1Git v2.7.3 Release Notes 2======================== 3 4Fixes since v2.7.2 5------------------ 6 7 * Traditionally, the tests that try commands that work on the 8 contents in the working tree were named with "worktree" in their 9 filenames, but with the recent addition of "git worktree" 10 subcommand, whose tests are also named similarly, it has become 11 harder to tell them apart. The traditional tests have been renamed 12 to use "work-tree" instead in an attempt to differentiate them. 13 14 * Many codepaths forget to check return value from git_config_set(); 15 the function is made to die() to make sure we do not proceed when 16 setting a configuration variable failed. 17 18 * Handling of errors while writing into our internal asynchronous 19 process has been made more robust, which reduces flakiness in our 20 tests. 21 22 * "git show 'HEAD:Foo[BAR]Baz'" did not interpret the argument as a 23 rev, i.e. the object named by the the pathname with wildcard 24 characters in a tree object. 25 26 * "git rev-parse --git-common-dir" used in the worktree feature 27 misbehaved when run from a subdirectory. 28 29 * The "v(iew)" subcommand of the interactive "git am -i" command was 30 broken in 2.6.0 timeframe when the command was rewritten in C. 31 32 * "git merge-tree" used to mishandle "both sides added" conflict with 33 its own "create a fake ancestor file that has the common parts of 34 what both sides have added and do a 3-way merge" logic; this has 35 been updated to use the usual "3-way merge with an empty blob as 36 the fake common ancestor file" approach used in the rest of the 37 system. 38 39 * The memory ownership rule of fill_textconv() API, which was a bit 40 tricky, has been documented a bit better. 41 42 * The documentation did not clearly state that the 'simple' mode is 43 now the default for "git push" when push.default configuration is 44 not set. 45 46 * Recent versions of GNU grep are pickier when their input contains 47 arbitrary binary data, which some of our tests uses. Rewrite the 48 tests to sidestep the problem. 49 50 * A helper function "git submodule" uses since v2.7.0 to list the 51 modules that match the pathspec argument given to its subcommands 52 (e.g. "submodule add <repo> <path>") has been fixed. 53 54 * "git config section.var value" to set a value in per-repository 55 configuration file failed when it was run outside any repository, 56 but didn't say the reason correctly. 57 58 * The code to read the pack data using the offsets stored in the pack 59 idx file has been made more carefully check the validity of the 60 data in the idx. 61 62Also includes documentation and test updates.