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 executable as we
   used to.

 * "git clone" run locally hardlinks or copies the files in .git/ to
   newly created repository.  It used to give new mtime to copied files,
   but this delayed garbage collection to trigger unnecessarily in the
   cloned repository.  We now preserve mtime for these files to avoid
   this issue.

(usability, bells and whistles)

 * Human writable date format to various options, e.g. --since=yesterday,
   master@{2000.09.17}, are taught to infer some omitted input properly.

 * A few programs gave verbose "advice" messages to help uninitiated
   people when issuing error messages.  An infrastructure to allow
   users to squelch them has been introduced, and a few such messages
   can be silenced now.

 * refs/replace/ hierarchy is designed to be usable as a replacement
   of the "grafts" mechanism, with the added advantage that it can be
   transferred across repositories.

 * "git am" learned to optionally ignore whitespace differences.

 * "git am" handles input e-mail files that has CRLF line endings sensibly.

 * "git am" learned "--scissors" option to allow you to discard early part
   of an incoming e-mail.

 * "git archive -o output.zip" works without being told what format to
   use with an explicit "--format=zip".option.

 * "git checkout", "git reset" and "git stash" learned to pick and
   choose to use selected changes you made, similar to "git add -p".

 * "git clone" learned a "-b" option to pick a HEAD to check out
   different from the remote's default branch.

 * "git clone" learned --recursive option.

 * "git clone" from a local repository on a different filesystem used to
   copy individual object files without preserving the old timestamp, giving
   them extra lifetime in the new repository until they gc'ed.

 * "git commit --dry-run $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would
   happen if I try to commit with these arguments."

 * "git commit --dry-run" and "git status" shows conflicted paths in a
   separate section to make them easier to spot during a merge.

 * "git cvsimport" now supports
Title: GIT v1.6.5 Updates and Enhancements
Summary
The GIT v1.6.5 release continues to introduce various updates and enhancements, including improvements to 'git clone', 'git am', and 'git commit' commands, as well as new features such as human-writable date formats, optional whitespace difference ignoring, and support for CRLF line endings, making the version control system more efficient and user-friendly.