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Git 2.50-rc0 Brings New Improvements

([Programming] 4 Hours Ago Git 2.50)


The initial release candidate of Git 2.50 is now available for this widely-used, distributed version control system.

Some of the changes that have been baking for Git 2.50 include:

- Incrementally updating multi-pack index files.

- A new userdiff driver for .INI format configuration files.

- The Git help "--build-options" will now report the SHA1 and SHA256 back-ends used in the build.

- Git send-email has been updated to work better with the Microsoft Outlook SMTP server.

- Git fsck is now more careful when checking the refs.

- The first step of deprecating and removing Git's merge-recursive.

- Dozens of bug fixes and other changes.

Downloads and more details on today's Git 2.50-rc0 release via the [1]mailing list announcement .



[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/xmqqzfewsml1.fsf@gitster.g/



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argue it point by point. Especially since most minimalists want to
keep exactly the economic and police system that keeps them
privileged. That's libertarians for you -- anarchists who want police
protection from their slaves!"
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