GIT 1.5.3-rc5

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.txt
index 21bb1fc6f2d1dfdb0231ba7381f0ade1ecb66c49..9c36e8baebfe605c7d2bcfad87d425601aa771ad 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
 
 * The submodule support has Porcelain layer.
 
 
 * The submodule support has Porcelain layer.
 

+  Note that the current submodule support is minimal and this is
+  deliberately so.  A design decision we made is that operations
+  at the supermodule level do not recurse into submodules by
+  default.  The expectation is that later we would add a
+  mechanism to tell git which submodules the user is interested
+  in, and this information might be used to determine the
+  recursive behaviour of certain commands (e.g. "git checkout"
+  and "git diff"), but currently we haven't agreed on what that
+  mechanism should look like.  Therefore, if you use submodules,
+  you would probably need "git submodule update" on the
+  submodules you care about after running a "git checkout" at
+  the supermodule level.
+

 * There are a handful pack-objects changes to help you cope better
   with repositories with pathologically large blobs in them.
 
 * There are a handful pack-objects changes to help you cope better
   with repositories with pathologically large blobs in them.
 


@@ -46,21 +59,21 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
   - "git log" learned a new option "--follow", to follow
     renaming history of a single file.
 
   - "git log" learned a new option "--follow", to follow
     renaming history of a single file.
 

-  - "git-filter-branch" lets you rewrite the revision history of
+  - "git filter-branch" lets you rewrite the revision history of

     specified branches. You can specify a number of filters to
     modify the commits, files and trees.
 
     specified branches. You can specify a number of filters to
     modify the commits, files and trees.
 

-  - "git-cvsserver" learned new options (--base-path, --export-all,
-    --strict-paths) inspired by git-daemon.
+  - "git cvsserver" learned new options (--base-path, --export-all,
+    --strict-paths) inspired by "git daemon".

 
   - "git daemon --base-path-relaxed" can help migrating a repository URL
     that did not use to use --base-path to use --base-path.
 
 
   - "git daemon --base-path-relaxed" can help migrating a repository URL
     that did not use to use --base-path to use --base-path.
 

-  - "git-commit" can use "-t templatefile" option and commit.template
+  - "git commit" can use "-t templatefile" option and commit.template

     configuration variable to prime the commit message given to you in the
     editor.
 
     configuration variable to prime the commit message given to you in the
     editor.
 

-  - "git-submodule" command helps you manage the projects from
+  - "git submodule" command helps you manage the projects from

     the superproject that contain them.
 
   - In addition to core.compression configuration option,
     the superproject that contain them.
 
   - In addition to core.compression configuration option,


@@ -68,15 +81,15 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
     independently tweak zlib compression levels used for loose
     and packed objects.
 
     independently tweak zlib compression levels used for loose
     and packed objects.
 

-  - "git-ls-tree -l" shows size of blobs pointed at by the
+  - "git ls-tree -l" shows size of blobs pointed at by the

     tree entries, similar to "/bin/ls -l".
 
     tree entries, similar to "/bin/ls -l".
 

-  - "git-rev-list" learned --regexp-ignore-case and
+  - "git rev-list" learned --regexp-ignore-case and

     --extended-regexp options to tweak its matching logic used
     for --grep fitering.
 
     --extended-regexp options to tweak its matching logic used
     for --grep fitering.
 

-  - "git-describe --contains" is a handier way to call more
-    obscure command "git-name-rev --tags".
+  - "git describe --contains" is a handier way to call more
+    obscure command "git name-rev --tags".

 
   - "git gc --aggressive" tells the command to spend more cycles
     to optimize the repository harder.
 
   - "git gc --aggressive" tells the command to spend more cycles
     to optimize the repository harder.


@@ -112,6 +125,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
   - "git config" learned NUL terminated output format via -z to
     help scripts.
 
   - "git config" learned NUL terminated output format via -z to
     help scripts.
 

+  - "git add" learned "--refresh <paths>..." option to selectively refresh
+    the cached stat information.
+

   - "git init -q" makes the command quieter.
 
 * Updated behavior of existing commands.
   - "git init -q" makes the command quieter.
 
 * Updated behavior of existing commands.


@@ -126,9 +142,19 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
     of the format ('tgz', 'tbz2' or 'zip').  Please update the
     your configuration file accordingly.
 
     of the format ('tgz', 'tbz2' or 'zip').  Please update the
     your configuration file accordingly.
 

+  - "git clone" uses -l (hardlink files under .git) by default when
+    cloning locally.
+
+  - "git bundle create" can now create a bundle without negative refs,
+    i.e. "everything since the beginning up to certain points".
+

   - "git diff" (but not the plumbing level "git diff-tree") now
     recursively descends into trees by default.
 
   - "git diff" (but not the plumbing level "git diff-tree") now
     recursively descends into trees by default.
 

+  - "git diff" does not show differences that come only from
+    stat-dirtiness in the form of "diff --git" header anymore.  When
+    generating a textual diff, it shows a warning message at the end.
+

   - The editor to use with many interactive commands can be
     overridden with GIT_EDITOR environment variable, or if it
     does not exist, with core.editor configuration variable.  As
   - The editor to use with many interactive commands can be
     overridden with GIT_EDITOR environment variable, or if it
     does not exist, with core.editor configuration variable.  As


@@ -143,8 +169,16 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
     given strings now have shorter abbreviations.  -i is for ignore case,
     and -E is for extended regexp.
 
     given strings now have shorter abbreviations.  -i is for ignore case,
     and -E is for extended regexp.
 

+  - "git log" learned --log-size to show the number of bytes in
+    the log message part of the output to help qgit.
+

   - "git svn dcommit" retains local merge information.
 
   - "git svn dcommit" retains local merge information.
 

+  - "git svnimport" allows an empty string to be specified as the
+    trunk/ directory.  This is necessary to suck data from a SVN
+    repository that doe not have trunk/ branches/ and tags/ organization
+    at all.
+

   - "git config" to set values also honors type flags like --bool
     and --int.
 
   - "git config" to set values also honors type flags like --bool
     and --int.
 


@@ -167,7 +201,7 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
     and the handcrafted ones the old code created was not
     properly formed anyway.
 
     and the handcrafted ones the old code created was not
     properly formed anyway.
 

-  - "git-push" pretends that you immediately fetched back from
+  - "git push" pretends that you immediately fetched back from

     the remote by updating corresponding remote tracking
     branches if you have any.
 
     the remote by updating corresponding remote tracking
     branches if you have any.
 


@@ -177,10 +211,10 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
   - "git commit --amend" is now compatible with various message source
     options such as -m/-C/-c/-F.
 
   - "git commit --amend" is now compatible with various message source
     options such as -m/-C/-c/-F.
 

-  - "git-apply --whitespace=strip" removes blank lines added at
+  - "git apply --whitespace=strip" removes blank lines added at

     the end of the file.
 
     the end of the file.
 

-  - "git-fetch" over git native protocols with "-v" option shows
+  - "git fetch" over git native protocols with "-v" option shows

     connection status, and the IP address of the other end, to
     help diagnosing problems.
 
     connection status, and the IP address of the other end, to
     help diagnosing problems.
 


@@ -195,10 +229,10 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
   - "--find-copies-harder" option to diff family can now be
     spelled as "-C -C" for brevity.
 
   - "--find-copies-harder" option to diff family can now be
     spelled as "-C -C" for brevity.
 

-  - "git-mailsplit" (hence "git-am") can read from Maildir
+  - "git mailsplit" (hence "git am") can read from Maildir

     formatted mailboxes.
 
     formatted mailboxes.
 

-  - "git-cvsserver" does not barf upon seeing "cvs login"
+  - "git cvsserver" does not barf upon seeing "cvs login"

     request.
 
   - "pack-objects" honors "delta" attribute set in
     request.
 
   - "pack-objects" honors "delta" attribute set in


@@ -208,7 +242,7 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
   - "new-workdir" script (in contrib) can now be used with a
     bare repository.
 
   - "new-workdir" script (in contrib) can now be used with a
     bare repository.
 

-  - "git-mergetool" learned to use gvimdiff.
+  - "git mergetool" learned to use gvimdiff.

 
   - "gitview" (in contrib) has a better blame interface.
 
 
   - "gitview" (in contrib) has a better blame interface.
 


@@ -223,8 +257,8 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
     "oneline".
 
   - "git p4import" has been demoted to contrib status.  For
     "oneline".
 
   - "git p4import" has been demoted to contrib status.  For

-    a superior option, checkout the git-p4 front end to
-    git-fast-import (also in contrib).  The man page and p4
+    a superior option, checkout the "git p4" front end to
+    "git fast-import" (also in contrib).  The man page and p4

     rpm have been removed as well.
 
   - "git mailinfo" (hence "am") now tries to see if the message
     rpm have been removed as well.
 
   - "git mailinfo" (hence "am") now tries to see if the message


@@ -237,13 +271,15 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
     without parameter defined with "func()", not "func(void)")
     have been eradicated.
 
     without parameter defined with "func()", not "func(void)")
     have been eradicated.
 

+  - "git tag" and "git verify-tag" have been rewritten in C.
+

 * Performance Tweaks
 
 * Performance Tweaks
 

-  - git-pack-objects avoids re-deltification cost by caching
+  - "git pack-objects" avoids re-deltification cost by caching

     small enough delta results it creates while looking for the
     best delta candidates.
 
     small enough delta results it creates while looking for the
     best delta candidates.
 

-  - git-pack-objects learned a new heuristcs to prefer delta
+  - "git pack-objects" learned a new heuristcs to prefer delta

     that is shallower in depth over the smallest delta
     possible.  This improves both overall packfile access
     performance and packfile density.
     that is shallower in depth over the smallest delta
     possible.  This improves both overall packfile access
     performance and packfile density.


@@ -260,6 +296,13 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
   - verifying pack contents done by "git fsck --full" got boost
     by carefully choosing the order to verify objects in them.
 
   - verifying pack contents done by "git fsck --full" got boost
     by carefully choosing the order to verify objects in them.
 

+  - "git read-tree -m" to read into an already populated index
+    has been optimized vastly.  The effect of this can be seen
+    when switching branches that have differences in only a
+    handful paths.
+
+  - "git commit paths..." has also been optimized.
+

 
 Fixes since v1.5.2
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 Fixes since v1.5.2
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