From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:54:58 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Merge branch 'np/relnotes-in-subdir' X-Git-Tag: v1.7.3-rc1~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/5b45c55545dc492ff9cbe19d17c275b96b198eed?ds=inline;hp=-c Merge branch 'np/relnotes-in-subdir' * np/relnotes-in-subdir: install-webdoc: keep installed RelNotes-*.txt Documentation: move RelNotes into a directory of their own --- 5b45c55545dc492ff9cbe19d17c275b96b198eed diff --combined Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.txt index 0000000000,3512bbb238..f1243ff112 mode 000000,100644..100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.txt @@@ -1,0 -1,73 +1,81 @@@ + Git v1.7.3 Release Notes (draft) + ================================ + + Updates since v1.7.2 + -------------------- + + * git-gui got various updates and a new maintainer, Pat Thoyts. + + * Gitweb allows its configuration to change per each request; it used to + read the configuration once upon startup. + + * When git finds a corrupt object, it now reports the file that contains + it. + + * "git checkout -B " is a shorter way to say "git branch -f " + followed by "git checkout ". + + * When "git checkout" or "git merge" refuse to proceed in order to + protect local modification to your working tree, they used to stop + after showing just one path that might be lost. They now show all, + in a format that is easier to read. + + * "git clean" learned "-e" ("--exclude") option. + + * Hunk headers produced for C# files by "git diff" and friends show more + relevant context than before. + + * diff.ignoresubmodules configuration variable can be used to squelch the + differences in submodules reported when running commands (e.g. "diff", + "status", etc.) at the superproject level. + + * http.useragent configuration can be used to lie who you are to your + restrictive firewall. + + * "git rebase --strategy " learned "-X" option to pass extra options + that are understood by the chosen merge strategy. + + * "git rebase -i" learned "exec" that you can insert into the insn sheet + to run a command between its steps. + + * "git rebase" between branches that have many binary changes that do + not conflict should be faster. + + * "git rebase -i" peeks into rebase.autosquash configuration and acts as + if you gave --autosquash from the command line. + + + Also contains various documentation updates. + + + Fixes since v1.7.2 + ------------------ + + All of the fixes in v1.7.2.X maintenance series are included in this + release, unless otherwise noted. + + * "git merge -s recursive" (which is the default) did not handle cases + where a directory becomes a file (or vice versa) very well. + + * "git fetch" and friends were accidentally broken for url with "+" in + its path, e.g. "git://git.gnome.org/gtk+". + ++ * "git fetch $url" (i.e. without refspecs) was broken for quite some ++ time, if the current branch happen to be tracking some remote. ++ ++ * "git note remove" created unnecessary extra commit when named object ++ did not have any note to begin with. ++ ++ * "git -c foo=bar subcmd" did not work well for subcmd that is not ++ implemented as a built-in command. ++ + --- + exec >/var/tmp/1 + echo O=$(git describe master) -O=v1.7.2.2-268-g7e42332 -O=v1.7.2 ++O=v1.7.3-rc0 + git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint + exit 0 + + What did we want to do with... + + 1e3d411 (Enable custom schemes for column colors in the graph API, 2010-07-13) diff --combined Documentation/git.txt index e341075078,d9988f167c..69ef12e272 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@@ -47,173 -47,173 +47,173 @@@ Documentation for older releases are av * link:v1.7.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2.3] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.7.2.3.txt[1.7.2.3], - link:RelNotes-1.7.2.2.txt[1.7.2.2], - link:RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt[1.7.2.1], - link:RelNotes-1.7.2.txt[1.7.2]. + link:RelNotes/1.7.2.3.txt[1.7.2.3], + link:RelNotes/1.7.2.2.txt[1.7.2.2], + link:RelNotes/1.7.2.1.txt[1.7.2.1], + link:RelNotes/1.7.2.txt[1.7.2]. * link:v1.7.1.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.1.2] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.7.1.2.txt[1.7.1.2], - link:RelNotes-1.7.1.1.txt[1.7.1.1], - link:RelNotes-1.7.1.txt[1.7.1]. + link:RelNotes/1.7.1.2.txt[1.7.1.2], + link:RelNotes/1.7.1.1.txt[1.7.1.1], + link:RelNotes/1.7.1.txt[1.7.1]. * link:v1.7.0.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.7] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.7.0.7.txt[1.7.0.7], - link:RelNotes-1.7.0.6.txt[1.7.0.6], - link:RelNotes-1.7.0.5.txt[1.7.0.5], - link:RelNotes-1.7.0.4.txt[1.7.0.4], - link:RelNotes-1.7.0.3.txt[1.7.0.3], - link:RelNotes-1.7.0.2.txt[1.7.0.2], - link:RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt[1.7.0.1], - link:RelNotes-1.7.0.txt[1.7.0]. + link:RelNotes/1.7.0.7.txt[1.7.0.7], + link:RelNotes/1.7.0.6.txt[1.7.0.6], + link:RelNotes/1.7.0.5.txt[1.7.0.5], + link:RelNotes/1.7.0.4.txt[1.7.0.4], + link:RelNotes/1.7.0.3.txt[1.7.0.3], + link:RelNotes/1.7.0.2.txt[1.7.0.2], + link:RelNotes/1.7.0.1.txt[1.7.0.1], + link:RelNotes/1.7.0.txt[1.7.0]. * link:v1.6.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.2] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.6.6.2.txt[1.6.6.2], - link:RelNotes-1.6.6.1.txt[1.6.6.1], - link:RelNotes-1.6.6.txt[1.6.6]. + link:RelNotes/1.6.6.2.txt[1.6.6.2], + link:RelNotes/1.6.6.1.txt[1.6.6.1], + link:RelNotes/1.6.6.txt[1.6.6]. * link:v1.6.5.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.5.8] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt[1.6.5.8], - link:RelNotes-1.6.5.7.txt[1.6.5.7], - link:RelNotes-1.6.5.6.txt[1.6.5.6], - link:RelNotes-1.6.5.5.txt[1.6.5.5], - link:RelNotes-1.6.5.4.txt[1.6.5.4], - link:RelNotes-1.6.5.3.txt[1.6.5.3], - link:RelNotes-1.6.5.2.txt[1.6.5.2], - link:RelNotes-1.6.5.1.txt[1.6.5.1], - link:RelNotes-1.6.5.txt[1.6.5]. + link:RelNotes/1.6.5.8.txt[1.6.5.8], + link:RelNotes/1.6.5.7.txt[1.6.5.7], + link:RelNotes/1.6.5.6.txt[1.6.5.6], + link:RelNotes/1.6.5.5.txt[1.6.5.5], + link:RelNotes/1.6.5.4.txt[1.6.5.4], + link:RelNotes/1.6.5.3.txt[1.6.5.3], + link:RelNotes/1.6.5.2.txt[1.6.5.2], + link:RelNotes/1.6.5.1.txt[1.6.5.1], + link:RelNotes/1.6.5.txt[1.6.5]. * link:v1.6.4.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.4.4] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.6.4.4.txt[1.6.4.4], - link:RelNotes-1.6.4.3.txt[1.6.4.3], - link:RelNotes-1.6.4.2.txt[1.6.4.2], - link:RelNotes-1.6.4.1.txt[1.6.4.1], - link:RelNotes-1.6.4.txt[1.6.4]. + link:RelNotes/1.6.4.4.txt[1.6.4.4], + link:RelNotes/1.6.4.3.txt[1.6.4.3], + link:RelNotes/1.6.4.2.txt[1.6.4.2], + link:RelNotes/1.6.4.1.txt[1.6.4.1], + link:RelNotes/1.6.4.txt[1.6.4]. * link:v1.6.3.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.3.4] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.6.3.4.txt[1.6.3.4], - link:RelNotes-1.6.3.3.txt[1.6.3.3], - link:RelNotes-1.6.3.2.txt[1.6.3.2], - link:RelNotes-1.6.3.1.txt[1.6.3.1], - link:RelNotes-1.6.3.txt[1.6.3]. + link:RelNotes/1.6.3.4.txt[1.6.3.4], + link:RelNotes/1.6.3.3.txt[1.6.3.3], + link:RelNotes/1.6.3.2.txt[1.6.3.2], + link:RelNotes/1.6.3.1.txt[1.6.3.1], + link:RelNotes/1.6.3.txt[1.6.3]. * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.6.2.5.txt[1.6.2.5], - link:RelNotes-1.6.2.4.txt[1.6.2.4], - link:RelNotes-1.6.2.3.txt[1.6.2.3], - link:RelNotes-1.6.2.2.txt[1.6.2.2], - link:RelNotes-1.6.2.1.txt[1.6.2.1], - 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link:RelNotes-1.5.4.7.txt[1.5.4.7], - link:RelNotes-1.5.4.6.txt[1.5.4.6], - link:RelNotes-1.5.4.5.txt[1.5.4.5], - link:RelNotes-1.5.4.4.txt[1.5.4.4], - link:RelNotes-1.5.4.3.txt[1.5.4.3], - link:RelNotes-1.5.4.2.txt[1.5.4.2], - link:RelNotes-1.5.4.1.txt[1.5.4.1], - link:RelNotes-1.5.4.txt[1.5.4]. + link:RelNotes/1.5.4.7.txt[1.5.4.7], + link:RelNotes/1.5.4.6.txt[1.5.4.6], + link:RelNotes/1.5.4.5.txt[1.5.4.5], + link:RelNotes/1.5.4.4.txt[1.5.4.4], + link:RelNotes/1.5.4.3.txt[1.5.4.3], + link:RelNotes/1.5.4.2.txt[1.5.4.2], + link:RelNotes/1.5.4.1.txt[1.5.4.1], + link:RelNotes/1.5.4.txt[1.5.4]. * link:v1.5.3.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.3.8] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.5.3.8.txt[1.5.3.8], - link:RelNotes-1.5.3.7.txt[1.5.3.7], - link:RelNotes-1.5.3.6.txt[1.5.3.6], - link:RelNotes-1.5.3.5.txt[1.5.3.5], - link:RelNotes-1.5.3.4.txt[1.5.3.4], - link:RelNotes-1.5.3.3.txt[1.5.3.3], - link:RelNotes-1.5.3.2.txt[1.5.3.2], - link:RelNotes-1.5.3.1.txt[1.5.3.1], - link:RelNotes-1.5.3.txt[1.5.3]. + link:RelNotes/1.5.3.8.txt[1.5.3.8], + link:RelNotes/1.5.3.7.txt[1.5.3.7], + link:RelNotes/1.5.3.6.txt[1.5.3.6], + link:RelNotes/1.5.3.5.txt[1.5.3.5], + link:RelNotes/1.5.3.4.txt[1.5.3.4], + link:RelNotes/1.5.3.3.txt[1.5.3.3], + link:RelNotes/1.5.3.2.txt[1.5.3.2], + link:RelNotes/1.5.3.1.txt[1.5.3.1], + link:RelNotes/1.5.3.txt[1.5.3]. * link:v1.5.2.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.2.5] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.5.2.5.txt[1.5.2.5], - link:RelNotes-1.5.2.4.txt[1.5.2.4], - link:RelNotes-1.5.2.3.txt[1.5.2.3], - link:RelNotes-1.5.2.2.txt[1.5.2.2], - link:RelNotes-1.5.2.1.txt[1.5.2.1], - link:RelNotes-1.5.2.txt[1.5.2]. + link:RelNotes/1.5.2.5.txt[1.5.2.5], + link:RelNotes/1.5.2.4.txt[1.5.2.4], + link:RelNotes/1.5.2.3.txt[1.5.2.3], + link:RelNotes/1.5.2.2.txt[1.5.2.2], + link:RelNotes/1.5.2.1.txt[1.5.2.1], + link:RelNotes/1.5.2.txt[1.5.2]. * link:v1.5.1.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.1.6] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.5.1.6.txt[1.5.1.6], - link:RelNotes-1.5.1.5.txt[1.5.1.5], - link:RelNotes-1.5.1.4.txt[1.5.1.4], - link:RelNotes-1.5.1.3.txt[1.5.1.3], - link:RelNotes-1.5.1.2.txt[1.5.1.2], - link:RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt[1.5.1.1], - link:RelNotes-1.5.1.txt[1.5.1]. + link:RelNotes/1.5.1.6.txt[1.5.1.6], + link:RelNotes/1.5.1.5.txt[1.5.1.5], + link:RelNotes/1.5.1.4.txt[1.5.1.4], + link:RelNotes/1.5.1.3.txt[1.5.1.3], + link:RelNotes/1.5.1.2.txt[1.5.1.2], + link:RelNotes/1.5.1.1.txt[1.5.1.1], + link:RelNotes/1.5.1.txt[1.5.1]. * link:v1.5.0.7/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.0.7] * release notes for - link:RelNotes-1.5.0.7.txt[1.5.0.7], - link:RelNotes-1.5.0.6.txt[1.5.0.6], - link:RelNotes-1.5.0.5.txt[1.5.0.5], - link:RelNotes-1.5.0.3.txt[1.5.0.3], - link:RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt[1.5.0.2], - link:RelNotes-1.5.0.1.txt[1.5.0.1], - link:RelNotes-1.5.0.txt[1.5.0]. + link:RelNotes/1.5.0.7.txt[1.5.0.7], + link:RelNotes/1.5.0.6.txt[1.5.0.6], + link:RelNotes/1.5.0.5.txt[1.5.0.5], + link:RelNotes/1.5.0.3.txt[1.5.0.3], + link:RelNotes/1.5.0.2.txt[1.5.0.2], + link:RelNotes/1.5.0.1.txt[1.5.0.1], + link:RelNotes/1.5.0.txt[1.5.0]. * documentation for release link:v1.4.4.4/git.html[1.4.4.4], link:v1.3.3/git.html[1.3.3], @@@ -639,13 -639,6 +639,13 @@@ Usually it is easier to configure any d personal `.ssh/config` file. Please consult your ssh documentation for further details. +'GIT_ASKPASS':: + If this environment variable is set, then git commands which need to + acquire passwords or passphrases (e.g. for HTTP or IMAP authentication) + will call this program with a suitable prompt as command line argument + and read the password from its STDOUT. See also the 'core.askpass' + option in linkgit:git-config[1]. + 'GIT_FLUSH':: If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such as 'git blame' (in incremental mode), 'git rev-list', 'git log',