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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.5.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.5.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/merge-options.txt | 1 |
8 files changed, 99 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6713132a9e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Git v1.7.6.5 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.6.4 +-------------------- + + * The date parser did not accept timezone designators that lack minutes + part and also has a colon between "hh:mm". + + * After fetching from a remote that has very long refname, the reporting + output could have corrupted by overrunning a static buffer. + + * "git mergetool" did not use its arguments as pathspec, but as a path to + the file that may not even have any conflict. + + * "git name-rev --all" tried to name all _objects_, naturally failing to + describe many blobs and trees, instead of showing only commits as + advertised in its documentation. + + * "git remote rename $a $b" were not careful to match the remote name + against $a (i.e. source side of the remote nickname). + + * "gitweb" used to produce a non-working link while showing the contents + of a blob, when JavaScript actions are enabled. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7b0931987b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Git v1.7.7.5 Release Notes +========================== + +Fixes since v1.7.7.4 +-------------------- + + * After fetching from a remote that has very long refname, the reporting + output could have corrupted by overrunning a static buffer. + + * "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. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..33dc948b94 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Git v1.7.8.1 Release Notes +========================== + +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. + + * "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 $GIT_DIR/info/ directory inconsistently when deciding which + untracked files are ignored and expendable. + + * LF-to-CRLF streaming filter used when checking out a large-ish blob + fell into an infinite loop with a rare input. + + * The function header pattern for files with "diff=cpp" attribute did + not consider "type *funcname(type param1,..." as the beginning of a + function. + + * The error message from "git diff" and "git status" when they fail + to inspect changes in submodules did not report which submodule they + had trouble with. + + * After fetching from a remote that has very long refname, the reporting + output could have corrupted by overrunning a static buffer. + + * "git pack-objects" avoids creating cyclic dependencies among deltas + when seeing a broken packfile that records the same object in both + the deflated form and as a delta. + +Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt index d9da586972..b4d90bba0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Git v1.7.8 Release Notes (draft) -================================ +Git v1.7.8 Release Notes +======================== Updates since v1.7.7 -------------------- @@ -159,11 +159,3 @@ included in this release. were misspelled. (merge c49904e fc/remote-seturl-usage-fix later to maint). (merge 656cdf0 jc/remote-setbranches-usage-fix later to maint). - ---- -exec >/var/tmp/1 -O=v1.7.8-rc3-16-g9e9ab40 -echo O=$(git describe --always master) -git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master -echo -git shortlog --no-merges ^$O master diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index b2832fc7eb..b674866e6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... -'git reset' [--patch|-p] [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] -'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>] +'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] +'git reset' (--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep) [-q] [<commit>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Alternatively, using linkgit:git-checkout[1] and specifying a commit, you can copy the contents of a path out of a commit to the index and to the working tree in one go. -'git reset' --patch|-p [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]:: +'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]:: Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied in reverse to the index. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e. you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode. -'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]:: +'git reset' --<mode> [<commit>]:: This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and possibly updates the index (resetting it to the tree of <commit>) and the working tree depending on <mode>, which diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt index 75b1ae5061..a45d4c4f29 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt @@ -43,12 +43,9 @@ In the past, `.git/HEAD` was a symbolic link pointing at `refs/heads/master`. When we wanted to switch to another branch, we did `ln -sf refs/heads/newbranch .git/HEAD`, and when we wanted to find out which branch we are on, we did `readlink .git/HEAD`. -This was fine, and internally that is what still happens by -default, but on platforms that do not have working symlinks, -or that do not have the `readlink(1)` command, this was a bit -cumbersome. On some platforms, `ln -sf` does not even work as -advertised (horrors). Therefore symbolic links are now deprecated -and symbolic refs are used by default. +But symbolic links are not entirely portable, so they are now +deprecated and symbolic refs (as described above) are used by +default. 'git symbolic-ref' will exit with status 0 if the contents of the symbolic ref were printed correctly, with status 1 if the requested diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 5e80cfd71a..da7d48787e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -44,15 +44,25 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v1.7.7.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7.1] +* link:v1.7.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.8.txt[1.7.8]. + +* link:v1.7.7.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7.5] + +* release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.7.5.txt[1.7.7.5], + link:RelNotes/1.7.7.4.txt[1.7.7.4], + link:RelNotes/1.7.7.3.txt[1.7.7.3], + link:RelNotes/1.7.7.2.txt[1.7.7.2], link:RelNotes/1.7.7.1.txt[1.7.7.1], link:RelNotes/1.7.7.txt[1.7.7]. -* link:v1.7.6.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.6.4] +* link:v1.7.6.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.6.5] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/1.7.6.5.txt[1.7.6.5], link:RelNotes/1.7.6.4.txt[1.7.6.4], link:RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt[1.7.6.3], link:RelNotes/1.7.6.2.txt[1.7.6.2], diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index 6bd0b041c3..1a5c12e317 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing. --edit:: -e:: -+ Invoke editor before committing successful merge to further edit the default merge message. |