Describe the following in the draft release notes:

 . jc/apply-binary-p0
 . jc/dotdot-is-parent-directory
 . jc/maint-doc-checkout-b-always-takes-branch-name
 . jk/maint-http-half-auth-push
 . kk/maint-for-each-ref-multi-sort

Yet to be merged before 1.7.12.1 are:

 . jk/config-warn-on-inaccessible-paths
 . jk/maint-quiet-is-synonym-to-s-in-log
 . mz/cherry-pick-cmdline-order
Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

"git apply -p0" did not parse pathnames on "diff --git" line
correctly.  This caused patches that had pathnames in no other
places to be mistakenly rejected (most notably, binary patch that
does not rename nor change mode).  Textual patches, renames or mode
changes have preimage and postimage pathnames in different places in
a form that can be parsed unambiguously and did not suffer from this
problem.

* jc/apply-binary-p0:
  apply: compute patch->def_name correctly under -p0

"git log .." errored out saying it is both rev range and a path when
there is no disambiguating "--" is on the command line.  Update the
command line parser to interpret ".." as a path in such a case.

* jc/dotdot-is-parent-directory:
  specifying ranges: we did not mean to make ".." an empty set

The synopsis said "checkout [-B branch]" to make it clear the
branch name is a parameter to the option, but the heading for the
option description was "-B::", not "-B branch::", making the
documentation misleading.

* jc/maint-doc-checkout-b-always-takes-branch-name:
  doc: "git checkout -b/-B/--orphan" always takes a branch name

Pushing to smart HTTP server with recent Git fails without having
the username in the URL to force authentication, if the server is
configured to allow GET anonymously, while requiring authentication
for POST.

* jk/maint-http-half-auth-push:
  http: prompt for credentials on failed POST
  http: factor out http error code handling
  t: test http access to "half-auth" repositories
  t: test basic smart-http authentication
  t/lib-httpd: recognize */smart/* repos as smart-http
  t/lib-httpd: only route auth/dumb to dumb repos
  t5550: factor out http auth setup
  t5550: put auth-required repo in auth/dumb

"git for-each-ref" did not honor multiple "--sort=<key>" arguments
correctly.

* kk/maint-for-each-ref-multi-sort:
  for-each-ref: Fix sort with multiple keys
  t6300: test sort with multiple keys

We will wait for a handful of other fixes that have graduated to the
'master' for 1.8.0 to be tested in the wild and then tag 1.7.12.1:

 . mz/cherry-pick-cmdline-order
 . jk/maint-quiet-is-synonym-to-s-in-log
 . jk/maint-http-half-auth-push
 . jc/apply-binary-p0
 . jk/config-warn-on-inaccessible-paths
 . kk/maint-for-each-ref-multi-sort
Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

* js/use-sc-open-max:
  sha1_file.c: introduce get_max_fd_limit() helper

* js/no-curl-easy-strerror-on-old-curl:
  http.c: don't use curl_easy_strerror prior to curl-7.12.0

Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

* jc/maint-mergetool-style-fix:
  mergetool: style fixes

* sz/submodule-force-update:
  Make 'git submodule update --force' always check out submodules.

* ph/stash-rerere:
  stash: invoke rerere in case of conflict
  test: git-stash conflict sets up rerere

* jc/maint-sane-execvp-notdir:
  sane_execvp(): ignore non-directory on $PATH

* jc/maint-config-exit-status:
  config: "git config baa" should exit with status 1

* mh/maint-config-doc-proxy-command:
  git-config doc: unconfuse an example
  git-config.txt: fix example

* hv/submodule-path-unmatch:
  Let submodule command exit with error status if path does not exist

* mz/empty-rebase-test:
  add tests for 'git rebase --keep-empty'

* jk/docs-docbook-monospace-display:
  docs: monospace listings in docbook output

* ab/diff-write-incomplete-line:
  Fix '\ No newline...' annotation in rewrite diffs

* jc/maint-t7406-rev-parse-max-count-huh:
  t7406: fix misleading "rev-parse --max-count=1 HEAD"

* rr/precompose-utf8-cleanup:
  precompose-utf8: do not call checks for non-ascii "utf8"
  cleanup precompose_utf8

* jc/capabilities:
  fetch-pack: mention server version with verbose output
  parse_feature_request: make it easier to see feature values
  fetch-pack: do not ask for unadvertised capabilities
  do not send client agent unless server does first
  send-pack: fix capability-sending logic
  include agent identifier in capability string

* jc/doc-git-updates:
  Documentation: update the introductory section

* jk/check-docs-update:
  check-docs: get documented command list from Makefile
  check-docs: drop git-help special-case
  check-docs: list git-gui as a command
  check-docs: factor out command-list
  command-list: mention git-credential-* helpers
  command-list: add git-sh-i18n
  check-docs: update non-command documentation list
  check-docs: mention gitweb specially

* tr/void-diff-setup-done:
  diff_setup_done(): return void

* tr/merge-recursive-flush:
  merge-recursive: eliminate flush_buffer() in favor of write_in_full()

* nd/index-errno:
  read_index_from: remove bogus errno assignments

* pg/maint-apply-remove-unused-variable:
  apply: delete unused deflate_origlen from patch struct

* jc/test-prereq:
  t3910: use the UTF8_NFD_TO_NFC test prereq
  test-lib: provide UTF8 behaviour as a prerequisite
  t0050: use the SYMLINKS test prereq
  t0050: use the CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS test prereq
  test-lib: provide case insensitivity as a prerequisite
  test: allow prerequisite to be evaluated lazily
  test: rename $satisfied to $satisfied_prereq

Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

"git prune" without "-v" used to warn about leftover temporary
files (which is an indication of an earlier aborted operation).

* bc/prune-info:
  prune.c: only print informational message in show_only or verbose mode

* maint-1.7.11:
  Almost 1.7.11.6
  gitweb: URL-decode $my_url/$my_uri when stripping PATH_INFO
  rebase -i: use full onto sha1 in reflog
  sh-setup: protect from exported IFS
  receive-pack: do not leak output from auto-gc to standard output
  t/t5400: demonstrate breakage caused by informational message from prune
  setup: clarify error messages for file/revisions ambiguity
  send-email: improve RFC2047 quote parsing
  fsck: detect null sha1 in tree entries
  do not write null sha1s to on-disk index
  diff: do not use null sha1 as a sentinel value

Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

The reflog entries left by "git rebase" and "git rebase -i" were
inconsistent (the interactive one gave an abbreviated object name).

* mg/rebase-i-onto-reflog-in-full:
  rebase -i: use full onto sha1 in reflog

When the user exports a non-default IFS without HT, scripts that
rely on being able to parse "ls-files -s | while read a b c..."
start to fail.  Protect them from such a misconfiguration.

* jc/maint-protect-sh-from-ifs:
  sh-setup: protect from exported IFS

When "git push" triggered the automatic gc on the receiving end, a
message from "git prune" that said it was removing cruft leaked to
the standard output, breaking the communication protocol.

* bc/receive-pack-stdout-protection:
  receive-pack: do not leak output from auto-gc to standard output
  t/t5400: demonstrate breakage caused by informational message from prune

"git diff" had a confusion between taking data from a path in the
working tree and taking data from an object that happens to have
name 0{40} recorded in a tree.

* jk/maint-null-in-trees:
  fsck: detect null sha1 in tree entries
  do not write null sha1s to on-disk index
  diff: do not use null sha1 as a sentinel value