Update draft release notes to 1.6.2

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2009-01-29 00:57:42 -08:00
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@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Updates since v1.6.1
(subsystems) (subsystems)
* git-svn updates.
* gitweb updates, including a new patch view and RSS/Atom feed
improvements.
(portability) (portability)
(performance) (performance)
@ -15,25 +20,63 @@ Updates since v1.6.1
(usability, bells and whistles) (usability, bells and whistles)
* "git-add -p" learned 'g'oto action to jump directly to a hunk. * automatic typo correction works on aliases as well
* git-cherry defaults to HEAD when the <upstream> argument is not given. * @{-1} is a way to refer to the last branch you were on. This is
accepted not only where an object name is expected, but anywhere
a branch name is expected. E.g. "git branch --track mybranch @{-1}"
"git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{-1}".
* git-cvsserver can be told not to add extra "via git-CVS emulator" to the * "git add -p" learned 'g'oto action to jump directly to a hunk.
commit log message it serves via gitcvs.commitmsgannotation configuration.
* git-diff learned a new option --inter-hunk-context to coalesce close * when "git am" stops upon a patch that does not apply, it shows the
title of the offending patch.
* "git am --directory=<dir>" and "git am --reject" passes these options
to underlying "git apply".
* "git clone" now makes its best effort when cloning from an empty
repository to set up configuration variables to refer to the remote
repository.
* "git checkout -" is a shorthand for "git checkout @{-1}".
* "git cherry" defaults to whatever the current branch is tracking (if
exists) when the <upstream> argument is not given.
* "git cvsserver" can be told not to add extra "via git-CVS emulator" to
the commit log message it serves via gitcvs.commitmsgannotation
configuration.
* "git diff" learned a new option --inter-hunk-context to coalesce close
hunks together and show context between them. hunks together and show context between them.
* git-filter-branch learned --prune-empty option that discards commits * The definition of what constitutes a word for "git diff --color-words"
can be customized via gitattributes, command line or a configuration.
* "git diff" learned --patience to run "patience diff" algorithm.
* Some combinations of -b/-w/--ignore-space-at-eol to "git diff" did
not work as expected.
* "git filter-branch" learned --prune-empty option that discards commits
that do not change the contents. that do not change the contents.
* git-ls-tree learned --full-tree option that shows the path in full * "git grep -w" and "git grep" for fixed strings have been optimized.
* "git log" and friends include HEAD to the set of starting points
when --all is given. This makes a difference when you are not on
any branch.
* "git ls-tree" learned --full-tree option that shows the path in full
regardless of where in the work tree hierarchy the command was started. regardless of where in the work tree hierarchy the command was started.
* git-mergetool learned -y(--no-prompt) option to disable prompting. * "git mergetool" learned -y(--no-prompt) option to disable prompting.
* "git-reset --merge" is a new mode that works similar to the way * "git rebase -i" can transplant a history down to root to elsewhere
with --root option.
* "git reset --merge" is a new mode that works similar to the way
"git checkout" switches branches, taking the local changes while "git checkout" switches branches, taking the local changes while
switching to another commit. switching to another commit.
@ -52,14 +95,12 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
* git-bundle did not exclude annotated tags even when a range given from the * git-bundle did not exclude annotated tags even when a range given from the
command line wanted to. command line wanted to.
* git-grep did not work correctly for index entries with assume-unchanged bit.
* branch switching and merges had a silly bug that did not validate * branch switching and merges had a silly bug that did not validate
the correct directory when making sure an existing subdirectory is the correct directory when making sure an existing subdirectory is
clean. clean.
-- --
exec >/var/tmp/1 exec >/var/tmp/1
O=v1.6.1-134-ge98c6a1 O=v1.6.1.2-252-g8c95d3c
echo O=$(git describe master) echo O=$(git describe master)
git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint