From 3cfdf8ee8a447f8c2fe2842d20613b3253ca576d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 00:44:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Git-1.6.2-preview20090308 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf b/share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf index d161ba7d..56efe333 100644 --- a/share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf +++ b/share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf @@ -1,28 +1,41 @@ {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset2 Symbol;}} -{\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;\red255\green0\blue0;} -{\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1515;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\b\f0\fs32 Git Release Notes (Git-1.6.1-preview20081225)\b0\fs20\par -Last update: 25 December 2008\par +{\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} +{\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\b\f0\fs32 Git Release Notes (Git-1.6.2-preview20090308)\b0\fs20\par +Last update: 8 March 2009\par \par -\cf2\b\fs24 Warning\cf1\par -\cf2\fs20 This version uses the new directory layout "libexec/git-core", which was introduced with Git 1.6. The new layout requires special adjustments on Windows, which have not yet received much testing. Please report problems to the mailing list.\cf1\b0\par -\b\fs24\par -Introduction\b0\fs20\par +\b\fs24 Introduction\b0\fs20\par These release notes describe issues specific to the Windows release.\par \pard\fi144 General release notes covering the history of the core git commands are included in the subdirectory doc/git/html of the installation directory. Look for files starting with RelNotes.\par \pard\par \b\fs24 Known issues\par -\pard{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnindent0{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-288\li432\b0\fs20 git svn is excluded from the end-user installer because it does not reliably work (see discussions on the mailing list). If you want to use git svn you can install the full msysgit developer environment, as explained on the msysgit homepage.\par -{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Some commands are not yet supported on Windows and excluded from the installation; namely: git archimport, git cvsexportcommit, git cvsimport, git cvsserver, git filter-branch, git instaweb, git send-email, git shell, git svn.\par +\pard{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnindent0{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-288\li432\b0\fs20 Some commands are not yet supported on Windows and excluded from the installation; namely: git archimport, git cvsexportcommit, git cvsimport, git cvsserver, git filter-branch, git instaweb, git send-email, git shell.\par {\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}The Logitec QuickCam software can cause spurious crashes. See "Why does make often crash creating a sh.exe.stackdump file when I try to compile my source code?" in the MinGW FAQs (http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/FAQ).\par {\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}The Quick Launch icon will only be installed for the user running setup (typically the Administrator). This is a technical restriction and will not change.\par {\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Git Bash launched through the Explorer shell extension does not have the git icon in its taskbar. This is a technical restriction and will not change.\par -{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Repositories >2 GByte are not yet supported.\par {\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}git send-mail does not work properly (Issue 27).\par {\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}curl uses $HOME/_netrc instead of $HOME/.netrc.\par {\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}If you want to specify a different location for --upload-pack, you have to start the absolute path with two slashes. Otherwise MSys will mangle the path.\par {\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}git clone fails when the repository contains UTF-8 filepaths (Issue 80).\par \pard\b\fs24\par -Changes since Git-1.6.0.2-preview20080923\par +Changes since Git-1.6.1-preview20081225\par +\par +\i\fs20 New Features\par +\pard{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnindent0{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-288\li432\b0\i0 Comes with official git 1.6.2.\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Comes with upgraded vim 7.2.\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Compiled with GCC 4.3.3.\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}The user can choose the preferred CR/LF behavior in the installer now.\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Peter Kodl contributed support for hardlinks on Windows.\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}The bash prompt shows information about the current repository.\par +\pard\li144\par +\pard\b\i Bugfixes\b0\i0\par +\pard{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnindent0{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-288\li432 If supported by the file system, pack files can grow larger than 2gb.\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Comes with updated msys-1.0.dll (should fix some Vista issues).\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Assorted fixes to support the new libexec/git-core/ layout better.\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Read-only files can be properly replaced now.\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}git-svn is included again (original caveats still apply).\par +{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}Obsolete programs from previous installations are cleaned up.\par +\pard\li144\par +\pard\b\fs24 Changes since Git-1.6.0.2-preview20080923\par \i\fs20\par New Features\par \pard{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnindent0{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-288\li432\b0\i0 Comes with official git 1.6.1.\par -- 2.11.4.GIT