1 Git v1.7.5.1 Release Notes
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7 * When an object "$tree:$path" does not exist, if $path does exist in the
8 subtree of $tree that corresponds to the subdirectory the user is in,
9 git now suggests using "$tree:./$path" in addition to the advice to use
10 the full path from the root of the working tree.
12 * The "--date=relative" output format used to say "X years, 12 months"
13 when it should have said "X+1 years".
15 * The smart-HTTP transfer was broken in 1.7.5 when the client needs
16 to issue a small POST (which uses content-length) and then a large
17 POST (which uses chunked) back to back.
19 * "git clean" used to fail on an empty directory that is not readable,
20 even though rmdir(2) could remove such a directory. Now we attempt it
23 * The "--dirstat" option of "diff" family of commands used to totally
24 ignore a change that only rearranged lines within a file. Such a
25 change now counts as at least a minimum but non zero change.
27 * The "--dirstat" option of "diff" family of commands used to use the
28 pathname in the original, instead of the pathname in the result,
29 when renames are involved.
31 * "git pack-object" did not take core.bigfilethreashold into account
32 (unlike fast-import); now it does.
34 * "git reflog" ignored options like "--format=.." on the command line.
36 * "git stash apply" used to refuse to work if there was any change in
37 the working tree, even when the change did not overlap with the change
40 * "git stash apply @{99999}" was not diagnosed as an error, even when you
41 did not have that many stash entries.
43 * An error message from "git send-email" to diagnose a broken SMTP
44 connection configuration lacked a space between "hello=<smtp-domain>"
45 and "port=<smtp-server-port>".
47 And other minor fixes and documentation updates.