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Update draft release notes to 1.8.4

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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
UI, Workflows & Features UI, Workflows & Features
* Various subcommands of "git submodule" refused to run from anywhere
other than the top of the working tree of the superproject, but
they have been taught to let you run from a subdirectory.
* "git diff" learned a mode that ignores hunks whose change consists
only of additions and removals of blank lines, which is the same as
"diff -B" (ignore blank lines) of GNU diff.
* "git rm" gives a single message followed by list of paths to report * "git rm" gives a single message followed by list of paths to report
multiple paths that cannot be removed. multiple paths that cannot be removed.
@ -108,6 +116,16 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
* "git pack-refs" that races with new ref creation or deletion have
been susceptible to lossage of refs under right conditions, which
has been tightened up.
* We read loose and packed rerferences in two steps, but after
deciding to read a loose ref but before actually opening it to read
it, another process racing with us can unlink it, which would cause
us to barf. The codepath has been updated to retry when such a
race is detected, instead of outright failing.
* Uses of the platform fnmatch(3) function (many places in the code, * Uses of the platform fnmatch(3) function (many places in the code,
matching pathspec, .gitignore and .gitattributes to name a few) matching pathspec, .gitignore and .gitattributes to name a few)
have been replaced with wildmatch, allowing "foo/**/bar" that would have been replaced with wildmatch, allowing "foo/**/bar" that would
@ -157,6 +175,11 @@ 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).
* "git name-rev --refs=tags/v*" were forbidden, which was a bit
inconvenient (you had to give a pattern to match refs fully, like
--refs=refs/tags/v*).
(merge 98c5c4a nk/name-rev-abbreviated-refs later to maint).
* "git apply" parsed patches that add new files, generated by * "git apply" parsed patches that add new files, generated by
programs other than Git, incorrectly. This is an old breakage in programs other than Git, incorrectly. This is an old breakage in
v1.7.11 and will need to be merged down to the maintanance tracks. v1.7.11 and will need to be merged down to the maintanance tracks.