Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.25.1

From: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 20, 2020, 05:46 UTC
Message-ID: <f134ed69-05fb-56f1-5005-db738b6afcd4@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2002192110230.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Hi Johannes,

-Cc: git-packagers@googlegroups.com, git-for-windows@googlegroups.com

On 20 February 2020 01:40:39 GMT+05:30, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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>
>The reason for these two glitches is the same as the reason for the
>delay
>(Git v2.25.1 has been released almost four days ago, after all, and I
>try
>to stay relatively close with Git for Windows releases): for technical
>reasons, I had to move the automation that I use to publish new
>versions
>of Git for Windows, and I used this excuse not only to make it public
>(https://dev.azure.com/git-for-windows/git/_build?definitionId=34) but
>also to modernize the pipeline as well as to split it into a build and
>a
>release pipeline.
>
>This required a lot of refactoring of the huge automation shell script
>(https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/master/please.sh),
>and every refactoring has some fallout. On the positive side, the new
>pipelines should be more robust and a lot faster, too.
>

That's a good thing despite the minor fallout.

> Here's hoping that future releases go smoother than this one :-)

Thanks a lot for your relentless efforts to make Git-for-Windows better!

>Thanks,
>Johannes
>

I haven't noticed you sign using your real name before that I had a mild suspicion if this was really you or one of your automaton's gone rogue ;-) Just now realized that you sign all your Git-for-Windows release e-mails this way.

-- Sivaraam