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+== 2.5.6 / 25 May 2009
+
+* Fixes perforce issues reported at http://bit.ly/wt0es (via mailing list) [Scott Johnson]
+* Improved back-tick handling code in relation to the above.
+* Removes rails-assumptions, more info see a freshly generated config/deploy.rb
+* Fixes a Git issue when submodules update upstream. (via mailing list) [sneakin]
+* Ensures that the deploy_to directory is chowned :user/:user during deploy:setup
+* Capify now creates the config directory in directories without one.
+
+== 2.5.5 / 24 Feb 2009
+
+* Make sure role(:foo) actually declares an (empty) role for :foo, even without server arguments [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 2.5.4 / 4 Feb 2009
+
+* When using rsync with the remote_cache strategy include -t switch to preserve file times [Kevin McCarthy]
+
+* Bump Net::SSH dependency to version 2.0.10 [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Use 'user' from .ssh/config appropriately [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Allow respond_to?() method to accept optional second parameter (include_priv) [Matthias Marschall]
+
+* Make sure sudo prompts are retried correctly even if "try again" and the prompt appear in the same text chunk from the server [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Add supported environment variables to -H output [François Beausoleil]
+
+
+== 2.5.3 / December 6, 2008
+
+* Make previous_release return nil if there is no previous release [Mathias Meyer]
+
+* Play nice with rubies that don't inspect terminals well (ie. JRuby) by defaulting screen columns to 80 [Bob McWhirter]
+
+* Rollback of deploy:symlink would explode if there was no previous revision to rollback to [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix bug in transfer.rb that caused get/put/upload/download to ignore blocks passed to them [arika]
+
+* Fix issue with git SCM that caused "Unable to resolve revision" errors when there was trailing whitespace in git's output [Mark Zuneska, Daniel Berlinger and Evan Closson]
+
+
+== 2.5.2 / November 13, 2008
+
+* Fix issue with git SCM that caused "Unable to resolve revision for 'HEAD'" errors on deploy [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 2.5.1 / November 7, 2008
+
+* Add -t (--tools) switch for better task lists for external tools [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make the RemoteDependency#try method use invoke_command instead of run, for sudo-ability [Matthias Marschall]
+
+* Make locally executed commands in Windows more Windows-friendly [esad@esse.at]
+
+* Added :scm_arguments variable for custom SCM arguments (subversion-only, currently) [David Abdemoulaie]
+
+* Don't emit -p for sudo when :sudo_prompt is blank [Matthias Marschall]
+
+* Copy symlinks when using rsync [Paul Paradise]
+
+* Make sure git query-revision matches on exact branch name [grant@nightriot.com]
+
+* Use -T <arg> to filter listed tasks by a pattern [Mathias Meyer, Geoffrey Grosenbach]
+
+* Expose the #scm method on SCM::Base for building custom scm commands [Mathias Meyer]
+
+* Start logging some locally executed commands [springyweb]
+
+* Added HOSTFILTER environment variable for constraining tasks so they run only on hosts matching the given list of servers [Walter Smith]
+
+* Make sure the glob matching for copy excludes does not delete parent directories [Fabio Akita]
+
+* Ruby 1.9 compatibility [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 2.5.0 / August 28, 2008
+
+* Allow :gateway to be set to an array, in which case a chain of tunnels is created [Kerry Buckley]
+
+* Allow HOSTS spec to override even non-existent roles [Mike Bailey]
+
+* Sort releases via "ls -xt" instead of "ls -x" to allow for custom release names [Yan Pritzker]
+
+* Convert arguments to -s and -S into integers, booleans, etc. based on whether the arguments appear to be those types [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Add descriptions of -n and -d to the verbose help text [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make rollbacks work with processes that need the current directory to be valid in order to restart properly (e.g. mongrel_rails) [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Rename deploy:rollback_code to deploy:rollback:code [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added parallel() helper for executing multiple different commands in parallel [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure a task only uses the last on_rollback block, once, on rollback [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Add :shared_children variable to customize which subdirectories are created by deploy:setup [Jonathan Share]
+
+* Allow filename globbing in copy_exclude setting for the copy strategy [Jonathan Share]
+
+* Allow remote_cache strategy to use copy_exclude settings (requires rsync) [Lewis Mackenzie]
+
+* Make None SCM module work in Windows [Carlos Kozuszko]
+
+* Recognize mingw as a Windows platform [Carlos Kozuszko]
+
+* Fixed failing tests in Windows [Carlos Kozuszko]
+
+* Made :scm_auth_cache control whether password option is emitted in subversion module [Brendan Schwartz]
+
+* Fixed timestamp bug in CVS module [Jørgen Fjeld]
+
+* Added -n/--dry-run switch, to display but not execute remote tasks [Paul Gross]
+
+
+== 2.4.3 / June 28, 2008
+
+* Fix gem dependencies so gem actually understands them [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 2.4.2 / June 27, 2008
+
+* Specify gem dependencies in rakefile [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 2.4.1 / June 27, 2008
+
+* Use Echoe to manage the Rakefile [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Let Net::SSH manage the default SSH port selection [Ben Lavender]
+
+* Changed capture() helper to not raise an exception on error, but to warn instead [Jeff Forcier]
+
+
+== 2.4.0 / June 13, 2008
+
+* Added :normalize_asset_timestamps option to deployment, defaulting to true, which allows asset timestamping to be disabled [John Trupiano]
+
+
+== 2.4.0 Preview Release #1 (2.3.101) / June 5, 2008 
+
+* Only make deploy:start, deploy:stop, and deploy:restart try sudo as :runner. The other sudo-enabled tasks (deploy:setup, deploy:cleanup, etc.) will now use the :admin_runner user (which by default is unset). [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure triggers defined as a block inherit the scope of the task they are attached to, instead of the task they were called from [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make deploy:upload use the upload() helper for more efficient directory processing [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make deploy:upload accept globs [Mark Imbriaco]
+
+* Make sure the host is reported with the output from scm_run [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make git SCM honor the :scm_verbose option [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Don't follow symlinks when using :copy_cache [Jamis Buck]
+
+* If :mode is given to upload() helper, do a chmod after to set the mode [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix load_from_file method for windows users [Neil Wilson]
+
+* Display a deprecation error if a remote git branch is specified [Tim Harper]
+
+* Fix deployment recipes to use the updated sudo helper [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Enhance the sudo helper so it can be used to return the command, instead of executing it [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Revert "make sudo helper play nicely with complex command chains", since it broke stuff [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make set(:default_shell, false) work for not using a shell on a per-command basis [Ryan McGeary] 
+
+* Improved test coverage [Ryan McGeary]
+
+* Fixed "coverage" take task [Ryan McGeary]
+
+* Use upload() instead of put() with the copy strategy [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Revert the "git fetch --tags" change, since it didn't work as expected [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix deploy:pending when using git SCM [Ryan McGeary]
+
+* Make sure deploy:check works with :none scm (which has no default command) [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Add debug switch for enabling conditional execution of commands [Mark Imbriaco]
+
+
+== 2.3.0 / May 2, 2008
+
+* Make deploy:setup obey the :use_sudo and :runner directives, and generalize the :use_sudo and :runner options into a try_sudo() helper method [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sudo helper play nicely with complex command chains [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Expand file-transfer options with new upload() and download() helpers. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Allow SCP transfers in addition to SFTP. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Use Net::SSH v2 and Net::SSH::Gateway. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added #export method for git SCM [Phillip Goldenburg]
+
+* For query_revision, git SCM used git-rev-parse on the repo hosting the Capfile, which may NOT be the same tree as the actual source reposistory. Use git-ls-remote instead to resolve the revision for checkout. [Robin H. Johnson]
+
+* Allow :ssh_options hash to be specified per server [Jesse Newland]
+
+* Added support for depend :remote, :file to test for existence of a specific file [Andrew Carter]
+
+* Ensure that the default run options are mixed into the command options when executing a command from the cap shell [Ken Collins]
+
+* Added :none SCM module for deploying a specific directory's contents [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Improved "copy" strategy supports local caching and pattern exclusion (via :copy_cache and :copy_exclude variables) [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 2.2.0 / February 27, 2008
+
+* Fix git submodule support to init on sync [halorgium]
+
+* Add alternative server-centric role definition method [James Duncan Davidson]
+
+* Add support for password prompts from the Mercurial SCM [ches]
+
+* Add support for :max_hosts option in task definition or run() [Rob Holland <rob@inversepath.com>]
+
+* Distributed git support for better operability with remote_cache strategy [voidlock]
+
+* Use a default line length in help text if line length is otherwise too small [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix incorrect reference to the 'setup' task in task documentation [rajeshduggal]
+
+* Don't try to kill the spawner process on deploy:stop if no spawner process exists [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Dynamic roles (e.g. role(:app) { "host.name" }) [dmasover]
+
+* Implement Bzr#next_revision so that pending changes can be reported correctly [casret]
+
+* Use a proper export command for bzr SCM [drudru]
+
+* Use checkout instead of merge for git SCM [nuttycom]
+
+* Fix typo in Subversion SCM module, encountered when an update fails [kemiller]
+
+* Fix documentation typo in upload.rb [evolving_jerk]
+
+* Added test case to show that the :scm_command is honored by the git SCM module [grempe]
+
+* Fail gracefully when double-colons are used to delimit namespaces [richie]
+
+* Add support for :git_enable_submodules variable, to enable submodules with the git SCM [halorgium]
+
+* If subversion asks for a password, prompt as a last resort [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Use checkout --lightweight for bzr checkout, instead of branch [michiels]
+
+* Make sure bzr SCM works when revision is head (or unspecified) [michiels]
+
+* Support p4sync_flags and p4client_root variables for Perforce [gseidman]
+
+* Prepare for Net::SSH v2 by making sure Capistrano only tries to load Net::SSH versions less than 1.99.0 [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 2.1.0 / October 14, 2007
+
+* Default to 0664 instead of 0660 on upload [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix deploy:pending to query SCM for the subsequent revision so that it does not include the last deployed change [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Prefer 'Last Changed Rev' over 'Revision' when querying latest revision via Subversion [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Explicitly require 'stringio' in copy_test [mislav]
+
+* When Subversion#query_revision fails, give a more sane error [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Don't run the upgrade:revisions task on non-release servers [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix cap shell to properly recognize sudo prompt [Mark Imbriaco, barnaby, Jamis Buck]
+
+* Git SCM module [Garry Dolley, Geoffrey Grosenbach, Scott Chacon]
+
+* Use the --password switch for subversion by default, but add :scm_prefer_prompt variable (defaults to false) [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 2.0.100 (2.1 Preview 1) / September 1, 2007
+
+* capify-generated Capfile will autoload all recipes from vendor/plugins/*/recipes/*.rb [Graeme Mathieson]
+
+* Use sudo -p switch to set sudo password prompt to something predictable [Mike Bailey]
+
+* Allow independent configurations to require the same recipe file [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Set :shell to false to run a command without wrapping it in "sh -c" [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Don't request a pty by default [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Add a "match" remote dependency method [Adam Greene]
+
+* Allow auth-caching of subversion credentials to be enabled via :scm_auth_cache [tsmith]
+
+* Don't let a task trigger itself when used as the source for an "on" hook [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Avoid using the --password switch with subversion for security purposes [sentinel]
+
+* Add version_dir, current_dir, and shared_dir variables for naming the directories used in deployment [drinkingbird]
+
+* Use Windows-safe binary reads for reading file contents [Ladislav Martincik]
+
+* Add Accurev SCM support [Doug Barth]
+
+* Use the :runner variable to determine who to sudo as for deploy:restart [Graham Ashton]
+
+* Add Namespaces#top to always return a reference to the topmost namespace [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Change the "-h" output so that it does not say that "-q" is the default [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 2.0.0 / July 21, 2007
+
+* Make the "no matching servers" error more sane [halorgium]
+
+* Make sure the invoke task gives a sane error when the COMMAND value is omitted [halorgium]
+
+* Make sure variables are conditionally set in the deploy recipes, so as not to clobber values set elsewhere [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix "input stream is empty" errors from HighLine on prompt [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added "synchronous_connect" setting to try and work around SFTP hangs for certain users [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Auto-require the SSH shell service, to avoid race conditions [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Add a millisecond sleep in upload to reduce CPU impact [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Allow the logger to be set via Configuration#logger= [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Allow $CAPISTRANO:HOST$ to be used in filenames to the put command [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Allow execute_on_servers to be called without a current task again [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Put $stdout in sync mode, so that Net::SSH prompts are displayed [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure deploy:check aborts if it fails [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Spelling corrections in docs [Tim Carey-Smith, Giles Bowkett]
+
+
+== 1.99.3 (2.0 Preview 4) / June 28, 2007
+
+* Don't break task descriptions on a period that appears in the middle of a sentence [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added support for :on_error => :continue in task definitions, allowing tasks to effectively ignore connection and execution errors that occur as they run [Rob Holland]
+
+* Use correct parameters for Logger constructor in the SCM and Strategy base initializers [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Set LC_ALL=C before querying the revision, to make sure the output is in a predictable locale and can be parsed predictably [via Leandro Nunes dos Santos]
+
+* Add :copy_remote_dir variable for the :copy strategy, to indicate where the archive should be copied to on the remote servers [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make the awk use in the dependencies code work with POSIX awk [mcornick]
+
+* Make variable accesses thread safe [via Adrian Danieli]
+
+* Make user input for yes/no prompts work correctly in the Mercurial module [Matthew Elder]
+
+* Use single quotes to escape semicolon in find command, instead of a backslash [via michael.italia@gmail.com]
+
+* Better quoting of reserved characters in commands [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure Net::SSH versions prior to 1.1.0 still work [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Allow the :hosts and :roles keys to accept lambdas, which will be evaluated lazily to allow runtime selection of hosts and roles in tasks [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Use `which' to test whether a command exists in the remote path, instead of `test -p' [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure the connection factory is established synchronously, to avoid multiple gateway instances being spawned [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure symlink and finalize_update tasks reference the most recent release when called by themselves [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 1.99.2 (2.0 Preview 3) / June 15, 2007
+ 
+* CVS SCM module [Brian Phillips]
+
+* Fix typo in Perforce SCM module [Chris Bailey]
+
+* ssh_options < server options when connecting [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Logger defaults to $stderr instead of STDERR [lhartley]
+
+* Use cp -RPp instead of -a in the remote cache strategy
+
+* Make the UploadError exception include an array of the hosts that failed [rob@inversepath.com]
+
+* Allow "empty" roles to be declared [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Mercurial SCM module [Tobias Luetke, Matthew Elder]
+
+* Invoke all commands via sh (customizable via :default_shell) [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure all directories exist on each deploy which are necessary for subsequent commands to succeed, since some SCM's won't save empty directories [Matthew Elder]
+
+* Add :default_environment variable, which is applied to every command
+
+
+== 1.99.1 (2.0 Preview 2) / May 10, 2007
+
+* Fix some documentation typos [eventualbuddha]
+
+* Don't retry failed connections if an explicit auth_methods list is given [Chris Farms]
+
+* Added support for load and exit callbacks, which get invoked when all recipes have been loaded and when all requested tasks have been executed [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added support for start and finish callbacks, which get invoked when any task is called via the command-line [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make `capify' understand simple command-line switches [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make the server definition itself available to SSH channels, rather than just the host name [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Identify servers by their complete credentials in logs, rather than simply by hostname [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Uniquely identify servers based on hostname, port, and username, instead of merely on hostname [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Allow (e.g.) scm_command and local_scm_command to be set in the event of different paths to the scm command on local vs. remote hosts. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Kill the "deploy:app" namespace and move those tasks into deploy, directly. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure 'desc' applies to the next defined task, in any namespace. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix shell so that servers for a task are correctly discovered. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added before(), after(), and on() callback creation methods. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix broken check! method for some deployment strategies. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* deploy:cold should also run migrations before starting the app [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make the copy strategy check out to a temporary directory [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 1.99.0 (2.0 Preview 1) / April 24, 2007
+
+* Add `capify' script to make it easier to prepare a project for deployment using cap [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure the sudo helper understands the SuSE dialect of the sudo password prompt [Steven Wisener]
+
+* Fix synchronization issue with Gateway initialization [Doug Barth]
+
+* Added opt-in "compat" and "upgrade" recipes for tasks to aid in the upgrade process to Capistrano 2 [Jamis Buck]
+
+* The deployment recipes are now opt-in. Just do 'load "deploy"' in your recipe script. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added $CAPISTRANO:HOST$ placeholder in commands, which will be replaced with the name of the host on which the command is executing [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added -e switch to explain specific task. Added -X to extend -x. Made -h much briefer. Added -T to list known tasks. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added namespaces for tasks [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Merged the Configuration and Actor classes, performed various other massive refactorings of the code [Jamis Buck]
+
+
+== 1.4.1 / February 24, 2007
+
+* Use the no-auth-cache option with subversion so that username/password tokens do not get cached by capistrano usage [jonathan]
+
+* Deprecated upper-cased variables [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure Actor#get does not close the SFTP channel (so subsequent SFTP operations work) [Dov Murik]
+
+* Add :env option to 'run' (and friends) so that you can specify environment variables to be injected into the new process' environment [Mathieu Lajugie]
+
+
+== 1.4.0 / February 3, 2007
+
+* Use the auth info for subversion more consistently [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Add a "capture" helper, for capturing the stdout of a remote command and returning it as a string [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Add a "get" helper, to pull a file from a remote server to the localhost [bmihelac]
+
+* Fix gateway to actually increment local_port if a port is in use, so that multiple capistrano instances can run at the same time [Mark Imbriaco]
+
+* Refactor the permissions tweaking in update_code to a separate task so that people on shared hosts can override it as necessary [jaw6]
+
+* Set umask during the setup task, so that intermediate directories are created with the proper permissions [NeilW]
+
+* Removed -c/--caprc switch, since the new load order renders it meaningless (just use -f now) [Mike Bailey]
+
+* Make sure the standard recipe loads first, so that .caprc and friends can override what it defines. [Mike Bailey]
+
+* Add support for a system-wide capistrano config file [Mike Bailey]
+
+* Make cold_deploy call update instead of deploy (to avoid invoking the restart task).
+
+* Make the touch command run by update_code set the TZ to UTC, for consistent setting of asset timestamps. [NeilW]
+
+* Fix off-by-one bug in show_tasks width-computation [NeilW]
+
+
+== 1.3.1 / January 5, 2007
+
+* Fix connection problems when using gateways [Ezra Zygmuntowicz]
+
+
+== 1.3.0 / December 23, 2006
+
+* Deprecate rake integration in favor of invoking `cap' directly [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure the CVS module references the repository explicitly in cvs_log [weyus@att.net]
+
+* Remove trace messages when loading a file [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Cleaner error messages for authentication failures and command errors [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added support for ~/.caprc, also -x and -c switches. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Updated migrate action to use db:migrate task in Rails instead of the deprecated migrate task [DHH]
+
+* Allow SSH user and port to be encoded in the hostname strings [Ezra Zygmuntowicz]
+
+* Fixed that new checkouts were not group-writable [DHH, Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fixed that cap setup would use 755 on the deploy_to and shared directory roots instead of 775 [DHH]
+
+* Don't run the cleanup task on servers marked no_release [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix typo in default_io_proc so it correctly checks the stream parameter to see if it is the error stream [Stephen Haberman]
+
+* Make sure assets in images, javascripts, and stylesheets are touched after updating the code, to ensure the asset timestamping feature of rails works correctly [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added warning if password is prompted for and termios is not installed [John Labovitz]
+
+* Added :as option to sudo, so you can specify who the command is executed as [Mark Imbriaco]
+
+
+== 1.2.0 / September 14, 2006
+
+* Add experimental 'shell' task [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Display file for external configurations, rather than inspected proc. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Connect to multiple servers in parallel, rather than serially. [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Add SCM module for Mercurial (closes #4150) [Matthew Elder]
+
+* Remove unused line in SCM::Base (closes #5619) [chris@seagul.co.uk]
+
+* More efficient "svn log" usage (closes #5620) [Anatol Pomozov]
+
+* Better support for key passphrases in the SVN module (closes #5920) [llasram@gmail.com]
+
+* Fix missing default for :local in cvs.rb (closes #3645) [jeremy@hinegardner.org]
+
+* Fix awkward spacing in gemspec file (closes #3888) [grant@antiflux.org]
+
+* Add support for :sudo variable to specify path to sudo (closes #4578) [timothee.peignier@tryphon.org]
+
+* Make previous_release return nil if there are no previous releases (closes #4959) [bdabney@cavoksolutions.com]
+
+* Uncache releases list after update_code is called so that newly released dir is included (closes #3766) [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Allow the subversion scm to accept HTTPS certificates (closes #4792) [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Make sure rollbacks occur within the scope of the task that triggered them [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fixed the default recipe to work with setups that haven't yet gone pids [DHH]
+
+* Symlink and setup for shared/pids to tmp/pids [DHH]
+
+* Fix some incorrect usage text (closes #4507) [gerry_shaw@yahoo.com]
+
+* Added Actor#stream method that makes it easy to create cross-server streams [DHH]. Example:
+
+    desc "Run a tail on multiple log files at the same time"
+    task :tail_fcgi, :roles => :app do
+      stream "tail -f #{shared_path}/log/fastcgi.crash.log"
+    end
+
+* Make update_code and symlink a macro task under the name "update" for easy of deploy to servers that does not run fcgis [DHH]
+
+* Changed setup, update_code, rollback_code, and symlink to work on all servers instead of only those in the :app, :web, and :db roles. A server can opt out of being part of the release deployment by setting :no_release => true [DHH]
+
+* Added support for :except on task declarations as the opposite of :only [DHH]. Example:
+
+    role :app, "192.168.0.2"
+    role :file, "192.168.0.3", :no_release => true
+
+    task :symlink, :except => { :no_release => true } do
+      on_rollback { run "ln -nfs #{previous_release} #{current_path}" }
+      run "ln -nfs #{current_release} #{current_path}"
+    end
+    
+    cap symlink # will not run on 192.168.0.3
+
+* Deprecate the -r/--recipe switch in favor of -f/--file (for more make/rake-like semantics) [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Fix gemspec to include a dependency on rake 0.7 [Jamis Buck]
+
+* Added respect for ENV["HOSTS"] that'll be used instead of the roles specified in the task definition [DHH]. Example:
+
+    HOSTS=192.168.0.1 cap setup # one-off setup for that server, doesn't need to be prespecified in the recipes file
+
+* Added respect for ENV["ROLES"] that'll be used instead of the roles specified in the task definition [DHH]. Example:
+
+    task :setup, :roles => [ :app, :web, :db ]
+      # normally this would run every where
+    end
+    
+    ROLES=app cap setup # this will only run for the app role, overwritting the default declaration
+
+* Added :hosts option to task definition that allows you to specify cross-cutting tasks [DHH]. Example:
+
+    task :setup, :hosts => [ "06.example.com", "01.example.com" ] do
+      # this task will happen on 06 and 01 regardless of which roles they belong to
+    end
+
+* Fix operator precedence problem in script for touching the revisions.log #3223 [jason.garber@emu.edu]
+
+
+== 1.1.0 / March 6th, 2006
+
+* Simplify the generated capistrano.rake file, and make it easier to customize
+
+* Use rake-like command-line semantics ("cap deploy", in addition to "cap -a deploy")
+
+* Rename to capistrano
+
+* Make the generated capistrano.rake file use rake namespaces, and include all default tasks
+
+* Look for config/deploy.rb, capfile, and Capfile by default
+
+
+== 1.0.1 / February 20th, 2006
+
+* Fix broken switchtower_invoke function in switchtower.rake (missing require statement)
+
+
+== 1.0.0 / Feburary 18th, 2006
+
+* Make CVS module's :local value default to "."
+
+* Add "invoke" task for executing one-off commands
+
+* Make port selection smarter for gateway connections
+
+* Add extension mechanism for custom ST operations and third-party task libraries
+
+* Make ST rails rake tasks more configurable
+
+* Add Actor#current_task and simplify Task#servers
+
+* Add Actor#connect! method for working around lazy connection establishing
+
+* Make sure IO::TRUNC is specified for Net::SFTP uploads (#3510)
+
+* Add branch support to CVS [jeremy@hinegardner.org] (#3596)
+
+* Add bazaar-ng SCM module [Damien Merenne]
+
+* Add optional :svn_username and :svn_password variables
+
+* Allow Proc-valued variables to be set more conveniently (set(:foo) { "bar" })
+
+* Add perforce SCM module [Richard McMahon]
+
+* Add bazaar (v1) SCM module [Edd Dumbill] (#3533)
+
+* Fix stftime format string used in CVS module to be Windows-compatible (fixes #3383)
+
+* Add an better error when a task is run and no servers match the required conditions
+
+* Add default spinner and cold_deploy tasks, and spinner_user variable
+
+* Changed restart_via variable to (boolean) use_sudo
+
+* Only chmod when the revisions.log file is first created
+
+* Make UPPERCASE variables work
+
+* Added rails_env variable (defaults to production) for use by tasks that employ the RAILS_ENV environment variable
+
+* Added Actor.default_io_proc
+
+* Set :actor key on SSH channel instances
+
+
+== 0.10.0 / January 2nd, 2006
+
+* Handle ssh password prompts like "someone's password:"
+
+* Make CLI#echo available as a class method.
+
+* Add CLI#with_echo.
+
+* Make the default password prompt available as a class method.
+
+# Add documentation for the CLI class.
+
+* Add a sanity check to make sure the correct versions of Net::SSH and Net::SFTP are installed.
+
+* Added a cleanup task to remove unused releases from the deployment directory
+
+* Allow password to be reentered on sudo if it was entered incorrectly
+
+* Use && as the command separator for the checkouts, so that errors are caught early.
+
+* Ping each SSH connection every 1s during command processing so that long-running commands don't cause the connection to timeout.
+
+* Add a 0.01s sleep during the command loop so that the CPU doesn't go ballistic while ST is doing its thing.
+
+* Add :restart_via variable for specifying whether restart ought to use :sudo (default, use sudo)
+
+* Use SFTP for file transfers (if available).
+
+* Add an "update_current" task that will do an svn up on the current release
+
+* Use the :checkout variable to determine what operation to use for svn checkouts (instead of co, like "export").
+
+* The Rails rake tasks now load ST directly, instead of invoking it via system
+
+* Added ssh_options variable to configure the SSH connection parameters #2734 [jerrett@bravenet.com]
+
+* Require Net::SSH 1.0.5
+
+
+== 0.9.0 / October 18th, 2005
+
+* Use process reaper instead of custom reap script for restarting
+
+* Use -S switch to set variables before reading recipe files #2242
+
+* Have setup.rb create a switchtower.cmd file on Win32 platforms #2402
+
+* Add diff_from_last_deploy to the rails switchtower rakefile template
+
+* Add diff_from_last_deploy task (currently only works with subversion)
+
+* Add deploy_with_migrations task.
+
+* Make the migrate task more customizable.
+
+* If no password is given with the -p switch, prompt for password immediately.
+
+* Do not install a switchtower stub in the script directory. Assume the switchtower executable is in the path.
+
+* Remove trailing newlines from commands to prevent trailing backslash #2141
+
+* Default parameters work correctly with the generator #2218 [Scott Barron]
+
+* Attempt to require 'rubygems' explicitly when running the switchtower utility #2134
+
+* Make default tasks work only on app/db/web roles, so that additional roles may be created for boxes with specific needs without needing to (for instance) deploy the app to those boxes
+
+* Default the application name to "Application" when using --apply-to
+
+* Show the help screen instead of an error when no arguments are given
+
+* Make SwitchTower easier to invoke programmatically via SwitchTower::CLI
+
+* Specify the revision to release via the :revision variable (defaults to latest revision)
+
+* Allow variables to be set via the cli using the -s switch
+
+* Log checkouts to a "revisions.log" file
+
+* Changed behavior of checkout to use the timestamp as the release name, instead of the revision number
+
+* Added CVS module (very very experimental!)
+
+* Works with public keys now, for passwordless deployment
+
+* Subversion module recognizes the password prompt for HTTP authentication
+
+* Preserve +x on scripts when using darcs #1929 [Scott Barron]
+
+* When executing multiline commands, use a backslash to escape the newline