Git 1.9-rc0

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

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.txt
index 9959257203ac36622f73903fc5377e840d855837..7bcf371c5f4b2c531ecd9fdc5cd2b3d5c2f1bf93 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.9.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.
 
 UI, Workflows & Features
 
 
 UI, Workflows & Features
 

+ * Fetching from a shallowly-cloned repository used to be forbidden,
+   primarily because the codepaths involved were not carefully vetted
+   and we did not bother supporting such usage. This release attempts
+   to allow object transfer out of a shallowly-cloned repository in a
+   more controlled way (i.e. the receiver become a shallow repository
+   with a truncated history).
+

  * Just like we give a reasonable default for "less" via the LESS
    environment variable, we now specify a reasonable default for "lv"
    via the "LV" environment variable when spawning the pager.
  * Just like we give a reasonable default for "less" via the LESS
    environment variable, we now specify a reasonable default for "lv"
    via the "LV" environment variable when spawning the pager.


@@ -208,6 +215,11 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.8.5 in the maintenance
 track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' notes
 for details).
 
 track are contained in this release (see the maintenance releases' notes
 for details).
 

+ * "submodule.*.update=checkout", when propagated from .gitmodules to
+   .git/config, turned into a "submodule.*.update=none", which did not
+   make much sense.
+   (merge efa8fd7 fp/submodule-checkout-mode later to maint).
+

  * The implementation of 'git stash $cmd "stash@{...}"' did not quote
    the stash argument properly and left it split at IFS whitespace.
    (merge 2a07e43 ow/stash-with-ifs later to maint).
  * The implementation of 'git stash $cmd "stash@{...}"' did not quote
    the stash argument properly and left it split at IFS whitespace.
    (merge 2a07e43 ow/stash-with-ifs later to maint).

diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index b9532f0ce4e308ccbe92ebc929a596c8f8589084..e66a5abb0b83d073f254dab178b79fdae00be7b2 100755 (executable)
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE

-DEF_VER=v1.8.5.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.9-rc0

 
 LF='
 '
 
 LF='
 '