6 files changed, 145 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.11.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.11.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.11.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Git v2.4.11 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Fixes since v2.4.10
+-------------------
+
+ * Bugfix patches were backported from the 'master' front to plug heap
+   corruption holes, to catch integer overflow in the computation of
+   pathname lengths, and to get rid of the name_path API.  Both of
+   these would have resulted in writing over an under-allocated buffer
+   when formulating pathnames while tree traversal.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt
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index 0000000000..37eae9a2d9
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+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Git v2.5.5 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.5.4
+------------------
+
+ * Bugfix patches were backported from the 'master' front to plug heap
+   corruption holes, to catch integer overflow in the computation of
+   pathname lengths, and to get rid of the name_path API.  Both of
+   these would have resulted in writing over an under-allocated buffer
+   when formulating pathnames while tree traversal.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..023ad85ec6
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+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Git v2.6.6 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.6.5
+------------------
+
+ * Bugfix patches were backported from the 'master' front to plug heap
+   corruption holes, to catch integer overflow in the computation of
+   pathname lengths, and to get rid of the name_path API.  Both of
+   these would have resulted in writing over an under-allocated buffer
+   when formulating pathnames while tree traversal.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6adf038915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+Git v2.7.3 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.7.2
+------------------
+
+ * Traditionally, the tests that try commands that work on the
+   contents in the working tree were named with "worktree" in their
+   filenames, but with the recent addition of "git worktree"
+   subcommand, whose tests are also named similarly, it has become
+   harder to tell them apart.  The traditional tests have been renamed
+   to use "work-tree" instead in an attempt to differentiate them.
+
+ * Many codepaths forget to check return value from git_config_set();
+   the function is made to die() to make sure we do not proceed when
+   setting a configuration variable failed.
+
+ * Handling of errors while writing into our internal asynchronous
+   process has been made more robust, which reduces flakiness in our
+   tests.
+
+ * "git show 'HEAD:Foo[BAR]Baz'" did not interpret the argument as a
+   rev, i.e. the object named by the the pathname with wildcard
+   characters in a tree object.
+
+ * "git rev-parse --git-common-dir" used in the worktree feature
+   misbehaved when run from a subdirectory.
+
+ * The "v(iew)" subcommand of the interactive "git am -i" command was
+   broken in 2.6.0 timeframe when the command was rewritten in C.
+
+ * "git merge-tree" used to mishandle "both sides added" conflict with
+   its own "create a fake ancestor file that has the common parts of
+   what both sides have added and do a 3-way merge" logic; this has
+   been updated to use the usual "3-way merge with an empty blob as
+   the fake common ancestor file" approach used in the rest of the
+   system.
+
+ * The memory ownership rule of fill_textconv() API, which was a bit
+   tricky, has been documented a bit better.
+
+ * The documentation did not clearly state that the 'simple' mode is
+   now the default for "git push" when push.default configuration is
+   not set.
+
+ * Recent versions of GNU grep are pickier when their input contains
+   arbitrary binary data, which some of our tests uses.  Rewrite the
+   tests to sidestep the problem.
+
+ * A helper function "git submodule" uses since v2.7.0 to list the
+   modules that match the pathspec argument given to its subcommands
+   (e.g. "submodule add <repo> <path>") has been fixed.
+
+ * "git config section.var value" to set a value in per-repository
+   configuration file failed when it was run outside any repository,
+   but didn't say the reason correctly.
+
+ * The code to read the pack data using the offsets stored in the pack
+   idx file has been made more carefully check the validity of the
+   data in the idx.
+
+Also includes documentation and test updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..883ae896fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Git v2.7.4 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.7.3
+------------------
+
+ * Bugfix patches were backported from the 'master' front to plug heap
+   corruption holes, to catch integer overflow in the computation of
+   pathname lengths, and to get rid of the name_path API.  Both of
+   these would have resulted in writing over an under-allocated buffer
+   when formulating pathnames while tree traversal.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt
index 290774e61a..5ec39bc300 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.0.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
    the source repository has packed references for a long time, and
    nobody noticed nor complained about it.
 
- * "branch --delete" has "branch -d" but "push --delete" does not.
+ * "push" learned that its "--delete" option can be shortened to
+   "-d", just like "branch --delete" and "branch -d" are the same
+   thing.
 
  * "git blame" learned to produce the progress eye-candy when it takes
    too much time before emitting the first line of the result.
@@ -131,8 +133,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
 
  * Across the transition at around Git version 2.0, the user used to
    get a pretty loud warning when running "git push" without setting
-   push.default configuration variable.  We no longer warn, given that
-   the transition is over long time ago.
+   push.default configuration variable.  We no longer warn because the
+   transition was completed a long time ago.
 
  * README has been renamed to README.md and its contents got tweaked
    slightly to make it easier on the eyes.
@@ -143,8 +145,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
  * Add a framework to spawn a group of processes in parallel, and use
    it to run "git fetch --recurse-submodules" in parallel.
 
- * A slight update to the Makefile to mark "phoney" targets
-   as such correctly.
+ * A slight update to the Makefile to mark ".PHONY" targets as such
+   correctly.
 
  * In-core storage of the reverse index for .pack files (which lets
    you go from a pack offset to an object name) has been streamlined.
@@ -187,14 +189,8 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
  * Some calls to strcpy(3) triggers a false warning from static
    analysers that are less intelligent than humans, and reducing the
    number of these false hits helps us notice real issues.  A few
-   calls to strcpy(3) in test-path-utils that are already safe has
-   been rewritten to avoid false wanings.
-
- * Some calls to strcpy(3) triggers a false warning from static
-   analysers that are less intelligent than humans, and reducing the
-   number of these false hits helps us notice real issues.  A few
-   calls to strcpy(3) in "git rerere" that are already safe has been
-   rewritten to avoid false wanings.
+   calls to strcpy(3) in a couple of protrams that are already safe
+   has been rewritten to avoid false warnings.
 
  * The "name_path" API was an attempt to reduce the need to construct
    the full path out of a series of path components while walking a
@@ -233,6 +229,30 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
  * There is a new DEVELOPER knob that enables many compiler warning
    options in the Makefile.
 
+ * The way the test scripts configure the Apache web server has been
+   updated to work also for Apache 2.4 running on RedHat derived
+   distros.
+
+ * Out of maintenance gcc on OSX 10.6 fails to compile the code in
+   'master'; work it around by using clang by default on the platform.
+
+ * The "name_path" API was an attempt to reduce the need to construct
+   the full path out of a series of path components while walking a
+   tree hierarchy, but over time made less efficient because the path
+   needs to be flattened, e.g. to be compared with another path that
+   is already flat, in many cases.  The API has been removed and its
+   users have been rewritten to simplify the overall code complexity.
+   This incidentally also closes some heap-corruption holes.
+
+ * Recent versions of GNU grep is pickier than before to decide if a
+   file is "binary" and refuse to give line-oriented hits when we
+   expect it to, unless explicitly told with "-a" option.  As our
+   scripted Porcelains use sane_grep wrapper for line-oriented data,
+   even when the line may contain non-ASCII payload we took from
+   end-user data, use "grep -a" to implement sane_grep wrapper when
+   using an implementation of "grep" that takes the "-a" option.
+
+
 
 Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
 
@@ -322,7 +342,7 @@ notes for details).
  * dirname() emulation has been added, as Msys2 lacks it.
 
  * The underlying machinery used by "ls-files -o" and other commands
-   have been taught not to create empty submodule ref cache for a
+   has been taught not to create empty submodule ref cache for a
    directory that is not a submodule.  This removes a ton of wasted
    CPU cycles.
 
@@ -365,10 +385,6 @@ notes for details).
    misbehaved when run from a subdirectory.
    (merge 17f1365 nd/git-common-dir-fix later to maint).
 
- * Another try to add support to the ignore mechanism that lets you
-   say "this is excluded" and then later say "oh, no, this part (that
-   is a subset of the previous part) is not excluded".
-
  * "git worktree add -B <branchname>" did not work.
 
  * The "v(iew)" subcommand of the interactive "git am -i" command was
@@ -410,6 +426,11 @@ notes for details).
    but didn't say the reason correctly.
    (merge 638fa62 js/config-set-in-non-repository later to maint).
 
+ * The code to read the pack data using the offsets stored in the pack
+   idx file has been made more carefully check the validity of the
+   data in the idx.
+   (merge 7465feb jk/pack-idx-corruption-safety later to maint).
+
  * Other minor clean-ups and documentation updates
    (merge f459823 ak/extract-argv0-last-dir-sep later to maint).
    (merge 63ca1c0 ak/git-strip-extension-from-dashed-command later to maint).