libgit2/libgit2 v1.1.0

libgit2 v1.1.0

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This is release v1.1, "Fernweh".

Changes or improvements

• Our bundled PCRE dependency has been updated to 8.44.

• The refs/remotes/origin/HEAD file will be created at clone time to
  point to the origin's default branch.

• libgit2 now uses the __atomic_ intrinsics instead of __sync_
  intrinsics on supported gcc and clang versions.

• The init.defaultBranch setting is now respected and master is
  no longer the hardcoded as the default branch name.

• Patch files that do not contain an index line can now be parsed.

• Configuration files with multi-line values can now contain quotes
  split across multiple lines.

• Windows clients now attempt to use TLS1.3 when available.

• Servers that request an upgrade to a newer HTTP version are
  silently ignored instead of erroneously failing.

• Users can pass NULL to the options argument to
  git_describe_commit.

• Clones and fetches of very large packfiles now succeeds on 32-bit
  platforms.

• Custom reference database backends can now handle the repository's
  HEAD correctly.

• Repositories with a large number of packfiles no longer exhaust the
  number of file descriptors.

• The test framework now supports TAP output when the -t flag is
  specified.

• The test framework can now specify an exact match to a test
  function using a trailing $.

• All checkout types support GIT_CHECKOUT_DISABLE_PATHSPEC_MATCH.

• git_blame now can ignore whitespace changes using the option
  GIT_BLAME_IGNORE_WHITESPACE.

• Several new examples have been created, including an examples for
  commit, add and push.

• Mode changes during rename are now supported in patch application.

• git_checkout_head now correctly removes untracked files in a
  subdirectory when the FORCE | REMOVE_UNTRACKED options are specified.