@@ -38,23 +38,30 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
3838 * "diff-highlight" filter (in contrib/) was updated to produce more
3939 aesthetically pleasing output.
4040
41- * "git tag --list" can be given "--points-at <object>" to limit its
42- output to those that point at the given object.
43-
4441 * "git merge" in an interactive session learned to spawn the editor
4542 by default to let the user edit the auto-generated merge message,
4643 to encourage people to explain their merges better. Legacy scripts
47- can export MERGE_AUTOEDIT =no to retain the historical behaviour .
44+ can export GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT =no to retain the historical behavior .
4845 Both "git merge" and "git pull" can be given --no-edit from the
4946 command line to accept the auto-generated merge message.
5047
48+ * "git push" learned the "--prune" option, similar to "git fetch".
49+
50+ * "git tag --list" can be given "--points-at <object>" to limit its
51+ output to those that point at the given object.
52+
5153 * "gitweb" allows intermediate entries in the directory hierarchy
5254 that leads to a projects to be clicked, which in turn shows the
5355 list of projects inside that directory.
5456
57+ * "gitweb" learned to read various pieces of information for the
58+ repositories lazily, instead of reading everything that could be
59+ needed (including the ones that are not necessary for a specific
60+ task).
61+
5562Performance
5663
57- * During "git upload-pack" in respose to "git fetch", unnecessary calls
64+ * During "git upload-pack" in response to "git fetch", unnecessary calls
5865 to parse_object() have been eliminated, to help performance in
5966 repositories with excessive number of refs.
6067
@@ -87,13 +94,35 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes since v1.7.9 in the maintenance
8794releases are contained in this release (see release notes to them for
8895details).
8996
97+ * The bulk check-in codepath streamed contents that needs
98+ smudge/clean filters without running them, instead of punting and
99+ delegating to the codepath to run filters after slurping everything
100+ to core.
101+ (merge 4f22b10 jk/maint-avoid-streaming-filtered-contents later to maint).
102+
103+ * When the filter driver exits before reading the content before the
104+ main git process writes the contents to be filtered to the pipe to
105+ it, the latter could be killed with SIGPIPE instead of ignoring
106+ such an event as an error.
107+ (merge 6424c2a jb/filter-ignore-sigpipe later to maint).
108+
109+ * When a remote helper exits before reading the blank line from the
110+ main git process to signal the end of commands, the latter could be
111+ killed with SIGPIPE. Instead we should ignore such event as a
112+ non-error.
113+ (merge c34fe63 sp/smart-http-failure-to-push later to maint).
114+
115+ * "git bundle create" produced a corrupt bundle file upon seeing
116+ commits with excessively long subject line.
117+ (merge 8a557bb tr/maint-bundle-long-subject later to maint).
118+
90119 * "gitweb" used to drop warnings in the log file when "heads" view is
91120 accessed in a repository whose HEAD does not point at a valid
92121 branch.
93122
94123---
95124exec >/var/tmp/1
96- O=v1.7.9.2-261-gd065f68
125+ O=v1.7.9.2-301-g507fba2
97126echo O=$(git describe)
98127git log --first-parent --oneline ^maint $O..
99128echo
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