Update draft release notes to 1.8.4

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2013-07-18 12:57:38 -07:00
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@ -76,9 +76,21 @@ Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
* git-remote-mw (in contrib/) hints users to check the certificate, * git-remote-mw (in contrib/) hints users to check the certificate,
when https:// connection failed. when https:// connection failed.
* git-remote-mw (in contrib/) adds a command to allow previewing the
contents locally before pushing it out, when working with a
MediaWiki remote.
UI, Workflows & Features UI, Workflows & Features
* "git cat-file --batch-check=<format>" is added, primarily to allow
on-disk footprint of objects in packfiles (often they are a lot
smaller than their true size, when expressed as deltas) to be
reported.
* "git rebase [-i]" used to leave just "rebase" as its reflog messages
for some operations. They have been reworded to be more informative.
* In addition to the choice from "rebase, merge, or checkout-detach", * In addition to the choice from "rebase, merge, or checkout-detach",
"submodule update" can allow a custom command to be used in to "submodule update" can allow a custom command to be used in to
update the working tree of submodules via the "submodule.*.update" update the working tree of submodules via the "submodule.*.update"
@ -268,6 +280,10 @@ 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).
* Logic to auto-detect character encodings in the commit log message
did not reject overlong and invalid UTF-8 characters.
(merge 81050ac bc/commit-invalid-utf8 later to maint).
* Pass port number as a separate argument when "send-email" initializes * Pass port number as a separate argument when "send-email" initializes
Net::SMTP, instead of as a part of the hostname, i.e. host:port. Net::SMTP, instead of as a part of the hostname, i.e. host:port.
This allows GSSAPI codepath to match with the hostname given. This allows GSSAPI codepath to match with the hostname given.