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Update draft release notes to 1.8.2

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Junio C Hamano 2013-01-10 14:36:23 -08:00
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@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* Scripts can ask Git that wildcard patterns in pathspecs they give do * Scripts can ask Git that wildcard patterns in pathspecs they give do
not have any significance, i.e. take them as literal strings. not have any significance, i.e. take them as literal strings.
* The pathspec code learned to grok "foo/**/bar" as a pattern that
matches "bar" in 0-or-more levels of subdirectory in "foo".
* "git cherry-pick" can be used to replay a root commit to an unborn
branch.
* "git fetch --mirror" and fetch that uses other forms of refspec * "git fetch --mirror" and fetch that uses other forms of refspec
with wildcard used to attempt to update a symbolic ref that match with wildcard used to attempt to update a symbolic ref that match
the wildcard on the receiving end, which made little sense (the the wildcard on the receiving end, which made little sense (the
@ -51,6 +57,12 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git push" now requires "-f" to update a tag, even if it is a * "git push" now requires "-f" to update a tag, even if it is a
fast-forward, as tags are meant to be fixed points. fast-forward, as tags are meant to be fixed points.
* When "git rebase" fails to generate patches to be applied (e.g. due
to oom), it failed to detect the failure and instead behaved as if
there were nothing to do. A workaround to use a temporary file has
been applied, but we probably would want to revisit this later, as
it hurts the common case of not failing at all.
* "git submodule" started learning a new mode to integrate with the * "git submodule" started learning a new mode to integrate with the
tip of the remote branch (as opposed to integrating with the commit tip of the remote branch (as opposed to integrating with the commit
recorded in the superproject's gitlink). recorded in the superproject's gitlink).
@ -75,6 +87,10 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
* The implementation of "imap-send" has been updated to reuse xml * The implementation of "imap-send" has been updated to reuse xml
quoting code from http-push codepath. quoting code from http-push codepath.
* There is a simple-minded checker for the test scripts in t/
directory to catch most common mistakes (it is not enabled by
default).
Also contains minor documentation updates and code clean-ups. Also contains minor documentation updates and code clean-ups.
@ -116,6 +132,15 @@ details).
excess trailing blank lines. excess trailing blank lines.
(merge 5de7166 jc/apply-trailing-blank-removal later to maint). (merge 5de7166 jc/apply-trailing-blank-removal later to maint).
* A tar archive created by "git archive" recorded a directory in a
way that made NetBSD's implementation of "tar" sometimes unhappy.
(merge 22f0dcd rs/leave-base-name-in-name-field-of-tar later to maint).
* When "git clone --separate-git-dir=$over_there" is interrupted, it
failed to remove the real location of the $GIT_DIR it created.
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). (merge e9263e4 ss/svn-prompt later to maint).
@ -136,6 +161,11 @@ details).
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). (merge eec3e7e nd/invalidate-i-t-a-cache-tree later to maint).
* "git merge --no-edit" computed who were involved in the work done
on the side branch, even though that information is to be discarded
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.