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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt7
-rwxr-xr-xGIT-VERSION-GEN2
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
index 1c548d9436..79397eb6c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.9.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
* "git commit" detects and rejects an attempt to stuff NUL byte in
the commit log message.
+ * "git commit" learned "-S" to GPG-sign the commit; this can be shown
+ with the "--show-signature" option to "git log".
+
* fsck and prune are relatively lengthy operations that still go
silent while making the end-user wait. They learned to give progress
output like other slow operations.
@@ -64,6 +67,10 @@ Updates since v1.7.8
signed tag is recorded in the resulting merge commit for later
auditing.
+ * "git log" learned "--show-signature" option to show the signed tag
+ that was merged that is embedded in the merge commit. It also can
+ show the signature made on the commit with "git commit -S".
+
* "git branch --edit-description" can be used to add descriptive text
to explain what a topic branch is about.
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index e18a30a16a..4e83354d0b 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#!/bin/sh
GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.8.GIT
+DEF_VER=v1.7.9-rc0
LF='
'