Update draft release notes to 1.7.9

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

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
index 70ff0602315109a665a66d68f5803fda71a92a9d..3ddd75be638cdef02c99d8f2a3e8da4b9bac958d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
 
  * git-p4 (in contrib/) updates.
 
 
  * git-p4 (in contrib/) updates.
 

- * i18n effort is going forward and Git uses localized messages if
-   available.
+ * Git uses gettext to translate its most common interface messages
+   into the user's language if translations are available and the
+   locale is appropriately set. Distributors can drop in new PO files
+   in po/ to add new translations.

 
  * Porcelain commands like "git reset" did not distinguish deletions
    and type-changes from ordinary modification, and reported them with
 
  * Porcelain commands like "git reset" did not distinguish deletions
    and type-changes from ordinary modification, and reported them with


@@ -23,9 +25,9 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
    external programs to cache or store them, to allow integration with
    platform native keychain mechanisms.
 
    external programs to cache or store them, to allow integration with
    platform native keychain mechanisms.
 

- * "git commit" and "git reset" re-learned the optimization to prime
-   the cache-tree information in the index, which makes it faster to
-   write a tree object out after the index entries are updated.
+ * The prompted input in the terminal use our own getpass() replacement
+   when possible. HTTP transactions used to ask username without echoing
+   back what was typed, but with this change you will see it as you type.

 
  * "git add" learned to stream large files directly into a packfile
    instead of writing them into individual loose object files.
 
  * "git add" learned to stream large files directly into a packfile
    instead of writing them into individual loose object files.


@@ -43,6 +45,13 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
    user is amending the tree being recorded, without updating the
    commit log message.
 
    user is amending the tree being recorded, without updating the
    commit log message.
 

+ * "git commit" and "git reset" re-learned the optimization to prime
+   the cache-tree information in the index, which makes it faster to
+   write a tree object out after the index entries are updated.
+
+ * "git commit" detects and rejects an attempt to stuff NUL byte in
+   the commit log message.
+

  * fsck and prune are relatively lengthy operations that still go
    silent while making the end-user wait. They learned to give progress
    output like other slow operations.
  * fsck and prune are relatively lengthy operations that still go
    silent while making the end-user wait. They learned to give progress
    output like other slow operations.


@@ -50,6 +59,13 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
  * The set of built-in function-header patterns for various languages
    knows MATLAB.
 
  * The set of built-in function-header patterns for various languages
    knows MATLAB.
 

+ * "git log --follow" honors the rename threshold score given with the
+   -M option (e.g. "-M50%").
+
+ * "git log --format='<format>'" learned new %g[nNeE] specifiers to
+   show information from the reflog entries when warlking the reflog
+   (i.e. with "-g").
+

  * "git pull" can be used to fetch and merge an annotated/signed tag,
    instead of the tip of a topic branch. The GPG signature from the
    signed tag is recorded in the resulting merge commit for later
  * "git pull" can be used to fetch and merge an annotated/signed tag,
    instead of the tip of a topic branch. The GPG signature from the
    signed tag is recorded in the resulting merge commit for later


@@ -86,45 +102,34 @@ Also contains minor documentation updates and code clean-ups.
 Fixes since v1.7.8
 ------------------
 
 Fixes since v1.7.8
 ------------------
 

- * The function header pattern for files with "diff=cpp" attribute did
-   not consider "type *funcname(type param1,..." as the beginning of a
-   function.
-   (merge 37e7793 tr/userdiff-c-returns-pointer later to maint).
-

  * The replacement implemention for snprintf used on platforms with
    native snprintf that is broken did not use va_copy correctly.
    (merge a9bfbc5 jk/maint-snprintf-va-copy later to maint).
 
  * The replacement implemention for snprintf used on platforms with
    native snprintf that is broken did not use va_copy correctly.
    (merge a9bfbc5 jk/maint-snprintf-va-copy later to maint).
 

- * LF-to-CRLF streaming filter used when checking out a large-ish blob
-   fell into an infinite loop with a rare input.
-   (merge 284e3d2 cn/maint-lf-to-crlf-filter later to maint).
-

  * git native connection going over TCP (not over SSH) did not set
    SO_KEEPALIVE option which failed to receive link layer errors.
    (merge e47a858 ew/keepalive later to maint).
 
  * git native connection going over TCP (not over SSH) did not set
    SO_KEEPALIVE option which failed to receive link layer errors.
    (merge e47a858 ew/keepalive later to maint).
 

- * "git archive" mistakenly allowed remote clients to ask for commits
-   that are not at the tip of any ref.
-   (merge 7b51c33 jk/maint-upload-archive later to maint).
-
- * "git apply --check" did not error out when given an empty input
-   without any patch.
-   (merge cc64b31 bc/maint-apply-check-no-patch later to maint).
+ * LF-to-CRLF streaming filter replaced all LF with CRLF, which might
+   be techinically correct but not friendly to people who are trying
+   to recover from earlier mistakes of using CRLF in the repository
+   data in the first place. It now refrains from doing so for LF that
+   follows a CR.
+   (merge 8496f56 jc/maint-lf-to-crlf-keep-crlf later to maint).

 
  * "git checkout -m" did not recreate the conflicted state in a "both
    sides added, without any common ancestor version" conflict
    situation.
 
  * "git checkout -m" did not recreate the conflicted state in a "both
    sides added, without any common ancestor version" conflict
    situation.

-   (merge 335c6e4 jc/checkout-m-twoway later to maint).
+   (merge 5cd7fadc jc/checkout-m-twoway later to maint).

 
  * "git cherry-pick $commit" (not a range) created an unnecessary
    sequencer state and interfered with valid workflow to use the
    command during a session to cherry-pick multiple commits.
    (merge d596118 jn/maint-sequencer-fixes later to maint).
 
 
  * "git cherry-pick $commit" (not a range) created an unnecessary
    sequencer state and interfered with valid workflow to use the
    command during a session to cherry-pick multiple commits.
    (merge d596118 jn/maint-sequencer-fixes later to maint).
 

- * The error message from "git diff" and "git status" when they fail
-   to inspect changes in submodules did not report which submodule they
-   had trouble with.
-   (merge 6a5ceda jl/submodule-status-failure-report later to maint).
+ * You could make "git commit" segfault by giving the "--no-message"
+   option.
+   (merge 03f94ae jk/maint-strbuf-missing-init later to maint).

 
  * "fast-import" did not correctly update an existing notes tree,
    possibly corrupting the fan-out.
 
  * "fast-import" did not correctly update an existing notes tree,
    possibly corrupting the fan-out.


@@ -151,9 +156,16 @@ Fixes since v1.7.8
    given.
    (merge a4ddbc3 jk/maint-push-over-dav later to maint).
 
    given.
    (merge a4ddbc3 jk/maint-push-over-dav later to maint).
 

+ * "git push" to an empty repository over HTTP were broken with a
+   recent change to the ref handling.
+   (merge 02f7914 jk/http-push-to-empty later to maint).
+
+ * "git push -v" forgot how to be verbose by mistake. It now properly is.
+   (merge bd2c86e jk/maint-push-v-is-verbose later to maint).
+

 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1
 --
 exec >/var/tmp/1

-O=v1.7.8-351-g2dccad3
+O=v1.7.8.1-361-g1aea303

 echo O=$(git describe master)
 git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master
 echo
 echo O=$(git describe master)
 git log --first-parent --oneline --reverse ^$O master
 echo