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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.6.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.6.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.4.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt40
5 files changed, 95 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5343e00400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Git v1.7.6.6 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.6.5
+--------------------
+
+ * The code to look up attributes for paths reused entries from a wrong
+ directory when two paths in question are in adjacent directories and
+ the name of the one directory is a prefix of the other.
+
+ * When producing a "thin pack" (primarily used in bundles and smart
+ HTTP transfers) out of a fully packed repository, we unnecessarily
+ avoided sending recent objects as a delta against objects we know
+ the other side has.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8df606d452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Git v1.7.7.6 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.7.5
+--------------------
+
+ * The code to look up attributes for paths reused entries from a wrong
+ directory when two paths in question are in adjacent directories and
+ the name of the one directory is a prefix of the other.
+
+ * A wildcard that matches deeper hierarchy given to the "diff-index" command,
+ e.g. "git diff-index HEAD -- '*.txt'", incorrectly reported additions of
+ matching files even when there is no change.
+
+ * When producing a "thin pack" (primarily used in bundles and smart
+ HTTP transfers) out of a fully packed repository, we unnecessarily
+ avoided sending recent objects as a delta against objects we know
+ the other side has.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a92714c14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Git v1.7.8.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.8.2
+--------------------
+
+ * Attempt to fetch from an empty file pretending it to be a bundle did
+ not error out correctly.
+
+ * gitweb did not correctly fall back to configured $fallback_encoding
+ that is not 'latin1'.
+
+ * "git clone --depth $n" did not catch a non-number given as $n as an
+ error.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.4.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bebdbf13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.4.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Git v1.7.8.4 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.8.3
+--------------------
+
+ * The code to look up attributes for paths reused entries from a wrong
+ directory when two paths in question are in adjacent directories and
+ the name of the one directory is a prefix of the other.
+
+ * A wildcard that matches deeper hierarchy given to the "diff-index" command,
+ e.g. "git diff-index HEAD -- '*.txt'", incorrectly reported additions of
+ matching files even when there is no change.
+
+ * When producing a "thin pack" (primarily used in bundles and smart
+ HTTP transfers) out of a fully packed repository, we unnecessarily
+ avoided sending recent objects as a delta against objects we know
+ the other side has.
+
+ * "git send-email" did not properly treat sendemail.multiedit as a
+ boolean (e.g. setting it to "false" did not turn it off).
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
index 9689efa986..95320aad5d 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Git v1.7.9 Release Notes (draft)
+Git v1.7.9 Release Notes
========================
Updates since v1.7.8
@@ -12,22 +12,27 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
* Git uses gettext to translate its most common interface messages
into the user's language if translations are available and the
- locale is appropriately set. Distributors can drop in new PO files
+ locale is appropriately set. Distributors can drop new PO files
in po/ to add new translations.
- * The code to handle username/password for HTTP transaction used in
+ * The code to handle username/password for HTTP transactions used in
"git push" & "git fetch" learned to talk "credential API" to
external programs to cache or store them, to allow integration with
platform native keychain mechanisms.
- * The prompted input in the terminal use our own getpass() replacement
- when possible. HTTP transactions used to ask username without echoing
- back what was typed, but with this change you will see it as you type.
+ * The input prompts in the terminal use our own getpass() replacement
+ when possible. HTTP transactions used to ask for the username without
+ echoing back what was typed, but with this change you will see it as
+ you type.
- * The internal of "revert/cherry-pick" has been tweaked to prepare
+ * The internals of "revert/cherry-pick" have been tweaked to prepare
building more generic "sequencer" on top of the implementation that
drives them.
+ * "git rev-parse FETCH_HEAD" after "git fetch" without specifying
+ what to fetch from the command line will now show the commit that
+ would be merged if the command were "git pull".
+
* "git add" learned to stream large files directly into a packfile
instead of writing them into individual loose object files.
@@ -48,6 +53,9 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
* "git commit" detects and rejects an attempt to stuff NUL byte in
the commit log message.
+ * "git commit" learned "-S" to GPG-sign the commit; this can be shown
+ with the "--show-signature" option to "git log".
+
* fsck and prune are relatively lengthy operations that still go
silent while making the end-user wait. They learned to give progress
output like other slow operations.
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
knows MATLAB.
* "git log --format='<format>'" learned new %g[nNeE] specifiers to
- show information from the reflog entries when warlking the reflog
+ show information from the reflog entries when walking the reflog
(i.e. with "-g").
* "git pull" can be used to fetch and merge an annotated/signed tag,
@@ -64,6 +72,10 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
signed tag is recorded in the resulting merge commit for later
auditing.
+ * "git log" learned "--show-signature" option to show the signed tag
+ that was merged that is embedded in the merge commit. It also can
+ show the signature made on the commit with "git commit -S".
+
* "git branch --edit-description" can be used to add descriptive text
to explain what a topic branch is about.
@@ -98,15 +110,3 @@ Fixes since v1.7.8
Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.7.8 in the maintenance
releases are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
details).
-
- * gitweb did not correctly fall back to configured $fallback_encoding
- that is not 'latin1'.
- (merge b13e3ea jn/maint-gitweb-utf8-fix later to maint).
-
---
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-O=v1.7.8.2-301-g48de656
-echo O=$(git describe master)
-git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master
-echo
-git shortlog --no-merges ^$O ^maint master