Merge branch 'js/windows-tests'

[git.git] / Documentation / RelNotes-1.6.3.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
index 679ad28b9d3c85b0310aef76c7e553bb5d60f9a2..5860b515f57adee9ebf0e3ddb4f8042a7f46dc8a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,18 @@ Updates since v1.6.2
 
 (performance)
 
 
 (performance)
 

+* many uses of lstat(2) in the codepath for "git checkout" have been
+  optimized out.
+

 (usability, bells and whistles)
 
 (usability, bells and whistles)
 

+* rsync:/path/to/repo can be used to run git over rsync for local
+  repositories.  It may not be useful in practice; meant primarily for
+  testing.
+
+* (msysgit) progress output that is sent over the sideband protocol can
+  be handled appropriately in Windows console.
+

 * "--pretty=<style>" option to the log family of commands can now be
   spelled as "--format=<style>".  In addition, --format=%formatstring
   is a short-hand for --pretty=tformat:%formatstring.
 * "--pretty=<style>" option to the log family of commands can now be
   spelled as "--format=<style>".  In addition, --format=%formatstring
   is a short-hand for --pretty=tformat:%formatstring.


@@ -62,6 +72,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.2
 
 * git-format-patch can be told to produce deep or shallow message threads.
 
 
 * git-format-patch can be told to produce deep or shallow message threads.
 

+* git-grep learned to highlight the found substrings in color.
+

 * git-imap-send learned to work around Thunderbird's inability to easily
   disable format=flowed with a new configuration, imap.preformattedHTML.
 
 * git-imap-send learned to work around Thunderbird's inability to easily
   disable format=flowed with a new configuration, imap.preformattedHTML.
 


@@ -71,6 +83,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.2
 
 * git-rebase can be told to report diffstat with the --stat option.
 
 
 * git-rebase can be told to report diffstat with the --stat option.
 

+* Output from git-remote command has been vastly improved.
+

 * git-send-email learned --confirm option to review the Cc: list before
   sending the messages out.
 
 * git-send-email learned --confirm option to review the Cc: list before
   sending the messages out.
 


@@ -90,15 +104,11 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
 Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to
 v1.6.2.X series.
 
 Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to
 v1.6.2.X series.
 

-* 'git-submodule add' did not tolerate extra slashes and ./ in the
-  path it accepted from the command line; it now is more lenient
- (if needed, backport by merging db75ada).
-

 * git-gc spent excessive amount of time to decide if an object appears
   in a locally existing pack (if needed, backport by merging 69e020a).
 
 ---
 exec >/var/tmp/1
 * git-gc spent excessive amount of time to decide if an object appears
   in a locally existing pack (if needed, backport by merging 69e020a).
 
 ---
 exec >/var/tmp/1

-O=v1.6.2.1-135-g7d65c21
+O=v1.6.2.1-213-g7d4e3a7

 echo O=$(git describe master)
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint
 echo O=$(git describe master)
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint