Merge git://repo.or.cz/git-gui

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

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt
index 528b26f7c7a6f8476e261040dcffe08d10e331cc..97a9bd9cd23934ec2d00b4160d0447bfffff97f3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ Deprecation notices
    and works for all transports; "git peek-remote" will be removed in
    the future.
 
+ * "git repo-config" which was an old name for "git config" command
+   has been supported without being advertised for a long time.  The
+   next feature release will remove it.
+
  * From v1.6.0, the repack.usedeltabaseoffset config option will default
    to true, which will give denser packfiles (i.e. more efficient storage).
    The downside is that git older than version 1.4.4 will not be able
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ Deprecation notices
 Updates since v1.5.3
 --------------------
 
- * Comes with much improved gitk.
+ * Comes with much improved gitk, with i18n.
 
  * Comes with "git gui" 0.9.1 with i18n.
 
@@ -91,6 +95,16 @@ Updates since v1.5.3
  * "git diff" Porcelain now respects diff.external configuration, which
    is another way to specify GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF.
 
+ * "git diff" can be told to use different prefixes other than
+   "a/" and "b/" e.g. "git diff --src-prefix=l/ --dst-prefix=k/".
+
+ * "git diff" sometimes did not quote paths with funny
+   characters properly.
+
+ * "git log" (and any revision traversal commands) misbehaved
+   when --diff-filter is given but was not asked to actually
+   produce diff.
+
  * HTTP proxy can be specified per remote repository using
    remote.*.httpproxy configuration, or global http.proxy configuration
    variable.
@@ -104,6 +118,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.3
 
  * "git reset" is now built-in and its output can be squelched with -q.
 
+ * "git reset --hard" does not make any sense in a bare
+   repository, but did not error out; fixed.
+
  * "git send-email" can optionally talk over ssmtp and use SMTP-AUTH.
 
  * "git rebase" learned --whitespace option.
@@ -199,7 +216,10 @@ Updates since v1.5.3
  * "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 add -i" UI has been colorized.
+ * "git add -i" UI has been colorized.  The interactive prompt
+   and menu can be colored by setting color.interactive
+   configuration.  The diff output (including the hunk picker)
+   are colored with color.diff configuration.
 
  * "git commit --allow-empty" allows you to create a single-parent
    commit that records the same tree as its parent, overriding the usual
@@ -208,12 +228,21 @@ Updates since v1.5.3
  * "git commit --amend" can amend a merge that does not change the tree
    from its first parent.
 
+ * "git commit" used to unconditionally strip comment lines that
+   began with '#' and removed excess blank lines.  This
+   behaviour has been made configurable.
+
  * "git commit" has been rewritten in C.
 
  * "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 stash clear extra-text" does not clear the whole stash
+   anymore.  It is tempting to expect "git stash clear stash@{2}"
+   to drop only a single named stash entry, and it is rude to
+   discard everything when that is asked (but not provided).
+
  * "git prune --expire <time>" can exempt young loose objects from
    getting pruned.
 
@@ -251,6 +280,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.3
    reasonable usability fix and people's scripts shouldn't have been
    relying on the exact output from "git show" Porcelain anyway.
 
+ * "git cvsimport" did not notice errors from underlying "cvsps"
+   and produced a corrupt import silently.
+
  * "git cvsexportcommit" learned -w option to specify and switch to the
    CVS working directory.
 
@@ -325,8 +357,11 @@ series.
  * "git config" did not work correctly on platforms that define
    REG_NOMATCH to an even number.
 
+ * Recent versions of AsciiDoc 8 has a change to break our
+   documentation; a workaround has been implemented.
+
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.5.4-rc0-85-gdbedf97
+O=v1.5.4-rc3
 echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint