Updates since v1.7.0
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+ * Eric Raymond is the maintainer of updated CIAbot scripts, in contrib/.
+
+ * gitk updates.
+
+ * Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively ask
+ for a password can be told to use an external program given via
+ GIT_ASKPASS.
+
+ * Conflict markers that lead the common ancestor in diff3-style output
+ now have a label, which hopefully would help third-party tools that
+ expect one.
+
+ * Comes with an updated bash-completion script.
+
+ * "git am" learned "--keep-cr" option to handle inputs that are
+ a mixture of changes to files with and without CRLF line endings.
+
+ * "git cvsimport" learned -R option to leave revision mapping between
+ CVS revisions and resulting git commits.
+
+ * "git diff --submodule" notices and describes dirty submodules.
+
+ * "git for-each-ref" learned %(symref), %(symref:short) and %(flag)
+ tokens.
+
+ * "git hash-object --stdin-paths" can take "--no-filters" option now.
+
+ * "git init" can be told to look at init.templatedir configuration
+ variable (obviously that has to come from either /etc/gitconfig or
+ $HOME/.gitconfig).
+
+ * "git grep" learned "--no-index" option, to search inside contents that
+ are not managed by git.
+
+ * "git grep" learned --color=auto/always/never.
+
+ * "git grep" learned to paint filename and line-number in colors.
+
+ * "git log -p --first-parent -m" shows one-parent diff for merge
+ commits, instead of showing combined diff.
+
+ * "git merge-file" learned to use custom conflict marker size and also
+ to use the "union merge" behaviour.
+
+ * "git notes" command has been rewritten in C and learned many commands
+ and features to help you carry notes forward across rebases and amends.
+
+ * "git request-pull" identifies the commit the request is relative to in
+ a more readable way.
+
+ * "git reset" learned "--keep" option that lets you discard commits
+ near the tip while preserving your local changes in a way similar
+ to how "git checkout branch" does.
+
+ * "git status" notices and describes dirty submodules.
+
+ * "git svn" should work better when interacting with repositories
+ with CRLF line endings.
+
+ * "git imap-send" learned to support CRAM-MD5 authentication.
+
+ * "gitweb" installation procedure can use "minified" js/css files
+ better.
+
+ * Various documentation updates.
+
Fixes since v1.7.0
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All of the fixes in v1.7.0.X maintenance series are included in this
release, unless otherwise noted.
----
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-echo O=$(git describe)
-O=v1.7.0
-git shortlog --no-merges ^maint $O..
+ * "git add frotz/nitfol" did not complain when the entire frotz/ directory
+ was ignored.
+
+ * "git diff --stat" used "int" to count the size of differences,
+ which could result in overflowing.
+
+ * "git rev-list --pretty=oneline" didn't terminate a record with LF for
+ commits without any message.
+
+ * "git rev-list --abbrev-commit" defaulted to 40-byte abbreviations, unlike
+ newer tools in the git toolset.