Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.2-rc1
diff --git a/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt b/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt index abecac6..712ebb0 100644 --- a/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt +++ b/RelNotes-1.5.2.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,14 @@ considered a binary or text (the former would be treated by 'git diff' not to produce textual output; the latter can go through the line endings conversion process in repositories - with core.autocrlf set), and specify a custom 3-way merge - driver. + with core.autocrlf set), expand and unexpand '$ident$' keyword + with blob object name, specify a custom 3-way merge driver, + and specify a custom diff driver. You can also apply + arbitrary filter to contents on check-in/check-out codepath + but this feature is an extremely sharp-edged razor and needs + to be handled with caution (do not use it unless you + understand the earlier mailing list discussion on keyward + expansion). * The packfile format now optionally suports 64-bit index. @@ -53,8 +59,21 @@ commit -a" (i.e. update the index to match the working tree); it obviously does not make a commit. + - "git clean" honors a new configuration, "clean.requireforce". When + set to true, this makes "git clean" a no-op, preventing you + from losing files by typing "git clean" when you meant to + say "make clean". You can still say "git clean -f" to + override this. + + - "git log" family of commands learned --date={local,relative,default} + option. --date=relative is synonym to the --relative-date. + --date=local gives the timestamp in local timezone. + * Updated behavior of existing commands. + - When $GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL or $GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL is not set + but $EMAIL is set, the latter is used as a substitute. + - "git diff --stat" shows size of preimage and postimage blobs for binary contents. Earlier it only said "Bin". @@ -82,11 +101,17 @@ - "gitview" (in contrib/ section) learned to better support "git-annotate". + - "git diff $commit1:$path2 $commit2:$path2" can now report + mode changes between the two blobs. + - Local "git fetch" from a repository whose object store is one of the alternates (e.g. fetching from the origin in a repository created with "git clone -l -s") avoids downloading objects unnecessary. + - "git blame" uses .mailmap to canonicalize the author name + just like "git shortlog" does. + * Builds - git-p4import has never been installed; now there is an @@ -102,11 +127,15 @@ * Performance Tweaks - - optimized "git-rev-list --bisect" (hence "git-bisect"). + - Optimized "git-rev-list --bisect" (hence "git-bisect"). - - optimized "git-add $path" in a large directory, most of + - Optimized "git-add $path" in a large directory, most of whose contents are ignored. + - The recursive merge strategy updated a worktree file that + was changed identically in two branches, when one of them + renamed it. We do not do that when there is no rename, so + match that behaviour. Fixes since v1.5.1 ------------------ @@ -133,12 +162,15 @@ will not be backported to 1.5.1.x series, as it is rather an intrusive change. + - git-fetch had trouble with a remote with insanely large number + of refs. + * Documentation updates * Performance Tweaks -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.5.1.2-242-g2d76548 +O=v1.5.2-rc0-106-g07c785d echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master` git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint 