From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Git 1.7.6.4 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:37:53 -0700 Message-ID: <7vlitesucu.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Linux Kernel To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Sep 24 01:38:11 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: glk-linux-kernel-3@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R7FJo-0000PO-CC for glk-linux-kernel-3@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:38:08 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753115Ab1IWXh4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:37:56 -0400 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:44158 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752656Ab1IWXhz (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:37:55 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3D7656EF; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:37:54 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to :subject:cc:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=sasl; bh=J/i1qUOJUEB3IAo6Pk05veVoXYo=; b=VrBUBxK/v2x3vAT36UyrDq/M6fOz h9pWAWTpQHibZiCWmsYxVpGTXIDlGB/hFD9zbUXEsqBtfQ8d/37IQJHS84IuQBIB X0bXcp95PgWUqlAzNPWTzqJTexAe7JM245ORQRMH0OHPCFBCuEsJXJgG8DDZGvlQ EHUvrmc2vVPJJhg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:subject :cc:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b= mWoojL97QZ8zv3FDTnx35WHSWJ855MRu4udj84sbxAYEuqQrv2FbNHvYmvdnVsae Mh87t76s5k4tm1FmBuFh4jMmtO1imHT7pmR5wJ2oBgY6SiWmHDL5FtvU9CaEcpTF vXgCCiForRKZBiUYiJaMWue3iCXaoD95ZaGc8voiR+Q= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB0C856EE; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:37:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.170.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 503A456EC; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:37:54 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 0F313188-E63D-11E0-A84D-9DB42E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: The latest maintenance release Git 1.7.6.4 is available but not at the usual places. The release tarballs are found at: http://code.google.com/p/git-core/downloads/list and their SHA-1 checksums are: df91e2c32d6097ab1c9d0edc56dd8cecb4e9b686 git-1.7.6.4.tar.gz 6abd985e24b6585284cef7fae2e3046ba9201356 git-htmldocs-1.7.6.4.tar.gz c6f6d92f4005a7eccaf89e851c45768c18f7e65a git-manpages-1.7.6.4.tar.gz Also the following public repositories all have a copy of the v1.7.6.4 tag and the maint branch that the tag points at: url = git://repo.or.cz/alt-git.git url = https://code.google.com/p/git-core/ url = git://git.sourceforge.jp/gitroot/git-core/git.git url = git://git-core.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/git-core/git-core url = https://github.com/gitster/git Git v1.7.6.4 Release Notes ========================== Fixes since v1.7.6.3 -------------------- * The error reporting logic of "git am" when the command is fed a file whose mail-storage format is unknown was fixed. * "git branch --set-upstream @{-1} foo" did not expand @{-1} correctly. * "git check-ref-format --print" used to parrot a candidate string that began with a slash (e.g. /refs/heads/master) without stripping it, to make the result a suitably normalized string the caller can append to "$GIT_DIR/". * "git clone" failed to clone locally from a ".git" file that itself is not a directory but is a pointer to one. * "git clone" from a local repository that borrows from another object store using a relative path in its objects/info/alternates file did not adjust the alternates in the resulting repository. * "git describe --dirty" did not refresh the index before checking the state of the working tree files. * "git ls-files ../$path" that is run from a subdirectory reported errors incorrectly when there is no such path that matches the given pathspec. * "git mergetool" could loop forever prompting when nothing can be read from the standard input. Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.