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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt index 4d37186..5ce385b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.1.txt @@ -19,17 +19,76 @@ Updates since v1.5.0 - "git diff" learned --ignore-space-at-eol. This is a weaker form of --ignore-space-change. + - "git diff --no-index pathA pathB" can be used as diff + replacement with git specific enhancements. + - "git name-rev" learned --refs=<pattern>, to limit the tags used for naming the given revisions only to the ones matching the given pattern. + - "git remote update" is to run "git fetch" for defined remotes + to update tracking branches. + + - "git cvsimport" can now take '-d' to talk with a CVS + repository different from what are recorded in CVS/Root + (overriding it with environment CVSROOT does not work). + + - "git bundle" can help sneaker-netting your changes between + repositories. + + * Updated behaviour of existing commands. + - git-svn got almost a rewrite. + + - core.autocrlf configuration, when set to 'true', makes git + to convert CRLF at the end of lines in text files to LF when + reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when + writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to + 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while + reading from the filesystem but files are written out with + LF at the end of lines. Currently, which paths to consider + 'text' (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is + decided purely based on the contents, but the plan is to + allow users to explicitly override this heuristics based on + paths. + + - The behaviour of 'git-apply', when run in a subdirectory, + without --index nor --cached were inconsistent with that of + the command with these options. This was fixed to match the + behaviour with --index. A patch that is meant to be applied + with -p1 from the toplevel of the project tree can be + applied with any custom -p<n> option. A patch that is not + relative to the toplevel needs to be applied with -p<n> + option with or without --index (or --cached). + - "git diff" outputs a trailing HT when pathnames have embedded SP on +++/--- header lines, in order to help "GNU patch" to parse its output. "git apply" was already updated to accept this modified output format since ce74618d (Sep 22, 2006). + - "git cvsserver" runs hooks/update and honors its exit status. + + - "git cvsserver" can be told to send everything with -kb. + + - "git diff --check" also honors the --color output option. + + - "git name-rev" used to stress the fact that a ref is a tag too + much, by saying something like "v1.2.3^0~22". It now says + "v1.2.3~22" in such a case (it still says "v1.2.3^0" if it does + not talk about an ancestor of the commit that is tagged, which + makes sense). + + - "git rev-list --boundary" now shows boundary markers for the + commits omitted by --max-age and --max-count condition. + + - The configuration mechanism now reads $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig. + + - "git apply --verbose" shows what preimage lines were wanted + when it couldn't find them. + + - "git status" in a read-only repository got a bit saner. + * Hooks - The sample update hook to show how to send out notification @@ -39,6 +98,10 @@ Updates since v1.5.0 -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.5.0-49-g69bc0e2 +O=v1.5.0.2-259-g16d5315 echo O=`git describe master` git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint + +# Local Variables: +# mode: text +# End: |