From 80d588f33da8bcdfec5509ef613c45bb19607d36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 15:08:29 -0700
Subject: Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.37.3-542-gdd3f6
---
RelNotes/2.38.0.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
git-config.html | 9 +++++++++
git-format-patch.html | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
git-format-patch.txt | 11 +++++++++++
git-interpret-trailers.html | 12 +++++++-----
git-interpret-trailers.txt | 10 ++++++----
git-range-diff.html | 7 +++++--
git-range-diff.txt | 4 ++++
howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.html | 2 +-
howto/keep-canonical-history-correct.html | 2 +-
howto/maintain-git.html | 2 +-
howto/new-command.html | 2 +-
howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html | 2 +-
howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html | 2 +-
howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html | 2 +-
howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html | 2 +-
howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html | 2 +-
howto/revert-branch-rebase.html | 2 +-
howto/separating-topic-branches.html | 2 +-
howto/setup-git-server-over-http.html | 2 +-
howto/update-hook-example.html | 2 +-
howto/use-git-daemon.html | 2 +-
howto/using-merge-subtree.html | 2 +-
howto/using-signed-tag-in-pull-request.html | 2 +-
24 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/RelNotes/2.38.0.txt b/RelNotes/2.38.0.txt
index f521e930b..7e272b45b 100644
--- a/RelNotes/2.38.0.txt
+++ b/RelNotes/2.38.0.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* "git clone" command learned the "--bundle-uri" option to coordinate
with hosting sites the use of pre-prepared bundle files.
+ * "git range-diff" learned to honor pathspec argument if given.
+
+ * "git format-patch --from=" can be told to add an in-body
+ "From:" line even for commits that are authored by the given
+ with "--force-in-body-from"option.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -148,6 +154,9 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* The pack bitmap file gained a bitmap-lookup table to speed up
locating the necessary bitmap for a given commit.
+ * The assembly version of SHA-1 implementation for PPC has been
+ removed.
+
Fixes since v2.37
-----------------
@@ -323,6 +332,16 @@ Fixes since v2.37
to schedule tasks.
(merge ee69e7884e bc/gc-crontab-fix later to maint).
+ * Those who use diff-so-fancy as the diff-filter noticed a regression
+ or two in the code that parses the diff output in the built-in
+ version of "add -p", which has been corrected.
+ (merge 0a101676e5 js/add-p-diff-parsing-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Segfault fix-up to an earlier fix to the topic to teach "git reset"
+ and "git checkout" work better in a sparse checkout.
+ (merge 037f8ea6d9 vd/sparse-reset-checkout-fixes later to maint).
+
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge 77b9e85c0f vd/fix-perf-tests later to maint).
(merge 0682bc43f5 jk/test-crontab-fixes later to maint).
+ (merge b46dd1726c cc/doc-trailer-whitespace-rules later to maint).
diff --git a/git-config.html b/git-config.html
index 7a4a40c93..8de112050 100644
--- a/git-config.html
+++ b/git-config.html
@@ -5552,6 +5552,15 @@ format.from
+format.forceInBodyFrom
+
+
+
+ Provides the default value for the --[no-]force-in-body-from
+ option to format-patch. Defaults to false.
+
+
+
format.numbered
diff --git a/git-format-patch.html b/git-format-patch.html
index 98bc97cc2..520db4fa4 100644
--- a/git-format-patch.html
+++ b/git-format-patch.html
@@ -1921,6 +1921,22 @@ transformation for you, and this option should not be used if you are
feeding the result to git send-email
.
+--[no-]force-in-body-from
+
+
+
+ With the e-mail sender specified via the --from
option, by
+ default, an in-body "From:" to identify the real author of
+ the commit is added at the top of the commit log message if
+ the sender is different from the author. With this option,
+ the in-body "From:" is added even when the sender and the
+ author have the same name and address, which may help if the
+ mailing list software mangles the sender’s identity.
+ Defaults to the value of the format.forceInBodyFrom
+ configuration variable.
+
+
+
--add-header=<header>
@@ -2578,7 +2594,7 @@ merge commit.