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Update draft release notes to 1.7.2

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... to exclude items meant to go to 1.7.1.1

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2010-06-16 17:10:11 -07:00
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@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ Updates since v1.7.1
gained a new member in the family (tab-in-indent) to help projects with gained a new member in the family (tab-in-indent) to help projects with
policy to indent only with spaces. policy to indent only with spaces.
* Authentication over http transport can now be made lazily, in that the
request can first go to a URL without username, get a 401 response and
then the client will ask for the username to use.
* When working from a subdirectory, by default, git does not look for its * When working from a subdirectory, by default, git does not look for its
metadirectory ".git" across filesystems, primarily to help people who metadirectory ".git" across filesystems, primarily to help people who
have invocations of git in their custom PS1 prompts, as being outside have invocations of git in their custom PS1 prompts, as being outside
@ -37,9 +33,6 @@ Updates since v1.7.1
* "git cvsserver" can be told to use pserver; its password file can be * "git cvsserver" can be told to use pserver; its password file can be
stored outside the repository. stored outside the repository.
* "git describe" tie-breaks tags that point at the same commit better by
paying attention to the tagger date (newer ones are preferred).
* The output from the textconv filter used by "git diff" can be cached to * The output from the textconv filter used by "git diff" can be cached to
speed up their reuse. speed up their reuse.
@ -54,17 +47,12 @@ Updates since v1.7.1
been enhanced for visibility modifiers (public, protected, etc.) to been enhanced for visibility modifiers (public, protected, etc.) to
better support PHP5. better support PHP5.
* "git fetch" over HTTP verifies the downloaded packfiles more robustly.
* "git for-each-ref" learned "%(objectname:short)" that gives the object * "git for-each-ref" learned "%(objectname:short)" that gives the object
name abbreviated. name abbreviated.
* Various options to "git grep" (e.g. --count, --name-only) work better * Various options to "git grep" (e.g. --count, --name-only) work better
with binary files. with binary files.
* The memory usage by "git index-pack" (run during "git fetch" and "git
push") got leaner.
* "git log --follow <path>" follows across copies (it used to only follow * "git log --follow <path>" follows across copies (it used to only follow
renames). This may make the processing more expensive. renames). This may make the processing more expensive.
@ -76,9 +64,6 @@ Updates since v1.7.1
* "git revert" learned --strategy option to specify the merge strategy. * "git revert" learned --strategy option to specify the merge strategy.
* "git send-email" learned --smtp-domain option to specify the domainname
used in the EHLO/HELO exchange.
* "git status [-s] --ignored" can be used to list ignored paths. * "git status [-s] --ignored" can be used to list ignored paths.
* Various "gitweb" enhancements and clean-ups, including syntax * Various "gitweb" enhancements and clean-ups, including syntax
@ -93,19 +78,13 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
* We didn't recognize timezone "Z" as a synonym for "UTC" (75b37e70). * We didn't recognize timezone "Z" as a synonym for "UTC" (75b37e70).
* In 1.7.1, "git status" stopped refreshing the index by mistake
(e251a7b3^2).
* We used to mistakenly think "../work" is a subdirectory of the current
directory when we are in "../work-xyz" (490544b).
* "git checkout" and "git rebase" overwrote paths that are marked "assume * "git checkout" and "git rebase" overwrote paths that are marked "assume
unchanged" (aecda37c). unchanged" (aecda37c).
* "git clone/fetch/pull" issued an incorrect error message when a ref and * "git clone/fetch/pull" issued an incorrect error message when a ref and
a symref that points to the ref were updated at the same time. This a symref that points to the ref were updated at the same time. This
obviously would update them to the same value, and should not result in obviously would update them to the same value, and should not result in
an error condition (da3efdb). an error condition (7223dcaf).
* "git clone" did not configure remote.origin.url correctly for bare * "git clone" did not configure remote.origin.url correctly for bare
clones (df61c889). clones (df61c889).
@ -121,9 +100,6 @@ release, unless otherwise noted.
* "git reset --hard" started from a wrong directory and a working tree in * "git reset --hard" started from a wrong directory and a working tree in
a nonstandard location is in use got confused (560fb6a1). a nonstandard location is in use got confused (560fb6a1).
* "git stash" incorrectly lost paths in the working tree that were
previously removed from the index (7aa5d43).
-- --
exec >/var/tmp/1 exec >/var/tmp/1
O=v1.7.1-336-g0925c02 O=v1.7.1-336-g0925c02