X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FRelNotes-1.7.0.txt;h=08972879790cdf10ebf421499045b0209a716c8a;hb=71f1a216e74460ac9c36bc892ec215336b928e2e;hp=7ed6a3af2e97c8884b9758408a46b2962d87e663;hpb=2ee8c5b647cf0800e4eb41d84f78f4c3be02df53;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt
index 7ed6a3af2..089728797 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Notes on behaviour change
    configured that variable.
 
  * "git status" is not "git commit --dry-run" anymore.  This change does
-   not affect you if you run the command without pathspec.
+   not affect you if you run the command without argument.
 
  * "git diff" traditionally treated various "ignore whitespace" options
    only as a way to filter the patch output.  "git diff --exit-code -b"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Notes on behaviour change
    whitespaces is reported with zero exit status when run with
    --exit-code, and there is no "diff --git" header for such a change.
 
- * external diff and textconv helpers are now executed using the shell.
+ * External diff and textconv helpers are now executed using the shell.
    This makes them consistent with other programs executed by git, and
    allows you to pass command-line parameters to the helpers. Any helper
    paths containing spaces or other metacharacters now need to be
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ Notes on behaviour change
    environment, and diff.*.command and diff.*.textconv in the config
    file.
 
+ * The --max-pack-size argument to 'git repack', 'git pack-objects', and
+   'git fast-import' was assuming the provided size to be expressed in MiB,
+   unlike the corresponding config variable and other similar options accepting
+   a size value.  It is now expecting a size expressed in bytes, with a possible
+   unit suffix of 'k', 'm', or 'g'.
+
 Updates since v1.6.6
 --------------------
 
@@ -59,6 +65,8 @@ Updates since v1.6.6
 
  * "gitk" updates.
 
+ * "gitweb" updates (code clean-up, load checking etc.)
+
 (portability)
 
  * Some more MSVC portability patches for msysgit port.
@@ -127,9 +135,6 @@ Updates since v1.6.6
  * "git grep" does not rely on external grep anymore.  It can use more than
    one threads to accelerate the operation.
 
- * "git grep" learned "--no-index" option, to search inside contents that
-   are not managed by git.
-
  * "git grep" learned "--quiet" option.
 
  * "git log" and friends learned "--glob=heads/*" syntax that is a more
@@ -200,15 +205,19 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
    from non-root dir, 2010-01-26) may be merged to older maintenance
    branches.
 
- * When "git diff" is asked to compare the work tree with something,
-   it used to consider that a checked-out submodule with uncommitted
-   changes is not modified; this could cause people to forget committing
-   these changes in the submodule before committing in the superproject.
-   It now considers such a change as a modification.
+ * "git fast-import" did not correctly handle large blobs that may
+   bust the pack size limit.
+
+ * When using "git status" or asking "git diff" to compare the work tree
+   with something, they used to consider that a checked-out submodule with
+   uncommitted changes is not modified; this could cause people to forget
+   committing these changes in the submodule before committing in the
+   superproject. They now consider such a change as a modification and
+   "git diff" will append a "-dirty" to the work tree side when generating
+   patch output or when used with the --submodule option.
 
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.7.0-rc0-48-gdace5dd
-O=v1.7.0-rc0-67-gb10b918
+O=v1.7.0-rc1-42-g3bd8de5
 echo O=$(git describe master)
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..master ^maint