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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
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@ -4,16 +4,18 @@ Git v1.8.0 Release Notes
Backward compatibility notes
----------------------------
In the next major release, we will change the behavior of the "git
push" command. When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we
have used the traditional "matching" semantics so far (all your branches were
sent to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same
name over there). We will now use the "simple" semantics, that pushes the
current branch to the branch with the same name only when the current
In the next major release (not *this* one), we will change the
behavior of the "git push" command.
When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we have used the
traditional "matching" semantics so far (all your branches were sent
to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same name
over there). We will use the "simple" semantics that pushes the
current branch to the branch with the same name, only when the current
branch is set to integrate with that remote branch. There is a user
preference configuration variable "push.default" to change this, and
"git push" will warn about the upcoming change until you set this
variable.
variable in this release.
"git branch --set-upstream" is deprecated and may be removed in a
relatively distant future. "git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to]" has
@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* When "git am" sanitizes the "Subject:" line, we strip the prefix from
"Re: subject" and also from a less common "re: subject", but left
the even less common "RE: subject" intact. We strip that now, too.
the even less common "RE: subject" intact. Now we strip that too.
* It was tempting to say "git branch --set-upstream origin/master",
but that tells Git to arrange the local branch "origin/master" to
@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git grep" learned to use a non-standard pattern type by default if
a configuration variable tells it to.
* Accumulated updates to "git gui" has been merged.
* "git log -g" learned the "--grep-reflog=<pattern>" option to limit
its output to commits with a reflog message that matches the given
pattern.
@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ Foreign Interface
encountering a conflict during "p4 submit".
Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. (please report possible regressions)
Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
* Git ships with a fall-back regexp implementation for platforms with
buggy regexp library, but it was easy for people to keep using their

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@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
* link:v1.8.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0]
* release notes for
link:RelNotes/1.8.0.txt[1.8.0],
* link:v1.7.12.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.12.4]
* release notes for

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#!/bin/sh
GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
DEF_VER=v1.8.0-rc3
DEF_VER=v1.8.0
LF='
'