[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0

[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0

[Johannes Schindelin]

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0 is available from:

    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.28.0-rc0.windows.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.27.0 (June 1st 2020)

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.28.0-rc0.
  * Comes with subversion v1.14.0.
  * Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin
    3.1.5.
  * Comes with the designated successor of Git Credential Manager for
    Windows (GCM for Windows), the cross-platform Git Credential
    Manager Core. For now, this is opt-in, with the idea of eventually
    retiring GCM for Windows.
  * Comes with cURL v7.71.1.
  * Comes with Perl v5.32.0.
  * Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin
    3.1.6.
  * Comes with GNU Privacy Guard v2.2.21.

Bug Fixes

  * A typo was fixed in the installer.
  * The new git pull behavior option now records the fast-forward
    choice correctly.
  * In v2.27.0, git svn was broken completely, which has been fixed.
  * Some Git operations could end up with bogus modified symbolic links
    (where git status would report changes but git diff would not),
    which is now fixed.
  * When reinstalling (or upgrading) Git for Windows, the "Pseudo
    Console Support" choice is now remembered correctly.
  * Under certain circumstances, the Git Bash window (MinTTY) would
    crash frequently, which has been addressed.
  * When pseudo console support is enabled, the VIM editor sometimes
    had troubles accepting certain keystrokes, which was fixed.
  * Due to a bug, it was not possible to disable Pseudo Console support
    by reinstalling with the checkbox turned off, which has been fixed.
  * A bug with enabled Pseudo Console support, where git add -i would
    not quit the file selection mode upon an empty input, has been
    fixed.
  * The cleanup mode called "scissors" in git commit now handles CR/LF
    line endings correctly.
  * When cloning into an existing directory, under certain
    circumstances, the core.worktree option was set unnecessarily. This
    has been fixed.

Git-2.28.0-rc0-64-bit.exe | 11373dd9d740ede0e5f54776eddb1591578fc5917422d656187e9b37b3960b94
Git-2.28.0-rc0-32-bit.exe | b238446edfee249c59c57143cfd69baf83d8bdedda31c5e93fd4b9092bf41cbb
PortableGit-2.28.0-rc0-64-bit.7z.exe | 8d09850454bf8812c944b746ebcdaa86489c3f843f19d64bf23caeaac7572b2a
PortableGit-2.28.0-rc0-32-bit.7z.exe | ad4c123c88a0789c00a8a825022a6eb850ce1292b5f3d17b6f9445d81a819474
MinGit-2.28.0-rc0-64-bit.zip | cae926ba5e2d2ed5a09bb0ea78470f856800ed62b7c330e4bab89b0044724762
MinGit-2.28.0-rc0-32-bit.zip | 80c7b58d1ad819de3d9d4aa95624c4ec2880d3d19b74b41969b34e905d245b40
MinGit-2.28.0-rc0-busybox-64-bit.zip | 0a0ef355a90d31c57bfed86547306076e7a825eb21e325990687e1d030c50c8c
MinGit-2.28.0-rc0-busybox-32-bit.zip | 097a3cc7d70345fea42ab4801d438b882a5e1cf5d8431e00f52af7569acd6e27
Git-2.28.0-rc0-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 220bf0b98bedaf9ef5710a40c5d7ab13c0c979760971332221d38255f3ad8e92
Git-2.28.0-rc0-32-bit.tar.bz2 | e97222bae9c5a4736b9a28a8812917a9a20c160786c0ec624dde3037db0568c5

Ciao,
Johannes

Re: [git-for-windows] [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0

[Bryan Turner]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:59 AM Johannes Schindelin
<johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Dear Git users,
>
> I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0 is available from:
>
>     https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.28.0-rc0.windows.1

We've added 2.28.0-rc0 to Bitbucket Server's test matrix for both
Linux and Windows, with all tests green. We've also done a manual test
pass on macOS, also without issues.

Thanks again for these early RCs!

Best regards,
Bryan Turner

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0

[Kaartic Sivaraam]

Hi Johannes,


On 10 ஜூலை, 2020 7:29:35 PM IST, Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>Dear Git users,
>
>I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0 is available from:
>
>https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.28.0-rc0.windows.1
>

Thanks. I just installed it in my local machine and it seems to work fine for me.

>Changes since Git for Windows v2.27.0 (June 1st 2020)
>
>New Features
>
>  * Comes with Git v2.28.0-rc0.
>  * Comes with subversion v1.14.0.
>  * Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin
>    3.1.5.
>  * Comes with the designated successor of Git Credential Manager for
>    Windows (GCM for Windows), the cross-platform Git Credential
>    Manager Core. For now, this is opt-in, with the idea of eventually
>    retiring GCM for Windows.
>  * Comes with cURL v7.71.1.
>  * Comes with Perl v5.32.0.
>  * Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin
>    3.1.6.
>  * Comes with GNU Privacy Guard v2.2.21.
>

The above has "Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin ..." for both 3.1.5 and 3.1.6. I wonder if it really comes with two MSYS2 runtimes.

-- 
Sivaraam

Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: [git-for-windows] [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Bryan,

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020, Bryan Turner wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 6:59 AM Johannes Schindelin
> <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Git users,
> >
> > I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0 is available from:
> >
> >     https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.28.0-rc0.windows.1
>
> We've added 2.28.0-rc0 to Bitbucket Server's test matrix for both
> Linux and Windows, with all tests green. We've also done a manual test
> pass on macOS, also without issues.

Thank you for testing!

> Thanks again for these early RCs!

Of course!

I hope that v2.28.0 will be a bit less bumpy than v2.27.0: Git for Windows
v2.27.0 shipped with mismatching Perl/Subversion, so that `git svn` was
completely unusable. Yet, the most reported bug (and to me it looks like
it is the best-reported Git for Windows so far, since the project's
inception) was the typo `fast-forard` in the installer. It has been
independently reported well over a dozen times, via at least four
different channels.

Just a quick note: I will be offline for most of the next three weeks, but
my colleague Dr Derrick Stolee kindly agreed to prepare the -rc1, -rc2 and
final versions. For technical reasons, the announcement mails will still
be going out under my name, though.

Ciao,
Dscho

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc0

[Johannes Schindelin]

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Hi Kaartic,

On Fri, 17 Jul 2020, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote:

> On 10 ஜூலை, 2020 7:29:35 PM IST, Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> >Changes since Git for Windows v2.27.0 (June 1st 2020)
> >
> >New Features
> >
> >  * Comes with Git v2.28.0-rc0.
> >  * Comes with subversion v1.14.0.
> >  * Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin
> >    3.1.5.
> >  * Comes with the designated successor of Git Credential Manager for
> >    Windows (GCM for Windows), the cross-platform Git Credential
> >    Manager Core. For now, this is opt-in, with the idea of eventually
> >    retiring GCM for Windows.
> >  * Comes with cURL v7.71.1.
> >  * Comes with Perl v5.32.0.
> >  * Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin
> >    3.1.6.
> >  * Comes with GNU Privacy Guard v2.2.21.
>
> The above has "Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based
> on Cygwin ..." for both 3.1.5 and 3.1.6. I wonder if it really comes
> with two MSYS2 runtimes.

You're right, of course ;-) For the resolution of this story, see:
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2746

Ciao,
Dscho