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Update draft release notes to 1.8.4

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For now, comment out the description on two "git status" UI
configuration, until the reverted topic can be resurrected.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -35,13 +35,19 @@ Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
UI, Workflows & Features UI, Workflows & Features
* "git rm" gives a single message followed by list of paths to report
multiple paths that cannot be removed.
* "git rebase" can be told with ":/look for this string" syntax commits
to replay the changes onto and where the work to be replayed begins.
* Many tutorials teach users to set "color.ui" to "auto" as the first * Many tutorials teach users to set "color.ui" to "auto" as the first
thing after you set "user.name/email" to introduce yourselves to thing after you set "user.name/email" to introduce yourselves to
Git. Now the variable defaults to "auto". Git. Now the variable defaults to "auto".
* "git status" learned status.branch and status.short configuration ### * "git status" learned status.branch and status.short configuration
variables to use --branch and --short options by default (override ### variables to use --branch and --short options by default (override
with --no-branch and --no-short options from the command line). ### with --no-branch and --no-short options from the command line).
* "git cmd <name>", when <name> happens to be a 40-hex string, * "git cmd <name>", when <name> happens to be a 40-hex string,
directly uses the 40-hex string as an object name, even if a ref directly uses the 40-hex string as an object name, even if a ref
@ -52,7 +58,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git rebase" learned "--[no-]autostash" option to save local * "git rebase" learned "--[no-]autostash" option to save local
changes instead of refusing to run (to which people's normal changes instead of refusing to run (to which people's normal
response was to stash them and re-run). response was to stash them and re-run). This introduced a corner
case breakage to "git am --abort" but it has been fixed.
* Instead of typing four capital letters "HEAD", you can say "@" now, * Instead of typing four capital letters "HEAD", you can say "@" now,
e.g. "git log @". e.g. "git log @".
@ -147,6 +154,9 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.8.3 in the maintenance
track are contained in this release (see release notes to them for track are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
details). details).
* "cherry-pick" had a small leak in an error codepath.
(merge 706728a fc/sequencer-plug-leak later to maint).
* Logic used by git-send-email to suppress cc mishandled names like * Logic used by git-send-email to suppress cc mishandled names like
"A U. Thor" <author@example.xz>, where the human readable part "A U. Thor" <author@example.xz>, where the human readable part
needs to be quoted (the user input may not have the double quotes needs to be quoted (the user input may not have the double quotes