From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:14:21 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Update draft release notes to 1.7.4.2 X-Git-Tag: v1.7.4.2~4 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d98f24cd9d8d8ee20b65d22ec6b78da04b48de85;p=git.git Update draft release notes to 1.7.4.2 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.2.txt index afb387161..991dae481 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.2.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.2.txt @@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Fixes since v1.7.4.1 * Many documentation updates to match "git cmd -h" output and the git-cmd manual page. + * We used to keep one file descriptor open for each and every packfile + that we have a mmap window on it (read: "in use"), even when for very + tiny packfiles. We now close the file descriptor early when the entire + packfile fits inside one mmap window. + * "git clone /no/such/path" did not fail correctly. * "git commit" did not correctly error out when the user asked to use a @@ -34,6 +39,10 @@ Fixes since v1.7.4.1 to update the upstream branch it forked from is now called "upstream". The old name "tracking" is and will be supported. + * "git submodule update" used to honor the --merge/--rebase option (or + corresponding configuration variables) even for a newly cloned + subproject, which made no sense (so/submodule-no-update-first-time). + * gitweb's "highlight" interface mishandled tabs. * gitweb had a few forward-incompatible syntactic constructs and