# HG changeset patch # User Bryan O'Sullivan # Date 1127342690 25200 # Node ID d4a55564646062baa17db3e6b03aad22a05a3545 # Parent a69e5a67685cb289a69a3cc0f8502252ee666db7 Update Windows release notes. diff -r a69e5a67685c -r d4a555646460 contrib/win32/postinstall.txt --- a/contrib/win32/postinstall.txt Wed Sep 21 15:44:35 2005 -0700 +++ b/contrib/win32/postinstall.txt Wed Sep 21 15:44:50 2005 -0700 @@ -10,6 +10,29 @@ 2005-09-21 v0.7 with modifications -This is the first standalone release of Mercurial for Windows. I -believe it to be mostly functional, with one exception: there is no -support yet for DOS <-> Unix line ending conversion. +* New INI files have been added to control Mercurial's behaviour: + + System-wide - C:\Mercurial\Mercurial.ini + Per-user - C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Mercurial.ini + + A default version of the system-wide INI file is installed with + Mercurial. No per-user INI file is installed, but it will be + honoured if you create one. + +* Windows line endings are now handled automatically and correctly by + the update and commit commands. See the INI file for how to + customise this behaviour. + +* NOTE: Much of the rest of the Mercurial code does not handle Windows + line endings properly. Accordingly, the output of the diff command, + for example, will appear huge until I fix this. + +* Packaged text files now have correct Windows line endings. + + +2005-09-21 v0.7 with modifications + +* This is the first standalone release of Mercurial for Windows. + +* I believe it to be mostly functional, with one exception: there is + no support yet for DOS <-> Unix line ending conversion.