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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt index 6510d42abd..323ae54007 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.0.txt @@ -200,11 +200,13 @@ release, unless otherwise noted. from non-root dir, 2010-01-26) may be merged to older maintenance branches. - * When "git diff" is asked to compare the work tree with something, - it used to consider that a checked-out submodule with uncommitted - changes is not modified; this could cause people to forget committing - these changes in the submodule before committing in the superproject. - It now considers such a change as a modification. + * When using "git status" or asking "git diff" to compare the work tree + with something, they used to consider that a checked-out submodule with + uncommitted changes is not modified; this could cause people to forget + committing these changes in the submodule before committing in the + superproject. They now consider such a change as a modification and + "git diff" will append a "-dirty" to the work tree side when generating + patch output or when used with the --submodule option. -- exec >/var/tmp/1 |