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[PATCH] Mention git-shell's "cvs" substitution in the RelNotes

From: Johannes Schindelin <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:00
Subsystem: documentation, the rest · Maintainers: Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds

git shell became much more powerful for existing CVS setups.  Tis is a 
benefit that we should not hide from those people who only read release 
notes.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <redacted>
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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt
index cd79124..fb521c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.3
 
  * "git remote" learned "rm" subcommand.
 
- * "git cvsserver" can be run via "git shell".
+ * "git cvsserver" can be run via "git shell".  Also, "cvs" is
+   recognized as a synonym for "git cvsserver", so that CVS users
+   can be switched to git just by changing their login shell.
 
  * "git cvsserver" acts more like receive-pack by running post-receive
    and post-update hooks.
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