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Update draft release notes to 1.8.2

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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano
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@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* Output from the tests is coloured using "green is okay, yellow is * Output from the tests is coloured using "green is okay, yellow is
questionable, red is bad and blue is informative" scheme. questionable, red is bad and blue is informative" scheme.
* Mention of "GIT/Git/git" in the documentation have been updated to
be more uniform and consistent. The name of the system and the
concept it embodies is "Git"; the command the users type is "git".
All-caps "GIT" was merely a way to imitate "Git" typeset in small
caps in our ASCII text only documentation and to be avoided.
* In bare repositories, "git shortlog" and other commands now read * In bare repositories, "git shortlog" and other commands now read
mailmap files from the tip of the history, to help running these mailmap files from the tip of the history, to help running these
tools in server settings. tools in server settings.
@ -273,6 +279,10 @@ details).
try to use the textconv data incorrectly after it gets freed. try to use the textconv data incorrectly after it gets freed.
(merge be5c9fb jk/read-commit-buffer-data-after-free later to maint). (merge be5c9fb jk/read-commit-buffer-data-after-free later to maint).
* We forgot to close the file descriptor reading from "gpg" output,
killing "git log --show-signature" on a long history.
(merge 7dac3f8 sb/gpg-plug-fd-leak later to maint).
* The way "git svn" asked for password using SSH_ASKPASS and * The way "git svn" asked for password using SSH_ASKPASS and
GIT_ASKPASS was not in line with the rest of the system. GIT_ASKPASS was not in line with the rest of the system.
@ -285,6 +295,10 @@ details).
* "git pack-refs" that ran in parallel to another process that * "git pack-refs" that ran in parallel to another process that
created new refs had a nasty race. created new refs had a nasty race.
* Rebasing the history of superproject with change in the submodule
has been broken since v1.7.12.
(merge e28efb1 jc/fake-ancestor-with-non-blobs later to maint).
* After "git add -N" and then writing a tree object out of the * After "git add -N" and then writing a tree object out of the
index, the cache-tree data structure got corrupted. index, the cache-tree data structure got corrupted.
@ -303,6 +317,10 @@ details).
commit" does some time ago, but forgot to pay attention to the exit commit" does some time ago, but forgot to pay attention to the exit
status of the hook. status of the hook.
* A failure to push due to non-ff while on an unborn branch
dereferenced a NULL pointer when showing an error message.
(merge 1d2c14d ft/transport-report-segv later to maint).
* When users spell "cc:" in lowercase in the fake "header" in the * When users spell "cc:" in lowercase in the fake "header" in the
trailer part, "git send-email" failed to pick up the addresses from trailer part, "git send-email" failed to pick up the addresses from
there. As e-mail headers field names are case insensitive, this there. As e-mail headers field names are case insensitive, this
@ -342,6 +360,12 @@ details).
* When autoconf is used, any build on a different commit always ran * When autoconf is used, any build on a different commit always ran
"config.status --recheck" even when unnecessary. "config.status --recheck" even when unnecessary.
* A fix was added to the build procedure to work around buggy
versions of ccache broke the auto-generation of dependencies, which
unfortunately is still relevant because some people use ancient
distros.
(merge 6978934 jn/auto-depend-workaround-buggy-ccache later to maint).
* We have been carrying a translated and long-unmaintained copy of an * We have been carrying a translated and long-unmaintained copy of an
old version of the tutorial; removed. old version of the tutorial; removed.