Merge branch 'jn/gitweb-blame' (early part)

[git.git] / Documentation / RelNotes-1.6.4.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.txt
index f578b8186f27349540e2fed6cf5c434f030efe60..7a904419f7815094b68c864a558624667d5a91d1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.4.txt
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ Updates since v1.6.3
 
  * git-svn updates, including a new --authors-prog option to map author
    names by invoking an external program, 'git svn reset' to unwind
 
  * git-svn updates, including a new --authors-prog option to map author
    names by invoking an external program, 'git svn reset' to unwind

-   'git svn fetch', support for more than one branches, etc.
+   'git svn fetch', support for more than one branches, documenting
+   of the useful --minimize-url feature, new "git svn gc" command, etc.

 
 (portability)
 
  * We feed iconv with "UTF-8" instead of "utf8"; the former is
    understood more widely.  Similarly updated test scripts to use
 
 (portability)
 
  * We feed iconv with "UTF-8" instead of "utf8"; the former is
    understood more widely.  Similarly updated test scripts to use

-   encoding names more widely understood (e.g. use "ISO8850-1" instead
+   encoding names more widely understood (e.g. use "ISO8859-1" instead

    of "ISO-8859-1").
 
  * Various portability fixes/workarounds for different vintages of
    of "ISO-8859-1").
 
  * Various portability fixes/workarounds for different vintages of


@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@ Updates since v1.6.3
 
  * "git cvsexportcommit" learned -k option to stop CVS keywords expansion
 
 
  * "git cvsexportcommit" learned -k option to stop CVS keywords expansion
 

+ * "git fast-export" learned to handle history simplification more
+   gracefully.
+
+ * "git fast-export" learned an option --tag-of-filtered-object to handle
+   dangling tags resulting from history simplification more usefully.
+

  * "git grep" learned -p option to show the location of the match using the
    same context hunk marker "git diff" uses.
 
  * "git grep" learned -p option to show the location of the match using the
    same context hunk marker "git diff" uses.
 


@@ -75,7 +82,7 @@ Updates since v1.6.3
 
  * "git imap-send" is IPv6 aware.
 
 
  * "git imap-send" is IPv6 aware.
 

- * "git log --graph" draws graphs more compactly by using horizonal lines
+ * "git log --graph" draws graphs more compactly by using horizontal lines

    when able.
 
  * "git log --decorate" shows shorter refnames by stripping well-known
    when able.
 
  * "git log --decorate" shows shorter refnames by stripping well-known


@@ -105,6 +112,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.3
 
  * A major part of the "git bisect" wrapper has moved to C.
 
 
  * A major part of the "git bisect" wrapper has moved to C.
 

+ * Formatting with the new version of AsciiDoc 8.4.1 is now supported.
+

 Fixes since v1.6.3
 ------------------
 
 Fixes since v1.6.3
 ------------------
 


@@ -123,8 +132,16 @@ v1.6.3.X series.
    that chdir around.  It now internally records the repository location
    as an absolute path when autodetected.
 
    that chdir around.  It now internally records the repository location
    as an absolute path when autodetected.
 

----
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-echo O=$(git describe master)
-O=v1.6.4-rc1-7-gbba0fd2
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint
+ * Removing a section with "git config --remove-section", when its
+   section header has a variable definition on the same line, lost
+   that variable definition.
+
+ * "git rebase -p --onto" used to always leave side branches of a merge
+   intact, even when both branches are subject to rewriting.
+
+ * "git repack" used to faithfully follow grafts and considered true
+   parents recorded in the commit object unreachable from the commit.
+   After such a repacking, you cannot remove grafts without corrupting
+   the repository.
+
+ * "git send-email" did not detect erroneous loops in alias expansion.