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@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +* Two critical bug fixes in the "diff --git" format support. +* Various improvements to messages when applying a patch to a file of different + type (regular file vs. symlink), when there are line ending differences (LF + vs. CRLF), and when in --dry-run mode. +* When in the root directory, allow file names that are absolute or that + contain a component of "..". +* New --follow-symlinks option to allow to treat symlinks as files: this was + patch's behavior before version 2.7. +* Ignore when extended attributes cannot be preserved because they are + unsupported or because permission to set them is denied. +* License clarifications in NEWS and README. +* Portability bug fixes. + Changes in version 2.7: * Patch no longer gets a failed assertion for certain mangled patches. |