1Git v1.6.6.1 Release Notes 2========================== 3 4Fixes since v1.6.6 5------------------ 6 7 * "git blame" did not work well when commit lacked the author name. 8 9 * "git branch -a name" wasn't diagnosed as an error. 10 11 * "git count-objects" did not handle packfiles that are bigger than 4G on 12 platforms with 32-bit off_t. 13 14 * "git checkout -m other" while on a branch that does not have any commit 15 segfaulted, instead of failing. 16 17 * "git fast-import" choked when fed a tag that do not point at a 18 commit. 19 20 * "git grep" finding from work tree files could have fed garbage to 21 the underlying regexec(3). 22 23 * "git grep -L" didn't show empty files (they should never match, and 24 they should always appear in -L output as unmatching). 25 26 * "git rebase -i" did not abort cleanly if it failed to launch the editor. 27 28 * "git reset --hard" did not work correctly when GIT_WORK_TREE environment 29 variable is used to point at the root of the true work tree. 30 31 * http-backend was not listed in the command list in the documentation. 32 33 * Building on FreeBSD (both 7 and 8) needs OLD_ICONV set in the Makefile 34 35 * "git checkout -m some-branch" while on an unborn branch crashed. 36 37Other minor documentation updates are included.