GIT 0.99.9m aka 1.0rc5 is found at usual places:
	RPM

		http://kernel.org:/pub/software/scm/git/RPMS/
	Debian

		http://kernel.org:/pub/software/scm/git/debian/
Notable changes since 1.0rc4 are:
 - archimport updates.

 - gitk updates to work around Tcl/Tk i18n issues.

 - better portability to Solaris and AIX.

 - slimmed down update-server-info.

 - conflicting merge leaves higher stages in index around.

 - http-fetch does not fail to write refs in subdirectories.

 - git-prune cannot be made to lose referened objects by mistake anymore.

 - a lot of documentation fixes.
We are now feature complete and I am hoping that I can push the

same out sometime in the coming week tagged as v1.0, after

giving it some time to shake out any possible last-minute bugs.
Right now, proposed updates branch has sample patches for the

usage string clean-up from Fredrik Kuivinen for people to

comment on; it is not a complete series yet and makes some tests

fail.  I personally feel this series can and probably should

wait post 1.0.
-- >8 --
Alex Riesen:

      use "git init-db" in tests
Daniel Barkalow:

      Warn when send-pack does nothing

      Clean up file descriptors when calling hooks.

      Allow saving an object from a pipe
Eric Wong:

      archimport: first, make sure it still compiles

      archimport: remove String::ShellQuote dependency.

      archimport: fix -t tmpdir switch

      archimport: remove git wrapper dependency

      archimport: add -D <depth> and -a switch

      archimport: safer log file parsing

      archimport: Add the accurate changeset applyer

      archimport: Fix a bug I introduced in the new log parser

      archimport: fix a in new changeset applyer addition
Jason Riedy:

      Document config.mak in INSTALL.

      Initial AIX portability fixes.

      Use printf rather than echo -n.
Jon Loeliger:

      Added documentation for few missing options.
Junio C Hamano:

      compat/setenv: do not free what we fed putenv(3).

      git...
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Is it just me or do most paragraphs (blocks of text) end with a ".sp"?
From git-repack man file:
  AUTHOR

         Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.sp
  DOCUMENTATION

         Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>.sp
  SEE-ALSO

         git-pack-objects(1) git-prune-packed(1).sp
  GIT

         Part of the git(7) suite.sp
	-Paul
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Not for me.
$ rm -f git-repack.1

$ make git-repack.1

asciidoc -b docbook -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf git-repack.txt

xmlto man git-repack.xml

Writing git-repack.1 for refentry

rm git-repack.xml

$ dpkg -l asciidoc xmlto

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold

| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed

|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)

||/ Name           Version        Description

+++-==============-==============-============================================

ii  asciidoc       7.0.2-4        Highly configurable text format for writing

ii  xmlto          0.0.18-5       XML-to-any converter

$ grep '^[A-Z][a-z]* by' git-repack.1

Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl\&.org>

Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline\&.com>

$ exit
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$ rpm -q xmlto asciidoc man groff

  xmlto-0.0.18-9

  asciidoc-7.0.2-1.fc5

  man-1.6b-1

  groff-1.18.1.1-5
I would suspect groff (as used by man).
  $ zcat /usr/share/man/man1/git-repack.1.gz|grep '^[A-Z][a-z]* by'
	-Paul
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I think it's up one level to the creator of the man files:
.SH "DESCRIPTION"

This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently reside in a "pack", into a pack..sp

A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a single file, with

an associated index file..sp

Packs are used to reduce the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc..sp
Results in:
DESCRIPTION

       This script is used to combine all objects that do not currently reside

       in a "pack", into a pack..sp A pack is a collection of objects,

       individually compressed, with delta compression applied, stored in a

       single file, with an associated index file..sp Packs are used to reduce

       the load on mirror systems, backup engines, disk storage, etc..sp
It's only the .sp function.
So it's likely my version of asciidoc or xmlto.
	-Paul
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Hmph.  In the same environment as before:
$ rm -f git-repack.1

$ make git-repack.1

rm -f doc.dep+ doc.dep

perl ./build-docdep.perl >doc.dep+

mv doc.dep+ doc.dep

asciidoc -b docbook -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf git-repack.txt

xmlto man git-repack.xml

Writing git-repack.1 for refentry

rm git-repack.xml

$ make git-repack.xml

asciidoc -b docbook -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf git-repack.txt

$ grep osdl git-repack.1 git-repack.xml

git-repack.1:Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl\&.org>

git-repack.xml:<simpara>Written by Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;</simpara>

$ exit
And it is the same on kernel.org machine I have account on.
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I filed:  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=175592
Apparently, it's a docbook style issue.
	-Paul

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