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== Version 0.9 == == Version 0.9 - 2006-05-10 ==

[http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/2006-May/008093.html Release announcement.]
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== Version 0.8.1 == == Version 0.8.1 - 2006-04-07 ==

Be sure to read UpgradeNotes.

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Version 0.9 - 2006-05-10

[http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/2006-May/008093.html Release announcement.]

DRAFT

These are the major changes between Mercurial 0.8.1 and 0.9:

  • The repository file format has been improved.
    • This has resulted in an average 40% reduction in disk space usage.
    • The new format (called RevlogNG) is now the default.
    • Mercurial works perfectly with both the old and new repository file formats. It can transfer changes transparently between repositories of either format.
    • To use the new repository format, simply use hg clone --pull to clone an existing repository.

    • Note: Versions 0.8.1 and earlier of Mercurial cannot read RevlogNG repositories directly, but they can clone, pull from, and push to servers that are serving RevlogNG repositories.

  • Memory usage has been improved by over 50% for many common operations.
  • Substantial performance improvements on large repositories.
  • New commands:
    • archive - generate a directory tree snapshot, tarball, or zip file of a revision

  • Deprecated commands:
    • addremove - replaced by add and remove --after

    • forget - replaced by revert

    • undo - replaced by rollback

  • New extensions:
    • Bugzilla integration hook
    • Email notification hook
  • Nested repositories are now supported. Mercurial will not recurse into a subdirectory that contains a .hg directory. It is treated as a separate repository.

  • The standalone web server, hg serve, is now threaded, so it can talk to multiple clients at a time.

  • The web server can now display a "message of the day".
  • Support added for hooks written in Python.
  • Many improvements and clarifications to built-in help.

Version 0.8.1 - 2006-04-07

Released [http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/2006-April/007534.html 2006-04-07].

  • New extensions:
    • mq (manage a queue of patches, like quilt only better)

    • email (send changes as series of email patches)

  • New command: merge (replaces update -m)

  • Improved commands:
    • log (--limit option added)

    • pull and push (-r works on specific revisions)

    • revert (rewritten, much better)

  • Comprehensive hook support
  • Output templating added, supporting e.g. GNU changelog style
  • Windows, Mac OS X: prebuilt binary packages, better support
  • Many reliability, performance, and memory usage improvements

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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