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1 GIT v1.6.5 Release Notes
2 ========================
4 In git 1.7.0, which is planned to be the release after 1.6.5, "git push"
5 into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by default.
7 You can choose what should happen upon such a push by setting the
8 configuration variable receive.denyCurrentBranch in the receiving
9 repository.
11 Also, "git push $there :$killed" to delete the branch $killed in a remote
12 repository $there, when $killed branch is the current branch pointed at by
13 its HEAD, will be refused by default.
15 You can choose what should happen upon such a push by setting the
16 configuration variable receive.denyDeleteCurrent in the receiving
17 repository.
19 To ease the transition plan, the receiving repository of such a
20 push running this release will issue a big warning when the
21 configuration variable is missing. Please refer to:
23 http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#non-bare
24 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/107758/focus=108007
26 for more details on the reason why this change is needed and the
27 transition plan.
29 Updates since v1.6.4
30 --------------------
32 (subsystems)
34 * various updates to git-svn and gitweb.
36 (portability)
38 * more improvements on mingw port.
40 (performance)
42 * On major platforms, the system can be compiled to use with Linus's
43 block-sha1 implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm, which
44 outperforms the default fallback implementation we borrowed from
45 Mozzilla.
47 (usability, bells and whistles)
49 * refs/replace/ hierarchy is designed to be usable as a replacement
50 of the "grafts" mechanism, with the added advantage that it can be
51 transferred across repositories.
53 * "git am" learned to optionally ignore whitespace differences.
55 * "git am" handles input e-mail files that has CRLF line endings sensibly.
57 * "git commit --dry-run $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would
58 happen if I try to commit with these arguments."
60 * "git cvsimport" now supports password-protected pserver access.
62 * "git fast-export" learned --no-data option that can be useful when
63 reordering commits and trees without touching the contents of
64 blobs.
66 * "git init" learned to mkdir/chdir into a directory when given an
67 extra argument (i.e. "git init this").
69 * "git instaweb" optionally can use mongoose as the web server.
71 * "git log --decorate" can optionally be told with --decorate=full to
72 give the reference name in full.
74 * "git push" can be told to be --quiet.
76 * informational output from "git reset" that lists the locally modified
77 paths is made consistent with that of "git checkout $another_branch".
79 * "git status" gives more descriptive output for unmerged paths.
81 * "git submodule" learned to give submodule name to scripts run with
82 "foreach" subcommand.
84 * various subcommands to "git submodule" learned --recursive option.
86 * "git submodule summary" learned --files option to compare the work
87 tree vs the commit bound at submodule path, instead of comparing
88 the index.
90 (developers)
92 * With GIT_TEST_OPTS="--root=/p/a/t/h", tests can be run outside the
93 source directory; using tmpfs may give faster turnaround.
96 Fixes since v1.6.4
97 ------------------
99 # All of the fixes in v1.6.4.X maintenance series are included in this
100 # release, unless otherwise noted.
102 # Here are fixes that this release has, but have not been backported to
103 # v1.6.4.X series.
105 --
106 exec >/var/tmp/1
107 O=v1.6.4.1-266-g235db15
108 echo O=$(git describe master)
109 git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint