git-for-windows/git v2.28.0-rc1.windows.1

Git for Windows 2.28.0-rc1

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Changes since Git for Windows v2.27.0 (June 1st 2020)

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.28.0-rc1.
• Comes with subversion v1.14.0.
• Comes with the designated successor of Git Credential Manager for Windows (GCM for Windows), the cross-platform Git Credential Manager Core. For now, this is opt-in, with the idea of eventually retiring GCM for Windows.
• Comes with cURL v7.71.1.
• Comes with Perl v5.32.0.
• Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin 3.1.6 (including the improvements of Cygwin 3.1.5).
• Comes with GNU Privacy Guard v2.2.21.

Bug Fixes

• A typo was fixed in the installer.
• The new git pull behavior option now records the fast-forward choice correctly.
• In v2.27.0, git svn was broken completely, which has been fixed.
• Some Git operations could end up with bogus modified symbolic links (where git status would report changes but git diff would not), which is now fixed.
• When reinstalling (or upgrading) Git for Windows, the "Pseudo Console Support" choice is now remembered correctly.
• Under certain circumstances, the Git Bash window (MinTTY) would crash frequently, which has been addressed.
• When pseudo console support is enabled, the VIM editor sometimes had troubles accepting certain keystrokes, which was fixed.
• Due to a bug, it was not possible to disable Pseudo Console support by reinstalling with the checkbox turned off, which has been fixed.
• A bug with enabled Pseudo Console support, where git add -i would not quit the file selection mode upon an empty input, has been fixed.
• The cleanup mode called "scissors" in git commit now handles CR/LF line endings correctly.
• When cloning into an existing directory, under certain circumstances, the core.worktree option was set unnecessarily. This has been fixed.