RelNotes/1.7.7: minor fixes

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt
index d81995622d8bda7b53c87a8974d8b69d10da4a71..6e83082c14f3adaf6f326092223eaf86611f9f12 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Updates since v1.7.6
 
  * Interix, Cygwin and Minix ports got updated.
 
 
  * Interix, Cygwin and Minix ports got updated.
 

- * Various updates git-p4 (in contrib/), fast-import, and git-svn.
+ * Various updates to git-p4 (in contrib/), fast-import, and git-svn.

 
  * Gitweb learned to read from /etc/gitweb-common.conf when it exists,
    before reading from gitweb_config.perl or from /etc/gitweb.conf
 
  * Gitweb learned to read from /etc/gitweb-common.conf when it exists,
    before reading from gitweb_config.perl or from /etc/gitweb.conf


@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Updates since v1.7.6
    platforms with 64-bit long, which has been corrected.
 
  * Git now recognizes loose objects written by other implementations that
    platforms with 64-bit long, which has been corrected.
 
  * Git now recognizes loose objects written by other implementations that

-   uses non-standard window size for zlib deflation (e.g. Agit running on
+   use a non-standard window size for zlib deflation (e.g. Agit running on

    Android with 4kb window). We used to reject anything that was not
    deflated with 32kb window.
 
    Android with 4kb window). We used to reject anything that was not
    deflated with 32kb window.
 


@@ -28,59 +28,59 @@ Updates since v1.7.6
    been improved, especially when a command that is not built-in was
    involved.
 
    been improved, especially when a command that is not built-in was
    involved.
 

- * "git am" learned to pass "--exclude=<path>" option through to underlying
+ * "git am" learned to pass the "--exclude=<path>" option through to underlying

    "git apply".
 
    "git apply".
 

- * You can now feed many empty lines before feeding a mbox file to
+ * You can now feed many empty lines before feeding an mbox file to

    "git am".
 
  * "git archive" can be told to pass the output to gzip compression and
    produce "archive.tar.gz".
 
    "git am".
 
  * "git archive" can be told to pass the output to gzip compression and
    produce "archive.tar.gz".
 

- * "git bisect" can be used in a bare repository (provided if the test
+ * "git bisect" can be used in a bare repository (provided that the test

    you perform per each iteration does not need a working tree, of
    course).
 
  * The length of abbreviated object names in "git branch -v" output
    you perform per each iteration does not need a working tree, of
    course).
 
  * The length of abbreviated object names in "git branch -v" output

-   now honors core.abbrev configuration variable.
+   now honors the core.abbrev configuration variable.

 
  * "git check-attr" can take relative paths from the command line.
 
 
  * "git check-attr" can take relative paths from the command line.
 

- * "git check-attr" learned "--all" option to list the attributes for a
+ * "git check-attr" learned an "--all" option to list the attributes for a

    given path.
 
  * "git checkout" (both the code to update the files upon checking out a
    given path.
 
  * "git checkout" (both the code to update the files upon checking out a

-   different branch, the code to checkout specific set of files) learned
+   different branch and the code to checkout a specific set of files) learned

    to stream the data from object store when possible, without having to
    to stream the data from object store when possible, without having to

-   read the entire contents of a file in memory first. An earlier round
+   read the entire contents of a file into memory first. An earlier round

    of this code that is not in any released version had a large leak but
    now it has been plugged.
 
    of this code that is not in any released version had a large leak but
    now it has been plugged.
 

- * "git clone" can now take "--config key=value" option to set the
+ * "git clone" can now take a "--config key=value" option to set the

    repository configuration options that affect the initial checkout.
 
  * "git commit <paths>..." now lets you feed relative pathspecs that
    repository configuration options that affect the initial checkout.
 
  * "git commit <paths>..." now lets you feed relative pathspecs that

-   refer outside your current subdirectory.
+   refer to outside your current subdirectory.

 
 

- * "git diff --stat" learned --stat-count option to limit the output of
-   diffstat report.
+ * "git diff --stat" learned a --stat-count option to limit the output of
+   a diffstat report.

 
 

- * "git diff" learned "--histogram" option, to use a different diff
+ * "git diff" learned a "--histogram" option to use a different diff

    generation machinery stolen from jgit, which might give better
    performance.
 
    generation machinery stolen from jgit, which might give better
    performance.
 

- * "git diff" had a wierd worst case behaviour that can be triggered
+ * "git diff" had a weird worst case behaviour that can be triggered

    when comparing files with potentially many places that could match.
 
  * "git fetch", "git push" and friends no longer show connection
    when comparing files with potentially many places that could match.
 
  * "git fetch", "git push" and friends no longer show connection

-   errors for addresses that couldn't be connected when at least one
+   errors for addresses that couldn't be connected to when at least one

    address succeeds (this is arguably a regression but a deliberate
    one).
 
    address succeeds (this is arguably a regression but a deliberate
    one).
 

- * "git grep" learned --break and --heading options, to let users mimic
-   output format of "ack".
+ * "git grep" learned "--break" and "--heading" options, to let users mimic
+   the output format of "ack".

 
 

- * "git grep" learned "-W" option that shows wider context using the same
+ * "git grep" learned a "-W" option that shows wider context using the same

    logic used by "git diff" to determine the hunk header.
 
  * Invoking the low-level "git http-fetch" without "-a" option (which
    logic used by "git diff" to determine the hunk header.
 
  * Invoking the low-level "git http-fetch" without "-a" option (which


@@ -91,25 +91,25 @@ Updates since v1.7.6
    highlight grafted and replaced commits.
 
  * "git rebase master topci" no longer spews usage hints after giving
    highlight grafted and replaced commits.
 
  * "git rebase master topci" no longer spews usage hints after giving

-   "fatal: no such branch: topci" error message.
+   the "fatal: no such branch: topci" error message.

 
  * The recursive merge strategy implementation got a fairly large
 
  * The recursive merge strategy implementation got a fairly large

-   fixes for many corner cases that may rarely happen in real world
+   fix for many corner cases that may rarely happen in real world

    projects (it has been verified that none of the 16000+ merges in
    the Linux kernel history back to v2.6.12 is affected with the
    corner case bugs this update fixes).
 
    projects (it has been verified that none of the 16000+ merges in
    the Linux kernel history back to v2.6.12 is affected with the
    corner case bugs this update fixes).
 

- * "git stash" learned --include-untracked option.
+ * "git stash" learned an "--include-untracked option".

 
  * "git submodule update" used to stop at the first error updating a
    submodule; it now goes on to update other submodules that can be
    updated, and reports the ones with errors at the end.
 
 
  * "git submodule update" used to stop at the first error updating a
    submodule; it now goes on to update other submodules that can be
    updated, and reports the ones with errors at the end.
 

- * "git push" can be told with --recurse-submodules=check option to
+ * "git push" can be told with the "--recurse-submodules=check" option to

    refuse pushing of the supermodule, if any of its submodules'
    commits hasn't been pushed out to their remotes.
 
    refuse pushing of the supermodule, if any of its submodules'
    commits hasn't been pushed out to their remotes.
 

- * "git upload-pack" and "git receive-pack" learned to pretend only a
+ * "git upload-pack" and "git receive-pack" learned to pretend that only a

    subset of the refs exist in a repository. This may help a site to
    put many tiny repositories into one repository (this would not be
    useful for larger repositories as repacking would be problematic).
    subset of the refs exist in a repository. This may help a site to
    put many tiny repositories into one repository (this would not be
    useful for larger repositories as repacking would be problematic).


@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Updates since v1.7.6
    that is more efficient in reading objects in packfiles.
 
  * test scripts for gitweb tried to run even when CGI-related perl modules
    that is more efficient in reading objects in packfiles.
 
  * test scripts for gitweb tried to run even when CGI-related perl modules

-   are not installed; it now exits early when they are unavailable.
+   are not installed; they now exit early when the latter are unavailable.

 
 Also contains various documentation updates and minor miscellaneous
 changes.
 
 Also contains various documentation updates and minor miscellaneous
 changes.


@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ changes.
 Fixes since v1.7.6
 ------------------
 
 Fixes since v1.7.6
 ------------------
 

-Unless otherwise noted, all the fixes in 1.7.6.X maintenance track are
+Unless otherwise noted, all fixes in the 1.7.6.X maintenance track are

 included in this release.
 
  * The error reporting logic of "git am" when the command is fed a file
 included in this release.
 
  * The error reporting logic of "git am" when the command is fed a file