| Git v1.7.8.1 Release Notes | |
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| Fixes since v1.7.8 | |
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| * In some codepaths (notably, checkout and merge), the ignore patterns | |
| recorded in $GIT_DIR/info/exclude were not honored. They now are. | |
| * "git apply --check" did not error out when given an empty input | |
| without any patch. | |
| * "git archive" mistakenly allowed remote clients to ask for commits | |
| that are not at the tip of any ref. | |
| * "git checkout" and "git merge" treated in-tree .gitignore and exclude | |
| file in $GIT_DIR/info/ directory inconsistently when deciding which | |
| untracked files are ignored and expendable. | |
| * LF-to-CRLF streaming filter used when checking out a large-ish blob | |
| fell into an infinite loop with a rare input. | |
| * The function header pattern for files with "diff=cpp" attribute did | |
| not consider "type *funcname(type param1,..." as the beginning of a | |
| function. | |
| * The error message from "git diff" and "git status" when they fail | |
| to inspect changes in submodules did not report which submodule they | |
| had trouble with. | |
| * After fetching from a remote that has very long refname, the reporting | |
| output could have corrupted by overrunning a static buffer. | |
| * "git pack-objects" avoids creating cyclic dependencies among deltas | |
| when seeing a broken packfile that records the same object in both | |
| the deflated form and as a delta. | |
| Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates. |