Update draft release notes for 1.5.4
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>maint
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@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ GIT v1.5.4 Release Notes
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Removal
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Removal
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* "git svnimport" was removed in favor of "git svn".
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* "git svnimport" was removed in favor of "git svn". It is still there
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in the source tree (contrib/examples) but unsupported.
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Deprecation notices
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Deprecation notices
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@ -48,7 +49,10 @@ Updates since v1.5.3
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* Comes with much improved gitk.
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* Comes with much improved gitk.
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* Comes with "git gui" 0.9.0 with i18n.
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* Comes with "git gui" 0.9.1 with i18n.
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* gitk is now merged as a subdirectory of git.git project, in
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preparation for its i18n.
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* progress display from many commands are a lot nicer to the eye.
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* progress display from many commands are a lot nicer to the eye.
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Transfer commands show throughput data.
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Transfer commands show throughput data.
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pairing. Earlier if more than one identical rename sources were
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pairing. Earlier if more than one identical rename sources were
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found in the preimage, they were picked pretty much at random.
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found in the preimage, they were picked pretty much at random.
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* Value "true" for color.diff and color.status configuration used to
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mean "always" (even when the output is not going to a terminal).
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This has been corrected to mean the same thing as "auto".
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* HTTP proxy can be specified per remote repository using
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remote.*.httpproxy configuration, or global http.proxy configuration
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variable.
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* Various Perforce importer updates.
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* Example update and post-receive hooks have been improved.
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* Any command that wants to take a commit object name can now use
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":/string" syntax to name a commit.
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* "git reset" is now built-in and its output can be squelched with -q.
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* "git reset" is now built-in and its output can be squelched with -q.
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* "git send-email" can optionally talk over ssmtp and use SMTP-AUTH.
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* "git send-email" can optionally talk over ssmtp and use SMTP-AUTH.
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--skip" without first running "git reset --hard", as the command now
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--skip" without first running "git reset --hard", as the command now
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runs it for you.
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runs it for you.
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* "git rebase --interactive" mode can now work on detached HEAD.
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* "git rebase" now detaches head during its operation, so after a
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successful "git rebase" operation, the reflog entry branch@{1} for
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the current branch points at the commit before the rebase was
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started.
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* "git rebase -i" also triggers rerere to help your repeated merges.
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* "git merge" can call the "post-merge" hook.
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* "git merge" can call the "post-merge" hook.
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* "git pack-objects" can optionally run deltification with multiple
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* "git pack-objects" can optionally run deltification with multiple
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than the usual one) after the user accumulates too many loose
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than the usual one) after the user accumulates too many loose
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objects.
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objects.
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* "git clean" has been rewritten in C.
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* You need to explicitly set clean.requireForce to "false" to allow
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* You need to explicitly set clean.requireForce to "false" to allow
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"git clean" without -f to do any damage (lack of the configuration
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"git clean" without -f to do any damage (lack of the configuration
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variable used to mean "do not require -f option to lose untracked
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variable used to mean "do not require -f option to lose untracked
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files", but we now use the safer default).
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files", but we now use the safer default).
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* "git clean" has been rewritten in C.
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* "git push" learned --dry-run option to show what would happen if a
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* "git push" learned --dry-run option to show what would happen if a
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push is run.
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push is run.
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one-to-one to the remote, and deletes refs from the remote that do
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one-to-one to the remote, and deletes refs from the remote that do
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not exist anymore in the repository on the pushing side.
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not exist anymore in the repository on the pushing side.
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* "git push" can remove a corrupt ref at the remote site with the usual
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":ref" refspec.
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* "git remote" knows --mirror mode. This is to set up configuration to
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* "git remote" knows --mirror mode. This is to set up configuration to
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push into a remote repository to store local branch heads to the same
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push into a remote repository to store local branch heads to the same
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branch on the remote side, and remove branch heads locally removed
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branch on the remote side, and remove branch heads locally removed
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* "git remote" learned "rm" subcommand.
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* "git remote" learned "rm" subcommand.
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* "git rebase --interactive" mode can now work on detached HEAD.
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* "git cvsserver" can be run via "git shell".
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* "git cvsserver" can be run via "git shell".
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* "git am" and "git rebase" are far less verbose.
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* "git am" and "git rebase" are far less verbose.
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* "git pull" learned to pass --[no-]ff option to underlying "git
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* "git pull" learned to pass --[no-]ff option to underlying "git
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merge".
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merge".
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* Various Perforce importer updates.
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* "git pull --rebase" is a different way to integrate what you fetched
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into your current branch.
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* "git fast-export" produces datastream that can be fed to fast-import
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to reproduce the history recorded in a git repository.
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* "git commit --allow-empty" allows you to create a single-parent
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commit that records the same tree as its parent, overriding the usual
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safety valve.
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* "git commit --amend" can amend a merge that does not change the tree
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from its first parent.
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* "git stash random-text" does not create a new stash anymore. It was
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a UI mistake. Use "git stash save random-text", or "git stash"
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(without extra args) for that.
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* "git prune --expire <time>" can exempt young loose objects from
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getting pruned.
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* "git branch --contains <commit>" can list branches that are
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descendants of a given commit.
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* "git log" learned --early-output option to help interactive GUI
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* "git log" learned --early-output option to help interactive GUI
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implementations.
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implementations.
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* "git ls-files" learned "--exclude-standard" to use the canned set of
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* "git ls-files" learned "--exclude-standard" to use the canned set of
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exclude files.
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exclude files.
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* "git rebase" now detaches head during its operation, so after a
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successful "git rebase" operation, the reflog entry branch@{1} for
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the current branch points at the commit before the rebase was
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started.
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* "git tag -a -f existing" begins the editor session using the existing
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* "git tag -a -f existing" begins the editor session using the existing
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annotation message.
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annotation message.
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* "git checkout" from and to detached HEAD leaves a bit more
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* "git checkout" from and to detached HEAD leaves a bit more
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information in the reflog.
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information in the reflog.
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* "git branch" learned --contains option, to show only branches that
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can reach a given commit.
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* Example update and post-receive hooks have been improved.
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* "git push" can remove a corrupt ref at the remote site with the usual
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":ref" refspec.
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* In addition there are quite a few internal clean-ups. Notably
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* In addition there are quite a few internal clean-ups. Notably
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- many fork/exec have been replaced with run-command API,
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- many fork/exec have been replaced with run-command API,
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--
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exec >/var/tmp/1
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exec >/var/tmp/1
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O=v1.5.3.7-966-g6bda21b
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O=v1.5.3.7-1003-gf38ca7c
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echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
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echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
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git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint
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git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint
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