Git 1.7.8.4

announcement

The latest maintenance release Git 1.7.8.4 is available.

The release tarballs are found at:

http://code.google.com/p/git-core/downloads/list

and their SHA-1 checksums are:

add7b05f26216181d1b148dde298432132552b0f  git-1.7.8.4.tar.gz
ac2b89d8d4418c7633ee2344e89eb7dfcb81522a  git-htmldocs-1.7.8.4.tar.gz
4372c423a0d2f7df33b5b39727a81f0a7b40669d  git-manpages-1.7.8.4.tar.gz

Also the following public repositories all have a copy of the v1.7.8.4
tag and the maint branch that the tag points at:

url = git://repo.or.cz/alt-git.git
url = https://code.google.com/p/git-core/
url = git://git.sourceforge.jp/gitroot/git-core/git.git
url = git://git-core.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/git-core/git-core
url = https://github.com/gitster/git

Git v1.7.8.4 Release Notes

Fixes since v1.7.8.3

  • The code to look up attributes for paths reused entries from a wrong
    directory when two paths in question are in adjacent directories and
    the name of the one directory is a prefix of the other.

  • A wildcard that matches deeper hierarchy given to the “diff-index” command,
    e.g. “git diff-index HEAD — *.txt“, incorrectly reported additions of
    matching files even when there is no change.

  • When producing a “thin pack” (primarily used in bundles and smart
    HTTP transfers) out of a fully packed repository, we unnecessarily
    avoided sending recent objects as a delta against objects we know
    the other side has.

  • “git send-email” did not properly treat sendemail.multiedit as a
    boolean (e.g. setting it to “false” did not turn it off).

Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.

Changes since v1.7.8.3 are as follows:

Jeff King (5):
      send-email: multiedit is a boolean config option
      attr: don't confuse prefixes with leading directories
      attr: drop misguided defensive coding
      attr: fix leak in free_attr_elem
      thin-pack: try harder to use preferred base objects as base

Junio C Hamano (11):
      attr.c: make bootstrap_attr_stack() leave early
      attr.c: clarify the logic to pop attr_stack
      Documentation: rerere's rr-cache auto-creation and rerere.enabled
      Prepare for 1.7.6.6
      Prepare for 1.7.7.6
      Prepare for 1.7.8.4
      Update draft release notes to 1.7.6.6
      Update draft release notes to 1.7.7.6
      Update draft release notes to 1.7.8.4
      Git 1.7.7.6
      Git 1.7.8.4

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy (2):
      t2203: fix wrong commit command
      diff-index: enable recursive pathspec matching in unpack_trees

Junio C Hamano wrote on 18 Jan 2012

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