Fixes since v1.7.10.2
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+ * The message file for German translation has been updated a bit.
+
* Running "git checkout" on an unborn branch used to corrupt HEAD.
* When checking out another commit from an already detached state, we
"checkout" phase; when run without any "--quiet" option, it should
give progress to the lengthy operation.
+ * The directory path used in "git diff --no-index", when it recurses
+ down, was broken with a recent update after v1.7.10.1 release.
+
* "log -z --pretty=tformat:..." did not terminate each record with
NUL. The fix is not entirely correct when the output also asks for
--patch and/or --stat, though.
broken and gave undue precedence to configured log.date, causing
"git stash list" to show "stash@{time stamp string}".
+ * "git status --porcelain" ignored "--branch" option by mistake. The
+ output for "git status --branch -z" was also incorrect and did not
+ terminate the record for the current branch name with NUL as asked.
+
+ * When a submodule repository uses alternate object store mechanism,
+ some commands that were started from the superproject did not
+ notice it and failed with "No such object" errors. The subcommands
+ of "git submodule" command that recursed into the submodule in a
+ separate process were OK; only the ones that cheated and peeked
+ directly into the submodule's repository from the primary process
+ were affected.
+
Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.