+2007-09-27 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * configure.ac: Raise version number to 1.18.90
+ * NEWS: Likewise
+
+ * doc/snapshot.texi: Document version 2.
+ * doc/dumpdir.texi: Update.
+
+ Implement --exclude-tag* and --exclude-cache* options for listed
+ incremental archives.
+ New option --exclude-vcs to exclude VCS-specific files and
+ directories.
+
+ * NEWS: Update
+ * doc/tar.texi: Document --exclude-vcs option
+ * src/common.h (exclusion_tag_warning, check_exclusion_tags): New
+ prototypes.
+ * src/create.c (exclusion_tag_warning, check_exclusion_tags):
+ Remove static qualifier.
+ (check_exclusion_tags): account for dirname without terminating
+ slash.
+ (dump_dir0): exclusion_tag_all is handled elsewhere.
+ * src/incremen.c (struct directory): New member tagfile
+ (make_directory): Initialize tagfile to NULL
+ (procdir): New argument: entry
+ Hanlde exclusion tags.
+ (makedumpdir): Take into account directory->tagfile.
+ (scan_directory): Hanlde exclusion tags.
+ * src/tar.c: New option --exclude-vcs
+ (exclude_vcs_files): New function
+
+2007-09-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * AUTHORS: Remove unnecessary information. Just list the
+ principal authors.
+ * THANKS: Remove info duplicated from AUTHORS.
+
+2007-08-25 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ Don't include <getline.h>. No longer needed.
+ * src/incremen.c: Don't include <getline.h>. No longer needed.
+ * src/buffer.c: Likewise.
+ * src/system.c: Likewise.
+ * src/tar.c: Likewise.
+
+ Avoid shadowing and unused-variable warnings.
+ * src/create.c (check_exclusion_tags): Remove declaration of unused
+ local, "ret".
+ * src/compare.c (diff_dumpdir): Rename stat->stat_data to avoid
+ shadowing the syscall.
+ * src/buffer.c (do_checkpoint): Don't shadow the write syscall.
+ (try_new_volume): Avoid shadowing "access".
+ * src/tar.c (decode_options): Rename index->idx to avoid shadowing.
+ (find_argp_option): Rename option->o to avoid shadowing.
+ * src/incremen.c (scan_directory): Rename local, dir_name->dir,
+ to avoid shadowing the function.
+ (get_directory_contents): Likewise.
+ * src/system.c (global_pid): Rename from "pid", to avoid being
+ shadowed by locals.
+ * src/extract.c (apply_nonancestor_delayed_set_stat):
+ Rename st->sb to avoid shadowing another local.
+
+2007-08-24 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * configure.ac, NEWS: Raise version number to 1.18.1
+
+ * src/buffer.c (check_compressed_archive): Detect files smaller
+ than 512 bytes.
+ * tests/shortfile.at: New test case for the above change.
+ * tests/testsuite.at, tests/Makefile.am: Add shortfile.at
+
+2007-08-19 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * bootstrap: Gnulib initialization destroyed paxutils m4 files.
+ Initialize paxutils structure after that of gnulib.
+
+2007-08-12 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * src/names.c (contains_dot_dot): Fix double-dot recognition in
+ case of duplicate /. Patch by Dmitry V. Levin.
+
+ * bootstrap (symlink_to_gnulib): Make sure the target directory
+ exists and create it if it does not.
+
+ * doc/tar.texi: Fix a typo.
+
+2007-06-28 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+ * bootstrap: Update for the change of the TP URL
+