From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:28:13 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Update draft release notes to 1.8.2 X-Git-Tag: v1.8.2-rc0~108 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/fe73786b482f11e7a37a269c95d222a384fc5a39?ds=sidebyside Update draft release notes to 1.8.2 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.2.txt index 78820ac447..f6d15059dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.2.txt @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git cherry-pick" can be used to replay a root commit to an unborn branch. + * "git commit" can be told to use --cleanup=whitespace by setting the + configuration variable commit.cleanup to 'whitespace'. + * "git fetch --mirror" and fetch that uses other forms of refspec with wildcard used to attempt to update a symbolic ref that match the wildcard on the receiving end, which made little sense (the @@ -62,6 +65,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features allows patches from rerolled series to be stored under different names and makes it easier to reuse cover letter messsages. + * "git log" and friends can be told with --use-mailmap option to + rewrite the names and email addresses of people using the mailmap + mechanism. + * "git push" now requires "-f" to update a tag, even if it is a fast-forward, as tags are meant to be fixed points.