X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FRelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt;h=5902a85a78610ec38f4cf160ccd3c01267b4f9a1;hb=01aedc930b6c3b46d229e33ac6f70b3d91fc1d2b;hp=02d5910d5c89436b3de29fec5df633dd93a6eb4a;hpb=951b09ce363f503d7bbd9dfa01b5a3ea2623c3d8;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt index 02d5910d5..5902a85a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.2.txt @@ -11,21 +11,30 @@ Futureproof Fixes since v1.5.6.1 -------------------- -* Optimization for a large import via "git-svn" introduced in v1.5.6 had a - serious memory and temporary file leak, which made it unusable for - moderately large import. +* "git clone" from a remote that is named with url.insteadOf setting in + $HOME/.gitconfig did not work well. -* "git-svn" mangled remote nickname used in the configuration file - unnecessarily. +* "git describe --long --tags" segfaulted when the described revision was + tagged with a lightweight tag. * "git diff --check" did not report the result via its exit status reliably. +* When remote side used to have branch 'foo' and git-fetch finds that now + it has branch 'foo/bar', it refuses to lose the existing remote tracking + branch and its reflog. The error message has been improved to suggest + pruning the remote if the user wants to proceed and get the latest set + of branches from the remote, including such 'foo/bar'. + +* "git reset file" should mean the same thing as "git reset HEAD file", + but we required disambiguating -- even when "file" is not ambiguous. + * "git show" segfaulted when an annotated tag that points at another annotated tag was given to it. --- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -echo O=$(git describe maint) -O=v1.5.6.1-13-g4f3dcc2 -git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint +* Optimization for a large import via "git-svn" introduced in v1.5.6 had a + serious memory and temporary file leak, which made it unusable for + moderately large import. + +* "git-svn" mangled remote nickname used in the configuration file + unnecessarily.