Update draft Release Notes for 1.5.4

[git.git] / Documentation / RelNotes-1.5.4.txt

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@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 GIT v1.5.4 Release Notes
 ========================
 
 GIT v1.5.4 Release Notes
 ========================
 

+Removal
+-------
+
+ * "git svnimport" was removed in favor of "git svn".  It is still there
+   in the source tree (contrib/examples) but unsupported.
+
+

 Deprecation notices
 -------------------
 
 Deprecation notices
 -------------------
 


@@ -30,152 +37,220 @@ Deprecation notices
    limitation of the latter.  Use of post-update hook will be deprecated
    in future versions of git, perhaps in v1.5.5.
 
    limitation of the latter.  Use of post-update hook will be deprecated
    in future versions of git, perhaps in v1.5.5.
 

+ * "git lost-found" was deprecated in favor of "git fsck"'s --lost-found
+   option, and will be removed in the future.
+
+ * "git peek-remote" is deprecated, as "git ls-remote" was written in C
+   and works for all transports, and will be removed in the future.
+

 
 Updates since v1.5.3
 --------------------
 
  * Comes with much improved gitk.
 
 
 Updates since v1.5.3
 --------------------
 
  * Comes with much improved gitk.
 

- * Comes with git-gui 0.9.0 with i18n.
-
- * git-lost-found was deprecated in favor of git-fsck's --lost-found
-   option.
+ * Comes with "git gui" 0.9.1 with i18n.

 
 

- * git-peek-remote is deprecated, as git-ls-remote was written in C and
-   works for all transports.
+ * gitk is now merged as a subdirectory of git.git project, in
+   preparation for its i18n.

 
 

- * git-cherry-pick made a misguided attempt to repeat the original
-   command line in the generated log message, when told to cherry-pick a
-   commit by naming a tag that points at it.  It does not anymore.
-
- * "progress display" from many commands are a lot nicer to the
-   eye.  Transfer commands show throughput data.
+ * progress display from many commands are a lot nicer to the eye.
+   Transfer commands show throughput data.

 
  * many commands that pay attention to per-directory .gitignore now do
    so lazily, which makes the usual case go much faster.
 
 
  * many commands that pay attention to per-directory .gitignore now do
    so lazily, which makes the usual case go much faster.
 

- * git-reset is now built-in and its output can be squelched with -q.
+ * Output processing for '--pretty=format:<user format>' has been
+   optimized.
+
+ * Rename detection of diff family, while detecting exact matches, has
+   been greatly optimized.

 
 

- * git-send-email can optionally talk over ssmtp and use SMTP-AUTH.
+ * Rename detection of diff family tries to make more naturally looking
+   pairing.  Earlier if more than one identical rename sources were
+   found in the preimage, they were picked pretty much at random.

 
 

- * git-rebase learned --whitespace option.
+ * Value "true" for color.diff and color.status configuration used to
+   mean "always" (even when the output is not going to a terminal).
+   This has been corrected to mean the same thing as "auto".

 
 

- * In git-rebase, when you decide not to replay a particular change
-   after the command stopped with a conflict, you can say "git-rebase
+ * HTTP proxy can be specified per remote repository using
+   remote.*.httpproxy configuration, or global http.proxy configuration
+   variable.
+
+ * Various Perforce importer updates.
+
+ * Example update and post-receive hooks have been improved.
+
+ * Any command that wants to take a commit object name can now use
+   ":/string" syntax to name a commit.
+
+ * "git reset" is now built-in and its output can be squelched with -q.
+
+ * "git send-email" can optionally talk over ssmtp and use SMTP-AUTH.
+
+ * "git rebase" learned --whitespace option.
+
+ * In "git rebase", when you decide not to replay a particular change
+   after the command stopped with a conflict, you can say "git rebase

    --skip" without first running "git reset --hard", as the command now
    runs it for you.
 
    --skip" without first running "git reset --hard", as the command now
    runs it for you.
 

- * git-remote knows --mirror mode.
+ * "git rebase --interactive" mode can now work on detached HEAD.
+
+ * "git rebase" now detaches head during its operation, so after a
+   successful "git rebase" operation, the reflog entry branch@{1} for
+   the current branch points at the commit before the rebase was
+   started.
+
+ * "git rebase -i" also triggers rerere to help your repeated merges.

 
 

- * git-merge can call the "post-merge" hook.
+ * "git merge" can call the "post-merge" hook.

 
 

- * git-pack-objects can optionally run deltification with multiple threads.
+ * "git pack-objects" can optionally run deltification with multiple
+   threads.

 
 

- * git-archive can optionally substitute keywords in files marked with
+ * "git archive" can optionally substitute keywords in files marked with

    export-subst attribute.
 
    export-subst attribute.
 

- * git-for-each-ref learned %(xxxdate:<dateformat>) syntax to
-   show the various date fields in different formats.
+ * "git cherry-pick" made a misguided attempt to repeat the original
+   command line in the generated log message, when told to cherry-pick a
+   commit by naming a tag that points at it.  It does not anymore.

 
 

- * git-gc --auto is a low-impact way to automatically run a
-   variant of git-repack that does not lose unreferenced objects
-   (read: safer than the usual one) after the user accumulates
-   too many loose objects.
+ * "git for-each-ref" learned %(xxxdate:<dateformat>) syntax to show the
+   various date fields in different formats.

 
 

- * You need to explicitly set clean.requireForce to "false" to allow
-   git-clean without -f to do any damage (lack of the configuration
-   variable used to mean "do not require", but we now use the safer
-   default).
+ * "git gc --auto" is a low-impact way to automatically run a variant of
+   "git repack" that does not lose unreferenced objects (read: safer
+   than the usual one) after the user accumulates too many loose
+   objects.

 
 

- * git-clean has been rewritten in C.
+ * "git clean" has been rewritten in C.

 
 

- * git-push has been rewritten in C.
+ * You need to explicitly set clean.requireForce to "false" to allow
+   "git clean" without -f to do any damage (lack of the configuration
+   variable used to mean "do not require -f option to lose untracked
+   files", but we now use the safer default).
+
+ * The kinds of whitespace errors "git diff" and "git apply" notice (and
+   fix) can be controlled via 'core.whitespace' configuration variable
+   and 'whitespace' attribute in .gitattributes file.

 
 

- * git-push learned --dry-run option to show what would happen
-   if a push is run.
+ * "git push" learned --dry-run option to show what would happen if a
+   push is run.

 
 

- * git-push does not update a tracking ref on the pushing side when the
+ * "git push" does not update a tracking ref on the local side when the

    remote refused to update the corresponding ref.
 
    remote refused to update the corresponding ref.
 

- * git-push learned --mirror option.  This is to push the local refs
+ * "git push" learned --mirror option.  This is to push the local refs

    one-to-one to the remote, and deletes refs from the remote that do
    not exist anymore in the repository on the pushing side.
 
    one-to-one to the remote, and deletes refs from the remote that do
    not exist anymore in the repository on the pushing side.
 

- * git-remote learned "rm" subcommand.
+ * "git push" can remove a corrupt ref at the remote site with the usual
+   ":ref" refspec.

 
 

- * git-rebase --interactive mode can now work on detached HEAD.
+ * "git remote" knows --mirror mode.  This is to set up configuration to
+   push into a remote repository to store local branch heads to the same
+   branch on the remote side, and remove branch heads locally removed
+   from local repository at the same time.  Suitable for pushing into a
+   back-up repository.

 
 

- * git-cvsserver can be run via git-shell.
+ * "git remote" learned "rm" subcommand.

 
 

- * git-am and git-rebase are far less verbose.
+ * "git cvsserver" can be run via "git shell".

 
 

- * git-pull learned to pass --[no-]ff option to underlying git-merge.
+ * "git cvsserver" acts more like receive-pack by running post-receive
+   and post-update hooks.

 
 

- * Various Perforce importer updates.
+ * "git am" and "git rebase" are far less verbose.

 
 

- * "git log" learned --early-output option to help interactive
-   GUI implementations.
+ * "git pull" learned to pass --[no-]ff option to underlying "git
+   merge".

 
 

- * git-svnimport was removed in favor of git-svn.
+ * "git pull --rebase" is a different way to integrate what you fetched
+   into your current branch.

 
 

- * git-bisect learned "skip" action to mark untestable commits.
+ * "git fast-export" produces datastream that can be fed to fast-import
+   to reproduce the history recorded in a git repository.

 
 

- * git-format-patch learned "format.numbered" configuration variable
-   to automatically turn --numbered option on when more than one
-   commits are formatted.
+ * "git add -i" takes pathspecs to limit the set of files to work on.

 
 

- * git-ls-files learned "--exclude-standard" to use the canned
-   set of exclude files.
+ * "git add -p" is a short-hand to go directly to the selective patch
+   subcommand in the interactive command loop and to exit when done.

 
 

- * git-rebase now detaches head during its operation, so after a
-   successful "git rebase" operation, the reflog entry branch@{1}
-   for the current branch points at the commit before the rebase
-   was started.
+ * "git add -i" UI has been colorized.

 
 

- * "git-tag -a -f existing" begins the editor session using the
-   existing annotation message.
+ * "git commit --allow-empty" allows you to create a single-parent
+   commit that records the same tree as its parent, overriding the usual
+   safety valve.

 
 

- * "git cvsexportcommit" learned -w option to specify and switch
-   to the CVS working directory.
+ * "git commit --amend" can amend a merge that does not change the tree
+   from its first parent.

 
 

- * "git checkout" from a subdirectory learned to use "../path"
-   to allow checking out a path outside the current directory
-   without cd'ing up.
+ * "git commit" has been rewritten in C.

 
 

- * "git send-email --dry-run" shows full headers for easier
-   diagnosis.
+ * "git stash random-text" does not create a new stash anymore.  It was
+   a UI mistake.  Use "git stash save random-text", or "git stash"
+   (without extra args) for that.

 
 

- * "git merge-ours" is built-in.
+ * "git prune --expire <time>" can exempt young loose objects from
+   getting pruned.

 
 

- * "git svn" learned "info" and "show-externals" subcommands.
+ * "git branch --contains <commit>" can list branches that are
+   descendants of a given commit.

 
 

- * calling "git svn" from a subdirectory failed read settings from the
-   .git/config.
+ * "git log" learned --early-output option to help interactive GUI
+   implementations.

 
 

- * "git svn" learned --use-log-author option, which picks up more
-   descriptive name from From: and Signed-off-by: lines in the commit
-   message.
+ * "git bisect" learned "skip" action to mark untestable commits.
+
+ * "git bisect visualize" learned a shorter synonym "git bisect view".
+
+ * "git bisect visualize" runs "git log" in a non-windowed
+   environments.  It also can be told what command to run (e.g. "git
+   bisect visualize tig").
+
+ * "git format-patch" learned "format.numbered" configuration variable
+   to automatically turn --numbered option on when more than one commits
+   are formatted.
+
+ * "git ls-files" learned "--exclude-standard" to use the canned set of
+   exclude files.
+
+ * "git tag -a -f existing" begins the editor session using the existing
+   annotation message.
+
+ * "git tag -m one -m bar" (multiple -m options) behaves similarly to
+   "git commit"; the parameters to -m options are formatted as separate
+   paragraphs.

 
 

- * "git status" from a subdirectory now shows relative paths
-   which makes copy-and-pasting for git-checkout/git-add/git-rm
-   easier.
+ * "git cvsexportcommit" learned -w option to specify and switch to the
+   CVS working directory.
+
+ * "git checkout" from a subdirectory learned to use "../path" to allow
+   checking out a path outside the current directory without cd'ing up.

 
  * "git checkout" from and to detached HEAD leaves a bit more
    information in the reflog.
 
 
  * "git checkout" from and to detached HEAD leaves a bit more
    information in the reflog.
 

- * Output processing for '--pretty=format:<user format>' has
-   been optimized.
+ * "git send-email --dry-run" shows full headers for easier diagnosis.

 
 

- * Rename detection of diff family, while detecting exact matches, has
-   been greatly optimized.
+ * "git merge-ours" is now built-in.

 
 

- * Rename detection of diff family tries to make more naturally looking
-   pairing.  Earlier if more than one identical rename sources were
-   found in the preimage, they were picked pretty much at random.
+ * "git svn" learned "info" and "show-externals" subcommands.

 
 

- * Example update and post-receive hooks have been improved.
+ * "git svn" run from a subdirectory failed to read settings from the
+   .git/config.

 
 

- * A corrupt ref at the remote site can be removed via "git push".
+ * "git svn" learned --use-log-author option, which picks up more
+   descriptive name from From: and Signed-off-by: lines in the commit
+   message.
+
+ * "git status" from a subdirectory now shows relative paths, which
+   makes copy-and-pasting for git-checkout/git-add/git-rm easier.  The
+   traditional behaviour to show the full path relative to the top of
+   the work tree can be had by setting status.relativepaths
+   configuration variable to true.

 
  * In addition there are quite a few internal clean-ups. Notably
 
 
  * In addition there are quite a few internal clean-ups. Notably
 


@@ -193,15 +268,17 @@ Fixes since v1.5.3
 All of the fixes in v1.5.3 maintenance series are included in
 this release, unless otherwise noted.
 
 All of the fixes in v1.5.3 maintenance series are included in
 this release, unless otherwise noted.
 

- * git-svn talking with the SVN over http will correctly quote branch
+These fixes are only in v1.5.4 and not backported to v1.5.3 maintenance
+series.
+
+ * "git svn" talking with the SVN over http will correctly quote branch

    and project names.
 
    and project names.
 

- * "git rev-list --objects A..B" choked when the lower boundary
-   of the range involved a subproject.  This fix is also queued
-   for 'maint' (but not in there yet).
+ * "git config" did not work correctly on platforms that define
+   REG_NOMATCH to an even number.

 
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1
 
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1

-O=v1.5.3.7-948-gb52e985
+O=v1.5.3.7-1148-gcf7e147

 echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint
 echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint