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(subsystems)
(subsystems)
- * Comes with git-gui 0.9.3
+ * Comes with git-gui 0.10.1
+
+(portability)
+
+ * We shouldn't ask for BSD group ownership semantics by setting g+s bit
+ on directories on older BSD systems that refuses chmod() by non root
+ users. BSD semantics is the default there anyway.
+
+ * Bunch of portability improvement patches coming from an effort to port
+ to Solaris has been applied.
(performance)
(performance)
(usability, bells and whistles)
(usability, bells and whistles)
+ * Bash completion script (in contrib) are aware of more commands and
+ options.
+
* You can be warned when core.autocrlf conversion is applied in
such a way that results in an irreversible conversion.
* You can be warned when core.autocrlf conversion is applied in
such a way that results in an irreversible conversion.
used to tell "git-fetch" and "git-push" to use different URL than what
is given from the command line.
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.
* "git am" refused to run from a subdirectory without a good reason.
* "git add -i" behaves better even before you make an initial commit.
* "git am" refused to run from a subdirectory without a good reason.
* "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
* "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.
+ "always", or when passing the command line option "--track" (this option
+ was ignored when branching from local branches). 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
* "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
* "git gc" learned --quiet option.
* "git gc" learned --quiet option.
+ * "git gc" now automatically prunes unreachable objects that are two
+ weeks old or older.
+
+ * "git gc --auto" can be disabled more easily by just setting gc.auto
+ to zero. It also tolerates more packfiles by default.
+
* "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 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 help" can use different backends to show manual pages and this can
+ be configured using "man.viewer" configuration.
+
+ * "gitk" does not restore window position from $HOME/.gitk anymore (it
+ still restores the size).
+
* "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.
* "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.
+ * "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.
+
+ * When the configuration variable "pack.threads" is set to 0, "git
+ repack" auto detects the number of CPUs and uses that many threads.
+
* "git send-email" learned to prompt for passwords
interactively.
* "git send-email" learned an easier way to suppress CC
recipients.
* "git send-email" learned to prompt for passwords
interactively.
* "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.
+ * "git stash" learned "pop" command, that applies the latest stash and
+ removes it from the stash, and "drop" command to discard the named
+ stash entry.
+
+ * "git submodule" learned a new subcommand "summary" to show the
+ symmetric difference between the HEAD version and the work tree version
+ of the submodule commits.
- * Various "git cvsimport", "git cvsexportcommit", "git svn" and
- "git p4" improvements.
+ * Various "git cvsimport", "git cvsexportcommit", "git cvsserver",
+ "git svn" and "git p4" improvements.
(internal)
(internal)
* "git checkout" is rewritten in C.
* "git checkout" is rewritten in C.
+ * "git remote" 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.
* 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.
* Run-command API's use of file descriptors is documented clearer and
is more consistent now.
+ * diff output can be sent to FILE * that is different from stdout. This
+ will help reimplementing more things in C.
Fixes since v1.5.4
------------------
Fixes since v1.5.4
------------------
All of the fixes in v1.5.4 maintenance series are included in
this release, unless otherwise noted.
All of the fixes in v1.5.4 maintenance series are included in
this release, unless otherwise noted.
- * "git-daemon" did not send early errors to syslog.
-
* "git-http-push" did not allow deletion of remote ref with the usual
"push <remote> :<branch>" syntax.
* "git-http-push" did not allow deletion of remote ref with the usual
"push <remote> :<branch>" syntax.
- * "git-log --merge" did not well work with --left-right option.
-
* "git-rebase --abort" did not go back to the right location if
"git-reset" was run during the "git-rebase" session.
* "git-rebase --abort" did not go back to the right location if
"git-reset" was run during the "git-rebase" session.
----
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.5.4.3-428-g6b48990
-echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint
+ * "git imap-send" without setting imap.host did not error out but
+ segfaulted.