Update draft Release Notes for 1.5.3

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
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--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Lars Doelle <lars.doelle@on-line.de>
 Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
 Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
 Michele Ballabio <barra_cuda@katamail.com>
 Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
 Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
 Michele Ballabio <barra_cuda@katamail.com>

+Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@bluebottle.com>

 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
 Ramsay Allan Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
 René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
 Ramsay Allan Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
 René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.txt
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--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.3.txt
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ GIT v1.5.3 Release Notes
 Updates since v1.5.2
 --------------------
 
 Updates since v1.5.2
 --------------------
 

-* An initial interation of Porcelain level superproject support
-  started to take shape.
+* The commit walkers other than http are officially deprecated,
+  but still supported for now.

 
 

-* Thee are a handful pack-objects changes to help you cope better with
-  repositories with pathologically large blobs in them.
+* The submodule support has Porcelain layer.
+
+* There are a handful pack-objects changes to help you cope better
+  with repositories with pathologically large blobs in them.

 
 * For people who need to import from Perforce, a front-end for
 
 * For people who need to import from Perforce, a front-end for

-  fast-import is in contrib/fast-import/ now.
+  fast-import is in contrib/fast-import/.

 
 * Comes with git-gui 0.8.0.
 
 
 * Comes with git-gui 0.8.0.
 


@@ -19,10 +21,25 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
 
 * New commands and options.
 
 
 * New commands and options.
 

-  - "git log" learned a new option '--follow', to follow
+  - "git stash" allows you to quickly save away your work in
+    progress and replay it later on an updated state.
+
+  - "git rebase" learned an "interactive" mode that let you
+    pick and reorder which commits to rebuild.
+
+  - "git fsck" can save its findings in $GIT_DIR/lost-found,
+    without a separate invocation of "git lost-found" command.
+
+  - $GIT_WORK_TREE environment variable can be used together with
+    $GIT_DIR to work in a subdirectory of a working tree that is
+    not located at "$GIT_DIR/..".
+
+  - "git log" learned a new option "--follow", to follow

     renaming history of a single file.
 
     renaming history of a single file.
 

-  - "git-filter-branch" is a reborn cg-admin-rewritehist.
+  - "git-filter-branch" lets you rewrite the revision history of
+    the current branch, creating a new branch. You can specify a
+    number of filters to modify the commits, files and trees.

 
   - "git-cvsserver" learned new options (--base-path, --export-all,
     --strict-paths) inspired by git-daemon.
 
   - "git-cvsserver" learned new options (--base-path, --export-all,
     --strict-paths) inspired by git-daemon.


@@ -58,11 +75,15 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
   - "git format-patch" learned --numbered-files option.  This
     may be useful for MH users.
 
   - "git format-patch" learned --numbered-files option.  This
     may be useful for MH users.
 

+  - "git format-patch" learned format.subjectprefix configuration
+    variable, which serves the same purpose as "--subject-prefix"
+    option.
+

   - "git tag -n -l" shows tag annotations while listing tags.
 
   - "git cvsimport" can optionally use the separate-remote layout.
 
   - "git tag -n -l" shows tag annotations while listing tags.
 
   - "git cvsimport" can optionally use the separate-remote layout.
 

-  - "git blame" can be told to see through commits that changes
+  - "git blame" can be told to see through commits that change

     whitespaces and indentation levels with "-w" option.
 
   - "git send-email" can be told not to thread the messages when
     whitespaces and indentation levels with "-w" option.
 
   - "git send-email" can be told not to thread the messages when


@@ -71,8 +92,18 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
   - "git config" learned NUL terminated output format via -z to
     help scripts.
 
   - "git config" learned NUL terminated output format via -z to
     help scripts.
 

+  - "git init -q" makes the command quieter.
+

 * Updated behavior of existing commands.
 
 * Updated behavior of existing commands.
 

+  - "git svn dcommit" retains local merge information.
+
+  - "git config" to set values also honors type flags like --bool
+    and --int.
+
+  - core.quotepath configuration can be used to make textual git
+    output to emit most of the characters in the path literally.
+

   - "git mergetool" chooses its backend more wisely, taking
     notice of its environment such as use of X, Gnome/KDE, etc.
 
   - "git mergetool" chooses its backend more wisely, taking
     notice of its environment such as use of X, Gnome/KDE, etc.
 


@@ -84,7 +115,7 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
     $path/$project/.git are more useful.  We use $project part
     in the filename, which we used to discard.
 
     $path/$project/.git are more useful.  We use $project part
     in the filename, which we used to discard.
 

-  - "git cvsimort" creates lightweight tag; there is not any
+  - "git cvsimport" creates lightweight tags; there is no

     interesting information we can record in an annotated tag,
     and the handcrafted ones the old code created was not
     properly formed anyway.
     interesting information we can record in an annotated tag,
     and the handcrafted ones the old code created was not
     properly formed anyway.


@@ -99,9 +130,9 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
   - "git-apply --whitespace=strip" removes blank lines added at
     the end of the file.
 
   - "git-apply --whitespace=strip" removes blank lines added at
     the end of the file.
 

-  - "git-fetch" over git native protocols with -v shows connection
-    status, and the IP address of the other end, to help
-    diagnosing problems.
+  - "git-fetch" over git native protocols with "-v" option shows
+    connection status, and the IP address of the other end, to
+    help diagnosing problems.

 
   - We used to have core.legacyheaders configuration, when
     set to false, allowed git to write loose objects in a format
 
   - We used to have core.legacyheaders configuration, when
     set to false, allowed git to write loose objects in a format


@@ -124,8 +155,8 @@ Updates since v1.5.2
     .gitattributes.  It does not attempt to deltify blobs that
     come from paths with delta attribute set to false.
 
     .gitattributes.  It does not attempt to deltify blobs that
     come from paths with delta attribute set to false.
 

-  - new-workdir script (in contrib) can now be used with a bare
-    repository.
+  - "new-workdir" script (in contrib) can now be used with a
+    bare repository.

 
   - "git-mergetool" learned to use gvimdiff.
 
 
   - "git-mergetool" learned to use gvimdiff.
 


@@ -179,6 +210,6 @@ this release, unless otherwise noted.
 
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1
 
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1

-O=v1.5.2.2-603-g7c85173
+O=v1.5.3-rc0

 echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint
 echo O=`git describe refs/heads/master`
 git shortlog --no-merges $O..refs/heads/master ^refs/heads/maint