From d17982f19c570744c98c10c167d54024e9d22909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:48:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Draft release notes to 1.6.5 before -rc0 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt index 856047d16..84a84519d 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt @@ -31,14 +31,68 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 (subsystems) + * various updates to git-svn and gitweb. + (portability) + * more improvements on mingw port. + (performance) + * On major platforms, the system can be compiled to use with Linus's + block-sha1 implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm, which + outperforms the default fallback implementation we borrowed from + Mozzilla. + (usability, bells and whistles) + * refs/replace/ hierarchy is designed to be usable as a replacement + of the "grafts" mechanism, with the added advantage that it can be + transferred across repositories. + + * "git am" learned to optionally ignore whitespace differences. + + * "git am" handles input e-mail files that has CRLF line endings sensibly. + + * "git commit --dry-run $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would + happen if I try to commit with these arguments." + + * "git cvsimport" now supports password-protected pserver access. + + * "git fast-export" learned --no-data option that can be useful when + reordering commits and trees without touching the contents of + blobs. + + * "git init" learned to mkdir/chdir into a directory when given an + extra argument (i.e. "git init this"). + + * "git instaweb" optionally can use mongoose as the web server. + + * "git log --decorate" can optionally be told with --decorate=full to + give the reference name in full. + + * "git push" can be told to be --quiet. + + * informational output from "git reset" that lists the locally modified + paths is made consistent with that of "git checkout $another_branch". + + * "git status" gives more descriptive output for unmerged paths. + + * "git submodule" learned to give submodule name to scripts run with + "foreach" subcommand. + + * various subcommands to "git submodule" learned --recursive option. + + * "git submodule summary" learned --files option to compare the work + tree vs the commit bound at submodule path, instead of comparing + the index. + (developers) + * With GIT_TEST_OPTS="--root=/p/a/t/h", tests can be run outside the + source directory; using tmpfs may give faster turnaround. + + Fixes since v1.6.4 ------------------ @@ -48,4 +102,8 @@ Fixes since v1.6.4 # Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to # v1.6.4.X series. - +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +O=v1.6.4.1-266-g235db15 +echo O=$(git describe master) +git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint -- 2.30.2