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+GIT v1.5.3.8 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.5.3.7
+--------------------
+
+ * Some documentation used "email.com" as an example domain.
+
+ * git-svn fix to handle funky branch and project names going over
+ http/https correctly.
+
+ * git-svn fix to tone down a needlessly alarming warning message.
+
+ * git-clone did not correctly report errors while fetching over http.
+
+ * git-send-email added redundant Message-Id: header to the outgoing
+ e-mail when the patch text already had one.
+
+ * a read-beyond-end-of-buffer bug in configuration file updater was fixed.
+
+ * git-grep used to show the same hit repeatedly for unmerged paths.
+
+ * After amending the patch title in "git-am -i", the command did not
+ report the patch it applied with the updated title.
+
is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
access method.
+help.browser::
+ Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
+ 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
+
+help.format::
+ Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
+ Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
+ the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
+
http.proxy::
Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'
environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden
Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
running `git-log` and friends.
+instaweb.browser::
+ Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
+ repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+
+instaweb.httpd::
+ The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
+ repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+
+instaweb.local::
+ If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
+ be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
+
+instaweb.modulepath::
+ The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+
+instaweb.port::
+ The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
+ linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+
log.showroot::
If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
transfer.unpackLimit::
When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
+
+web.browser::
+ Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
+ Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]
+ may use it.
access method.</p>\r
<dl>\r
<dt>\r
+help.browser\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the\r
+ <em>web</em> format. See <a href="git-help.html">git-help(1)</a>.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt>\r
+help.format\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Override the default help format used by <a href="git-help.html">git-help(1)</a>.\r
+ Values <em>man</em>, <em>info</em>, <em>web</em> and <em>html</em> are supported. <em>man</em> is\r
+ the default. <em>web</em> and <em>html</em> are the same.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt>\r
http.proxy\r
</dt>\r
<dd>\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt>\r
+instaweb.browser\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Specify the program that will be used to browse your working\r
+ repository in gitweb. See <a href="git-instaweb.html">git-instaweb(1)</a>.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt>\r
+instaweb.httpd\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working\r
+ repository. See <a href="git-instaweb.html">git-instaweb(1)</a>.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt>\r
+instaweb.local\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ If true the web server started by <a href="git-instaweb.html">git-instaweb(1)</a> will\r
+ be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt>\r
+instaweb.modulepath\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ The module path for an apache httpd used by <a href="git-instaweb.html">git-instaweb(1)</a>.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt>\r
+instaweb.port\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See\r
+ <a href="git-instaweb.html">git-instaweb(1)</a>.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt>\r
log.showroot\r
</dt>\r
<dd>\r
not set, the value of this variable is used instead.\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
+<dt>\r
+web.browser\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.\r
+ Currently only <a href="git-instaweb.html">git-instaweb(1)</a> and <a href="git-help.html">git-help(1)</a>\r
+ may use it.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
</dl>\r
</div>\r
<h2>Author</h2>\r
</div>\r
<div id="footer">\r
<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 07-Jan-2008 07:50:08 UTC\r
+Last updated 08-Jan-2008 09:12:44 UTC\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
</body>\r
</div>\r
<div id="footer">\r
<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 07-Jan-2008 07:51:01 UTC\r
+Last updated 08-Jan-2008 09:12:45 UTC\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
</body>\r
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.5.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.3]
+* link:v1.5.3.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.3.8]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes-1.5.3.8.txt[1.5.3.8],
link:RelNotes-1.5.3.7.txt[1.5.3.7],
link:RelNotes-1.5.3.6.txt[1.5.3.6],
link:RelNotes-1.5.3.5.txt[1.5.3.5],
$ git foo -oArg\r
$ git foo -o Arg</tt></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
-<p>However, this is <strong>NOT</strong> allowed for switches with an optionnal value, where the\r
+<p>However, this is <strong>NOT</strong> allowed for switches with an optional value, where the\r
<em>sticked</em> form must be used:</p>\r
<div class="listingblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
</div>\r
<div id="footer">\r
<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 07-Jan-2008 07:51:00 UTC\r
+Last updated 08-Jan-2008 09:12:44 UTC\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
</body>\r
$ git foo -o Arg
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-However, this is *NOT* allowed for switches with an optionnal value, where the
+However, this is *NOT* allowed for switches with an optional value, where the
'sticked' form must be used:
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$ git describe --abbrev HEAD # correct
</dt>\r
<dd>\r
<p>\r
- Number of hexdigits to abbrevate raw format output to.\r
+ Number of hexdigits to abbreviate raw format output to.\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt>\r
A constant string (can and typically does contain newlines to\r
look for a block of text, not just a single line) to filter out\r
the filepairs that do not change the number of strings contained\r
- in its preimage and postmage of the diff_queue.\r
+ in its preimage and postimage of the diff_queue.\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt>\r
<dd>\r
<p>\r
For communication between the calling program and the options\r
- parser; tell the calling program to signal the presense of\r
+ parser; tell the calling program to signal the presence of\r
difference using program exit code.\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
</div>\r
<div id="footer">\r
<div id="footer-text">\r
-Last updated 07-Jan-2008 07:51:22 UTC\r
+Last updated 08-Jan-2008 09:12:47 UTC\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
</body>\r
and copies.
`abbrev`::
- Number of hexdigits to abbrevate raw format output to.
+ Number of hexdigits to abbreviate raw format output to.
`pickaxe`::
A constant string (can and typically does contain newlines to
look for a block of text, not just a single line) to filter out
the filepairs that do not change the number of strings contained
- in its preimage and postmage of the diff_queue.
+ in its preimage and postimage of the diff_queue.
`flags`::
This is mostly a collection of boolean options that affects the
EXIT_WITH_STATUS;;
For communication between the calling program and the options
- parser; tell the calling program to signal the presense of
+ parser; tell the calling program to signal the presence of
difference using program exit code.
HAS_CHANGES;;
- A table of 4-byte CRC32 values of the packed object data.
This is new in v2 so compressed data can be copied directly
- from pack to pack during repacking withough undetected
+ from pack to pack during repacking without undetected
data corruption.
- A table of 4-byte offset values (in network byte order).
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