Update draft release notes for 1.8.4

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 208094f6b7d8b6e18459fc1cd57ac8554723d8d4..e53ddad7d485c97ca3f0cf0d5784ac712163a857 100644 (file)
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2677,6 +2677,14 @@ static int diff_populate_gitlink(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
 int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
 {
        int err = 0;
+       /*
+        * demote FAIL to WARN to allow inspecting the situation
+        * instead of refusing.
+        */
+       enum safe_crlf crlf_warn = (safe_crlf == SAFE_CRLF_FAIL
+                                   ? SAFE_CRLF_WARN
+                                   : safe_crlf);
+
        if (!DIFF_FILE_VALID(s))
                die("internal error: asking to populate invalid file.");
        if (S_ISDIR(s->mode))
@@ -2732,7 +2740,7 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
                /*
                 * Convert from working tree format to canonical git format
                 */
-               if (convert_to_git(s->path, s->data, s->size, &buf, safe_crlf)) {
+               if (convert_to_git(s->path, s->data, s->size, &buf, crlf_warn)) {
                        size_t size = 0;
                        munmap(s->data, s->size);
                        s->should_munmap = 0;