minor #1487 merge branch 1.8 into 2.0 (xabbuh)

This PR was merged into the 2.0 branch.

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merge branch 1.8 into 2.0

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c329cae Merge branch '1.8' into 2.0
7446ee9 minor #1486 merge branch 1.7 into 1.8 (xabbuh)
be02fb6 Merge branch '1.7' into 1.8
9449e45 minor #1485 [#1473] add the changelog entry (xabbuh)
e4a5d0c [#1473] add the changelog entry

Author: xabbuh

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ CHANGELOG
 1.7.9
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+* handle `\Throwable` instances in the `ExceptionController`
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 * fixed that the default exclusion strategy groups for the serializer are not the empty string
 
 * fixed a BC break that prevented the `CamelKeysNormalizer` from removing leading underscores