Git for Windows v2.24.0-rc2, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.24.0-rc2

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 30, 2019, 22:23 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1910302317430.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqblty3dtx.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Team,

On Wed, 30 Oct 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> A release candidate Git v2.24.0-rc2 is now available for testing
> at the usual places.  It is comprised of 515 non-merge commits
> since v2.23.0, contributed by 67 people, 18 of which are new faces.

The corresponding Git for Windows pre-release can be found here:

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.24.0-rc2.windows.1

In addition to rebasing to v2.24.0-rc2, I also integrated three PRs since -rc1:

- The `sendpack.sideband` config setting was re-introduced (I had
  dropped this by mistake, thinking that it was no longer necessary
  because the commit message failed to mention that this config setting
  is necessary to work around issues when pushing via `git://`).

- I also merged the current version of my fix for the flaky t5516 test.
  This will save me some time, as I currently have to re-run a couple of
  CI/PR builds per day due to those failures.

- The current iteration of the patches that fix `git stash` with
  skip-worktree items (where they sometimes would be recorded as
  _deleted_ by mistake) was also integrated. This will most notably
  benefit VFS for Git users, as most of the files are marked as
  skip-worktree there.

As always, thank you all for testing!

Ciao, Johannes