First half of the fifth batch for 1.8.0

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

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
index f0a89443c446adce242d74c6f4d93c8049f2ef8d..bd3b89dae278074bbafbbd94b3fc3ea9f782128a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ preference configuration variable "push.default" to change this, and
 "git push" will warn about the upcoming change until you set this
 variable.
 
 "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
 ---------------------
 
 Updates since v1.7.12
 ---------------------


@@ -24,6 +28,16 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * A credential helper for Win32 to allow access to the keychain of
    the logged-in user has been added.
 
  * 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.
 
  * "git cherry-pick" learned the "--allow-empty-message" option to
    allow it to replay a commit without any log message.
 


@@ -74,6 +88,16 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.7.12 in the
 maintenance track are contained in this release (see release notes
 to them for details).
 
 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).
  * "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).