* "git cherry-pick" learned the "--allow-empty-message" option to
allow it to replay a commit without any log message.
+ * After "git cherry-pick -s" gave control back to the user asking
+ help to resolve conflicts, concluding "git commit" used to need to
+ be run with "-s" if the user wants to sign it off; now the command
+ leaves the sign-off line in the log template.
+
* "git daemon" learned the "--access-hook" option to allow an
external command to decline service based on the client address,
repository path, etc.
* "git svn" has been updated to work with SVN 1.7.
+ * "git p4" learned "--conflicts" option to specify what to do when
+ encountering a conflict during "p4 submit".
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, etc. (please report possible regressions)
(merge 52ffe99 jw/doc-commit-title later to maint).
* The attribute system may be asked for a path that itself or its
- leading directories no longer exists in the working tree. Failure
+ leading directories no longer exists in the working tree, and it is
+ fine if we cannot open .gitattribute file in such a case. Failure
to open per-directory .gitattributes with error status other than
- ENOENT and ENOTDIR are diagnosed.
- (merge 8e950da jk/config-warn-on-inaccessible-paths later to maint).
+ ENOENT and ENOTDIR should be diagnosed, but it wasn't.
+
+ * "git log --all-match --grep=A --grep=B" ought to show commits that
+ mention both A and B, but when these three options are used with
+ --author or --committer, it showed commits that mention either A or
+ B (or both) instead.
+ (merge 39f2e01 jc/maint-log-grep-all-match later to maint).
* Earlier we made the diffstat summary line that shows the number of
lines added/deleted localizable, but it was found irritating having