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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt index f0a89443c4..bd3b89dae2 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt @@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ preference configuration variable "push.default" to change this, and "git push" will warn about the upcoming change until you set this variable. +"git branch --set-upstream" is deprecated and may be removed in a +relatively distant future. "git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to]" has +been introduced with a saner order of arguments. + Updates since v1.7.12 --------------------- @@ -24,6 +28,16 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * A credential helper for Win32 to allow access to the keychain of the logged-in user has been added. + * A credential helper to allow access to the Gnome keyring has been + added. + + * It was tempting to say "git branch --set-upstream origin/master", + but that tells Git to arrange the local branch "origin/master" to + integrate with the currently checked out branch, which is highly + unlikely what the user meant. The option is deprecated; use the + new "--set-upstream-to" (with a short-and-sweet "-u") option + instead. + * "git cherry-pick" learned the "--allow-empty-message" option to allow it to replay a commit without any log message. @@ -74,6 +88,16 @@ 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). + * "git cherry-pick A C B" used to replay changes in A and then B and + then C if these three commits had committer timestamps in that + order, which is not what the user who said "A C B" naturally + expects. + (merge a73e22e mz/cherry-pick-cmdline-order later to maint). + + * "git show --quiet" ought to be a synonym for "git show -s", but + wasn't. + (merge f9c75d8 jk/maint-quiet-is-synonym-to-s-in-log later to maint). + * "git p4", when "--use-client-spec" and "--detect-branches" are used together, misdetected branches. (merge 21ef5df pw/p4-use-client-spec-branch-detection later to maint). |