From f45b8ee0ef75c03c210a476db9184824ffcb33c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:49:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Git for Windows 1.7.10-preview20120409 --- share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf | 22 ++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf b/share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf index fcb47f7a..29bb5fc2 100644 --- a/share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf +++ b/share/WinGit/ReleaseNotes.rtf @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f2\fnil\fcharset2 Symbol;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;} -{\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.21.2510;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\b\f0\fs32 Git Release Notes (Git-1.7.9-preview20120201)\b0\fs20\par -Last update: 1 February 2012\par +{\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.21.2510;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\b\f0\fs32 Git Release Notes (Git-1.7.10-preview20120409)\b0\fs20\par +Last update: 9 April 2012\par \par \b\fs24 Introduction\b0\fs20\par \par @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ These release notes describe issues specific to the Git for Windows release.\par \par 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 \par -See \cf0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://git-scm.com/"}}{\fldrslt{\ul\cf2 http://git-scm.com/}}}\cf1\f0\fs20 for further details about Git including ports to other operating systems. Git for Windows is hosted at \cf0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://msysgit.googlecode.com/"}}{\fldrslt{\ul\cf2 http://msysgit.googlecode.com/}}}\cf1\f0\fs20 .\par +See \cf0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://git-scm.com/"}}{\fldrslt{\ul\cf2 http://git-scm.com/}}}\cf1\f0\fs20 for further details about Git including ports to other operating systems. Git for Windows is hosted at \cf0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://msysgit.github.com/"}}{\fldrslt{\ul\cf2 http://msysgit.github.com/}}}\cf1\f0\fs20 .\par \par \b\fs24 Known issues\par \pard{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf2\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 instaweb, git shell.\par @@ -20,7 +20,21 @@ See \cf0{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://git-scm.com/"}}{\fldrslt{\ul\cf2 ht {\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}git and bash have serious problems with non-ASCII file names (Issue 80, 159).\par {\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}If configured to use plink, you will have to connect with putty first and accept the host key.\par {\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}As merge tools are executed using the MSys bash, options starting with "/" need to be handled specially: MSys would interpret that as a POSIX path, so you need to double the slash (Issue 226). Example: instead of "/base", say "//base". Also, extra care has to be paid to pass Windows programs Windows paths, as they have no clue about MSys style POSIX paths -- You can use something like $(cmd //c echo "$POSIXPATH").\par -{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}Unless you define the environment variable MSYS_WATCH_FSTAB (the value must be a non-empty string), Git Bash will not see any drives that have been attached after bash was started. This is a workaround to help the speed of cmd scripts using parts of Git that are implemented as shell scripts.\par +{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}Unless you define the environment variable MSYS_WATCH_FSTAB (the value must be a non-empty string), Git Bash will not see any drives that have been attached after bash was started. This is a workaround to help the speed of cmd scripts using parts of Git that are implemented as shell scripts.\line\line\pard\li144 Should you encounter other problems, please search the mailing list first ({\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit"}}{\fldrslt{\ul\cf2 http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit}}}\f0\fs20 ) and ask there if you do not find anything.\par +\pard\b\fs24\par +Changes since Git-1.7.9-preview20120201\par +\par +\i\fs20 New Features\par +\pard{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf2\pnindent0{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-288\li432\b0\i0 Comes with Git 1.7.10 plus Windows specific patches.\par +{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}UTF-8 file name support.\par +\pard\b\i\par +Bugfixes\par +\pard{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf2\pnindent0{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-288\li432\b0\i0 Please refer to the release notes for official Git 1.7.10.\par +{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}Clarifications in the installer.\par +{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}Console output is now even thread-safer.\par +{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}Better support for foreign remotes (Mercurial remotes are disabled for now, due to lack of a Python version that can be compiled within the development environment).\par +{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}Development environment: enhancements in the script to make a 64-bit setup.\par +{\pntext\f2\'B7\tab}Development environment: enhancements to the 64-bit Cheetah build.\par \pard\b\fs24\par Changes since Git-1.7.8-preview20111206\par \par -- 2.11.4.GIT