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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt | 91 |
1 files changed, 82 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt index c8b4f72..849b6b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt @@ -26,21 +26,85 @@ Updates since v1.5.4 * You can be warned when core.autocrlf conversion is applied in such a way that results in an irreversible conversion. + * A catch-all "color.ui" configuration variable can be used to + enable coloring of all color-capable commands, instead of + individual ones such as "color.status" and "color.branch". + + * The commands refused to take absolute pathnames where they + require pathnames relative to the work tree or the current + subdirectory. They now can take absolute pathnames in such a + case as long as the pathnames do not refer outside of the + work tree. E.g. "git add $(pwd)/foo" now works. + + * Error messages used to be sent to stderr, only to get hidden, + when $PAGER was in use. They now are sent to stdout along + with the command output to be shown in the $PAGER. + * A pattern "foo/" in .gitignore file now matches a directory "foo". Pattern "foo" also matches as before. + * bash completion's prompt helper function can talk about + operation in-progress (e.g. merge, rebase, etc.). + + * Configuration variables "url.<usethis>.insteadof = <otherurl>" can be + used to tell "git-fetch" and "git-push" to use different URL than what + is given from the command line. + + * "git push <somewhere> HEAD" and "git push <somewhere> +HEAD" works as + expected; they push the current branch (and only the current branch). + In addition, HEAD can be written as the value of "remote.<there>.push" + configuration variable. + + * "git add -i" behaves better even before you make an initial commit. + + * After "git apply --whitespace=fix" fixes whitespace errors in a patch, + a line before the fix can appear as a context or preimage line in a + later patch, causing the patch not to apply. The command now knows to + see through whitespace fixes done to context lines to successfully + apply such a patch series. + + * "git branch" (and "git checkout -b") to branch from a local branch can + optionally set "branch.<name>.merge" to mark the new branch to build on + the other local branch, when "branch.autosetupmerge" is set to + "always". By default, this does not happen when branching from a local + branch. + + * "git checkout" to switch to a branch that has "branch.<name>.merge" set + (i.e. marked to build on another branch) reports how much the branch + and the other branch diverged. + + * When "git checkout" has to update a lot of paths, it used to be silent + for 4 seconds before it showed any progress report. It is now a bit + more impatient and starts showing progress report early. + + * "git commit" learned a new hook "prepare-commit-msg" that can + inspect what is going to be committed and prepare the commit + log message template to be edited. + * "git describe" learned to limit the tags to be used for naming with --match option. * "git describe --contains" now barfs when the named commit cannot be described. - * bash completion's prompt helper function can talk about - operation in-progress (e.g. merge, rebase, etc.). + * "git describe --exact-match" describes only commits that are tagged. - * "git commit" learned a new hook "prepare-commit-msg" that can - inspect what is going to be committed and prepare the commit - log message template to be edited. + * "git diff" learned "--relative" option to limit and output paths + relative to the current directory when working in a subdirectory. + + * "git diff" learned "--dirstat" option to show birds-eye-summary of + changes more concisely than "--diffstat". + + * "git format-patch" learned --cover-letter option to generate a cover + letter template. + + * "git grep" now knows "--name-only" is a synonym for the "-l" option. + + * "git help <alias>" now reports "'git <alias>' is alias to <what>", + instead of saying "No manual entry for git-<alias>". + + * "git log --grep=<what>" learned "--fixed-strings" option to look for + <what> without treating it as a regular expression. * "git gui" learned an auto-spell checking. @@ -50,6 +114,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.4 * "git send-email" learned an easier way to suppress CC recipients. + * When the configuration variable "pack.threads" is set to 0, "git + repack" auto detects the number of CPUs and uses that many threads. + * Various "git cvsimport", "git cvsexportcommit", "git svn" and "git p4" improvements. @@ -61,6 +128,15 @@ Updates since v1.5.4 * It is now easier to write test scripts that records known breakages. + * "git checkout" is rewritten in C. + + * Two conflict hunks that are separated by a very short span of common + lines are now coalesced into one larger hunk, to make the result easier + to read. + + * Run-command API's use of file descriptors is documented clearer and + is more consistent now. + Fixes since v1.5.4 ------------------ @@ -68,11 +144,8 @@ Fixes since v1.5.4 All of the fixes in v1.5.4 maintenance series are included in this release, unless otherwise noted. - --- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.5.4 -O=v1.5.4.2-122-g7cb97da +O=v1.5.4.3-339-g7cf7f54 echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master` git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint - |