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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-10-25 18:40:20 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-10-25 18:40:20 -0700 |
| commit | 0ee10febe0e0b745e25a25bbfc3cccdea9f4ba3e (patch) | |
| tree | d9734296f45d062dab6b45e68280b9712774971a /Documentation | |
| parent | 6665b9ec115073f08274eb4d493fd215dba1d718 (diff) | |
| parent | f29cd3938dbe9300dd75096d8ee2ad6311cc00af (diff) | |
| download | git-0ee10febe0e0b745e25a25bbfc3cccdea9f4ba3e.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'jc/fsck-default-full'
* jc/fsck-default-full:
fsck: default to "git fsck --full"
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fsck.txt | 5 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt index 5f1fecb5ec..fa0e11a180 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.6.txt @@ -1,6 +1,14 @@ GIT v1.6.6 Release Notes ======================== +In this release, "git fsck" defaults to "git fsck --full" and checks +packfiles, and because of this it will take much longer to complete +than before. If you prefer a quicker check only on loose objects (the +old default), you can say "git fsck --no-full". This has been +supported by 1.5.4 and newer versions of git, so it is safe to write +it in your script even if you use slightly older git on some of your +machines. + In git 1.7.0, which is planned to be the release after 1.6.6, "git push" into a branch that is currently checked out will be refused by default. @@ -38,6 +46,9 @@ Updates since v1.6.5 (usability, bells and whistles) + * "git fsck" by default checks the packfiles (i.e. "--full" is the + default); you can turn it off with "git fsck --no-full". + * "git log --decorate" shows the location of HEAD as well. (developers) diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt index 287c4fc5e0..6fe9484da3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs] - [--full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [<object>*] + [--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [<object>*] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless or $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates, and in packed git archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate - object pools. + object pools. This is now default; you can turn it off + with --no-full. --strict:: Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode |