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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt | 43 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-revert.txt | 16 |
3 files changed, 56 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..130418864e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +GIT v1.5.6.4 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.5.6.3 +-------------------- + +* Various commands could overflow its internal buffer on a platform + with small PATH_MAX value in a repository that has contents with + long pathnames. + +* There wasn't a way to make --pretty=format:%<> specifiers to honor + .mailmap name rewriting for authors and committers. Now you can with + %aN and %cN. + +* Bash completion wasted too many cycles; this has been optimized to be + usable again. + +* Bash completion lost ref part when completing something like "git show + pu:Makefile". + +* "git-cvsserver" did not clean up its temporary working area after annotate + request. + +* "git-daemon" called syslog() from its signal handler, which was a + no-no. + +* "git-fetch" into an empty repository used to remind that the fetch will + be huge by saying "no common commits", but this was an unnecessary + noise; it is already known by the user anyway. + +* "git-mailinfo" (hence "git-am") did not correctly handle in-body [PATCH] + line to override the commit title taken from the mail Subject header. + +* "git-rebase -i -p" lost parents that are not involved in the history + being rewritten. + +Contains other various documentation fixes. + +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +echo O=$(git describe maint) +O=v1.5.6.3-21-gebcce31 +git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt index a691173ba1..50fb3d5d54 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt @@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ OPTIONS Usually the command automatically creates a commit with a commit log message stating which commit was cherry-picked. This flag applies the change necessary - to cherry-pick the named commit to your working tree, - but does not make the commit. In addition, when this - option is used, your working tree does not have to match + to cherry-pick the named commit to your working tree + and the index, but does not make the commit. In addition, + when this option is used, your index does not have to match the HEAD commit. The cherry-pick is done against the - beginning state of your working tree. + beginning state of your index. + This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits' -effect to your working tree in a row. +effect to your index in a row. -s:: --signoff:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index 5411edca96..271850f511 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ OPTIONS -n:: --no-commit:: Usually the command automatically creates a commit with - a commit log message stating which commit was reverted. - This flag applies the change necessary to revert the - named commit to your working tree, but does not make the - commit. In addition, when this option is used, your - working tree does not have to match the HEAD commit. - The revert is done against the beginning state of your - working tree. + a commit log message stating which commit was + reverted. This flag applies the change necessary + to revert the named commit to your working tree + and the index, but does not make the commit. In addition, + when this option is used, your index does not have to match + the HEAD commit. The revert is done against the + beginning state of your index. + This is useful when reverting more than one commits' -effect to your working tree in a row. +effect to your index in a row. -s:: --signoff:: |