$GIT_DIR to work in a subdirectory of a working tree that is
not located at "$GIT_DIR/..".
+ - Giving "--file=<file>" option to "git config" is the same as
+ running the command with GIT_CONFIG=<file> environment.
+
- "git log" learned a new option "--follow", to follow
renaming history of a single file.
- "git-filter-branch" lets you rewrite the revision history of
- the current branch, creating a new branch. You can specify a
- number of filters to modify the commits, files and trees.
+ specified branches. You can specify a number of filters to
+ modify the commits, files and trees.
- "git-cvsserver" learned new options (--base-path, --export-all,
--strict-paths) inspired by git-daemon.
+ - "git daemon --base-path-relaxed" can help migrating a repository URL
+ that did not use to use --base-path to use --base-path.
+
- "git-commit" can use "-t templatefile" option and commit.template
configuration variable to prime the commit message given to you in the
editor.
of the format ('tgz', 'tbz2' or 'zip'). Please update the
your configuration file accordingly.
+ - "git diff" (but not the plumbing level "git diff-tree") now
+ recursively descends into trees by default.
+
- The editor to use with many interactive commands can be
overridden with GIT_EDITOR environment variable, or if it
does not exist, with core.editor configuration variable. As
- The diffstat given after a merge (or a pull) honors the
color.diff configuration.
+ - "git commit --amend" is now compatible with various message source
+ options such as -m/-C/-c/-F.
+
- "git-apply --whitespace=strip" removes blank lines added at
the end of the file.
--
exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.5.3-rc3
+O=v1.5.3-rc4
echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint