Read tigrc(5) options from git configuration files

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@@ -4,11 +4,70 @@ Release notes
 tig master
 ----------
 
+Incompatibilities:
+
+ - The screen-resize action has been deprecated. It had no real use for
+   users and was never meant to be exposed.
+ - The "tree-parent" action was renamed to "parent". Warnings will be
+   emitted for transition.
+ - Remove parsing of deprecated option -S and subcommands log and diff.
+ - The "author" color replaces "main-author". Setting the latter will
+   now set the "author" color.
+
+Improvements:
+
+ - Horizontal scrolling. Bound to Left/Right by default.
+ - Read tigrc(5) options from git configuration files using the syntax:
+
+       [tig] show-rev-graph = true
+       [tig "color"] cursor = yellow red bold 
+       [tig "bind"] generic = P parent
+
+ - Tree view: avoid flickering when updating.
+ - Tree view: annotate entries with commit information.
+ - Tree & blob view: open any blob in an editor.
+ - Stage & main view: restore view position when reloading.
+ - Blame view: load blame for parent commit. For merge commits the parent
+   is queried. Bound to ',' by default via the existing "parent" action.
+ - Abbreviate author names to initials when the width of the author column
+   is below 6 characters.
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+ - Tree view: fix memory corruption bug when updating.
+ - Tree view: improve handling of empty trees.
+ - Status view: fix reverting of unmerged files.
+ - Fix regression for non-UTF-8 locales corrupting the view data.
+ - Fix regression parsing multiple spaces in ~/.tigrc.
+
+tig-0.13
+--------
+
+Incompatibilities:
+
+ - Commands from the environment (e.g. TIG_MAIN_CMD) will no longer have
+   access to shell features, such as subshells and variable expansion.
+   The easiest way to upgrade your configuration is to put such commands
+   in a script file.
+
 Improvements:
 
  - Display repository references in the sorted order: tags, heads,
    tracked remotes, remotes.
  - Add bash completion for blame.
+ - Tree view: edit files of the current branch.
+ - Run requests: new identifiers %(directory), %(file), and %(ref)
+ - Improve responsiveness and view loading speed by using select(2).
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+ - Separate blame revision and file argument by "--" to avoid problems.
+ - Main view: fix redrawing of the last commit wrt. the revision graph.
+ - Fix waiting for input after executing a run request in pager mode.
+ - Status & stage view: refuse to open directories and deleted files.
+ - Tree view: show error when requesting blame for all non-file entries.
+ - Do not draw loading views, which are not displayed.
+ - Fix launching of mergetool from a subdirectory.
 
 tig-0.12.1
 ----------
@@ -46,7 +105,7 @@ Improvements:
  - Stage view: add stage-next action to jump to next diff chunk that can
    be staged. By default bound to '@'.
  - Configure: check for the ncurses header files.
- - Add author-width option to costumize the width of the author column.
+ - Add author-width option to customize the width of the author column.
    For example, put the following in ~/.tigrc: set author-width = 10
 
 Bug fixes:
@@ -100,7 +159,7 @@ Improvements:
 
 Bug fixes:
 
- - Fix UTF8 handling for tag names and commit messages.
+ - Fix UTF-8 handling for tag names and commit messages.
  - Fix the check for git-config(1) in configure to handle the case when
    git has been installed using a libexecdir which is not in the path.
  - Fix replacing of SYSCONFDIR when installing from released tarballs.