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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt index 0e8bd9f5ee..33dc948b94 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt @@ -1,17 +1,38 @@ Git v1.7.8.1 Release Notes ========================== -Fixes since v1.7.8.1 --------------------- +Fixes since v1.7.8 +------------------ * In some codepaths (notably, checkout and merge), the ignore patterns recorded in $GIT_DIR/info/exclude were not honored. They now are. - * After fetching from a remote that has very long refname, the reporting - output could have corrupted by overrunning a static buffer. + * "git apply --check" did not error out when given an empty input + without any patch. + + * "git archive" mistakenly allowed remote clients to ask for commits + that are not at the tip of any ref. * "git checkout" and "git merge" treated in-tree .gitignore and exclude file in $GIT_DIR/info/ directory inconsistently when deciding which untracked files are ignored and expendable. + * LF-to-CRLF streaming filter used when checking out a large-ish blob + fell into an infinite loop with a rare input. + + * The function header pattern for files with "diff=cpp" attribute did + not consider "type *funcname(type param1,..." as the beginning of a + function. + + * The error message from "git diff" and "git status" when they fail + to inspect changes in submodules did not report which submodule they + had trouble with. + + * After fetching from a remote that has very long refname, the reporting + output could have corrupted by overrunning a static buffer. + + * "git pack-objects" avoids creating cyclic dependencies among deltas + when seeing a broken packfile that records the same object in both + the deflated form and as a delta. + Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. |