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1 GIT v1.6.2 Release Notes
2 ========================
4 Updates since v1.6.1
5 --------------------
7 (subsystems)
9 * git-svn updates.
11 * gitweb updates, including a new patch view and RSS/Atom feed
12 improvements.
14 (portability)
16 (performance)
18 * pack-objects autodetects the number of CPUs available and uses threaded
19 version.
21 (usability, bells and whistles)
23 * automatic typo correction works on aliases as well
25 * @{-1} is a way to refer to the last branch you were on. This is
26 accepted not only where an object name is expected, but anywhere
27 a branch name is expected. E.g. "git branch --track mybranch @{-1}"
28 "git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{-1}".
30 * "git add -p" learned 'g'oto action to jump directly to a hunk.
32 * when "git am" stops upon a patch that does not apply, it shows the
33 title of the offending patch.
35 * "git am --directory=<dir>" and "git am --reject" passes these options
36 to underlying "git apply".
38 * "git clone" now makes its best effort when cloning from an empty
39 repository to set up configuration variables to refer to the remote
40 repository.
42 * "git checkout -" is a shorthand for "git checkout @{-1}".
44 * "git cherry" defaults to whatever the current branch is tracking (if
45 exists) when the <upstream> argument is not given.
47 * "git cvsserver" can be told not to add extra "via git-CVS emulator" to
48 the commit log message it serves via gitcvs.commitmsgannotation
49 configuration.
51 * "git diff" learned a new option --inter-hunk-context to coalesce close
52 hunks together and show context between them.
54 * The definition of what constitutes a word for "git diff --color-words"
55 can be customized via gitattributes, command line or a configuration.
57 * "git diff" learned --patience to run "patience diff" algorithm.
59 * Some combinations of -b/-w/--ignore-space-at-eol to "git diff" did
60 not work as expected.
62 * "git filter-branch" learned --prune-empty option that discards commits
63 that do not change the contents.
65 * "git grep -w" and "git grep" for fixed strings have been optimized.
67 * "git log" and friends include HEAD to the set of starting points
68 when --all is given. This makes a difference when you are not on
69 any branch.
71 * "git ls-tree" learned --full-tree option that shows the path in full
72 regardless of where in the work tree hierarchy the command was started.
74 * "git mergetool" learned -y(--no-prompt) option to disable prompting.
76 * "git rebase -i" can transplant a history down to root to elsewhere
77 with --root option.
79 * "git reset --merge" is a new mode that works similar to the way
80 "git checkout" switches branches, taking the local changes while
81 switching to another commit.
83 (internal)
86 Fixes since v1.6.1
87 ------------------
89 All of the fixes in v1.6.1.X maintenance series are included in this
90 release, unless otherwise noted.
92 * "git-add sub/file" when sub is a submodule incorrectly added the path to
93 the superproject.
95 * git-bundle did not exclude annotated tags even when a range given from the
96 command line wanted to.
98 * branch switching and merges had a silly bug that did not validate
99 the correct directory when making sure an existing subdirectory is
100 clean.
102 --
103 exec >/var/tmp/1
104 O=v1.6.1.2-252-g8c95d3c
105 echo O=$(git describe master)
106 git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint