Merge branch 'maint'

Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  Prepare draft release notes to 1.7.4.2
  gitweb: highlight: replace tabs with spaces
  make_absolute_path: return the input path if it points to our buffer
  valgrind: ignore SSE-based strlen invalid reads
  diff --submodule: split into bite-sized pieces
  cherry: split off function to print output lines
  branch: split off function that writes tracking info and commit subject
  standardize brace placement in struct definitions
  compat: make gcc bswap an inline function
  enums: omit trailing comma for portability

Conflicts:
	RelNotes