Update draft release notes to 1.7.8

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2011-10-17 22:07:57 -07:00
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@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Updates since v1.7.7
* Some git-svn and git-gui updates. * Some git-svn and git-gui updates.
* Updates to bash completion scripts.
* The build procedure has been taught to take advantage of computed * The build procedure has been taught to take advantage of computed
dependency automatically when the complier supports it. dependency automatically when the complier supports it.
@ -110,6 +112,11 @@ included in this release.
a corrupt packet. a corrupt packet.
(merge 6cdf022 sp/smart-http-failure later to maint). (merge 6cdf022 sp/smart-http-failure later to maint).
* HTTP transport did not use pushurl correctly, and also did not tell
what host it is trying to authenticate with when asking for
credentials.
(merge deba493 jk/http-auth later to maint).
* Adding many refs to the local repository in one go (e.g. "git fetch" * Adding many refs to the local repository in one go (e.g. "git fetch"
that fetches many tags) and looking up a ref by name in a repository that fetches many tags) and looking up a ref by name in a repository
with too many refs were unnecessarily slow. with too many refs were unnecessarily slow.
@ -122,11 +129,31 @@ included in this release.
is pointed at by the tag were in HEAD. is pointed at by the tag were in HEAD.
(merge baf18fc nd/maint-autofix-tag-in-head later to maint). (merge baf18fc nd/maint-autofix-tag-in-head later to maint).
* Report from "git commit" on untracked files was confused under
core.ignorecase option.
(merge 2548183b jk/name-hash-dirent later to maint).
* The attribute mechanism did not use case insensitive match when
core.ignorecase was set.
(merge 6eba621 bc/attr-ignore-case later to maint).
* "git apply --whitespace=error" did not bother to report the exact * "git apply --whitespace=error" did not bother to report the exact
line number in the patch that introduced new blank lines at the end line number in the patch that introduced new blank lines at the end
of the file. of the file.
(merge 8557263 jc/apply-blank-at-eof-fix later to maint). (merge 8557263 jc/apply-blank-at-eof-fix 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).
* "git checkout $tree $directory/" resurrected paths locally removed or
modified only in the working tree in $directory/ that did not appear
in $directory of the given $tree. They should have been kept intact.
(merge 0a1283b jc/checkout-from-tree-keep-local-changes later to maint).
* "git config --bool --get-regexp" failed to separate the variable name
and its value "true" when the variable is defined without "= true".
(merge 880e3cc mm/maint-config-explicit-bool-display later to maint).
* "git remote rename $a $b" were not careful to match the remote name * "git remote rename $a $b" were not careful to match the remote name
against $a (i.e. source side of the remote nickname). against $a (i.e. source side of the remote nickname).
@ -143,13 +170,22 @@ included in this release.
the file that may not even have any conflict. the file that may not even have any conflict.
(merge 6d9990a jm/mergetool-pathspec later to maint). (merge 6d9990a jm/mergetool-pathspec later to maint).
* "git pull" and "git rebase" did not work well even when GIT_WORK_TREE is
set correctly with GIT_DIR if the current directory is outside the working
tree.
(merge 035b5bf jk/pull-rebase-with-work-tree later to maint).
" "git push" on the receiving end used to call post-receive and post-update
hooks for attempted removal of non-existing refs.
(merge 160b81ed ph/push-to-delete-nothing later to maint).
* "gitweb" used to produce a non-working link while showing the contents * "gitweb" used to produce a non-working link while showing the contents
of a blob, when JavaScript actions are enabled. of a blob, when JavaScript actions are enabled.
(merge 2b07ff3ff ps/gitweb-js-with-lineno later to maint). (merge 2b07ff3ff ps/gitweb-js-with-lineno later to maint).
--- ---
exec >/var/tmp/1 exec >/var/tmp/1
O=v1.7.7-324-g47d45a5 O=v1.7.7-368-g9638384
echo O=$(git describe --always master) echo O=$(git describe --always master)
git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master
echo echo