GIT v1.5.6.1 Release Notes

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GIT v1.5.6.1 Release Notes
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Fixes since v1.5.6
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* Last minute change broke loose object creation on AIX.

* (performance fix) We used to make $GIT_DIR absolute path early in the
  programs but keeping it relative to the current directory internally
  gives 1-3 per-cent performance boost.

* bash completion knows the new --graph option to git-log family.


* git-diff -c/--cc showed unnecessary "deletion" lines at the context
  boundary.

* git-for-each-ref ignored %(object) and %(type) requests for tag
  objects.

* git-merge usage had a typo.

* Rebuilding of git-svn metainfo database did not take rewriteRoot
  option into account.

* Running "git-rebase --continue/--skip/--abort" before starting a
  rebase gave nonsense error messages.

Title: GIT v1.5.6.1 Release Notes

Summary

This release of GIT fixes several issues from the previous version, including problems with loose object creation, performance improvements, and corrections to various commands such as git-diff, git-for-each-ref, and git-merge.