Merge branch 'jc/maint-fetch-regression-1.5.4'

[git.git] / Documentation / RelNotes-1.5.5.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt
index e31ae6a2938d3aa3d3668584ed29175bb7b61952..18ff82ba3999ee4f1ab9fa9f47e2d5bda3423a0a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.5.txt
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.4
  * "git branch" (and "git checkout -b") to branch from a local branch can
    optionally set "branch.<name>.merge" to mark the new branch to build on
    the other local branch, when "branch.autosetupmerge" is set to
-   "always".  By default, this does not happen when branching from a local
-   branch.
+   "always", or when passing the command line option "--track" (this option
+   was ignored when branching from local branches).  By default, this does
+   not happen when branching from a local branch.
 
  * "git checkout" to switch to a branch that has "branch.<name>.merge" set
    (i.e. marked to build on another branch) reports how much the branch
@@ -124,6 +125,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.4
  * "git gc" now automatically prunes unreachable objects that are two
    weeks old or older.
 
+ * "git gc --auto" can be disabled more easily by just setting gc.auto
+   to zero.  It also tolerates more packfiles by default.
+
  * "git grep" now knows "--name-only" is a synonym for the "-l" option.
 
  * "git help <alias>" now reports "'git <alias>' is alias to <what>",
@@ -201,6 +205,6 @@ this release, unless otherwise noted.
 
 ---
 exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.5.4.4-620-gc817faa
+O=v1.5.5-rc1
 echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint