Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.29.0-rc0

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 7, 2020, 21:05 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2010072301350.50@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <20201006092535.6419-1-johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Hi,

On Tue, 6 Oct 2020, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.29.0-rc0 is available from:
>
>     https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.29.0-rc0.windows.1
>
> Changes since Git for Windows v2.28.0 (July 28th 2020)
>
> This version upgrades existing users of Git Credential Manager for
> Windows (which was just deprecated) to Git Credential Manager Core
> ("GCM Core", which is the designated successor of the former). This is
> necessary because GitHub deprecated password-based authentication and
> intends to remove support for it soon, and GCM Core is prepared for
> this change.

Please note that due to several bugs, this auto-upgrading GCM(W) users to GCM Core did _not_ work (you can verify whether it worked by running `git config --system credential.helper`; if it shows `manager`, the auto-upgrade did _not_ work, if it shows `manager-core`, it _did_ work).

The latest snapshot at https://wingit.blob.core.windows.net/files/index.html should fix this issue.

I briefly considered publishing a Git for Windows v2.29.0-rc0(2), but -rc1 is likely to get out on Friday (i.e. only two days from now), which should still give us plenty of time to ask for thorough testing before v2.29.0 final.

Thank you, Johannes