diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.2.txt index 04fe29404c..55e960a54b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.2.txt @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Fixes since v1.7.10.1 be both revision name and a pathname, even though $name can never be a path in the context of the command. + * The "include.path" facility in the configuration mechanism added in + 1.7.10 forgot to interpret "~/path" and "~user/path" as it should. + * "git config --rename-section" to rename an existing section into a bogus one did not check the new name. @@ -33,11 +36,33 @@ Fixes since v1.7.10.1 * The report from "git fetch" said "new branch" even for a non branch ref. + * The http-backend (the server side of the smart http transfer) used + to overwrite GIT_COMMITTER_NAME and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL with the + value obtained from REMOTE_USER unconditionally, making it + impossible for the server side site-specific customization to use + different identity sources to affect the names logged. It now uses + REMOTE_USER only as a fallback value. + + * "log --graph" was not very friendly with "--stat" option and its + output had line breaks at wrong places. + * Octopus merge strategy did not reduce heads that are recorded in the final commit correctly. + * "git push" over smart-http lost progress output a few releases ago; + this release resurrects it. + + * The insn sheet given by "rebase -i" did not make it clear that the + insn lines can be re-ordered to affect the order of the commits in + the resulting history. + + * A contrib script "rerere-train" did not work out of the box unless + user futzed with her $PATH. + * The i18n of error message "git stash save" was not properly done. + * "git submodule" used a sed script that some platforms mishandled. + * When using a Perl script on a system where "perl" found on user's $PATH could be ancient or otherwise broken, we allow builders to specify the path to a good copy of Perl with $PERL_PATH. The