From 89e5f702eb623c6715866b08fb5a02d4923d0993 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Gruenbacher Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:34:53 +0200 Subject: Update NEWS * NEWS: Update. --- NEWS | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6e90635..23bc07c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.1