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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.4.txt | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | archive-tar.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6005548fd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Git v2.8.4 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.8.3 +------------------ + + * Documentation for "git merge --verify-signatures" has been updated + to clarify that the signature of only the commit at the tip is + verified. Also the phrasing used for signature and key validity is + adjusted to align with that used by OpenPGP. + + * On Windows, .git and optionally any files whose name starts with a + dot are now marked as hidden, with a core.hideDotFiles knob to + customize this behaviour. + + * Portability enhancement for "rebase -i" to help platforms whose + shell does not like "for i in <empty>" (which is not POSIX-kosher). + + * "git fsck" learned to catch NUL byte in a commit object as + potential error and warn. + + * CI test was taught to build documentation pages. + + * Many 'linkgit:<git documentation page>' references were broken, + which are all fixed with this. + +Also contains other minor documentation updates and code clean-ups. diff --git a/archive-tar.c b/archive-tar.c index 501ca9776..cb99df281 100644 --- a/archive-tar.c +++ b/archive-tar.c @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static void prepare_header(struct archiver_args *args, memcpy(header->magic, "ustar", 6); memcpy(header->version, "00", 2); - snprintf(header->chksum, sizeof(header->chksum), "%07o", ustar_header_chksum(header)); + xsnprintf(header->chksum, sizeof(header->chksum), "%07o", ustar_header_chksum(header)); } static int write_extended_header(struct archiver_args *args, |