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--- NEWS	098a0ba6d8010d9ba7b4c1304703d168ba099d31
+++ NEWS	f30b3f6eb62a5d0af4fe8304bee3e6599010039b
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
           requests more compact. You still see all available global options
           by executing 'mtn help' without any arguments.
 
+        - 'mtn automate get_current_revision' now returns an empty changeset
+          instead of an error if a workspace contains no changes.
+
         New features
 
         - A monotone database may be exported in the git fast-import format
@@ -105,6 +108,12 @@
           own for directory creation and permissions if you take the
           key on standard output and redirect it to a file.)
 
+        - The `p:' selector now accepts single character revision ids.
+
+        - `mtn merge_into_workspace' no longer crashes if one tries to merge
+          in an ancestor or descendant of a workspace, but gives a helpful
+          error message.
+
         - Several bugfixes to `mtn automate stdio':
 
           * It now correctly distinguishs between syntax and command errors by
@@ -120,16 +129,25 @@
           * Global options, which were set or changed by a previously executed
             command, weren't properly reset before the next command was issued.
             It was f.e. not possible to "unignore" suspended branches for
-            the `branches' command when this option was given in a previous
-            run. Now only those global options persist between executed
-            commands which were given to stdio directly.
+            the `branches' command when `--ignore-suspend-certs' was given in
+            a previous run. Now only those global options persist between
+            executed commands which were given to stdio directly.
 
         Internal
 
         - Using 64 bit integer values to represent dates internally. This
           has no user visible effect.
 
+        - The unit test code has been separated from the main source, thus
+          building the tests no longer requires a full recompilation. Also,
+          the number of modules which are linked into unit tester has
+          decreased tremendously.
 
+        - A couple of debug commands have been added to the `database'
+          command group to aid performance timing. See `mtn help --hidden db'
+          for a list of available commands.
+
+
 Fri Dec 26 22:08:00 UTC 2008
 
         0.42 release.