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1 Git v1.7.1 Release Notes (draft)
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4 Updates since v1.7.0
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7 * Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively ask
8 password can be told to use an external program given via GIT_ASKPASS.
10 * "git am" learned "--keep-cr" option to handle inputs that are
11 mixture of changes to files with and without CRLF line endings.
13 * "git cvsimport" learned -R option to leave revision mapping between
14 CVS revisions and resulting git commits.
16 * "git diff --submodule" notices and descries dirty submodules.
18 * "git for-each-ref" learned %(symref), %(symref:short) and %(flag)
19 tokens.
21 * "git hash-object --stdin-paths" can take "--no-filters" option now.
23 * "git init" can be told to look at init.templatedir configuration
24 variable (obviously that has to come from either /etc/gitconfig or
25 $HOME/.gitconfig).
27 * "git grep" learned "--no-index" option, to search inside contents that
28 are not managed by git.
30 * "git grep" learned --color=auto/always/never.
32 * "git grep" learned to paint filename and line-number in colors.
34 * "git log -p --first-parent -m" shows one-parent diff for merge
35 commits, instead of showing combined diff.
37 * "git merge-file" learned to use custom conflict marker size and also use
38 the "union merge" behaviour.
40 * "git notes" command has been rewritten in C and learned quite a
41 many commands and features to help you carry notes forward across
42 rebases and amends.
44 * "git request-pull" identifies the commit the request is relative to in
45 a more readable way.
47 * "git reset" learned "--keep" option that lets you discard commits
48 near the tip while preserving your local changes in a way similar
49 to how "git checkout branch" does.
51 * "git status" notices and descries dirty submodules.
53 * "git svn" should work better when interacting with repositories
54 with CRLF line endings.
56 * "git imap-send" learned to support CRAM-MD5 authentication.
58 Fixes since v1.7.0
59 ------------------
61 All of the fixes in v1.7.0.X maintenance series are included in this
62 release, unless otherwise noted.
64 * "git add frotz/nitfol" did not complain when the entire frotz/ directory
65 was ignored.
67 ---
68 exec >/var/tmp/1
69 echo O=$(git describe)
70 O=v1.7.0.3-310-g99f5b08
71 git shortlog --no-merges ^maint $O..