What's New Archive

This contains release notes for releases older than three major releases.

Contents

  1. What's New Archive
    1. Mercurial 2.0.2 (2012-01-01)
    2. Mercurial 2.0.1 (2011-12-01)
    3. Mercurial 2.0 (2011-11-01)
      1. Major features
      2. Core changes
      3. Extension changes
      4. Bug fixes
    4. Mercurial 1.9.3 (2011-10-01)
    5. Mercurial 1.9.2 (2011-08-26)
    6. Mercurial 1.9.1 (2011-08-01)
    7. Mercurial 1.9 (2011-07-01)
      1. Major features
      2. Command changes
      3. Web changes
      4. Extension changes
      5. Bug fixes
    8. Mercurial 1.8.4 (2011-06-01)
    9. Mercurial 1.8.3 (2011-05-01)
    10. Mercurial 1.8.2 (2011-04-01)
    11. Mercurial 1.8.1 (2011-03-10)
    12. Mercurial 1.8 (2011-03-01)
      1. Core
      2. Subrepos
      3. Windows
      4. Extensions
    13. Mercurial 1.7.5 (2011-02-01)
    14. Mercurial 1.7.4 (2011-02-01)
    15. Mercurial 1.7.3 (2011-01-01)
    16. Mercurial 1.7.2 (2010-12-01)
    17. Mercurial 1.7.1 (2010-11-15)
    18. Mercurial 1.7 (2010-11-01)
      1. Core
      2. Commands
      3. Subrepos
      4. Revsets
      5. hgweb
      6. Extensions
      7. contrib
      8. Windows
    19. Mercurial 1.6.4 (2010-10-01)
    20. Mercurial 1.6.3 (2010-08-26)
    21. Mercurial 1.6.2 (2010-08-02)
    22. Mercurial 1.6.1 (2010-08-01)
    23. Mercurial 1.6 (2010-07-01)
      1. Core
      2. Hgweb
      3. Help
      4. Extensions
    24. See also
    25. 1.5.4 (2010-06-01)
    26. 1.5.3 (2010-05-13)
    27. 1.5.2 (2010-05-01)
      1. Core
      2. Extensions
    28. 1.5.1 (2010-04-01)
      1. Core
      2. Extensions
    29. 1.5 (2010-03-06)
      1. Core
      2. Extensions
      3. Web Interface
      4. Windows
      5. Help and Documentation
    30. 1.4.3 (2010-02-01)
    31. 1.4.2 (2010-01-01)
      1. core
      2. extensions
    32. 1.4.1 (2009-12-01)
      1. regression fixes
      2. other
    33. 1.4 (2009-11-16)
      1. core
      2. hgweb
      3. documentation and help
      4. extensions
      5. other
    34. Version 1.3.1 - 2009-07-23
    35. Version 1.3 - 2009-07-01
      1. Major Changes
      2. Commands
      3. General
      4. Web interface
      5. Extensions
    36. Version 1.2.1 - 2009-03-20
    37. Version 1.2 - 2009-03-04
    38. Version 1.1.2 - 2008-12-31
    39. Version 1.1.1 - 2008-12-20
    40. Version 1.1 - 2008-12-2
    41. Version 1.0.2 - 2008-08-13
    42. Version 1.0.1 - 2008-05-22
    43. Version 1.0 - 2008-03-24
    44. Version 0.9.5 - 2007-10-19
    45. Version 0.9.4 - 2007-06-25
    46. Version 0.9.3 - 2006-12-17
    47. Version 0.9.2 - 2006-12-10
    48. Version 0.9.1 - 2006-07-24
    49. Version 0.9 - 2006-05-10
    50. Version 0.8.1 - 2006-04-07
    51. Version 0.8
    52. Version 0.7

Mercurial 2.0.2 (2012-01-01)

This is a regularly-scheduled bug-fix release.

Mercurial 2.0.1 (2011-12-01)

This is a regularly-scheduled bug-fix release.

Mercurial 2.0 (2011-11-01)

This is a regularly-scheduled feature release. See UpgradeNotes for some minor compatibility notes.

Major features

Core changes

Extension changes

Bug fixes

Mercurial 1.9.3 (2011-10-01)

This is a regular bugfix release.

Mercurial 1.9.2 (2011-08-26)

This is a regular bugfix release (slightly early due to travel plans).

Mercurial 1.9.1 (2011-08-01)

This is a regular bugfix release. It fixes several regressions introduced in 1.9. The hgweb server now disables MIME type guessing by default to avoid a potential cross-site scripting issue when hosting untrusted repositories (issue2923). See UpgradeNotes for more info.

Mercurial 1.9 (2011-07-01)

This is a regular feature release. See UpgradeNotes for some minor compatibility notes.

Major features

Command changes

Web changes

Extension changes

Bug fixes

Mercurial 1.8.4 (2011-06-01)

This is a regular time-based bugfix release.

Mercurial 1.8.3 (2011-05-01)

This is a regular time-based bugfix release.

Mercurial 1.8.2 (2011-04-01)

This is a regular time-based bugfix release.

Mercurial 1.8.1 (2011-03-10)

This release backs out a behavior change for so-called 'fast-forward' merges on named branches.

Mercurial 1.8 (2011-03-01)

Core

Subrepos

Windows

Extensions

Mercurial 1.7.5 (2011-02-01)

This is a quick bugfix release to include some fixes accidentally dropped from 1.7.4.

Mercurial 1.7.4 (2011-02-01)

This is a scheduled bugfix release that smooths out some of the rough edged introduced with 1.7.3's HTTPS certificate verification.

Mercurial 1.7.3 (2011-01-01)

This is a scheduled bugfix release.

Mercurial 1.7.2 (2010-12-01)

This is a scheduled bugfix release.

Mercurial 1.7.1 (2010-11-15)

This is an unscheduled bugfix release. 1.7 clients broke support for pushing bookmarks with HTTP.

Mercurial 1.7 (2010-11-01)

Core

Commands

Subrepos

Revsets

hgweb

Extensions

contrib

Windows

Mercurial 1.6.4 (2010-10-01)

This is a monthly bugfix release.

Mercurial 1.6.3 (2010-08-26)

This is a monthly bugfix release. It includes several significant fixes, including a fix for a long-standing hardlink corruption issue on Windows (issue761).

Mercurial 1.6.2 (2010-08-02)

This release addresses a regression in the color extension.

Mercurial 1.6.1 (2010-08-01)

This is a scheduled monthly minor bugfix release.

Mercurial 1.6 (2010-07-01)

(This release makes a couple small behavior changes, be sure to read UpgradeNotes!)

Core

Hgweb

Help

Extensions

See also

1.5.4 (2010-06-01)

This is a scheduled monthly minor bugfix release.

1.5.3 (2010-05-13)

This is an unscheduled bugfix release to fix issue2181 (commit generates traceback on Nonetype). Also included:

1.5.2 (2010-05-01)

This is a monthly bugfix release with numerous minor fixes including:

Core

Extensions

1.5.1 (2010-04-01)

Core

Extensions

1.5 (2010-03-06)

(This release makes a number of small behavior changes, be sure to read UpgradeNotes!)

Core

Extensions

Web Interface

Windows

Help and Documentation

1.4.3 (2010-02-01)

This is a scheduled bugfix release.

1.4.2 (2010-01-01)

This is a minor bugfix release.

core

extensions

1.4.1 (2009-12-01)

regression fixes

other

1.4 (2009-11-16)

core

hgweb

documentation and help

extensions

other

Version 1.3.1 - 2009-07-23

Regression fixes:

Other fixes:

Version 1.3 - 2009-07-01

Major Changes

Commands

General

Web interface

Extensions

Version 1.2.1 - 2009-03-20

This is a bugfix release.

Version 1.2 - 2009-03-04

This is a larger feature release.

General features:

Extensions:

Version 1.1.2 - 2008-12-31

This is a minor release including one security fix and two minor bug fixes

Version 1.1.1 - 2008-12-20

This is a bugfix release

Version 1.1 - 2008-12-2

This is a larger feature release.

General:

Web interface:

Commands:

Extensions:

Version 1.0.2 - 2008-08-13

This is a relatively small bugfix release with two security fixes.

Security:

General:

Extensions:

Version 1.0.1 - 2008-05-22

This is a relatively small bugfix release.

General:

Commands:

Extensions:

Version 1.0 - 2008-03-24

General:

Commands:

Extensions:

Web interface:

Hooks:

Windows support:

Version 0.9.5 - 2007-10-19

New features:

Fixes:

New extensions:

New extension features:

Version 0.9.4 - 2007-06-25

New features:

New extensions and contributions:

Version 0.9.3 - 2006-12-17

Bug fixes:

Documentation fixes:

Extension fixes:

Version 0.9.2 - 2006-12-10

New features:

New contributions and extensions:

Behavior changes:

Developer notes:

Version 0.9.1 - 2006-07-24

These are the major changes between Mercurial 0.9 and 0.9.1:

Version 0.9 - 2006-05-10

Release announcement.

These are the major changes between Mercurial 0.8.1 and 0.9:

Version 0.8.1 - 2006-04-07

Released 2006-04-07.

Version 0.8

Major changes from 0.7 to 0.8:

 faster status, diff, and commit
 reduced memory usage for push and pull
 improved extension API
 new bisect, gpg, hgk, and win32text extensions
 short URLs, binary file handling, and optional gitweb skin for hgweb
 numerous new command options including log --keyword and pull --rev
 improved hooks and file filtering

Version 0.7

Changes from 0.6 to 0.7:

core
 greatly improved merge logic
 improved copy/rename support (still experimental)
 automatic binary file handling
 generic file filtering support
 support for user-defined hooks (aka triggers)
 support for local tags and finding branches with tags
 numerous performance improvements
command line
 fewer long, confusing hashes to deal with
 new commands: clone, revert, incoming/outgoing, bundle/unbundle, grep, rename
 more powerful path handling with most commands
 improved push and pull support
 support for plug-in extensions
 much improved exception handling and debugging support
 many new command options and settings
web interface
 more conformant and compatible HTML output
 built-in RSS feeds
 fast multiple keyword search
 easy to set up multiple repository interface
 configurable support for downloading tarballs and zip files
 improved configurability
 IPv6 support
documentation
 improved built-in help and man pages
 a greatly expanded wiki
 tutorials in multiple languages
portability
 full support for Windows, including hardlinking and file filtering
 should easily compile and install on any modern UNIX
 binary packages available for many systems
extras
 powerful bash completion support
 Emacs integration
 updated hgk
and more
 expanded test suite
 numerous bug fixes and cleanups

Changes from 0.6c to 0.7:

core
 improved merge logic
 improved copy/rename support (still experimental)
 automatic binary file handling
 generic file filtering support
 various performance improvements
command line
 new bundle/unbundle commands for exchanging native updates
 more natural support for remove, copy, and rename
 faster, more powerful log command
 new grep command for searching entire history
 support for plug-in extensions
 improved exception handling and debugging facilities
hgweb
 optional downloading of tarballs and zip files
Windows support
 hardlinking support
 newline conversion through file filtering
contrib
 updated hgk


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