1Git v1.7.8.1 Release Notes 2========================== 3 4Fixes since v1.7.8.1 5-------------------- 6 7 * In some codepaths (notably, checkout and merge), the ignore patterns 8 recorded in $GIT_DIR/info/exclude were not honored. They now are. 9 10 * After fetching from a remote that has very long refname, the reporting 11 output could have corrupted by overrunning a static buffer. 12 13 * "git checkout" and "git merge" treated in-tree .gitignore and exclude 14 file in $GIT_DIR/info/ directory inconsistently when deciding which 15 untracked files are ignored and expendable. 16 17Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.