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More topics from the second batch for 1.8.3

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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* The new "--follow-tags" option tells "git push" to push relevant * The new "--follow-tags" option tells "git push" to push relevant
annotated tags when pushing branches out. annotated tags when pushing branches out.
* "git mergetool" now feeds files to the "p4merge" backend in the
Foreign Interface order that matches the p4 convention, where "theirs" is usually
shown on the left side, which is the opposite from other backend
expects.
Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
hashtables they use upfront, but still started from a small table hashtables they use upfront, but still started from a small table
repeatedly growing and rehashing. repeatedly growing and rehashing.
* The API to walk reflog entries from the latest to older, which was
necessary for operations such as "git checkout -", was cumbersome
to use correctly and also inefficient.
Also contains minor documentation updates and code clean-ups. Also contains minor documentation updates and code clean-ups.
@ -121,7 +126,6 @@ details).
* In "git reflog expire", REACHABLE bit was not cleared from the * In "git reflog expire", REACHABLE bit was not cleared from the
correct objects. correct objects.
(merge e8e92e0 jc/maint-reflog-expire-clean-mark-typofix later to maint).
* The logic used by "git diff -M --stat" to shorten the names of * The logic used by "git diff -M --stat" to shorten the names of
files before and after a rename did not work correctly when the files before and after a rename did not work correctly when the
@ -136,7 +140,6 @@ details).
* Clarify in the documentation "what" gets pushed to "where" when the * Clarify in the documentation "what" gets pushed to "where" when the
command line to "git push" does not say these explicitly. command line to "git push" does not say these explicitly.
(merge cfe1348 jc/maint-push-refspec-default-doc later to maint).
* The "--color=<when>" argument to the commands in the diff family * The "--color=<when>" argument to the commands in the diff family
was described poorly. was described poorly.
@ -161,14 +164,12 @@ details).
to file scope static, but a few functions in graph.c were used by to file scope static, but a few functions in graph.c were used by
CGit from sideways bypassing the entry points of the API the CGit from sideways bypassing the entry points of the API the
in-tree users use. in-tree users use.
(merge ac751a0 jk/graph-c-expose-symbols-for-cgit later to maint).
* "git update-index -h" did not do the usual "-h(elp)" thing. * "git update-index -h" did not do the usual "-h(elp)" thing.
* "git index-pack" had a buffer-overflow while preparing an * "git index-pack" had a buffer-overflow while preparing an
informational message when the translated version of it was too informational message when the translated version of it was too
long. long.
(merge 5c3459f nd/index-pack-l10n-buf-overflow later to maint).
* 'git commit -m "$msg"' used to add an extra newline even when * 'git commit -m "$msg"' used to add an extra newline even when
$msg already ended with one. $msg already ended with one.
@ -177,15 +178,12 @@ details).
* The SSL peer verification done by "git imap-send" did not ask for * The SSL peer verification done by "git imap-send" did not ask for
Server Name Indication (RFC 4366), failing to connect SSL/TLS Server Name Indication (RFC 4366), failing to connect SSL/TLS
sites that serve multiple hostnames on a single IP. sites that serve multiple hostnames on a single IP.
(merge 698a1ec ob/imap-send-ssl-verify later to maint).
* perl/Git.pm::cat_blob slurped everything in core only to write it * perl/Git.pm::cat_blob slurped everything in core only to write it
out to a file descriptor, which was not a very smart thing to do. out to a file descriptor, which was not a very smart thing to do.
(merge 712c6ad jc/perl-cat-blob later to maint).
* "git branch" did not bother to check nonsense command line * "git branch" did not bother to check nonsense command line
parameters and issue errors in many cases. parameters and issue errors in many cases.
(merge 8efb889 nd/branch-error-cases later to maint).
* Verification of signed tags were not done correctly when not in C * Verification of signed tags were not done correctly when not in C
or en/US locale. or en/US locale.
@ -195,19 +193,15 @@ details).
most official "UTF-8" when the system does not understand the most official "UTF-8" when the system does not understand the
user-supplied encoding name that are the common alternative user-supplied encoding name that are the common alternative
spellings of UTF-8. spellings of UTF-8.
(merge 5c680be jk/utf-8-can-be-spelled-differently later to maint).
* When export-subst is used, "zip" output recorded incorrect * When export-subst is used, "zip" output recorded incorrect
size of the file. size of the file.
(merge d3c1472 rs/zip-compresssed-size-with-export-subst later to maint).
* "git am $maildir/" applied messages in an unexpected order; sort * "git am $maildir/" applied messages in an unexpected order; sort
filenames read from the maildir/ in a way that is more likely to filenames read from the maildir/ in a way that is more likely to
sort messages in the order the writing MUA meant to, by sorting sort messages in the order the writing MUA meant to, by sorting
numeric segment in numeric order and non-numeric segment in numeric segment in numeric order and non-numeric segment in
alphabetical order. alphabetical order.
(merge 18505c3 jk/mailsplit-maildir-muttsort later to maint).
* "git submodule update", when recursed into sub-submodules, did not * "git submodule update", when recursed into sub-submodules, did not
acccumulate the prefix paths. acccumulate the prefix paths.
(merge 75bf5e6 we/submodule-update-prefix-output later to maint).