# [ANNOUNCE] git-cinnabar 0.5.6

1 messages from 2020-11-12 to 2020-11-12. Participants: Mike Hommey.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/54627

## Mike Hommey, 2020-11-12 02:44

Subject: [ANNOUNCE] git-cinnabar 0.5.6
Message-ID: <20201112024440.firzkfuqesznqs35@glandium.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20201112024440.firzkfuqesznqs35%40glandium.org

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Hi,

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Git-cinnabar is a git remote helper to interact with mercurial
repositories. It allows to clone, pull and push from/to mercurial remote
repositories, using git.

Code on https://github.com/glandium/git-cinnabar
This release is available on
https://github.com/glandium/git-cinnabar/releases/tag/0.5.6

What's new since 0.5.5?

- Updated git to 2.29.2 for the helper.
- `git cinnabar git2hg` and `git cinnabar hg2git` now have a `--batch` flag.
- Fixed a few issues with experimental support for python 3.
- Fixed compatibility issues with mercurial >= 5.5.
- Avoid downloading unsupported clonebundles.
- Provide more resilience to network problems during bundle download.
- Prebuilt helper for Apple Silicon macos now available via `git cinnabar download`.

Mike


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