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Git 1.8.1

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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.1.txt
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@ -29,24 +29,17 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* Command-line completion scripts for tcsh and zsh have been added. * Command-line completion scripts for tcsh and zsh have been added.
* A new remote-helper interface for Mercurial has been added to * "git-prompt" scriptlet (in contrib/completion) can be told to paint
contrib/remote-helpers. pieces of the hints in the prompt string in colors.
* Some documentation pages that used to ship only in the plain text
format are now formatted in HTML as well.
* We used to have a workaround for a bug in ancient "less" that * We used to have a workaround for a bug in ancient "less" that
causes it to exit without any output when the terminal is resized. causes it to exit without any output when the terminal is resized.
The bug has been fixed in "less" version 406 (June 2007), and the The bug has been fixed in "less" version 406 (June 2007), and the
workaround has been removed in this release. workaround has been removed in this release.
* Some documentation pages that used to ship only in the plain text
format are now formatted in HTML as well.
* "git-prompt" scriptlet (in contrib/completion) can be told to paint
pieces of the hints in the prompt string in colors.
* A new configuration variable "diff.context" can be used to
give the default number of context lines in the patch output, to
override the hardcoded default of 3 lines.
* When "git checkout" checks out a branch, it tells the user how far * When "git checkout" checks out a branch, it tells the user how far
behind (or ahead) the new branch is relative to the remote tracking behind (or ahead) the new branch is relative to the remote tracking
branch it builds upon. The message now also advises how to sync branch it builds upon. The message now also advises how to sync
@ -60,13 +53,17 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
API regression but it is expected that nobody will notice it in API regression but it is expected that nobody will notice it in
practice. practice.
* "git log -p -S<string>" now looks for the <string> after applying * A new configuration variable "diff.context" can be used to
the textconv filter (if defined); earlier it inspected the contents give the default number of context lines in the patch output, to
of the blobs without filtering. override the hardcoded default of 3 lines.
* "git format-patch" learned the "--notes=<ref>" option to give * "git format-patch" learned the "--notes=<ref>" option to give
notes for the commit after the three-dash lines in its output. notes for the commit after the three-dash lines in its output.
* "git log -p -S<string>" now looks for the <string> after applying
the textconv filter (if defined); earlier it inspected the contents
of the blobs without filtering.
* "git log --grep=<pcre>" learned to honor the "grep.patterntype" * "git log --grep=<pcre>" learned to honor the "grep.patterntype"
configuration set to "perl". configuration set to "perl".
@ -116,6 +113,9 @@ Foreign Interface
* The remote helper interface to interact with subversion * The remote helper interface to interact with subversion
repositories (one of the GSoC 2012 projects) has been merged. repositories (one of the GSoC 2012 projects) has been merged.
* A new remote-helper interface for Mercurial has been added to
contrib/remote-helpers.
* The documentation for git(1) was pointing at a page at an external * The documentation for git(1) was pointing at a page at an external
site for the list of authors that no longer existed. The link has site for the list of authors that no longer existed. The link has
been updated to point at an alternative site. been updated to point at an alternative site.

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@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository. branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here: Documentation for older releases are available here:
* link:v1.8.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1]
* release notes for
link:RelNotes/1.8.1.txt[1.8.1].
* link:v1.8.0.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0.3] * link:v1.8.0.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0.3]
* release notes for * release notes for

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#!/bin/sh #!/bin/sh
GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
DEF_VER=v1.8.1-rc3 DEF_VER=v1.8.1
LF=' LF='
' '