#
#
# patch "NEWS"
#  from [696ec7aaec028358e1c1297c63936660de5b8a7e]
#    to [52a8fff373ce72b28dc1056a1bca1323023b6774]
# 
# patch "UPGRADE"
#  from [6052a50d43bd883a92d73daa17b0ec2909b6448a]
#    to [fb431194a5b8df0630341fd8b7682d90b736df49]
#
============================================================
--- NEWS	696ec7aaec028358e1c1297c63936660de5b8a7e
+++ NEWS	52a8fff373ce72b28dc1056a1bca1323023b6774
@@ -37,7 +37,17 @@
           are better encapsulated now. The database interface has been
           enhanced to ease reduction of locking contention in the future.
 
+        - The database scheme has been changed to store binary encoded hashes,
+          instead of a longer hex encoded representation. That reduces the
+          database size and speeds up operations a little.
+          Users who like to fiddle with the database directly are adviced to
+          use the sqlite function hex() as well as the hexadecimal notation
+          x'DEADBEEF', which emits a binary blob.
 
+        - Monotone uses that same binary hash representation internally as
+          well, saving some conversion steps from and to hex encoded notation.
+
+
 Mon Feb 25 15:55:36 UTC 2008
 
         0.39 release.
============================================================
--- UPGRADE	6052a50d43bd883a92d73daa17b0ec2909b6448a
+++ UPGRADE	fb431194a5b8df0630341fd8b7682d90b736df49
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ If you are upgrading from:
     will be described there, not here.
 
 If you are upgrading from:
+  - 0.39 or earlier: The database format has changed.  You must run
+    (after remembering to take a backup copy):
+       $ mtn -d mydb.mtn db migrate
+    on each of your databases.
   - 0.33 or earlier: The database format has changed.  You must run
     (after remembering to take a backup copy):
        $ mtn -d mydb.mtn db migrate