Git 1.8.0

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
index 04f6ace82882d2dc0c6ac04ff1313d27e94201ba..43883c14f08ac06b8cfa066e971135022837e218 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.0.txt
@@ -4,16 +4,18 @@ Git v1.8.0 Release Notes
 Backward compatibility notes
 ----------------------------
 
-In the next major release, we will change the behavior of the "git
-push" command.  When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we
-have used the traditional "matching" semantics so far (all your branches were
-sent to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same
-name over there).  We will now use the "simple" semantics, that pushes the
-current branch to the branch with the same name only when the current
+In the next major release (not *this* one), we will change the
+behavior of the "git push" command.
+
+When "git push [$there]" does not say what to push, we have used the
+traditional "matching" semantics so far (all your branches were sent
+to the remote as long as there already are branches of the same name
+over there).  We will use the "simple" semantics that pushes the
+current branch to the branch with the same name, only when the current
 branch is set to integrate with that remote branch.  There is a user
 preference configuration variable "push.default" to change this, and
 "git push" will warn about the upcoming change until you set this
-variable.
+variable in this release.
 
 "git branch --set-upstream" is deprecated and may be removed in a
 relatively distant future.  "git branch [-u|--set-upstream-to]" has
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
 
  * When "git am" sanitizes the "Subject:" line, we strip the prefix from
    "Re: subject" and also from a less common "re: subject", but left
-   the even less common "RE: subject" intact. We strip that now, too.
+   the even less common "RE: subject" intact.  Now we strip that too.
 
  * It was tempting to say "git branch --set-upstream origin/master",
    but that tells Git to arrange the local branch "origin/master" to
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * "git grep" learned to use a non-standard pattern type by default if
    a configuration variable tells it to.
 
+ * Accumulated updates to "git gui" has been merged.
+
  * "git log -g" learned the "--grep-reflog=<pattern>" option to limit
    its output to commits with a reflog message that matches the given
    pattern.
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ Foreign Interface
    encountering a conflict during "p4 submit".
 
 
-Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. (please report possible regressions)
+Performance, Internal Implementation, etc.
 
  * Git ships with a fall-back regexp implementation for platforms with
    buggy regexp library, but it was easy for people to keep using their

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index fbdd2a5a6a6fb58875397b49fb5cdd8041b48737..4a89a1251366ab8312cb20d77b73ecf40ca92349 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
+* link:v1.8.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0]
+
+* release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.0.txt[1.8.0],
+
 * link:v1.7.12.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.12.4]
 
 * release notes for

diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 27b490c69102934f520addd621351a753f4fffe2..b09d264a865fc6ad4a2f0acd930d82150f0e1280 100755 (executable)
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.8.0-rc3
+DEF_VER=v1.8.0
 
 LF='
 '