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RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain"
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[jn: with wording tweak from Keshav Kini]

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
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* "git status" now omits the prefix to make its output a comment in a
commit log editor, which is not necessary for human consumption.
Scripts that parse the output of "git status" are advised to use
"git status --porcelain" instead, as its format is stable and easier
to parse.

* Make "foo^{tag}" to peel a tag to itself, i.e. no-op., and fail if
"foo" is not a tag. "git rev-parse --verify v1.0^{tag}" would be
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