(subsystems)
- * various updates to git-svn and gitweb.
+ * various updates to gitk, git-svn and gitweb.
(portability)
* 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.
* "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 $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would
happen if I try to commit with these arguments."
--
exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.6.4.2-298-gdf01e7c
-O=v1.6.5-rc0-49-g5f2b1e6
+O=v1.6.5-rc1-44-ga16753d
echo O=$(git describe master)
git shortlog --no-merges $O..master --not maint