Update draft release notes to 1.8.5 for the fourth batch of topics

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt
index f335bcfcdd8a32ab323630bafed25829177d1ed3..f8983c1477a7b7d92964d9c9d70a91b405356929 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Updates since v1.8.4
 
 Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
 
 
 Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
 

+ * "git-svn" used with SVN 1.8.0 when talking over https:// connection
+   dumped core due to a bug in the serf library that SVN uses.  Work
+   it around on our side, even though the SVN side is being fixed.
+

  * On MacOS X, we detected if the filesystem needs the "pre-composed
    unicode strings" workaround, but did not automatically enable it.
    Now we do.
  * On MacOS X, we detected if the filesystem needs the "pre-composed
    unicode strings" workaround, but did not automatically enable it.
    Now we do.


@@ -67,6 +71,10 @@ Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
 
 UI, Workflows & Features
 
 
 UI, Workflows & Features
 

+ * A packfile that stores the same object more than once is broken and
+   will be rejected by "git index-pack" that is run when receiving
+   data over the wire.
+

  * Earlier we started rejecting an attempt to add 0{40} object name to
    the index and to tree objects, but it sometimes is necessary to
    allow so to be able to use tools like filter-branch to correct such
  * Earlier we started rejecting an attempt to add 0{40} object name to
    the index and to tree objects, but it sometimes is necessary to
    allow so to be able to use tools like filter-branch to correct such


@@ -136,6 +144,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
 
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
 

+ * If a build-time fallback is set to "cat" instead of "less", we
+   should apply the same "no subprocess or pipe" optimization as we
+   apply to user-supplied GIT_PAGER=cat.
+

  * Many commands use --dashed-option as a operation mode selector
    (e.g. "git tag --delete") that the user can use at most one
    (e.g. "git tag --delete --verify" is a nonsense) and you cannot
  * Many commands use --dashed-option as a operation mode selector
    (e.g. "git tag --delete") that the user can use at most one
    (e.g. "git tag --delete --verify" is a nonsense) and you cannot


@@ -165,6 +177,25 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.8.4 in the maintenance
 track are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
 details).
 
 track are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
 details).
 

+ * "git cvsserver" computed the permission mode bits incorrectly for
+   executable files.
+   (merge 1b48d56 jc/cvsserver-perm-bit-fix later to maint).
+
+ * When send-email comes up with an error message to die with upon
+   failure to start an SSL session, it tried to read the error string
+   from a wrong place.
+   (merge 6cb0c88 bc/send-email-ssl-die-message-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The implementation of "add -i" has a crippling code to work around
+   ActiveState Perl limitation but it by mistake also triggered on Git
+   for Windows where MSYS perl is used.
+   (merge df17e77 js/add-i-mingw later to maint).
+
+ * We made sure that we notice the user-supplied GIT_DIR is actually a
+   gitfile, but did not do the same when the default ".git" is a
+   gitfile.
+   (merge 487a2b7 nd/git-dir-pointing-at-gitfile later to maint).
+

  * When an object is not found after checking the packfiles and then
    loose object directory, read_sha1_file() re-checks the packfiles to
    prevent racing with a concurrent repacker; teach the same logic to
  * When an object is not found after checking the packfiles and then
    loose object directory, read_sha1_file() re-checks the packfiles to
    prevent racing with a concurrent repacker; teach the same logic to