The fourth rc for the next feature release GIT 1.5.4 is available at the usual places: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ git-1.5.4.rc4.tar.{gz,bz2} (tarball) git-htmldocs-1.5.4.rc4.tar.{gz,bz2} (preformatted docs) git-manpages-1.5.4.rc4.tar.{gz,bz2} (preformatted docs) RPMS/$arch/git-*-1.5.4.rc4-1.$arch.rpm (RPM) I was hoping that this would be the last rc before 1.5.4 final, and in fact the change between -rc3 and -rc4 is fairly small. Notable fixes are: * http-push fixes (Grégoire Barbier); * fix to performance regression during partial commit (Linus); * ref/heads are now enforced to point at commit (Linus); * fix for fast-import reading some part of its own output (Shawn); * "diff --color-words" showed unchanged lines in metainfo color (Jeff King); Also we have a handful gitk and git-gui updates. This however still lacks two patches that I think we might want in the final (please see "What's not in 'master'" message). I asked for comments but I guess they were lost in the noise or something. It's not a very good sign that we had too many discussions on the list that are totally unrelated to 1.5.4, and I had to scroll back more than 1000 articles to skip them to find the announcement for the -rc3 X-<. So we will either have another rc to include those two fixes after getting feedbacks, or ship the final one with two known breakages. The former would be preferred, and it would be better if they can be done earlier. Even though we had some RPM specfile changes that I cannot easily check myself, nobody reported breakages after -rc3. I am taking this as "no news is a good news", but it may turn out that nobody has been testing/double-checking, and it may come back and bite us when we do the final one. That's also something I cannot do much about. But other than that, I think we are in good shape. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Changes since v1.5.4-rc3 are as follows: Bill Lear (1): Correct spelling in diff.c comment Brandon Casey (4): close_lock_file(): new function in the lockfile API Improve use of lockfile API refs.c: rework ref_locks by abstracting from underlying struct lock_file fast-import.c: don't try to commit marks file if write failed Christian Couder (2): git-gui: Initial french translation git-gui: add french glossary: glossary/fr.po Christian Stimming (4): git-gui: Update glossary: add term "hunk" git-gui: Update German translation git-gui: Fix broken revert confirmation. git-gui: Improve German translation. Dan McGee (3): Remove usage of git- (dash) commands from email hook cvsimport: remove last use of repo-config from git standard tools Update git-completion for new 'remote rm' option Dave Peticolas (1): Documentation: fix and clarify grammar in git-merge docs. Dmitry Potapov (1): treat any file with NUL as binary Eric Wong (1): git-svn: handle leading/trailing whitespace from svnsync revprops Grégoire Barbier (4): http-push: disable http-push without USE_CURL_MULTI http-push: fix webdav lock leak. http-push: fail when info/refs exists and is already locked http-push and http-fetch: handle URLs without trailing / Jakub Narebski (1): autoconf: Add checking for unsetenv function Jean-Luc Herren (1): Make default pre-commit hook less noisy Jeff King (5): git-clean: fix off-by-one memory access when given no arguments color unchanged lines as "plain" in "diff --color-words" send-email: detect invocation errors earlier send-email: validate patches before sending anything send-email: add no-validate option Jim Meyering (2): fast-import: Don't use a maybe-clobbered errno value doc typo: s/prior committing/prior to committing/ Johannes Schindelin (1): gitk: make Ctrl "+" really increase the font size Junio C Hamano (8): builtin-commit.c: remove useless check added by faulty cut and paste Revert "builtin-commit.c: remove useless check added by faulty cut and paste" Fix git-rerere documentation Squelch bogus progress output from git-rebase--interactive Document lockfile API Officially deprecate repo-config. http-push: clarify the reason of error from the initial PROPFIND request GIT 1.5.4-rc4 Kristian Høgsberg (1): git-commit: fix double close(2) that can close a wrong file descriptor Lars Hjemli (1): Move sha1_file_to_archive into libgit Linus Torvalds (4): Fix performance regression for partial commits Make builtin-commit.c more careful about parenthood Make 'git fsck' complain about non-commit branches Be more careful about updating refs Mark Drago (1): hg-to-git: improve popen calls Mark Levedahl (1): git-gui: Makefile - Handle $DESTDIR on Cygwin Martin Koegler (1): parse_commit_buffer: tighten checks while parsing Miklos Vajna (3): Add using merge subtree How-To ls-remote: add -t and -h options. Include rev-list options in git-log manpage. Peter Karlsson (1): git-gui: Updated Swedish translation after mailing list review. Shawn O. Pearce (3): git-gui: Allow 'Create New Repository' on existing directories git-gui: Refresh file status description after hunk application Fix random fast-import errors when compiled with NO_MMAP Thomas Zander (1): core-tutorial typofix - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
