git-lfs/git-lfs v0.6.0

v0.6.0 - New fetch/checkout/pull commands, Batch API support.

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This is the first release that uses the new Batch API by default, while still
falling back to the Legacy API automatically. Also, new fetch/checkout/push
commands have been added.

Run git lfs update in any local repositories to make sure all config settings
are updated.

You can download RPM and Debian packages from https://packagecloud.io/github/git-lfs.

Fetch

• Rename old git lfs fetch command to git lfs pull. #527 (@sinbad)
• Add git lfs checkout #527 #543 #551 #566 (@sinbad)
• Add git lfs fetch for just downloading objects. #527 (@sinbad)
  • Add remote arg, and default to tracking remote instead of "origin". #583 (@sinbad)
  • Support fetching multiple refs #542 (@sinbad)
  • Add --include and --exclude flag for git lfs fetch #573 (@sinbad)
  • Add --recent flag for downloading recent files outside of the current
    checkout. #610 (@sinbad)
  • Add --all option for download all objects from the server. #633 (@sinbad)
• Fix error handling while git update-index is running. #570 (@rubyist)

See git-lfs-fetch(1), git-lfs-checkout(1), and git-lfs-pull(1) for details.

Push

• Support pushing multiple branches in the pre-push hook. #635 (@sinbad)
• Fix pushing objects from a branch that's not HEAD. #608 (@sinbad)
• Check server for objects before failing push because local is missing. #581 (@sinbad)
• Filter out commits from remote refs when pushing. #578 (@billygor)
• Support pushing all objects to the server, regardless of the remote ref. #646 (@technoweenie)
• Fix case where pre-push git hook exits with 0. #582 (@sinbad)

See git-lfs-push(1) for details.

API Clients

• Fix some race conditions in the Batch API client. #577 #637 (@sinbad, @rubyist)
• Support retries in the Batch API client. #595 (@rubyist)
• Fix hanging batch client in certain error conditions. #594 (@rubyist)
• Treat 401 responses as errors in the Legacy API client. #634 (@rubyist)
• Fix bug in the Legacy API client when the object already exists on the server. #572 (@billygor)

Credentials

• Fix how git credentials are checked in certain edge cases. #611 #650 (@technoweenie)
• Send URI user to git credentials. #626 (@sinbad)
• Support git credentials with useHttpPath enabled. #554 (@clareliguori)

Installation

• Docker images and scripts for building and testing linux packages. #511 #526 #555 #603 (@andyneff, @ssgelm)
• Create Windows GUI installer. #642 (@technoweenie)
• Binary releases use Go 1.5, which includes fix for Authorization when the
  request URL includes just the username. golang/go#11399

Misc

• Documented Git config values used by Git LFS in git-lfs-config(5).
• Experimental support for Git worktrees (in Git 2.5+) #546 (@sinbad)
• Experimental extension support. #486 (@ryansimmen)

NOTE: The Windows installer is currently only available for the Windows AMD64 build.