add changelog for 1.4.0 (#3435)

* add changelog for 1.4.0

* remove docs

* Remove some more noise

* Small reorganization, removed bugfixes that were not present in last stable version

* Move LFS lock to features, add just merged bugfix info

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 # Changelog
 
+This changelog goes through all the changes that have been made in each release
+without substantial changes to our git log; to see the highlights of what has
+been added to each release, please refer to the [blog](https://blog.gitea.io).
+
+## [1.4.0-rc1](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.4.0-rc1) - 2018-01-31
+* BREAKING
+  * Drop deprecated GOGS\_WORK\_DIR use (#2946)
+  * Fix API status code for hook creation (#2814)
+* SECURITY
+  * Sanitize logs for mirror sync (#3057)
+* FEATURE
+  * Serve .patch and .diff for pull requests (#3305, #3293)
+  * Add repo-sync-releases admin command (#3254)
+  * Support default private when creating or migrating repository (#3239)
+  * Writable deploy keys (closes #671) (#3225)
+  * Add Pull Request merge options - Ignore white-space for conflict checking, Rebase, Squash merge (#3188)
+  * Added progressbar for issues with checkboxes (#1146). (#3171)
+  * Mention completion for issue editor. (#3136)
+  * Add 'mark all read' option to notifications (#3097)
+  * Git LFS lock api (#2938)
+  * Add reactions to issues/PR and comments (#2856)
+  * Add dingtalk webhook  (#2777)
+  * Responsive view (#2750)
+* BUGFIXES
+  * Fix webhook X-GitHub-* headers casing for better compatibility (#3429)
+  * Add content type and doctype to requests made with go-get (#3426, #3423)
+  * Fix SQL type error for webhooks (#3424)
+  * Fix PR merge error (#3421)
+  * Recognize more characters in crossreferenced repo name (#3413)
+  * Fix MSSQL bug on org (#3405)
+  * HTML escape all lines of the search result (#3402)
+  * Change local copy origin url after repository rename (#3399)
+  * Force-push to base repo's ref/pull/#/head (#3393)
+  * Fix bug when a user delete but assigned on issue (#3318)
+  * Use issue number/index instead of id for API URL. Fix #3297 (#3298)
+  * Fix repo-transfer-and-team-repo-count bug (#3241)
+  * Fix always-on SSL Mode checkbox in admin page (#3208)
+  * Fix source download link when no code unit allowed (#3166)
+  * Fix org owner cannot be removed if he is not in owner team (#3164)
+  * Fix run web with -p push failed (#3154)
+  * Fix gpg tmpl (#3153)
+  * Fix SSH auth lfs locks (#3152)
+  * Improvements for supporting UI Location (#3146)
+  * Fix new pull request link (#3133)
+  * Fix missing branch in release bug (#3108)
+  * Allow adding collaborators with (fullname) (#3103)
+  * Fix repo links (#3093)
+  * fix lfs url refs + keep path upper/lowercase in db. (#3092)
+  * Fix redis session failed (#3086)
+  * Fix bugs in issue dashboard stats (#3073)
+  * Fix avatar URLs (#3069)
+  * Fix ref parsing in commit messages (#3067)
+  * Fix issue list branch link broken (#3061)
+  * sendmail: correct option to set envelope-sender (#3044)
+  * Fix missing password length check when change password (#3039)
+  * Fix git lfs path (#3016)
+  * Fix API-Endpoint release (#3005) (#3012)
+  * Set OpenID support on by default when installing new instance (#3010)
+  * Various wiki bug fixes (#2996)
+  * Fix go-get, src and raw urls to new scheme (#2978)
+  * Fix error when add user has full name to team (#2973)
+  * Fix memcache support when value is returned as string always (#2924)
+* ENHANCEMENT
+  * Use GiteaServer as the user agent for http requests (#3404)
+  * Delete indexer DB entries when (re)creating index (#3385)
+  * Change how merged PR commit info are prepared (#3368)
+  * Asynchronously populate the repo indexer (#3366)
+  * Make the default action for the gitea executable that of running the webserver (#3331)
+  * Templates for extra links in top navbar and repo tool tabs. (#3308)
+  * Fixed asterisk based tasklist items #3295 (#3296)
+  * Add more additional template snippets (#3286)
+  * Open external tracker in blank window, consistently with wiki (#3227)
+  * Fix repo links on user profile (#3197)
+  * Enable emoji for wiki view (#3158)
+  * Small improve on deleting attachements (#3145)
+  * Reduce overhead of upgrades for users with custom stylesheets/JS (#3051)
+  * Default log level to Info without hardcoding it in installer (#3041)
+  * Memory usage improvements (#3013)
+  * Add fingerprint to ssh key endpoints. (#3009)
+  * Improve memory usage when reaching diff limits (#2990)
+  * Expandable commit bodies (#2980)
+  * Update gitgraph.js to fix blurry commit graph on HiDPI screens (#2957)
+  * Fix language names (#2955)
+  * Remove render issue link (#2954)
+  * Page parameter for repo search API (#2915)
+  * Apply LANDING\_PAGE config options for logged in users (#2894)
+  * Enable admin to search by email (#2888)
+  * Hide add key button if SSH is disabled (#2873)
+  * Fix comment API paths (#2813)
+  * Add an option to allow redirect of http port 80 to https. (#1928)
+* MISC
+  * Fix organization profile on mobile devices (#3332)
+  * Fix guide link for webhooks in repository settings (#3291) (#3292)
+  * Enable Libravatar by default in new installations (#3287)
+  * Improve suppressed diff boxes (#3193)
+  * fix button heights on commits page (#3091)
+  * Minor copy changes (#3074)
+  * Sort repos in issues dashboard sidebar (#3072)
+  * Remove box-shadow from UI, fix dashboard issue (#3065)
+  * Adjust branch button size (#3063)
+  * Fix misalignment issue in repo header (#3062)
+  * Delete a user's public key via admin api (closes #3014) (#3059)
+  * Dashboard: Fix line height problem in issue titles (#3054)
+  * Remove duplicate "Max Diff Lines" from config view (#2987)
+  * Drop unmaintained gogs migration script (#2947)
+  * App restarts to quickly if it fails to start. (#2945)
+  * Add owner to delete repo message (#2886)
+
 ## [1.3.1](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.3.1) - 2017-12-08
 * BUGFIXES
   * Sanitize logs for mirror sync (#3057, #3082) (#3078)