Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi all,

I just uploaded release candidates for the upcoming Git for Windows 2.x release. Please find the download link here:

https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download

There are 32-bit and 64-bit versions both of regular installers and portable installers ("portable" meaning that they are .7z archives that can be unpacked anywhere and run in place, without any need for running an installer).

My projected time line is to hammer out the last kinks until Friday, and then continue after a one-week leave, if needed, and then finally retire msysGit and start the official 2.x release cycle of Git for Windows.

If you are running Windows and have a little time to spare, please test this release candidate thoroughly. If you find bugs, please first look at https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues (even the closed ones), and comment either on existing tickets or open new ones. It would be even cooler, of course, if you could open Pull Requests with fixes :-)

Ciao,
Johannes

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Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Robert Dailey]

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On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 5:11:37 PM UTC-5, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
> Hi all, 
>
> I just uploaded release candidates for the upcoming Git for Windows 2.x 
> release. Please find the download link here: 
>
> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download 
>
> There are 32-bit and 64-bit versions both of regular installers and 
> portable installers ("portable" meaning that they are .7z archives that can 
> be unpacked anywhere and run in place, without any need for running an 
> installer). 
>
> My projected time line is to hammer out the last kinks until Friday, and 
> then continue after a one-week leave, if needed, and then finally retire 
> msysGit and start the official 2.x release cycle of Git for Windows. 
>
> If you are running Windows and have a little time to spare, please test 
> this release candidate thoroughly. If you find bugs, please first look at 
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues (even the closed ones), and 
> comment either on existing tickets or open new ones. It would be even 
> cooler, of course, if you could open Pull Requests with fixes :-) 
>
> Ciao, 
> Johannes 
>

When adding self-signed certificates, I see two locations:

E:\Git\usr\ssl\certs\ca-bundle.crt
E:\Git\mingw64\ssl\certs\ca-bundle.crt

It seems the 2nd one is the one used by git commands. I have to access a 
git server over HTTPS that uses a self-signed certificate. What is the 
purpose of the 1st ca-bundle.crt file? It would be more ideal to add to the 
first one since it doesn't depend on architecture (the path changes for 
32-bit installs).

Do you have a recommended process for this?

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Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Qb]

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Dear Johannes,
I'm trying the release candidate on Win 8.1. Everything's working now, but 
when I clone a repository

git clone http://...../name.git CustomFolder

it creates CustomFolder with the checkout files, but the .git folder is 
created inside CustomFolder\CustomFolder\

Dir layout
\
\CustomFolder
\CustomFolder\files.....
\CustomFolder\CustomFolder\.git  <---- wrong additional level
 
so any other command doesn't work because it cannot find the .git folder.
If I move the CustomFolder\CustomFolder\.git to CustomFolder\.git 
everything works correctly.

Let me know if it's enough data,
Qb

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Re: Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On 2015-06-09 10:43, Qb wrote:

> I'm trying the release candidate on Win 8.1. Everything's working now, but 
> when I clone a repository
> 
> git clone http://...../name.git CustomFolder
> 
> it creates CustomFolder with the checkout files, but the .git folder is 
> created inside CustomFolder\CustomFolder\

I cannot reproduce this behavior.

This is what I did to test:

1. install Git-2.4.2.1-release-candidate-64.exe (default options)
2. run Git Bash
3. git clone https://github.com/dscho/images.git octocats

This results in a correct checkout: `$HOME/octocats/.git/` exists and contains the local repository.

Ciao,
Johannes

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Re: Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[QbProg]

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Hello,
I reproduce it using the windows command prompt (cmd.exe) using any
repository. I tryed with bash and it works correctly.
Qb

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Re: Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On 2015-06-09 14:10, QbProg wrote:

> I reproduce it using the windows command prompt (cmd.exe) using any
> repository. I tryed with bash and it works correctly.

Please note that you removed enough context that the mail does not make sense anymore if read individually.

At this point it might be best to open a ticket, as I suggested in my announcement: just log into GitHub (or sign up for free) and direct your web browser to https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/new.

For the record: I tried again, with `Git CMD`, this time I called

```cmd
git clone https://github.com/dscho/images.git octo2
```

... and octo2/ is created correctly and contains the `.git/` subdirectory (which is hidden by default, but you can call `cd octo2/.git`). Read: I still cannot reproduce the issue.

Ciao,
Johannes

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Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Robert Dailey]

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On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 5:11:37 PM UTC-5, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
> Hi all, 
>
> I just uploaded release candidates for the upcoming Git for Windows 2.x 
> release. Please find the download link here: 
>
> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download 
>
> There are 32-bit and 64-bit versions both of regular installers and 
> portable installers ("portable" meaning that they are .7z archives that can 
> be unpacked anywhere and run in place, without any need for running an 
> installer). 
>
> My projected time line is to hammer out the last kinks until Friday, and 
> then continue after a one-week leave, if needed, and then finally retire 
> msysGit and start the official 2.x release cycle of Git for Windows. 
>
> If you are running Windows and have a little time to spare, please test 
> this release candidate thoroughly. If you find bugs, please first look at 
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues (even the closed ones), and 
> comment either on existing tickets or open new ones. It would be even 
> cooler, of course, if you could open Pull Requests with fixes :-) 
>

It's no longer clear exactly how to setup self-signed certificates in this 
new version of Git:

$ git fetch origin
fatal: unable to access 'https://mygitserver/myrepo.git/': SSL certificate 
problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain

No one on my team at $DAYJOB uses SSH, they all use HTTPS. Switching 
everyone to SSH certainly won't be an option either. So prior to asking 
everyone to upgrade, I'll need to be able to provide them instruction on 
how to properly setup our cert so that HTTPS works properly.

Ideally the solution will be done in such a way that when installing newer 
versions of Git for Windows, that the keys are not overwritten. Using the 
normal Git config approach won't work either since when you get the CA cert 
path to our key, it no longer knows about the other built-in certs, so 
fetches from github.com and the like will also fail.

Maybe there is an elegant or easy solution to this. But I just haven't 
found it yet.

 

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3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi all,

I just uploaded the 3rd release candidate for the upcoming Git for Windows 2.x release. Please find the download link here:

https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download

Lots of changes since the first release candidate (v2.4.2, I was too swamped to announce the second release candidate -- v2.4.3 -- I published Friday last week, my apologies). Please find them in the release notes:

https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/master/installer/ReleaseNotes.md

We're getting closer!
Johannes

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Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Jon]

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On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 10:16:09 AM UTC-4, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
> Hi all, 
>
> I just uploaded the 3rd release candidate for the upcoming Git for Windows 
> 2.x release. Please find the download link here: 
>
> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download 
>
> Lots of changes since the first release candidate (v2.4.2, I was too 
> swamped to announce the second release candidate -- v2.4.3 -- I published 
> Friday last week, my apologies). Please find them in the release notes: 
>
>
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/master/installer/ReleaseNotes.md 
>
> We're getting closer! 
> Johannes 
>

Fantastic!

1) Why are there two ssl/certs trees? (e.g. - one is used by git-bash.exe 
and the other git-cmd.exe and cmd/git.exe?)
2) Why are INSTALL_DIR/usr/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt and 
INSTALL_DIR/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt different?


C:\Apps\git2>mingw64\bin\git.exe version
git version 2.4.4.windows.2

C:\Apps\git2>usr\bin\diff.exe --brief usr\ssl\certs\ca-bundle.crt 
mingw64\ssl\certs\ca-bundle.crt
Files usr\ssl\certs\ca-bundle.crt and mingw64\ssl\certs\ca-bundle.crt 
differ 

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Re: Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Jon,

On 2015-06-20 16:59, Jon wrote:
> On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 10:16:09 AM UTC-4, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>>
>> I just uploaded the 3rd release candidate for the upcoming Git for Windows
>> 2.x release. Please find the download link here:
>>
>> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download
>>
>> Lots of changes since the first release candidate (v2.4.2, I was too
>> swamped to announce the second release candidate -- v2.4.3 -- I published
>> Friday last week, my apologies). Please find them in the release notes:
>>
>> https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/master/installer/ReleaseNotes.md
> 
> 1) Why are there two ssl/certs trees? (e.g. - one is used by git-bash.exe 
> and the other git-cmd.exe and cmd/git.exe?)

Please keep in mind that Git for Windows is a hybrid collection of pure Win32 executables and MSys2 executables (MSys2 is a stripped-down Cygwin providing a POSIX emulation layer on top of the Win32 API[*1*]). They are separated into the `/usr/` and the `/mingw64/` directories, respectively (`/mingw32/` for 32-bit). An example for a pure Win32 executable is `git.exe` while Perl and Bash are MSys2 executables. In general, we avoid MSys2 as much as possible: while it provides a nice POSIX emulation layer, it comes at a noticable performance penalty.

So whenever we can get away with using OpenSSL compiled as pure Win32 library, we do so. Cloning via HTTPS falls into that category.

When it comes to `git-svn` -- something that is needed by many users, still, and indeed the motivation for the most prolific contributor helping me with Git for Windows 2.x -- it is not that easy, though: `git-svn` is a Perl script, our Perl is an MSys2 program and therefore uses OpenSSL compiled as MSys2 library.

That is the reason why we have separate ssl/ directory structures. One for MinGW (i.e. pure Win32) programs and one for MSys2 ones.

> 2) Why are INSTALL_DIR/usr/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt and 
> INSTALL_DIR/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt different?

We simply use the packages provided by MSys2. The MinGW/MSys2 ca-certificates packages are sometimes out of sync, and that is what you are seeing here.

Now, theoretically it would be possible to reconcile the different ca-certificates packages into a single one. The correct way to go about this would be by contributing to the MSys2 project: that way, not only Git for Windows but really all MSys2-based projects benefit from it.

Ciao,
Johannes

Footnote *1*: https://msys2.github.io/

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Re: Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Robert Dailey]

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 Let me add a question to this: how does one add new certs? If there are
multiple files. I have an issue open for this but still no information.
Thanks in advance.

Sorry for top post, replying on my phone.


On Sat, Jun 20, 2015, 10:22 AM Johannes Schindelin <
johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

Hi Jon,

On 2015-06-20 16:59, Jon wrote:
> On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 10:16:09 AM UTC-4, Johannes Schindelin
wrote:
>>
>> I just uploaded the 3rd release candidate for the upcoming Git for
Windows
>> 2.x release. Please find the download link here:
>>
>> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download
>>
>> Lots of changes since the first release candidate (v2.4.2, I was too
>> swamped to announce the second release candidate -- v2.4.3 -- I published
>> Friday last week, my apologies). Please find them in the release notes:
>>
>>
https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/master/installer/ReleaseNotes.md
>
> 1) Why are there two ssl/certs trees? (e.g. - one is used by git-bash.exe
> and the other git-cmd.exe and cmd/git.exe?)

Please keep in mind that Git for Windows is a hybrid collection of pure
Win32 executables and MSys2 executables (MSys2 is a stripped-down Cygwin
providing a POSIX emulation layer on top of the Win32 API[*1*]). They are
separated into the `/usr/` and the `/mingw64/` directories, respectively
(`/mingw32/` for 32-bit). An example for a pure Win32 executable is
`git.exe` while Perl and Bash are MSys2 executables. In general, we avoid
MSys2 as much as possible: while it provides a nice POSIX emulation layer,
it comes at a noticable performance penalty.

So whenever we can get away with using OpenSSL compiled as pure Win32
library, we do so. Cloning via HTTPS falls into that category.

When it comes to `git-svn` -- something that is needed by many users,
still, and indeed the motivation for the most prolific contributor helping
me with Git for Windows 2.x -- it is not that easy, though: `git-svn` is a
Perl script, our Perl is an MSys2 program and therefore uses OpenSSL
compiled as MSys2 library.

That is the reason why we have separate ssl/ directory structures. One for
MinGW (i.e. pure Win32) programs and one for MSys2 ones.

> 2) Why are INSTALL_DIR/usr/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt and
> INSTALL_DIR/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt different?

We simply use the packages provided by MSys2. The MinGW/MSys2
ca-certificates packages are sometimes out of sync, and that is what you
are seeing here.

Now, theoretically it would be possible to reconcile the different
ca-certificates packages into a single one. The correct way to go about
this would be by contributing to the MSys2 project: that way, not only Git
for Windows but really all MSys2-based projects benefit from it.

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Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Ties]

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Hi Johannes,

Do you have an ETA on the final release? 

Regards,
Ties

ps I just found out about these release candidates, and I was already 
wondering for a while why we didn't had git 2.x on Windows. I'm going to 
install the RC, and test during day to day usage ;)

On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 12:11:34 AM UTC+2, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
> Hi all, 
>
> I just uploaded release candidates for the upcoming Git for Windows 2.x 
> release. Please find the download link here: 
>
> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download 
>
> There are 32-bit and 64-bit versions both of regular installers and 
> portable installers ("portable" meaning that they are .7z archives that can 
> be unpacked anywhere and run in place, without any need for running an 
> installer). 
>
> My projected time line is to hammer out the last kinks until Friday, and 
> then continue after a one-week leave, if needed, and then finally retire 
> msysGit and start the official 2.x release cycle of Git for Windows. 
>
> If you are running Windows and have a little time to spare, please test 
> this release candidate thoroughly. If you find bugs, please first look at 
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues (even the closed ones), and 
> comment either on existing tickets or open new ones. It would be even 
> cooler, of course, if you could open Pull Requests with fixes :-) 
>
> Ciao, 
> Johannes 
>

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Re: Re: Release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x is out

[Johannes Schindelin]

On 2015-06-26 13:06, Ties wrote:

> Do you have an ETA on the final release? 

No, sorry, no ETA yet.

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4th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi all,

I just uploaded the 4th release candidate for the upcoming Git for
Windows 2.x release. Please find the download link here:
 
https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download

The most important changes are the update to Git 2.4.5 and a fix for the crash when running Git Bash with a legacy `TERM` setting (this should help 3rd party software to upgrade to Git for Windows 2.x).

Please find the release notes here:

https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/master/installer/ReleaseNotes.md

Another step,
Johannes

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Re: 4th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x

[Stefan Näwe]

Am 29.06.2015 um 10:30 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just uploaded the 4th release candidate for the upcoming Git for
> Windows 2.x release. Please find the download link here:
>  
> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download
> 
> The most important changes are the update to Git 2.4.5 and a fix for the crash when running Git Bash
> with a legacy `TERM` setting (this should help 3rd party software to upgrade to Git for Windows 2.x).

Thanks.
It seems that this link:

   https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/latest

doesn't point to the latest release.

Might be because the tags have the same date ?

Thanks anyway!

Stefan
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Re: 4th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Stefan,

On 2015-06-29 11:07, Stefan Näwe wrote:
> Am 29.06.2015 um 10:30 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:

>> I just uploaded the 4th release candidate for the upcoming Git for
>> Windows 2.x release. Please find the download link here:
>>
>> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download
>>
>> The most important changes are the update to Git 2.4.5 and a fix for the crash when running Git Bash
>> with a legacy `TERM` setting (this should help 3rd party software to upgrade to Git for Windows 2.x).
> 
> Thanks.
> It seems that this link:
> 
>    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/latest
> 
> doesn't point to the latest release.
> 
> Might be because the tags have the same date ?

Wooops. Sorry for being so slow (been interviewing today). It should be correct now, can you verify, please?

Thanks,
Dscho

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Re: 4th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x

[Stefan Näwe]

Am 29.06.2015 um 16:37 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> On 2015-06-29 11:07, Stefan Näwe wrote:
>> Am 29.06.2015 um 10:30 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
> 
>>> I just uploaded the 4th release candidate for the upcoming Git for
>>> Windows 2.x release. Please find the download link here:
>>>
>>> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download
>>>
>>> The most important changes are the update to Git 2.4.5 and a fix for the crash when running Git Bash
>>> with a legacy `TERM` setting (this should help 3rd party software to upgrade to Git for Windows 2.x).
>>
>> Thanks.
>> It seems that this link:
>>
>>    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/latest
>>
>> doesn't point to the latest release.
>>
>> Might be because the tags have the same date ?
> 
> Wooops. Sorry for being so slow (been interviewing today). It should be correct now, can you verify, please?

Yes.

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/latest
redirects to "Fourth release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x" now.

Thanks,
  Stefan
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Re: 4th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x

[Konstantin Khomoutov]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:37:54 +0200
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

> >> I just uploaded the 4th release candidate for the upcoming Git for
> >> Windows 2.x release. Please find the download link here:
> >>
> >> https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download
> >>
> >> The most important changes are the update to Git 2.4.5 and a fix
> >> for the crash when running Git Bash with a legacy `TERM` setting
> >> (this should help 3rd party software to upgrade to Git for Windows
> >> 2.x).
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > It seems that this link:
> > 
> >    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/latest
> > 
> > doesn't point to the latest release.
> > 
> > Might be because the tags have the same date ?
> 
> Wooops. Sorry for being so slow (been interviewing today). It should
> be correct now, can you verify, please?

Thanks for making all this real, Johannes!

I've finally took time to switch from my old "msys1" release to this
RC4, and immediately got hit by the fact Git is now speaking to me in
Russian, which is not what I want (previously this behaviour was only
exhibited by `git gui` and `gitk`).

Should I make Git see LC_MESSAGES=en (or other thing like LANG) in the
environment or is there some Git-local method to affect this behaviour?
I tried to grep the release notes using relevant keywords but was left
empty-handed.

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Re: 4th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Konstantin,

On 2015-06-29 17:54, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:

> I've finally took time to switch from my old "msys1" release to this
> RC4, and immediately got hit by the fact Git is now speaking to me in
> Russian, which is not what I want (previously this behaviour was only
> exhibited by `git gui` and `gitk`).
> 
> Should I make Git see LC_MESSAGES=en (or other thing like LANG) in the
> environment or is there some Git-local method to affect this behaviour?
> I tried to grep the release notes using relevant keywords but was left
> empty-handed.

Personally, I would use LC_ALL=C. Maybe that's good for you, too?

I guess this would also make for a fine opportunity to add an option to the installer to switch the localization off?

Ciao,
Johannes

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Re: 4th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x

[Konstantin Khomoutov]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:19:09 +0200
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

> > I've finally took time to switch from my old "msys1" release to this
> > RC4, and immediately got hit by the fact Git is now speaking to me
> > in Russian, which is not what I want (previously this behaviour was
> > only exhibited by `git gui` and `gitk`).
> > 
> > Should I make Git see LC_MESSAGES=en (or other thing like LANG) in
> > the environment or is there some Git-local method to affect this
> > behaviour? I tried to grep the release notes using relevant
> > keywords but was left empty-handed.
> 
> Personally, I would use LC_ALL=C. Maybe that's good for you, too?

After reading [1], I've ended up installing LANG=C into my user's
environment variables -- so far so good, thanks for the tip!

> I guess this would also make for a fine opportunity to add an option
> to the installer to switch the localization off?

I dunno.
While this definitely would be useful for some folks (mostly
old-school, like we do) but the problem with this setting is that it's
not specific to Git and can result in unpredictable behaviour in other
parts of the system.  Hence this option, if implemented, should somehow
be clearly marked as system-wide in the installer UI.

1. https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Locale-Environment-Variables.html

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Re: 4th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: 3rd release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x

[Thomas Braun]

Am 30.06.2015 um 19:15 schrieb Konstantin Khomoutov:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:19:09 +0200
> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>>> I've finally took time to switch from my old "msys1" release to this
>>> RC4, and immediately got hit by the fact Git is now speaking to me
>>> in Russian, which is not what I want (previously this behaviour was
>>> only exhibited by `git gui` and `gitk`).
>>>
>>> Should I make Git see LC_MESSAGES=en (or other thing like LANG) in
>>> the environment or is there some Git-local method to affect this
>>> behaviour? I tried to grep the release notes using relevant
>>> keywords but was left empty-handed.
>>
>> Personally, I would use LC_ALL=C. Maybe that's good for you, too?
> 
> After reading [1], I've ended up installing LANG=C into my user's
> environment variables -- so far so good, thanks for the tip!

Just for the record.
I created the file lang.sh with contents
export LC_ALL=C
in
/etc/profile.d
which also fixes the problem. And also survives new versions of git.

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5th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x, was Re: 4th release candidate of Git for Windows 2.x

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi all,

I just uploaded the 5th release candidate for the upcoming Git for
Windows 2.x release. Please find the download link here:
 
https://git-for-windows.github.io/#download



Apart from synchronizing with Git 2.4.6, this version brings the following fixes:

*   Git for Windows handles symlinks now, even if core.symlinks does not tell Git to generate symlinks itself.
*   git svn learned not to reuse incompatible on-disk caches left over from previous Git for Windows versions.

Please find the release notes here:

https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/master/installer/ReleaseNotes.md

There is at least one bigger issue I still want to address, therefore there will most likely be another release candidate soon, but I simply did not want to force the fans to wait for 2.4.6 and the two bug fixes.

Ciao,
Johannes

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