This release adds better support for large files on 32-bit systems, adds
attribute macros, fixes several file descriptor leaks, improves compatibility
with Git's configuration parsing, and includes numerous other bug fixes and
modifications.
We would like to extend a special thanks to the following open-source
contributors:
- @andyneff and @torbjoernk for updating our release targets
- @zkry for work on rate-limiting
- @Foxboron for work on reproducible builds
- @mstrap for adding a release target for Linux arm64
- @keiko713, @Erwyn, and @mloskot for improving our documentation
- @QuLogic for fixing our tests under SELinux
- @saracen and @steffengodskesen for improving our output handling
- @mbsulliv for finding and fixing a bug where we ran out of file descriptors
Features
- Add sles 15 support #1055 #3515 (@andyneff)
- docs/man/git-lfs-config.5.ronn: document GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE #3509 (@ttaylorr)
- commands/command_pointer.go: introduce
--checkoption #3501 (@ttaylorr) - Makefile additions for reproducible builds and asmflags #3444 (@Foxboron)
- locking: add flag to control modification of ignored files #3409 (@bk2204)
- build package for Ubuntu 18.10 aka Cosmic #3402 (@torbjoernk)
- Add support for retries with delays (ex. rate limiting) #3449 (@zkry)
- Trim embedded paths out of binaries #3443 (@bk2204)
- Ensure 32-bit Git LFS binaries can handle files larger than 4 GiB #3426 (@bk2204)
- Support attribute macros #3391 (@bk2204)
- tasklog: don't log progress status when stdout is not a tty #3349 (@steffengodskesen)
- locking: cache JSON response from server #3253 (@mstrap)
- tq: enable transfer debugging when GIT_CURL_VERBOSE is set #3341 (@bk2204)
Bugs
- .circleci: don't use 'brew prune' #3514 (@ttaylorr)
- t/t-smudge.sh: remove unnecessary test #3513 (@ttaylorr)
- docs/man: fix inconsistency in 'git-lfs-ls-files(1)' #3496 (@ttaylorr)
- lfshttp: close body on redirect #3479 (@bk2204)
- status: handle deleted files gracefully #3482 (@bk2204)
- Fix hang in prune with too few file descriptors #3460 (@bk2204)
- Fix parameter name on List Locks API Documentation #3477 (@Erwyn)
- TST: Trim security context when checking permissions. #3476 (@QuLogic)
- command/env: ensure we honor lfs.url #3470 (@bk2204)
- Fix swapped case sensitivity in patterns #3433 (@bk2204)
- core.sharedRepository improvements for directories #3417 (@bk2204)
- Update the doc of whitelisted .lfsconfig keys #3423 (@keiko713)
- Rewrite URL config-matching #3392 (@PastelMobileSuit)
- git: close blob objects when finished #3379 (@bk2204)
- Avoid hang in repos cloned with --shared or --reference #3383 (@bk2204)
- commands/command_status.go: require a working copy #3378 (@ttaylorr)
- Fix test server API #3377 (@bk2204)
- vendor: don't remove necessary dependencies #3356 (@ttaylorr)
- filepathfilter: don't say file is both accepted and rejected #3360 (@bk2204)
- Support pushInsteadOf aliases when determining endpoints #3353 (@bk2204)
- Close attributes file #3347 (@mbsulliv)
- Fix humanize's FormatByteRate() to work with 0s duration #3340 (@saracen)
Misc
- Release automation #3510 (@bk2204)
- docs/man: update
git-lfs-fetch(1)manpage #3488 (@ttaylorr) - Update Cobra #3483 (@bk2204)
- Run go generate only on Windows #3480 (@bk2204)
- docs/man/git-lfs-migrate: make examples less confusing #3424 (@bk2204)
- Modify logic of 'migrate info' to process extensionless files #3458 (@zkry)
- Improve error message on missing object #3398 (@bk2204)
- docs/man: suggest using Git configuration for LFS keys #3394 (@bk2204)
- Document default value of migrate info --top= #3387 (@mloskot)
- Clarify minimum git version #3327 (@carlwgeorge)
Packages
Up to date packages are available on PackageCloud and Homebrew.
RPM RHEL 6/CentOS 6
RPM RHEL 7/CentOS 7
Debian 7
Debian 8
Debian 9
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