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RelNotes/1.7.4: minor fixes

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Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Updates since v1.7.3
themselves. The name of a branch cannot begin with a dash now.
* System-wide fallback default attributes can be stored in
/etc/gitattributes; core.attributesfile configuration variable can
/etc/gitattributes; the core.attributesfile configuration variable can
be used to customize the path to this file.
* The thread structure generated by "git send-email" has changed
@ -25,39 +25,39 @@ Updates since v1.7.3
cover letter of the previous series; this has been changed to make
the patches in the new series replies to the new cover letter.
* Bash completion script in contrib/ has been adjusted to be usable with
Bash 4 (options with '=value' didn't complete) It has been also made
* The Bash completion script in contrib/ has been adjusted to be usable with
Bash 4 (options with '=value' didn't complete). It has been also made
usable with zsh.
* Different pagers can be chosen depending on which subcommand is
being run under the pager, using "pager.<subcommand>" variable.
being run under the pager, using the "pager.<subcommand>" variable.
* The hardcoded tab-width of 8 used in whitespace breakage checks is now
* The hardcoded tab-width of 8 that is used in whitespace breakage checks is now
configurable via the attributes mechanism.
* Support of case insensitive filesystems (i.e. "core.ignorecase") has
been improved. For example, the gitignore mechanism didn't pay attention
to the case insensitivity.
to case insensitivity.
* The <tree>:<path> syntax to name a blob in a tree, and :<path>
syntax to name a blob in the index (e.g. "master:Makefile",
* The <tree>:<path> syntax for naming a blob in a tree, and the :<path>
syntax for naming a blob in the index (e.g. "master:Makefile",
":hello.c") have been extended. You can start <path> with "./" to
implicitly have the (sub)directory you are in prefixed to the
lookup. Similarly, ":../Makefile" from a subdirectory would mean
"the Makefile of the parent directory in the index".
* "git blame" learned --show-email option to display the e-mail
* "git blame" learned the --show-email option to display the e-mail
addresses instead of the names of authors.
* "git commit" learned --fixup and --squash options to help later invocation
of the interactive rebase.
* "git commit" learned the --fixup and --squash options to help later invocation
of interactive rebase.
* Command line options to "git cvsimport" whose names are in capital
letters (-A, -M, -R and -S) can now be specified as the default in
the .git/config file by their longer names (cvsimport.authorsFile,
cvsimport.mergeRegex, cvsimport.trackRevisions, cvsimport.ignorePaths).
* "git daemon" can be built in MinGW environment.
* "git daemon" can be built in the MinGW environment.
* "git daemon" can take more than one --listen option to listen to
multiple addresses.
@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ Updates since v1.7.3
* "git describe --exact-match" was optimized not to read commit
objects unnecessarily.
* "git diff" and "git grep" learned how functions and subroutines
* "git diff" and "git grep" learned what functions and subroutines
in Fortran look like.
* "git fetch" learned "--recurse-submodules" option.
* "git fetch" learned the "--recurse-submodules" option.
* "git mergetool" tells vim/gvim to show three-way diff by default
(use vimdiff2/gvimdiff2 as the tool name for old behaviour).
* "git mergetool" tells vim/gvim to show a three-way diff by default
(use vimdiff2/gvimdiff2 as the tool name for old behavior).
* "git log -G<pattern>" limits the output to commits whose change has
added or deleted lines that match the given pattern.
@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ Updates since v1.7.3
directory in one branch while a new file is created in place of that
directory in the other branch.
* "git rebase --autosquash" can use SHA-1 object names to name which
commit to fix up (e.g. "fixup! e83c5163").
* "git rebase --autosquash" can use SHA-1 object names to name the
commit which is to be fixed up (e.g. "fixup! e83c5163").
* The default "recursive" merge strategy learned --rename-threshold
* The default "recursive" merge strategy learned the --rename-threshold
option to influence the rename detection, similar to the -M option
of "git diff". From "git merge" frontend, "-X<strategy option>"
of "git diff". From the "git merge" frontend, the "-X<strategy option>"
interface, e.g. "git merge -Xrename-threshold=50% ...", can be used
to trigger this.
@ -104,21 +104,21 @@ Updates since v1.7.3
changes; the most notable is -Xignore-space-at-eol.
* "git send-email" learned "--to-cmd", similar to "--cc-cmd", to read
recipient list from a command output.
the recipient list from a command output.
* "git send-email" learned to read and use "To:" from its input files.
* you can extend "git shell", which is often used on boxes that allow
git-only login over ssh as login shell, with custom set of
git-only login over ssh as login shell, with a custom set of
commands.
* The current branch name in "git status" output can be colored differently
from the generic header color by setting "color.status.branch" variable.
from the generic header color by setting the "color.status.branch" variable.
* "git submodule sync" updates metainformation for all submodules,
not just the ones that have been checked out.
* gitweb can use custom 'highlight' command with its configuration file.
* gitweb can use a custom 'highlight' command with its configuration file.
* other gitweb updates.
@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Also contains various documentation updates.
Fixes since v1.7.3
------------------
All of the fixes in v1.7.3.X maintenance series are included in this
All of the fixes in the v1.7.3.X maintenance series are included in this
release, unless otherwise noted.
* "git log --author=me --author=her" did not find commits written by