GIT Version Updates and Features

"--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 $args" is a new recommended way to ask "what would happen if I try to commit with these arguments." * "git commit --dry-run" and "git status" shows conflicted paths in a separate section to make them easier to spot during a merge. * "git cvsimport" now supports password-protected pserver access even when the password is not taken from ~/.cvspass file. * "git fast-export" learned --no-data option that can be useful when reordering commits and trees without touching the contents of blobs. * "git fast-import" has a pair of new front-end in contrib/ area. * "git init" learned to mkdir/chdir into a directory when given an extra argument (i.e. "git init this"). * "git instaweb" optionally can use mongoose as the web server. * "git log --decorate" can optionally be told with --decorate=full to give the reference name in full. * "git merge" issued an unnecessarily scary message when it detected that the merge may have to touch the path that the user has local uncommitted changes to. The message has been reworded to make it clear that the command aborted, without doing any harm. * "git push" can be told to be --quiet. * "git push" pays attention to url.$base.pushInsteadOf and uses a URL that is derived from the URL used for fetching. * informational output from "git reset" that lists the locally modified paths is made consistent with that of "git checkout $another_branch". * "git submodule" learned to give submodule name to scripts run with "foreach" subcommand. * various subcommands to "git submodule" learned --recursive option. * "git submodule summary" learned --files option to compare the work tree vs the commit bound at submodule path, instead of comparing the index. * "git upload-pack", which is the server side support for "git clone" and "git fetch", can call a new post-upload-pack hook for statistics purposes. (developers) * With GIT_TEST_OPTS="--root=/p/a/t/h", tests can be run outside the source directory; using tmpfs may give faster turnaround. * With NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER set, DESTDIR= is now honoured, so you can build for one location, and install into another location to tar it up. Fixes since v1.6.4 ------------------ All of the fixes in v1.6.4.X maintenance series are included in this release, unless otherwise noted.

This release of GIT introduces numerous updates and features, including new options for 'git archive', 'git checkout', 'git clone', and 'git commit' commands, as well as improvements to 'git fast-export', 'git fast-import', 'git init', and 'git submodule' commands, making the version control system more efficient and user-friendly, with additional fixes and enhancements for developers.