1.7.6.4

Git v1.7.6.4 Release Notes ==========================

Fixes since v1.7.6.3 --------------------

• The error reporting logic of "git am" when the command is fed a file whose mail-storage format is unknown was fixed.

• "git branch --set-upstream @{-1} foo" did not expand @{-1} correctly.

• "git check-ref-format --print" used to parrot a candidate string that began with a slash (e.g. /refs/heads/master) without stripping it, to make the result a suitably normalized string the caller can append to "$GIT_DIR/".

• "git clone" failed to clone locally from a ".git" file that itself is not a directory but is a pointer to one.

• "git clone" from a local repository that borrows from another object store using a relative path in its objects/info/alternates file did not adjust the alternates in the resulting repository.

• "git describe --dirty" did not refresh the index before checking the state of the working tree files.

• "git ls-files ../$path" that is run from a subdirectory reported errors incorrectly when there is no such path that matches the given pathspec.

• "git mergetool" could loop forever prompting when nothing can be read from the standard input.

Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.