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Update draft release notes to 1.7.7

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 14 years ago
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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Updates since v1.7.6


* Interix, Cygwin and Minix ports got updated. * Interix, Cygwin and Minix ports got updated.


* A handful of patches to update git-p4 (in contrib/). * Various updates git-p4 (in contrib/) and "git fast-import".


* Gitweb learned to read from /etc/gitweb-common.conf when it exists, * Gitweb learned to read from /etc/gitweb-common.conf when it exists,
before reading from gitweb_config.perl or from /etc/gitweb.conf before reading from gitweb_config.perl or from /etc/gitweb.conf
@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ Updates since v1.7.6
Android with 4kb window). We used to reject anything that was not Android with 4kb window). We used to reject anything that was not
deflated with 32kb window. deflated with 32kb window.


* Interaction between the use of pager and coloring of the output has
been improved, especially when a command that is not built-in was
involved.

* "git am" learned to pass "--exclude=<path>" option through to underlying * "git am" learned to pass "--exclude=<path>" option through to underlying
"git apply". "git apply".


@ -37,6 +41,9 @@ Updates since v1.7.6
you perform per each iteration does not need a working tree, of you perform per each iteration does not need a working tree, of
course). course).


* The length of abbreviated object names in "git branch -v" output
now honors core.abbrev configuration variable.

* "git check-attr" can take relative paths from the command line. * "git check-attr" can take relative paths from the command line.


* "git check-attr" learned "--all" option to list the attributes for a * "git check-attr" learned "--all" option to list the attributes for a
@ -73,6 +80,9 @@ Updates since v1.7.6
* "git grep" learned "-W" option that shows wider context using the same * "git grep" learned "-W" option that shows wider context using the same
logic used by "git diff" to determine the hunk header. logic used by "git diff" to determine the hunk header.


* The "--decorate" option to "git log" and its family learned to
highlight grafted and replaced commits.

* "git rebase master topci" no longer spews usage hints after giving * "git rebase master topci" no longer spews usage hints after giving
"fatal: no such branch: topci" error message. "fatal: no such branch: topci" error message.


@ -106,6 +116,19 @@ included in this release.
* "git branch --set-upstream @{-1} foo" did not expand @{-1} correctly. * "git branch --set-upstream @{-1} foo" did not expand @{-1} correctly.
(merge e9d4f74 mg/branch-set-upstream-previous later to 'maint'). (merge e9d4f74 mg/branch-set-upstream-previous later to 'maint').


* "git branch -m" and "git checkout -b" incorrectly allowed the tip
of the branch that is currently checked out updated.
(merge 55c4a67 ci/forbid-unwanted-current-branch-update later to 'maint').

* "git clone" failed to clone locally from a ".git" file that itself
is not a directory but is a pointer to one.
(merge 9b0ebc7 nd/maint-clone-gitdir later to 'maint').

* "git clone" from a local repository that borrows from another
object store using a relative path in its objects/info/alternates
file did not adjust the alternates in the resulting repository.
(merge e6baf4a1 jc/maint-clone-alternates later to 'maint').

* "git describe --dirty" did not refresh the index before checking the * "git describe --dirty" did not refresh the index before checking the
state of the working tree files. state of the working tree files.
(cherry-pick bb57148 ac/describe-dirty-refresh later to 'maint'). (cherry-pick bb57148 ac/describe-dirty-refresh later to 'maint').

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