "diff --git" header for such a change. - * external diff and textconv helpers are now executed using the shell. + * External diff and textconv helpers are now executed using the shell. This makes them consistent with other programs executed by git, and allows you to pass command-line parameters to the helpers. Any helper paths containing spaces or other metacharacters now need to be @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ Notes on behaviour change environment, and diff.*.command and diff.*.textconv in the config file. + * The --max-pack-size argument to 'git repack', 'git pack-objects', and + 'git fast-import' was assuming the provided size to be expressed in MiB, + unlike the corresponding config variable and other similar options accepting + a size value. It is now expecting a size expressed in bytes, with a possible + unit suffix of 'k', 'm', or 'g'. + Updates since v1.6.6 -------------------- @@ -57,7 +63,9 @@ Updates since v1.6.6 * "git svn" support of subversion "merge tickets" and miscellaneous fixes. - * "gitk" updates. + * "gitk" and "git gui" translation updates. + + * "gitweb" updates (code clean-up, load checking etc.) (portability) @@ -98,7 +106,9 @@ Updates since v1.6.6 defaults to the current branch, so "git fetch && git merge @{upstream}" will be equivalent to "git pull". - * "git branch --set-upstream" can be used to update the (surprise!) upstream + * "git am --resolved" has a synonym "git am --continue". + + * "git branch --set-upstream" can be used to update the (surprise!) upstream, i.e. where the branch is supposed to pull and merge from (or rebase onto). * "git checkout A...B" is a way to detach HEAD at the merge base between @@ -125,10 +135,7 @@ Updates since v1.6.6 * "git fetch --all" can now be used in place of "git remote update". * "git grep" does not rely on external grep anymore. It can use more than - one threads to accelerate the operation. - - * "git grep" learned "--no-index" option, to search inside contents that - are not managed by git. + one thread to accelerate the operation. * "git grep" learned "--quiet" option. @@ -154,13 +161,13 @@ Updates since v1.6.6 * "git rebase --onto A...B" means the history is replayed on top of the merge base between A and B. - * "git rebase -i" learned new action "fixup", that squashes the change + * "git rebase -i" learned new action "fixup" that squashes the change but does not affect existing log message. - * "git rebase -i" also learned --autosquash option, that is useful + * "git rebase -i" also learned --autosquash option that is useful together with the new "fixup" action. - * "git remote" learned set-url subcommand, to update (surprise!) url + * "git remote" learned set-url subcommand that updates (surprise!) url for an existing remote nickname. * "git rerere" learned "forget path" subcommand. Together with "git @@ -195,19 +202,13 @@ release, unless otherwise noted. the branch is fully merged to its upstream branch if it is not merged to the current branch. It now deletes it in such a case. - * "git config -f " run from a subdirectory misbehaved. - 65807ee (builtin-config: Fix crash when using "-f " - from non-root dir, 2010-01-26) may be merged to older maintenance - branches. + * "fiter-branch" command incorrectly said --prune-empty and --filter-commit + were incompatible; the latter should be read as --commit-filter. - * When "git diff" is asked to compare the work tree with something, - it used to consider that a checked-out submodule with uncommitted - changes is not modified; this could cause people to forget committing - these changes in the submodule before committing in the superproject. - It now considers such a change as a modification. - --- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.7.0-rc1-6-g2ee8c5b -echo O=$(git describe master) -git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint + * When using "git status" or asking "git diff" to compare the work tree + with something, they used to consider that a checked-out submodule with + uncommitted changes is not modified; this could cause people to forget + committing these changes in the submodule before committing in the + superproject. They now consider such a change as a modification and + "git diff" will append a "-dirty" to the work tree side when generating + patch output or when used with the --submodule option. diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 5d64ddf2e8..8676f8adc5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -423,6 +423,20 @@ You probably do not need to adjust this value. + Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. +core.bigFileThreshold:: + Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without + attempting delta compression. Storing large files without + delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the + slight expense of increased disk usage. ++ +Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable +for most projects as source code and other text files can still +be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be. ++ +Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. ++ +Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting. + core.excludesfile:: In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns @@ -1360,10 +1374,13 @@ you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate the `{asterisk}.idx` file. pack.packSizeLimit:: - The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects - packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It - can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of - linkgit:git-repack[1]. + The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects + packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol + is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` + option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is + limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited. + Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are + supported. pager.:: Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index f74fcf3737..51cbeb7032 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ EXAMPLES and its subdirectories: + ------------ -$ git add Documentation/\\*.txt +$ git add Documentation/\*.txt ------------ + Note that the asterisk `\*` is quoted from the shell in this diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index c3e4f12c44..c66c565bbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--whitespace=