| 1 | Git v1.7.8.1 Release Notes |
| 2 | ========================== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Fixes since v1.7.8 |
| 5 | ------------------ |
| 6 | |
| 7 | * In some codepaths (notably, checkout and merge), the ignore patterns |
| 8 | recorded in $GIT_DIR/info/exclude were not honored. They now are. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | * "git apply --check" did not error out when given an empty input |
| 11 | without any patch. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | * "git archive" mistakenly allowed remote clients to ask for commits |
| 14 | that are not at the tip of any ref. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | * "git checkout" and "git merge" treated in-tree .gitignore and exclude |
| 17 | file in $GIT_DIR/info/ directory inconsistently when deciding which |
| 18 | untracked files are ignored and expendable. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | * LF-to-CRLF streaming filter used when checking out a large-ish blob |
| 21 | fell into an infinite loop with a rare input. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | * The function header pattern for files with "diff=cpp" attribute did |
| 24 | not consider "type *funcname(type param1,..." as the beginning of a |
| 25 | function. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | * The error message from "git diff" and "git status" when they fail |
| 28 | to inspect changes in submodules did not report which submodule they |
| 29 | had trouble with. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | * After fetching from a remote that has very long refname, the reporting |
| 32 | output could have corrupted by overrunning a static buffer. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | * "git pack-objects" avoids creating cyclic dependencies among deltas |
| 35 | when seeing a broken packfile that records the same object in both |
| 36 | the deflated form and as a delta. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. |