linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.29.0

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Date:   Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:28:59 -0700
From:   Elijah Newren <newren@...il.com>
To:     Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
Cc:     Git Mailing List <git@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        git-packagers@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.29.0

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:15 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com> wrote:
>
> The latest feature release Git v2.29.0 is now available at the
> usual places.  It is comprised of 627 non-merge commits since
> v2.28.0, contributed by 89 people, 24 of which are new faces.

The latest release of git-filter-repo, v2.29.0, is also now available.
It is comprised of 7 non-merge commits since v2.28.0, including two
changes from new contributors and one change from a previous
contributor (besides myself).

The public repo of filter-repo is at

    https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo

The tarballs can be found at:

    https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/releases

git-filter-repo can also be installed via a variety of package managers
across Windows, Mac OS, or Linux (and maybe others)[1].

New contributors whose contributions weren't in v2.28.0 are as follows.
Welcome to the git-filter-repo development community!

  * Martin Wilck
  * Tom Matthews

Returning contributors who helped this release are as follows.
Thanks for your continued support.

  * Marius Renner

[1] https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/blob/master/INSTALL.md

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git-filter-repo 2.29 Release Notes
==================================

(Note: Additional information is available for many release notes at
    https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/issues/<NUMBER>)

* Fixes:
  * correctly prune nested tags not matching filtering criteria (#134)
  * only set author from committer if author email not set (#154)
  * fix typo in docs about converting from bfg-repo-cleaner (#148, #151)
  * fix NameError in filter-lamely script (#161)

* Documentation:
  * corrected notes about --replace-text regexes (#145)
  * improved installation instructions, especially for Windows users (#124,#163)


Changes since v2.28.0 are as follows:

Elijah Newren (4):
      filter-repo (README): remove outdated 2.28.0-not-yet-released comment
      filter-repo: correctly prune nested tags not matching filtering criteria
      git-filter-repo.txt: regexes & globs apply to entire file, not to lines
      INSTALL.md: add notes about common installation issues

Marius Renner (1):
      filter-lamely: fix NameError because of forgotten fr module prefix

Martin Wilck (1):
      filter-repo: only set author from committer if author email not set

Tom Matthews (1):
      converting-from-bfg-repo-cleaner.md: fix typo