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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt index 26ccd61c28..2f41e992d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt @@ -1,11 +1,31 @@ Git v1.8.0 Release Notes ======================== +Backward compatibility notes +---------------------------- + +In the next major release, we will change the behaviour of the "git +push" command. When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we +have used the traditional "matching" semantics (all your branches were +sent to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same +name over there). We will use the "simple" semantics, that pushes the +current branch to the branch with the same name only when the current +branch is set to integrate with that remote branch. There is a user +preference configuration variable "push.default" to change this, and +"git push" will warn about the upcoming change until you set this +variable. + + Updates since v1.7.12 --------------------- UI, Workflows & Features + * "git difftool --dir-diff" learned to use symbolic links to prepare + temporary copy of the working tree when available. + + * "git grep" learned to use a non-standard pattern type by default if + a configuration variable tells it to. Foreign Interface @@ -17,6 +37,9 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. (please report possible regressions) * The "check-docs" build target has been updated and greatly simplified. + * The documentation in the TeXinfo format was using indented output + for materials meant to be examples that are better typeset in + monospace. Also contains minor documentation updates and code clean-ups. @@ -28,6 +51,20 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.7.12 in the maintenance track are contained in this release (see release notes to them for details). + + * When "git push" triggered the automatic gc on the receiving end, a + message from "git prune" that said it was removing cruft leaked to + the standard output, breaking the communication protocol. + (merge 4b7f2fa bc/receive-pack-stdout-protection later to maint). + + * "git diff" had a confusion between taking data from a path in the + working tree and taking data from an object that happens to have + name 0{40} recorded in a tree. + (merge c479d14 jk/maint-null-in-trees later to maint). + + * The output from "git diff -B" for a file that ends with an + incomplete line did not put "\ No newline..." on a line of its own. + * "git send-email" did not unquote encoded words that appear on the header correctly, and lost "_" from strings. (merge b622d4d tr/maint-send-email-2047 later to maint). |