kernel
/
git
mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
1
0
Fork 0
Code Releases Activity

Git 1.8.3 

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
maint v1.8.3
Junio C Hamano 2013-05-24 11:34:46 -07:00
parent 5e49f30c85
commit edca415256
1 changed files with 11 additions and 11 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

22
Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.txt
View File

@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ Updates since v1.8.2
Foreign interface Foreign interface


* remote-hg and remote-bzr helpers (in contrib/ since v1.8.2) have * remote-hg and remote-bzr helpers (in contrib/ since v1.8.2) have
been updated; especially, the latter has been accelerated to help been updated; especially, the latter has been done in an
Emacs folks, whose primary SCM seems to be stagnating. accelerated schedule (read: we may not have merged to this release
if we were following the usual "cook sufficiently in next before
unleashing it to the world" workflow) in order to help Emacs folks,
whose primary SCM seems to be stagnating.




UI, Workflows & Features UI, Workflows & Features
@ -111,9 +114,10 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
of erroneous inputs was suboptimal and has been improved. of erroneous inputs was suboptimal and has been improved.


* When the interactive access to git-shell is not enabled, it issues * When the interactive access to git-shell is not enabled, it issues
a message meant to help the system administrator to enable it. a message meant to help the system administrator to enable it. An
An explicit way to help the end users who connect to the service by explicit way has been added to issue custom messages to refuse an
issuing custom messages to refuse such an access has been added. access over the network to help the end users who connect to the
service expecting an interactive shell.


* In addition to the case where the user edits the log message with * In addition to the case where the user edits the log message with
the "e)dit" option of "am -i", replace the "Applying: this patch" the "e)dit" option of "am -i", replace the "Applying: this patch"
@ -123,8 +127,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git status" suggests users to look into using --untracked=no option * "git status" suggests users to look into using --untracked=no option
when it takes too long. when it takes too long.


* "git status" shows a bit more information during a * "git status" shows a bit more information during a rebase/bisect
rebase/bisect session. session.


* "git fetch" learned to fetch a commit at the tip of an unadvertised * "git fetch" learned to fetch a commit at the tip of an unadvertised
ref by specifying a raw object name from the command line when the ref by specifying a raw object name from the command line when the
@ -241,7 +245,6 @@ details).


* Various subcommands of "git remote" simply ignored extraneous * Various subcommands of "git remote" simply ignored extraneous
command line arguments instead of diagnosing them as errors. command line arguments instead of diagnosing them as errors.
(merge b17dd3f tr/remote-tighten-commandline-parsing later to maint).


* When receive-pack detects an error in the pack header it received in * When receive-pack detects an error in the pack header it received in
order to decide which of unpack-objects or index-pack to run, it order to decide which of unpack-objects or index-pack to run, it
@ -264,7 +267,6 @@ details).
buffer around as human readable object names. This was not a huge buffer around as human readable object names. This was not a huge
problem but was exposed by a new change that uses these names in problem but was exposed by a new change that uses these names in
error output. 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-walking clients, GIT_NAMESPACE mechanism when talking with commit-walking clients,
@ -309,11 +311,9 @@ details).


* Fix a 1.8.1.x regression that stopped matching "dir" (without a * Fix a 1.8.1.x regression that stopped matching "dir" (without a
trailing slash) to a directory "dir". trailing slash) to a directory "dir".
(merge efa5f82 jc/directory-attrs-regression-fix later to maint-1.8.1).


* "git apply --whitespace=fix" was not prepared to see a line getting * "git apply --whitespace=fix" was not prepared to see a line getting
longer after fixing whitespaces (e.g. tab-in-indent aka Python). longer after fixing whitespaces (e.g. tab-in-indent aka Python).
(merge 329b26e jc/apply-ws-fix-tab-in-indent later to maint-1.8.1).


* The prompt string generator (in contrib/completion/) did not notice * The prompt string generator (in contrib/completion/) did not notice
when we are in a middle of a "git revert" session. when we are in a middle of a "git revert" session.