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Git for Windows 1.8.5.2 (preview)

Subject: Git for Windows 1.8.5.2 (preview)

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2 messages between Dec 30, 2013 and Jan 22, 2014.

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Johannes Schindelin· Dec 30, 2013, 23:57 UTC · lore
Dear fans of Git,

this mail brings to you the good news that Git for Windows is available in a new version: 1.8.5.2-preview20131230

Many, many thanks go to the tireless developers working on this particularly hard port of Git.

Changes since Git-1.8.4-preview20130916
New Features
- Comes with Git 1.8.5.2 plus Windows-specific patches.
- Windows-specific patches are now grouped into pseudo-branches which
  should make future development more robust despite the fact that we have
  had less than stellar success getting the Windows-specific patches accepted
  by upstream git.git.
- Works around more path length limitations (pull request #86)
- Has an optional stat() cache toggled via core.fscache (pull request #107)
Bugfixes
- Lots of installer fixes
- git-cmd: Handle home directory on a different drive correctly (pull
  request #146)
- git-cmd: add a helper to work with the ssh agent (pull request #135)
- Git-Cheetah: prevent duplicate menu entries (pull request #7)
- No longer replaces dos2unix with hd2u (a more powerful, but slightly
  incompatible version of dos2unix)

In keeping with the fine tradition of making a release on the eve of a holiday, and immediately going on vacation, it is my pleasure to wish you all a happy new year, Johannes

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grizzly.nyo@gmail.com· Jan 22, 2014, 14:58 UTC · re: Johannes Schindelin · lore

Re: Git for Windows 1.8.5.2 (preview)

Hi All,
It would seem that the released binaries do not match the tag in github.

For example core.fscache is not listed in the documentation shipped with msysGit-fullinstall-1.8.5.2-preview20131230.exe. Another is git-1.8.5.2.msysgit.0\Documentation\technical\api-hashmap.txt missing as well.

Was this intentional?
Thank you for all your hard work!
On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 1:57:20 AM UTC+2, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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>
> Dear fans of Git, 
>
> this mail brings to you the good news that Git for Windows is available in 
> a new version: 1.8.5.2-preview20131230 
>
> Many, many thanks go to the tireless developers working on this 
> particularly hard port of Git. 
>
> Changes since Git-1.8.4-preview20130916 
>
> New Features 
>
> - Comes with Git 1.8.5.2 plus Windows-specific patches. 
>
> - Windows-specific patches are now grouped into pseudo-branches which 
>   should make future development more robust despite the fact that we have 
>   had less than stellar success getting the Windows-specific patches 
> accepted 
>   by upstream git.git. 
>
> - Works around more path length limitations (pull request #86) 
>
> - Has an optional stat() cache toggled via core.fscache (pull request 
> #107) 
>
> Bugfixes 
>
> - Lots of installer fixes 
>
> - git-cmd: Handle home directory on a different drive correctly (pull 
>   request #146) 
>
> - git-cmd: add a helper to work with the ssh agent (pull request #135) 
>
> - Git-Cheetah: prevent duplicate menu entries (pull request #7) 
>
> - No longer replaces dos2unix with hd2u (a more powerful, but slightly 
>   incompatible version of dos2unix) 
>
> In keeping with the fine tradition of making a release on the eve of a 
> holiday, and immediately going on vacation, it is my pleasure to wish you 
> all a happy new year, 
> Johannes 
>
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