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Update draft release notes to 1.8.3 

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2013-04-19 13:53:44 -07:00
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@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ mechanism to make "git add -u" behave as if "git add -u .", it is
important for those who are used to "git add -u" (without pathspec) important for those who are used to "git add -u" (without pathspec)
updating the index only for paths in the current subdirectory to start updating the index only for paths in the current subdirectory to start
training their fingers to explicitly say "git add -u ." when they mean training their fingers to explicitly say "git add -u ." when they mean
it before Git 2.0 comes. it before Git 2.0 comes. A warning is issued when these commands are
run without a pathspec and when you have local changes outside the
current directory, because the behaviour in Git 2.0 will be different
from today's version in such a situation.




Updates since v1.8.2 Updates since v1.8.2
@ -32,6 +35,17 @@ Updates since v1.8.2


UI, Workflows & Features UI, Workflows & Features


* "git branch --vv" learned to paint the name of the branch it
integrates with in a different color (color.branch.upstream,
which defaults to blue).

* "git count-objects" learned "--human-readable" aka "-H" option to
show various large numbers in Ki/Mi/GiB scaled as necessary.

* "git cherry-pick $blob" and "git cherry-pick $tree" are nonsense,
and a more readable error message e.g. "can't cherry-pick a tree"
is given (we used to say "expected exactly one commit").

* The "--annotate" option to "git send-email" can be turned on (or * The "--annotate" option to "git send-email" can be turned on (or
off) by default with sendemail.annotate configuration variable (you off) by default with sendemail.annotate configuration variable (you
can use --no-annotate from the command line to override it). can use --no-annotate from the command line to override it).
@ -178,6 +192,18 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.8.2 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).


* When "upload-pack" fails while generating a pack in response to
"git fetch" (or "git clone"), the receiving side mistakenly said
there was a programming error to trigger the die handler
recursively.
(merge 1ece66b jk/a-thread-only-dies-once later to maint).

* "rev-list --stdin" and friends kept bogus pointers into input
buffer around as human readble object names. This was not a huge
problem but was exposed by a new change that uses these names in
error output.
(merge 70d26c6 tr/copy-revisions-from-stdin later to maint).

* Smart-capable HTTP servers were not restricted via the * Smart-capable HTTP servers were not restricted via the
GIT_NAMESPACE mechanism when talking with commit-walker clients, GIT_NAMESPACE mechanism when talking with commit-walker clients,
like they do when talking with smart HTTP clients. like they do when talking with smart HTTP clients.