1 Git v1.7.7 Release Notes
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4 Updates since v1.7.6
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7 * The scripting part of the codebase is getting prepared for i18n/l10n.
9 * "git checkout" (both the code to update the files upon checking out a
10 different branch, the code to checkout specific set of files) learned
11 to stream the data from object store when possible, without having to
12 read the entire contents of a file in memory first.
14 * "git diff --cc" learned to correctly ignore binary files.
16 * "git diff --stat" learned --stat-count option to limit the output of
17 diffstat report.
19 * "git grep" learned --break and --heading options, to let users mimic
20 output format of "ack".
22 Also contains various documentation updates and minor miscellaneous
23 changes.
26 Fixes since v1.7.6
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29 Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes in 1.7.6.X maintenance track are
30 included in this release.
32 --
33 exec >/var/tmp/1
34 echo O=$(git describe master)
35 O=v1.7.6-133-g395f65d
36 git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master