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GIT v1.5.4.2 Release Notes
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Fixes since v1.5.4
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 * The configuration parser was not prepared to see string
   valued variables misspelled as boolean and segfaulted.

 * Temporary files left behind due to interrupted object
   transfers were not cleaned up with "git prune".

 * "git config --unset" was confused when the unset variables
   were spelled with continuation lines in the config file.

 * The merge message detection in "git cvsimport" did not catch
   a message that began with "Merge...".

 * "git status" suggests "git rm --cached" for unstaging the
   earlier "git add" before the initial commit.

 * "git status" output was incorrect during a partial commit.

 * "git bisect" refused to start when the HEAD was detached.

 * "git bisect" allowed a wildcard character in the commit
   message expanded while writing its log file.

 * Manual pages were not formatted correctly with docbook xsl
   1.72; added a workaround.

 * "git-commit -C $tag" used to work but rewrite in C done in
   1.5.4 broke it.  This was fixed in 1.5.4.1.

 * An entry in the .gitattributes file that names a pattern in a
   subdirectory of the directory it is in did not match
   correctly (e.g. pattern "b/*.c" in "a/.gitattributes" should
   match "a/b/foo.c" but it didn't).  This was fixed in 1.5.4.1.

 * Customized color specification was parsed incorrectly when
   numeric color values are used.  This was fixed in 1.5.4.1.

 * http transport misbehaved when linked with curl-gnutls.

Title: GIT v1.5.4.2 Release Notes
Summary
This release fixes various issues in GIT version 1.5.4, including configuration parser errors, temporary file cleanup problems, and issues with git commands such as status, bisect, and commit, as well as resolving problems with merge messages, manual pages, and customized color specifications.