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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt index 0576c36f8..c8eb0eb5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Git v1.7.8 Release Notes (draft) Updates since v1.7.7 -------------------- - * Some git-svn and git-gui updates. + * Some git-svn, git-gui and msysgit updates. * Updates to bash completion scripts. @@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Updates since v1.7.7 * "git diff" learned "--minimal" option to spend extra cycles to come up with a minimal patch output. + * "git diff" learned "--function-context" option to show the whole + function as context that was affected by a change. + * "git fetch" learned to honor transfer.fsckobjects configuration to validate the objects that were received from the other end, just like "git receive-pack" (the receiving end of "git push") does. @@ -63,8 +66,16 @@ Updates since v1.7.7 files in the working tree, so that matches in new but not yet added files do not get missed. + * The recursive merge backend no longer looks for meaningless + existing merges in submodules unless in the outermost merge. + + * "git log" and friends learned "--children" option. + * "git ls-remote" learned to respond to "-h"(elp) requests. + * "git merge" learned the "--edit" option to allow users to edit the + merge commit log message. + * "git send-email" learned to respond to "-h"(elp) requests. * "git send-email" allows the value given to sendemail.aliasfile to begin @@ -93,6 +104,8 @@ Updates since v1.7.7 * "gitweb" leaked unescaped control characters from syntax hiliter outputs. + * "gitweb" now has its own manual pages. + Also contains other documentation updates and minor code cleanups. @@ -142,6 +155,9 @@ included in this release. of the file. (merge 8557263 jc/apply-blank-at-eof-fix later to maint). + * "git apply --index" did not check corrupted patch. + (merge 2c93286 jm/maint-apply-detects-corrupt-patch-header later to maint). + * "git bisect" did not notice when it failed to update the working tree to the next commit to be tested. (merge 1acf11717 js/bisect-no-checkout later to maint). @@ -179,13 +195,17 @@ included in this release. hooks for attempted removal of non-existing refs. (merge 160b81ed ph/push-to-delete-nothing later to maint). + * "git send-email" did not honor the configured hostname when restarting + the HELO/EHLO exchange after switching TLS on. + (merge 155b940 md/smtp-tls-hello-again later to maint). + * "gitweb" used to produce a non-working link while showing the contents of a blob, when JavaScript actions are enabled. (merge 2b07ff3ff ps/gitweb-js-with-lineno later to maint). --- exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.7.7-368-g9638384 +O=v1.7.7-418-g40d6987 echo O=$(git describe --always master) git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master echo |