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@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git cherry-pick" can be used to replay a root commit to an unborn
branch.
+ * "git commit" can be told to use --cleanup=whitespace by setting the
+ configuration variable commit.cleanup to 'whitespace'.
+
* "git fetch --mirror" and fetch that uses other forms of refspec
with wildcard used to attempt to update a symbolic ref that match
the wildcard on the receiving end, which made little sense (the
@@ -62,6 +65,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
allows patches from rerolled series to be stored under different
names and makes it easier to reuse cover letter messsages.
+ * "git log" and friends can be told with --use-mailmap option to
+ rewrite the names and email addresses of people using the mailmap
+ mechanism.
+
* "git push" now requires "-f" to update a tag, even if it is a
fast-forward, as tags are meant to be fixed points.