Update draft release notes to 1.8.1
Junio C Hamano committed
Nov 29, 2012 at 13:57 UTC
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@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
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* Command-line completion scripts for tcsh and zsh have been added.
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+ * A new remote-helper interface for Mercurial has been added to
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+ contrib/remote-helpers.
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* We used to have a workaround for a bug in ancient "less" that
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causes it to exit without any output when the terminal is resized.
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The bug has been fixed in "less" version 406 (June 2007), and the
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from the submodule working tree, "git rm" learned to detect this
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case and removes the submodule working tree when it is safe.
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+ * "git send-email" used to prompt for the sender address, even when
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+ the committer identify is well specified (e.g. via user.name and
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+ user.email configuration variables). The command no longer gives
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+ this prompt when not necessary.
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+ * "git send-email" did not allow non-address garbage strings to
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+ appear after addresses on Cc: lines in the patch files (and when
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+ told to pick them up to find more recipients), e.g.
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+ Cc: Stable Kernel <stable@k.org> # for v3.2 and up
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+ The command now strips " # for v3.2 and up" part before adding the
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+ remainder of this line to the list of recipients.
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* "git submodule add" learned to add a new submodule at the same
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path as the path where an unrelated submodule was bound to in an
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existing revision via the "--name" option.
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* We failed to mention a file without any content change but whose
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permission bit was modified, or (worse yet) a new file without any
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content in the "git diff --stat" output.
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- (merge 74faaa1 lt/diff-stat-show-0-lines later to maint).
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+ (merge de9095955 lt/diff-stat-show-0-lines later to maint).
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+ * When "--stat-count" hides a diffstat for binary contents, the total
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+ number of added and removed lines at the bottom was computed
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+ incorrectly.
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+ (merge de9095955 lt/diff-stat-show-0-lines later to maint).
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+ * When "--stat-count" hides a diffstat for unmerged paths, the total
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+ number of affected files at the bottom of the "diff --stat" output
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+ was computed incorrectly.
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+ (merge de9095955 lt/diff-stat-show-0-lines later to maint).
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+ * "diff --shortstat" miscounted the total number of affected files
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+ when there were unmerged paths.
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+ (merge de9095955 lt/diff-stat-show-0-lines later to maint).
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* "update-ref -d --deref SYM" to delete a ref through a symbolic ref
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that points to it did not remove it correctly.