Update draft release notes to 1.7.4

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano
2010-12-02 14:33:26 -08:00
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@ -15,9 +15,21 @@ Updates since v1.7.3
/etc/gitattributes; core.attributesfile configuration variable can /etc/gitattributes; core.attributesfile configuration variable can
be used to customize the path to this file. be used to customize the path to this file.
* The thread structure generated by "git send-email" has changed
slightly. Setting the cover letter of the latest series as a reply
to the cover letter of the previous series with --in-reply-to used
to make the new cover letter and all the patches replies to the
cover letter of the previous series; this has been changed to make
the patches in the new series replies to the new cover letter.
* Bash completion script in contrib/ has been adjusted to be also * Bash completion script in contrib/ has been adjusted to be also
usable by zsh. usable by zsh.
* "git blame" learned --show-email option to display the e-mail
addresses instead of the names of authors.
* "git daemon" can be built in MinGW environment.
* "git daemon" can take more than one --listen option to listen to * "git daemon" can take more than one --listen option to listen to
multiple addresses. multiple addresses.
@ -41,6 +53,13 @@ Updates since v1.7.3
* "git merge --log" used to limit the resulting merge log to 20 * "git merge --log" used to limit the resulting merge log to 20
entries; this is now customizable by giving e.g. "--log=47". entries; this is now customizable by giving e.g. "--log=47".
* "git merge" may work better when all files were moved out of a
directory in one branch while a new file is created in place of that
directory in the other branch.
* "git rebase --autosquash" can use SHA-1 object names to name which
commit to fix up (e.g. "fixup! e83c5163").
* The default "recursive" merge strategy learned --rename-threshold * The default "recursive" merge strategy learned --rename-threshold
option to influence the rename detection, similar to the -M option option to influence the rename detection, similar to the -M option
of "git diff". E.g. "git merge -Xrename-threshold=50% ..." to use of "git diff". E.g. "git merge -Xrename-threshold=50% ..." to use
@ -73,33 +92,41 @@ Fixes since v1.7.3
All of the fixes in v1.7.3.X maintenance series are included in this All of the fixes in v1.7.3.X maintenance series are included in this
release, unless otherwise noted. release, unless otherwise noted.
* "diff" and friends incorrectly applied textconv filters to symlinks * Smart HTTP transport used to incorrectly retry redirected POST
(d391c0ff). request with GET request (311e2ea006).
* "git apply" segfaulted when a bogus input is fed to it (24305cd70). * "git apply" did not correctly handle patches that only change modes
if told to apply while stripping leading paths with -p option (aae1f6ac).
* Running "git cherry-pick --ff" on a root commit segfaulted (6355e50). * "git apply" can deal with patches with timezone formatted with a
colon between the hours and minutes part (e.g. "-08:00" instead of
"-0800").
* "git checkout" removed an untracked file "foo" from the working
tree when switching to a branch that contains a tracked path
"foo/bar". Prevent this, just like the case where the conflicting
path were "foo" (c752e7f..7980872d).
* "git diff --check" reported an incorrect line number for added
blank lines at the end of file (8837d335).
* "git log --author=me --author=her" did not find commits written by * "git log --author=me --author=her" did not find commits written by
me or by her; instead it looked for commits written by me and by me or by her; instead it looked for commits written by me and by
her, which is impossible. her, which is impossible.
* "git merge-file" can be called from within a subdirectory now * "git merge" into an unborn branch removed an untracked file "foo"
(55846b9a). from the working tree when merged branch had "foo" (2caf20c..172b642).
* "git push --progress" shows progress indicators now. * "git push --progress" shows progress indicators now.
* "git repack" places its temporary packs under $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/pack * "git repack" places its temporary packs under $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/pack
instead of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/ to avoid cross directory renames. instead of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/ to avoid cross directory renames.
* "git rev-list --format="...%x00..." incorrectly chopped its output
at NUL (9130ac9fe).
* "git submodule update --recursive --other-flags" passes flags down * "git submodule update --recursive --other-flags" passes flags down
to its subinvocations. to its subinvocations.
--- ---
exec >/var/tmp/1 exec >/var/tmp/1
O=v1.7.3.2-245-g03276d9 O=v1.7.3.2-450-g5b9c331
echo O=$(git describe master) echo O=$(git describe master)
git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master