v2.42.0.vfs.0.2 (hotfix for slow Git Bash startup and install locations with non-ASCII characters in the path)

This version addresses problems when running Git Bash (or paged Git commands like git log) on a domain-joined machine that has no, or slow, connection to the domain controller.

It also fixes a problem where installing Git inside the user profile causes problems with git fetch/git push when the user profile's path contains non-ASCII characters.

v2.42.0.vfs.0.1 (Hotfix for index-pack bug)

This version fixes the bug in git index-pack that was causing issues with VFS for Git enlistments. Other than that fix, the release is the same as v2.42.0.vfs.0.0.

This release of microsoft/git includes all changes from upstream Git v2.42.0, Git for Windows v2.42.0.windows.1, and microsoft/git v2.41.0.vfs.0.5.

v2.41.0.vfs.0.5 (Hotfix for index-pack bug)

This version fixes the bug in git index-pack that was causing issues with VFS for Git enlistments. Other than that fix, the release is the same as v2.41.0.vfs.0.4, whose release notes are copied below:

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This release of microsoft/git includes all changes from Git for Windows v2.41.0.windows.3 and microsoft/git v2.41.0.vfs.0.3.

This version includes fixes to:

1. simplify progress output during prefetch where git index-pack and gvfs-helper could both display progress.
2. schedule background maintenance on a random minute rather than at the top of the hour to diffuse load on the GVFS Cache Servers.
3. prevent maintenance background tasks from trying to raise a credential prompt and block the task.

This version also updates Git Credential Manager to v2.3.2.

v2.42.0.vfs.0.0

This release of microsoft/git includes all changes from upstream Git v2.42.0, Git for Windows v2.42.0.windows.1, and microsoft/git v2.41.0.vfs.0.4.

There have been no additional changes specific to microsoft/git since the previous release, v2.41.0.vfs.0.4.

v2.41.0.vfs.0.4

This release of microsoft/git includes all changes from Git for Windows v2.41.0.windows.3 and microsoft/git v2.41.0.vfs.0.3.

This version includes fixes to:

1. simplify progress output during prefetch where git index-pack and gvfs-helper could both display progress.
2. schedule background maintenance on a random minute rather than at the top of the hour to diffuse load on the GVFS Cache Servers.
3. prevent maintenance background tasks from trying to raise a credential prompt and block the task.

This version also updates Git Credential Manager to v2.3.2.

v2.41.0.vfs.0.3

This release of microsoft/git includes all changes from Git for Windows v2.41.0.windows.3, in particular the new major OpenSSL version is included in the distribution as well as Git Credential Manager v2.2.2 with support for Enterprise Managed Users.

There have been no additional changes specific to microsoft/git since the previous release, v2.40.1.vfs.0.2.

v2.41.0.vfs.0.1

This release of microsoft/git includes all changes from Git for Windows v2.41.0.windows.1, in particular the new major OpenSSL version is included in the distribution as well as Git Credential Manager with support for Enterprise Managed Users.

There have been no additional changes specific to microsoft/git since the previous release, v2.40.1.vfs.0.2.

v2.41.0.vfs.0.0

This release of microsoft/git includes all upstream changes from Git v2.41.0 and Git for Windows v2.41.0.windows.1.

There have been no additional changes specific to microsoft/git since the previous release, v2.40.1.vfs.0.2.

v2.40.1.vfs.0.2

Major Updates

This release updates microsoft/git to fix a crash on exit in mi_thread_init() in v2.40.1.vfs.0.0 observed when a post-command hook was installed.

This version also inherits Git for Windows' fix for recent Windows Insider version where Git Bash warned that it "couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer".

Pull Requests since v2.40.1.vfs.0.0

• #580: compat/mimalloc/init.c: use weak random seed when statically linked
• #582: reinstate support for http.sslBackend after Git for Windows' recent libcurl changes

v2.40.1.vfs.0.1

Major Updates

This release updates microsoft/git to fix a crash on exit in mi_thread_init() in v2.40.1.vfs.0.0 observed when a post-command hook was installed.

Pull Requests since v2.40.1.vfs.0.0

• #580: compat/mimalloc/init.c: use weak random seed when statically linked