git, branch v2.8.0-rc0

Git 2.8-rc0

2016-02-26T21:45:26Z

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Merge branch 'mm/readme-markdown'

2016-02-26T21:37:28Z

README has been renamed to README.md and its contents got tweaked slightly to make it easier on the eyes. * mm/readme-markdown: README.md: move down historical explanation about the name README.md: don't call git stupid in the title README.md: move the link to git-scm.com up README.md: add hyperlinks on filenames README: use markdown syntax

Merge branch 'ma/update-hooks-sample-typofix'

2016-02-26T21:37:28Z

* ma/update-hooks-sample-typofix: templates/hooks: fix minor typo in the sample update-hook

Merge branch 'ls/makefile-cflags-developer-tweak'

2016-02-26T21:37:27Z

There is a new DEVELOPER knob that enables many compiler warning options in the Makefile. * ls/makefile-cflags-developer-tweak: add DEVELOPER makefile knob to check for acknowledged warnings

Merge branch 'dt/initial-ref-xn-commit-doc'

2016-02-26T21:37:27Z

* dt/initial-ref-xn-commit-doc: refs: document transaction semantics

Merge branch 'js/config-set-in-non-repository'

2016-02-26T21:37:26Z

"git config section.var value" to set a value in per-repository configuration file failed when it was run outside any repository, but didn't say the reason correctly. * js/config-set-in-non-repository: git config: report when trying to modify a non-existing repo config

Merge branch 'jk/epipe-in-async'

2016-02-26T21:37:26Z

Handling of errors while writing into our internal asynchronous process has been made more robust, which reduces flakiness in our tests. * jk/epipe-in-async: t5504: handle expected output from SIGPIPE death test_must_fail: report number of unexpected signal fetch-pack: ignore SIGPIPE in sideband demuxer write_or_die: handle EPIPE in async threads

Merge branch 'mm/push-default-warning'

2016-02-26T21:37:25Z

Across the transition at around Git version 2.0, the user used to get a pretty loud warning when running "git push" without setting push.default configuration variable. We no longer warn, given that the transition is over long time ago. * mm/push-default-warning: push: remove "push.default is unset" warning message

Merge branch 'fa/merge-recursive-no-rename'

2016-02-26T21:37:25Z

"git merge-recursive" learned "--no-renames" option to disable its rename detection logic. * fa/merge-recursive-no-rename: t3034: test deprecated interface t3034: test option to disable renames t3034: add rename threshold tests merge-recursive: find-renames resets threshold merge-strategies.txt: fix typo merge-recursive: more consistent interface merge-recursive: option to disable renames

Merge branch 'sb/submodule-fetch-nontip'

2016-02-26T21:37:24Z

When "git submodule update" did not result in fetching the commit object in the submodule that is referenced by the superproject, the command learned to retry another fetch, specifically asking for that commit that may not be connected to the refs it usually fetches. * sb/submodule-fetch-nontip: submodule: try harder to fetch needed sha1 by direct fetching sha1