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Git v1.6.5.7 Release Notes
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Fixes since v1.6.5.6
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* If a user specifies a color for a <slot> (i.e. a class of things to show
  in a particular color) that is known only by newer versions of git
  (e.g. "color.diff.func" was recently added for upcoming 1.6.6 release),
  an older version of git should just ignore them.  Instead we diagnosed
  it as an error.

* With help.autocorrect set to non-zero value, the logic to guess typos
  in the subcommand name misfired and ran a random nonsense command.

* If a command is run with an absolute path as a pathspec inside a bare
  repository, e.g. "rev-list HEAD -- /home", the code tried to run
  strlen() on NULL, which is the result of get_git_work_tree(), and
  segfaulted.
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Title: Git v1.6.5.7 Release Notes
Summary
The Git v1.6.5.7 release fixes several issues, including errors when using new color slots that are not recognized by older versions, autocorrect logic misfires that caused random commands to run, and segfaults that occurred when running commands with absolute paths in bare repositories, improving overall stability and performance of the Git version control system.