"git push" will warn about the upcoming change until you set this
variable.
+"git branch --set-upstream" is deprecated and may be removed in a
+relatively distant future. "git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to]" has
+been introduced with a saner order of arguments.
+
Updates since v1.7.12
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* A credential helper for Win32 to allow access to the keychain of
the logged-in user has been added.
+ * A credential helper to allow access to the Gnome keyring has been
+ added.
+
+ * It was tempting to say "git branch --set-upstream origin/master",
+ but that tells Git to arrange the local branch "origin/master" to
+ integrate with the currently checked out branch, which is highly
+ unlikely what the user meant. The option is deprecated; use the
+ new "--set-upstream-to" (with a short-and-sweet "-u") option
+ instead.
+
* "git cherry-pick" learned the "--allow-empty-message" option to
allow it to replay a commit without any log message.
maintenance track are contained in this release (see release notes
to them for details).
+ * "git cherry-pick A C B" used to replay changes in A and then B and
+ then C if these three commits had committer timestamps in that
+ order, which is not what the user who said "A C B" naturally
+ expects.
+ (merge a73e22e mz/cherry-pick-cmdline-order later to maint).
+
+ * "git show --quiet" ought to be a synonym for "git show -s", but
+ wasn't.
+ (merge f9c75d8 jk/maint-quiet-is-synonym-to-s-in-log later to maint).
+
* "git p4", when "--use-client-spec" and "--detect-branches" are used
together, misdetected branches.
(merge 21ef5df pw/p4-use-client-spec-branch-detection later to maint).