From 0e047bd14c77859b1a43d477858347f6b233efc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:34:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update draft release notes for 1.6.0 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt index 5292bd730c..03e3a59ff5 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt @@ -7,20 +7,16 @@ User visible changes [[Note that none of these are not merged to 'master' as of this writing but they will be before 1.6.0 happens]] -With default Makefile settings, most of the programs are now installed -outside your $PATH, except for "git", "gitk", "git-gui" and some server -side programs that needs to be accessible when connecting over ssh. - -When talking to remote repository over ssh, necessary server side programs -are now invoked with "git $program" notation, not with "git-$program" -notation. This should work with both servers running older git where you -had all of these programs installed on $PATH, or newer git where you have -only "git" on $PATH. However, if the remote side is running a custom -software that restricts programs you can run over ssh, it might cause -problems. Use --upload-pack="git-upload-pack" (when using ls-remote, -fetch and pull on the client side), --receive-pack="git-receive-pack" -(when using push on the client side), or --exec="git-upload-archive" (when -using git-archive) as appropriate when talking to such a remote. +With the default Makefile settings, most of the programs are now +installed outside your $PATH, except for "git", "gitk", "git-gui" and +some server side programs that need to be accessible for technical +reasons. Invoking a git subcommand as "git-xyzzy" from the command +line has been deprecated since early 2006 (and officially announced in +1.5.4 release notes); use of them from your scripts after adding +output from "git --exec-path" to the $PATH is still supported in this +release, but users are again strongly encouraged to adjust their +scripts to use "git xyzzy" form, as we will stop installing +"git-xyzzy" hardlinks for built-in commands in later releases. Source changes needed for porting to MinGW environment are now all in the main git.git codebase. @@ -31,6 +27,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.6 (subsystems) +* git-p4 in contrib learned "allowSubmit" configuration to control on + which branch to allow "submit" subcommand. + (portability) * Sample hook scripts shipped in templates/ are now suffixed with @@ -47,7 +46,13 @@ Updates since v1.5.6 * Updated howto/update-hook-example -(performance, robustness etc.) +* Got rid of usage of "git-foo" from the tutorial. + +* Disambiguating "--" between revs and paths is finally documented. + +(performance, robustness, sanity etc.) + +* even more documentation pages are now accessible via "man" and "git help". * reduced excessive inlining to shrink size of the "git" binary. @@ -67,6 +72,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.6 objects created will be fsync'ed (this is only useful on filesystems that does not order data writes properly). +* "git commit-tree" plumbing can make Octopus with more than 16 parents. + "git commit" has been capable of this for quite some time. + (usability, bells and whistles) * git-archive can be told to omit certain paths from its output using @@ -100,6 +108,6 @@ this release, unless otherwise noted. --- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.5.6.1-77-gf9a08f6 +O=v1.5.6.1-104-ga08b868 echo O=$(git describe refs/heads/master) git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint -- 2.11.4.GIT