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Update draft release notes to 1.8.5 

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2013-11-01 08:14:52 -07:00
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@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports.


UI, Workflows & Features UI, Workflows & Features


* xdg-open can be used as a browser backend for "git web-browse"
(hence to show "git help -w" output), when available.

* "git grep" and "git show" pays attention to "--textconv" option * "git grep" and "git show" pays attention to "--textconv" option
when these commands are told to operate on blob objects (e.g. "git when these commands are told to operate on blob objects (e.g. "git
grep -e pattern HEAD:Makefile"). grep -e pattern HEAD:Makefile").
@ -132,10 +135,6 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
sync with the branch it builds on, and a branch that is configured sync with the branch it builds on, and a branch that is configured
to build on some other branch that no longer exists. to build on some other branch that no longer exists.


* A packfile that stores the same object more than once is broken and
will be rejected by "git index-pack" that is run when receiving
data over the wire.

* Earlier we started rejecting an attempt to add 0{40} object name to * Earlier we started rejecting an attempt to add 0{40} object name to
the index and to tree objects, but it sometimes is necessary to the index and to tree objects, but it sometimes is necessary to
allow so to be able to use tools like filter-branch to correct such allow so to be able to use tools like filter-branch to correct such
@ -153,8 +152,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git push --no-thin" actually disables the "thin pack transfer" * "git push --no-thin" actually disables the "thin pack transfer"
optimization. optimization.


* Magic pathspecs like ":(icase)makefile" that matches both * Magic pathspecs like ":(icase)makefile" that matches both Makefile
Makefile and makefile can be used in more places. and makefile and ":(glob)foo/**/bar" that matches "bar" in "foo"
and any subdirectory of "foo" can be used in more places.


* The "http.*" variables can now be specified per URL that the * The "http.*" variables can now be specified per URL that the
configuration applies. For example, configuration applies. For example,
@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features


Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.


* "git for-each-ref" when asking for merely the object name does not
have to parse the object pointed at by the refs; the codepath has
been optimized.

* The HTTP transport will try to use TCP keepalive when able. * The HTTP transport will try to use TCP keepalive when able.


* "git repack" is now written in C. * "git repack" is now written in C.
@ -244,6 +248,15 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.8.4 in the maintenance
track are contained in this release (see release notes to them for track are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
details). details).


* A fast-import stream expresses a pathname with funny characters by
quoting them in C style; remote-hg remote helper forgot to unquote
such a path.
(merge 1136265 ap/remote-hg-unquote-cquote later to maint).

* "git reset -p HEAD" has a codepath to special case it to behave
differently from resetting to contents of other commits, but a
recent change broke it.

* Coloring around octopus merges in "log --graph" output was screwy. * Coloring around octopus merges in "log --graph" output was screwy.
(merge 339c17b hn/log-graph-color-octopus later to maint). (merge 339c17b hn/log-graph-color-octopus later to maint).