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 2ab2328316a8b52613eacfe8e0b865ec69ee3154..5860b515f57adee9ebf0e3ddb4f8042a7f46dc8a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,70 @@ Updates since v1.6.2
 
 (performance)
 
+* many uses of lstat(2) in the codepath for "git checkout" have been
+  optimized out.
+
 (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.
+
+* "--oneline" is a synonym for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev=commit".
+
+* If you realize that you botched the patch when you are editing hunks
+  with the 'edit' action in git-add -i/-p, you can abort the editor to
+  tell git not to apply it.
+
+* git-archive learned --output=<file> option.
+
+* git-bisect shows not just the number of remaining commits whose goodness
+  is unknown, but also shows the estimated number of remaining rounds.
+
+* You can give --date=<format> option to git-blame.
+
+* git-branch -r shows HEAD symref that points at a remote branch in
+  interest of each tracked remote repository.
+
+* git-config learned -e option to open an editor to edit the config file
+  directly.
+
+* git-clone runs post-checkout hook when run without --no-checkout.
+
+* git-format-patch can be told to use attachment with a new configuration,
+  format.attach.
+
+* 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-rebase can be told to rebase the series even if your branch is a
+  descendant of the commit you are rebasing onto with --force-rebase
+  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.
+
+(developers)
+
+* Test scripts can be run under valgrind.
+
+* Makefile learned 'coverage' option to run the test suites with
+  coverage tracking enabled.
 
 Fixes since v1.6.2
 ------------------
@@ -42,3 +104,11 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
 Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to
 v1.6.2.X series.
 
+* 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=v1.6.2.1-213-g7d4e3a7
+echo O=$(git describe master)
+git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint