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Update draft release notes to 1.8.2

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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -167,13 +167,11 @@ details).
* An element on GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES list that does not name the * An element on GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES list that does not name the
real path to a directory (i.e. a symbolic link) could have caused real path to a directory (i.e. a symbolic link) could have caused
the GIT_DIR discovery logic to escape the ceiling. the GIT_DIR discovery logic to escape the ceiling.
(merge 059b379 mh/ceiling later to maint).
* When attempting to read the XDG-style $HOME/.config/git/config and * When attempting to read the XDG-style $HOME/.config/git/config and
finding that $HOME/.config/git is a file, we gave a wrong error finding that $HOME/.config/git is a file, we gave a wrong error
message, instead of treating the case as "a custom config file does message, instead of treating the case as "a custom config file does
not exist there" and moving on. not exist there" and moving on.
(merge 8f2bbe4 jn/warn-on-inaccessible-loosen later to maint).
* The behaviour visible to the end users was confusing, when they * The behaviour visible to the end users was confusing, when they
attempt to kill a process spawned in the editor that was in turn attempt to kill a process spawned in the editor that was in turn
@ -184,11 +182,9 @@ details).
* A child process that was killed by a signal (e.g. SIGINT) was * A child process that was killed by a signal (e.g. SIGINT) was
reported in an inconsistent way depending on how the process was reported in an inconsistent way depending on how the process was
spawned by us, with or without a shell in between. spawned by us, with or without a shell in between.
(merge 709ca73 jk/unify-exit-code-by-receiving-signal later to maint).
* After failing to create a temporary file using mkstemp(), failing * After failing to create a temporary file using mkstemp(), failing
pathname was not reported correctly on some platforms. pathname was not reported correctly on some platforms.
(merge f7be59b jc/mkstemp-more-careful-error-reporting later to maint).
* The attribute mechanism didn't allow limiting attributes to be * The attribute mechanism didn't allow limiting attributes to be
applied to only a single directory itself with "path/" like the applied to only a single directory itself with "path/" like the
@ -197,17 +193,18 @@ details).
degradations and needs to merge a fix-up topic. degradations and needs to merge a fix-up topic.
(merge 9db9eec nd/fix-directory-attrs-off-by-one later to maint). (merge 9db9eec nd/fix-directory-attrs-off-by-one later to maint).
* "git am" did not parse datestamp correctly from Hg generated patch,
when it is run in a locale outside C (or en).
(merge 5185b97 dl/am-hg-locale later to maint).
* "git apply" misbehaved when fixing whitespace breakages by removing * "git apply" misbehaved when fixing whitespace breakages by removing
excess trailing blank lines. excess trailing blank lines.
(merge 5de7166 jc/apply-trailing-blank-removal later to maint).
* A tar archive created by "git archive" recorded a directory in a * A tar archive created by "git archive" recorded a directory in a
way that made NetBSD's implementation of "tar" sometimes unhappy. way that made NetBSD's implementation of "tar" sometimes unhappy.
(merge 22f0dcd rs/leave-base-name-in-name-field-of-tar later to maint).
* "git archive" did not record uncompressed size in the header when * "git archive" did not record uncompressed size in the header when
streaming a zip archive, which confused some implementations of unzip. streaming a zip archive, which confused some implementations of unzip.
(merge 5ea2c84 rs/zip-with-uncompressed-size-in-the-header later to maint).
* "git clean" showed what it was going to do, but sometimes end up * "git clean" showed what it was going to do, but sometimes end up
finding that it was not allowed to do so, which resulted in a finding that it was not allowed to do so, which resulted in a
@ -220,27 +217,21 @@ details).
* When "git clone --separate-git-dir=$over_there" is interrupted, it * When "git clone --separate-git-dir=$over_there" is interrupted, it
failed to remove the real location of the $GIT_DIR it created. failed to remove the real location of the $GIT_DIR it created.
This was most visible when interrupting a submodule update. This was most visible when interrupting a submodule update.
(merge 9be1980 jl/interrupt-clone-remove-separate-git-dir later to maint).
* The way "git svn" asked for password using SSH_ASKPASS and * The way "git svn" asked for password using SSH_ASKPASS and
GIT_ASKPASS was not in line with the rest of the system. GIT_ASKPASS was not in line with the rest of the system.
(merge e9263e4 ss/svn-prompt later to maint).
* The --graph code fell into infinite loop when asked to do what the * The --graph code fell into infinite loop when asked to do what the
code did not expect. code did not expect.
(merge 656197a mk/maint-graph-infinity-loop later to maint).
* http transport was wrong to ask for the username when the * http transport was wrong to ask for the username when the
authentication is done by certificate identity. authentication is done by certificate identity.
(merge 75e9a40 rb/http-cert-cred-no-username-prompt later to maint).
* "git pack-refs" that ran in parallel to another process that * "git pack-refs" that ran in parallel to another process that
created new refs had a nasty race. created new refs had a nasty race.
(merge b3f1280 jk/repack-ref-racefix later to maint).
* After "git add -N" and then writing a tree object out of the * After "git add -N" and then writing a tree object out of the
index, the cache-tree data structure got corrupted. index, the cache-tree data structure got corrupted.
(merge eec3e7e nd/invalidate-i-t-a-cache-tree later to maint).
* "git clone" used to allow --bare and --separate-git-dir=$there * "git clone" used to allow --bare and --separate-git-dir=$there
options at the same time, which was nonsensical. options at the same time, which was nonsensical.
@ -253,49 +244,43 @@ details).
* "git merge --no-edit" computed who were involved in the work done * "git merge --no-edit" computed who were involved in the work done
on the side branch, even though that information is to be discarded on the side branch, even though that information is to be discarded
without getting seen in the editor. without getting seen in the editor.
(merge 9bcbb1c jc/maint-fmt-merge-msg-no-edit-lose-credit later to maint).
* "git merge" started calling prepare-commit-msg hook like "git * "git merge" started calling prepare-commit-msg hook like "git
commit" does some time ago, but forgot to pay attention to the exit commit" does some time ago, but forgot to pay attention to the exit
status of the hook. status of the hook.
(merge 3e4141d ap/merge-stop-at-prepare-commit-msg-failure later to maint).
* When users spell "cc:" in lowercase in the fake "header" in the * When users spell "cc:" in lowercase in the fake "header" in the
trailer part, "git send-email" failed to pick up the addresses from trailer part, "git send-email" failed to pick up the addresses from
there. As e-mail headers field names are case insensitive, this there. As e-mail headers field names are case insensitive, this
script should follow suit and treat "cc:" and "Cc:" the same way. script should follow suit and treat "cc:" and "Cc:" the same way.
(merge 6310071 nz/send-email-headers-are-case-insensitive later to maint).
* Output from "git status --ignored" showed an unexpected interaction * Output from "git status --ignored" showed an unexpected interaction
with "--untracked". with "--untracked".
(merge a45fb69 ap/status-ignored-in-ignored-directory later to maint).
* "gitweb", when sorting by age to show repositories with new * "gitweb", when sorting by age to show repositories with new
activities first, used to sort repositories with absolutely activities first, used to sort repositories with absolutely
nothing in it early, which was not very useful. nothing in it early, which was not very useful.
(merge 28dae18 md/gitweb-sort-by-age later to maint).
* "gitweb"'s code to sanitize control characters before passing it to * "gitweb"'s code to sanitize control characters before passing it to
"highlight" filter lost known-to-be-safe control characters by "highlight" filter lost known-to-be-safe control characters by
mistake. mistake.
(merge 0e901d2 os/gitweb-highlight-uncaptured later to maint).
* When a line to be wrapped has a solid run of non space characters * When a line to be wrapped has a solid run of non space characters
whose length exactly is the wrap width, "git shortlog -w" failed whose length exactly is the wrap width, "git shortlog -w" failed
to add a newline after such a line. to add a newline after such a line.
(merge e0db176 sp/shortlog-missing-lf later to maint).
* Command line completion leaked an unnecessary error message while * Command line completion leaked an unnecessary error message while
looking for possible matches with paths in <tree-ish>. looking for possible matches with paths in <tree-ish>.
(merge ca87dd6 ds/completion-silence-in-tree-path-probe later to maint).
* Command line completion for "tcsh" emitted an unwanted space * Command line completion for "tcsh" emitted an unwanted space
after completing a single directory name. after completing a single directory name.
(merge 92f1c04 mk/complete-tcsh later to maint).
* Command line completion code was inadvertently made incompatible with
older versions of bash by using a newer array notation.
(merge 50c5885 bc/fix-array-syntax-for-3.0-in-completion-bash later to maint).
* Some shells do not behave correctly when IFS is unset; work it * Some shells do not behave correctly when IFS is unset; work it
around by explicitly setting it to the default value. around by explicitly setting it to the default value.
(merge 393050c jc/maint-fbsd-sh-ifs-workaround later to maint).
* Some scripted programs written in Python did not get updated when * Some scripted programs written in Python did not get updated when
PYTHON_PATH changed. PYTHON_PATH changed.
@ -303,24 +288,21 @@ details).
* When autoconf is used, any build on a different commit always ran * When autoconf is used, any build on a different commit always ran
"config.status --recheck" even when unnecessary. "config.status --recheck" even when unnecessary.
(merge 1226504 jn/less-reconfigure later to maint).
* We have been carrying a translated and long-unmaintained copy of an * We have been carrying a translated and long-unmaintained copy of an
old version of the tutorial; removed. old version of the tutorial; removed.
(merge 0a85441 ta/remove-stale-translated-tut later to maint).
* t0050 had tests expecting failures from a bug that was fixed some
time ago.
(merge 336e2e2 tb/t0050-maint later to maint).
* t4014, t9502 and t0200 tests had various portability issues that * t4014, t9502 and t0200 tests had various portability issues that
broke on OpenBSD. broke on OpenBSD.
(merge 27f6342 jc/maint-test-portability later to maint).
* t9020 and t3600 tests had various portability issues. * t9020 and t3600 tests had various portability issues.
(merge 5a02966 jc/test-portability later to maint).
* t9200 runs "cvs init" on a directory that already exists, but a * t9200 runs "cvs init" on a directory that already exists, but a
platform can configure this fail for the current user (e.g. you platform can configure this fail for the current user (e.g. you
need to be in the cvsadmin group on NetBSD 6.0). need to be in the cvsadmin group on NetBSD 6.0).
(merge 8666df0 jc/test-cvs-no-init-in-existing-dir later to maint).
* t9020 and t9810 had a few non-portable shell script construct. * t9020 and t9810 had a few non-portable shell script construct.
(merge 2797914 tb/test-t9020-no-which later to maint).
(merge 6f4e505 tb/test-t9810-no-sed-i later to maint).