[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.37.3

Adam Dinwoodie adam@dinwoodie.org
Fri Sep 2 14:01:59 GMT 2022


Version 2.37.3-1 of Git has been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution
servers, and should be coming soon to a mirror near you.

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system
designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with
speed and efficiency.

This is an update to the latest upstream release, and includes the
following packages:

- git
- git-cvs
- git-debuginfo
- git-email
- git-gui
- gitk
- git-p4
- git-svn

Key extracts from the changelog:

> This primarily is to backport various fixes accumulated on the 'master'
> front since 2.37.2.
> 
>  * Platform-specific code that determines if a directory is OK to use
>    as a repository has been taught to report more details, especially
>    on Windows.
> 
>  * "vimdiff3" regression has been corrected.
> 
>  * Fixes to sparse index compatibility work for "reset" and "checkout"
>    commands.

For a full list of the upstream changes in this release, please refer to
the upstream changelogs:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes
https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git.git/+/master/Documentation/RelNotes/
https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/Documentation/RelNotes

Enjoy!

Adam


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