GIT 0.99.8c

Contains the following fixes since 0.99.8b:

Jonas Fonseca:
      Fix usage of carets in git-rev-parse(1)

Junio C Hamano:
      Give proper prototype to gitstrcasestr.
      Make sure 'make install' does not have to rebuild templates.
      git-tag: update usage string and documentation.

Kai Ruemmler:
      s/checkout-cache/checkout-index/g for Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
      teach git-status about spaces in filenames
      ignore new git-diff index header when computing patch ids

Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso:
      Fix git-verify-tag for light-weight tags

Robert Fitzsimons:
      Fix wrong filename listing bug in git-ls-tree.

1. 88f8f0a [PATCH] Enable and fix support for base less merges. by Fredrik Kuivinen · 20 years ago
2. f9d7241 Handle really trivial case inside git-merge. by Junio C Hamano · 20 years ago
3. bf7960e Use git-update-ref in scripts. by Junio C Hamano · 20 years ago
4. 60fa056 Fastpath the normal case by not checking that index matches HEAD. by Junio C Hamano · 20 years ago
5. deca7e8 Give default merge message after failed automerge. by Junio C Hamano · 20 years ago
6. a935824 Fix overzealous cleanliness check in git-merge by Junio C Hamano · 20 years ago
7. 8cc01e5 [PATCH] More descriptive messages for conflict cases in merges by Fredrik Kuivinen · 20 years ago
8. e4cf17c [PATCH] Rename the 'fredrik' merge strategy to 'recursive'. by Fredrik Kuivinen · 20 years ago
9. f88ed17 Fix off-by-one error in git-merge by Junio C Hamano · 20 years ago
10. 720d150 Add a new merge strategy by Fredrik Kuivinen. by Junio C Hamano · 20 years ago
11. 2276aa6 Use Daniel's read-tree in the merge strategy 'resolve'. by Junio C Hamano · 20 years ago
12. 91063bb Multi-backend merge driver. by Junio C Hamano · 20 years ago