This release primarily includes straightforward bugfixes, as well as new functionality to have more control over the HTTP User-Agent header. However, there is an API change from v1.8 that was required for cross-platform compatibility.
In v1.8, libgit2 introduced the report_unchanged member in the git_fetch_options structure. We mistakenly introduced this as a bitfield, which is not suitable for our public API. To correct this mistake, we have removed the report_unchanged member. To support the report unchanged tips option, users can set the update_fetchhead member to include the GIT_REMOTE_UPDATE_REPORT_UNCHANGED value.
The libgit2 projects regrets the API change, but this was required to support cross-platform compatibility.
What's Changed
New features
Bug fixes
- commit: Fix git_commit_create_from_stage without author and committer by @florianpircher in #6781
- process.c: fix environ for macOS by @barracuda156 in #6792
- Bounds check for pack index read by @ConradIrwin in #6796
- transport: provide a useful error message during cancellation by @ethomson in #6802
- transport: support sha256 oids by @ethomson in #6803
- Revparse: Correctly accept ref with '@' at the end by @csware in #6809
- remote: drop bitfields in git_remote_fetch_options by @ethomson in #6806
- examples: fix memory leak in for-each-ref.c by @qaqland in #6808
- xdiff: use proper free function by @ethomson in #6810
- rand: avoid uninitialized loadavg warnings by @ethomson in #6812
- cli: include alloca on illumos / solaris / sunos by @ethomson in #6813
- Update git_array allocator to obey strict aliasing rules by @ethomson in #6814
- tree: avoid mixed signedness comparison by @ethomson in #6815
Build and CI improvements
- ci: update nightly workflows by @ethomson in #6773
- ci: give all nightly builds a unique id by @ethomson in #6782
- cmake: remove workaround that isn't compatible with Windows on ARM by @hackhaslam in #6794
Documentation improvements
Dependency updates
- Enable llhttp for HTTP parsing by @sgallagher in #6713
New Contributors
- @florianpircher made their first contribution in #6781
- @barracuda156 made their first contribution in #6792
- @sgallagher made their first contribution in #6713
- @ConradIrwin made their first contribution in #6796
- @qaqland made their first contribution in #6808
Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.8.1