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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt index 25529f723..d260b0372 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.txt @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 (subsystems) - * various updates to git-svn and gitweb. + * various updates to gitk, git-svn and gitweb. (portability) @@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 * mingw will also give FRSX as the default value for the LESS environment variable when the user does not have one. + * initial support to compile git on Windows with MSVC. + (performance) * On major platforms, the system can be compiled to use with Linus's block-sha1 implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm, which outperforms the default fallback implementation we borrowed from - Mozzilla. + Mozilla. * Unnecessary inefficiency in deepening of a shallow repository has been removed. @@ -84,12 +86,21 @@ Updates since v1.6.4 * "git am" learned "--scissors" option to allow you to discard early part of an incoming e-mail. + * "git archive -o output.zip" works without being told what format to + use with an explicit "--format=zip".option. + * "git checkout", "git reset" and "git stash" learned to pick and choose to use selected changes you made, similar to "git add -p". * "git clone" learned a "-b" option to pick a HEAD to check out different from the remote's default branch. + * "git clone" learned --recursive option. + + * "git clone" from a local repository on a different filesystem used to + copy individual object files without preserving the old timestamp, giving + them extra lifetime in the new repository until they gc'ed. + * "git commit --dry-run $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would happen if I try to commit with these arguments." @@ -155,7 +166,6 @@ Fixes since v1.6.4 -- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.6.4.2-298-gdf01e7c -O=v1.6.5-rc0-49-g5f2b1e6 +O=v1.6.5-rc1-44-ga16753d echo O=$(git describe master) git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint |