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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt index 6a6f323ea3..43883c14f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt @@ -4,16 +4,18 @@ Git v1.8.0 Release Notes Backward compatibility notes ---------------------------- -In the next major release, we will change the behavior of the "git -push" command. When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we -have used the traditional "matching" semantics so far (all your branches were -sent to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same -name over there). We will now use the "simple" semantics, that pushes the -current branch to the branch with the same name only when the current +In the next major release (not *this* one), we will change the +behavior of the "git push" command. + +When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we have used the +traditional "matching" semantics so far (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. +variable in this release. "git branch --set-upstream" is deprecated and may be removed in a relatively distant future. "git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to]" has @@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * When "git am" sanitizes the "Subject:" line, we strip the prefix from "Re: subject" and also from a less common "re: subject", but left - the even less common "RE: subject" intact. We strip that now, too. + the even less common "RE: subject" intact. Now we strip that too. * It was tempting to say "git branch --set-upstream origin/master", but that tells Git to arrange the local branch "origin/master" to @@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git grep" learned to use a non-standard pattern type by default if a configuration variable tells it to. + * Accumulated updates to "git gui" has been merged. + * "git log -g" learned the "--grep-reflog=<pattern>" option to limit its output to commits with a reflog message that matches the given pattern. @@ -73,9 +77,6 @@ UI, Workflows & Features with the mergetool.$name.cmd configuration variable even for built-in mergetool backends. - * The "-Xours" backend option to "git merge -s recursive" now takes - effect even on binary files. - * "git rebase -i" learned the "--edit-todo" option to open an editor to edit the instruction sheet. @@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ Foreign Interface encountering a conflict during "p4 submit". -Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. (please report possible regressions) +Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. * Git ships with a fall-back regexp implementation for platforms with buggy regexp library, but it was easy for people to keep using their @@ -210,6 +211,9 @@ to them for details). is much less common, and did not advertise the more common "gzip" on its Accept-Encoding header. + * "git fetch" over the dumb-http revision walker could segfault when + curl's multi interface was used. + * "git gc --auto" notified the user that auto-packing has triggered even under the "--quiet" option. @@ -222,6 +226,9 @@ to them for details). --author or --committer, it showed commits that mention either A or B (or both) instead. + * The "-Xours" backend option to "git merge -s recursive" was ignored + for binary files. + * "git p4", when "--use-client-spec" and "--detect-branches" are used together, misdetected branches. @@ -255,3 +262,6 @@ to them for details). * "git status" honored the ignore=dirty settings in .gitmodules but "git commit" didn't. + + * "gitweb" did not give the correct committer timezone in its feed + output due to a typo. |