prepares to create a root commit that is not connected to any existing
commit.
- * "git cherry-pick" learned to pick a range of commits (e.g. "cherry-pick
- A..B"); this does not have nicer sequencing control "rebase [-i]" has,
- though.
+ * "git cherry-pick" learned to pick a range of commits
+ (e.g. "cherry-pick A..B" and "cherry-pick --stdin"); this does not
+ have nicer sequencing control "rebase [-i]" has, though.
* "git cvsserver" can be told to use pserver; its password file can be
stored outside the repository.
* Various options to "git grep" (e.g. --count, --name-only) work better
with binary files.
+ * "git grep" learned "-Ovi" to open the files with hits in yoru editor.
+
* "git help -w" learned "chrome" and "chromium" browsers.
+ * "git log --decorate" shows commit decorations in various colours.
+
* "git log --follow <path>" follows across copies (it used to only follow
renames). This may make the processing more expensive.
* "git status -s -b" shows the current branch in the output.
+ * "git status" learned "--ignore-submodules" option.
+
* Various "gitweb" enhancements and clean-ups, including syntax
highlighting, "plackup" support for instaweb, .fcgi suffix to run
it as FastCGI script, etc.
--
exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.7.1-592-gcf4403a
+O=v1.7.2-rc0-60-g2927a50
echo O=$(git describe HEAD)
git shortlog --no-merges HEAD ^maint ^$O
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.7.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.1]
+* link:v1.7.1.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.1.1]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes-1.7.1.1.txt[1.7.1.1],
link:RelNotes-1.7.1.txt[1.7.1].
* link:v1.7.0.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.6]