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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c5a5441743 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Git v1.7.7 Release Notes +======================== + +Updates since v1.7.6 +-------------------- + + * The scripting part of the codebase is getting prepared for i18n/l10n. + + * "git checkout" (both the code to update the files upon checking out a + different branch, the code to checkout specific set of files) learned + to stream the data from object store when possible, without having to + read the entire contents of a file in memory first. + + * "git diff --cc" learned to correctly ignore binary files. + + * "git diff --stat" learned --stat-count option to limit the output of + diffstat report. + + * "git grep" learned --break and --heading options, to let users mimic + output format of "ack". + +Also contains various documentation updates and minor miscellaneous +changes. + + +Fixes since v1.7.6 +------------------ + +Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes in 1.7.6.X maintenance track are +included in this release. + +-- +exec >/var/tmp/1 +echo O=$(git describe master) +O=v1.7.6-133-g395f65d +git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master |