[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.16.1(2)

[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.16.1(2)

[Johannes Schindelin]

Dear Git users,

It is my pleasure to announce that Git for Windows 2.16.1(2) is available from:

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

The main purpose of this out-of-band release is to update the BusyBox, cURL,
Perl and Heimdal components to newer versions.

Changes since Git for Windows v2.16.1 (January 22nd 2018)

New Features

  * Comes with Heimdal v7.5.0.
  * Comes with cURL v7.58.0.
  * Comes with Perl v5.26.1.
  * When using GNU nano as Git's default editor, it is now colorful
    (shows syntax-highlighting).
  * Comes with tig v2.3.3.
  * When using Secure Channel as HTTPS transport behind a proxy, it may
    be necessary to disable revocation checks, which is now possible.
  * Comes with BusyBox v1.28.0pre.16550.0b3cdd76c.

Bug Fixes

  * When Git spawns processes, now only the necessary file handles are
    inherited from the parent process, possibly preventing file locking
    issues.
  * The git update command has been renamed to git
    update-git-for-windows to avoid confusion where users may think
    that git update updates their local repository or worktree.

Filename | SHA-256
-------- | -------
Git-2.16.1.2-64-bit.exe | 033939d276775edb17233c7f52cc5d53dcf23351eb9c5ebe0d95f13805ac6aa1
Git-2.16.1.2-32-bit.exe | 564c8c71da3d0888e8fb153556c1e747b2fe4f4ec94d38963ae7766f61fb5cfd
PortableGit-2.16.1.2-64-bit.7z.exe | 82009aa70ede01da69cd2ea4ad297aeb1f58c7dd8ddddc1d85425d5246ebdf20
PortableGit-2.16.1.2-32-bit.7z.exe | 5886321e9d6c619c67116b23c6428afc83f2e63f4eee60f6cafa5b37364ebf04
MinGit-2.16.1.2-64-bit.zip | 172f4ac31280895867e8ffa35f31f4aa590eef115de4cefcedef5f39cecd75b6
MinGit-2.16.1.2-32-bit.zip | 17657f7e8c562a299cc0d854e43f348a4d7721ec6e16e24d12f0366d9a7e00fc
MinGit-2.16.1.2-busybox-64-bit.zip | 58609edfd1ea0135c9247b89ad9fafd8270caa307a5f8d8fdccaf0456b8c8dd0
MinGit-2.16.1.2-busybox-32-bit.zip | c7721df06fee403b340ff8083c2334dd450b929341645364c6807fdca6c6e74b
Git-2.16.1.2-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 949271e375c90f1c4a15d2cc19717d5c01cf58b66f1a06bb3de7c5f19ebba5c7
Git-2.16.1.2-32-bit.tar.bz2 | 41940a0c5eff47612b891241aa2f2edb82e8ed5d32a7f4bde79e720fcd83a960

Ciao,
Johannes

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.16.1(2)

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi all, in particular packagers,

On Fri, 2 Feb 2018, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> It is my pleasure to announce that Git for Windows 2.16.1(2) is
> available from:
> 
>         https://git-for-windows.github.io/

Typically, every Git for Windows version is accompanied with updates to
the Pacman repository, so that the packagers can use a Git for Windows SDK
to bundle their updated packages.

In Git for Windows, due to Sebastian Schuberth's prodding not to abuse
GitHub to serve essentially static files, we use BinTray instead.

Sadly, BinTray "rate-limited" Git for Windows' account "due to overuse".
That means that there is currently no convenient update via `pacman -Syu`.

There have been glitches in the past, where uploads "succeeded" but the
files still had not been available for download, and other uploads that
did not succeed because the BinTray service was down even if their status
page claimed "all green".

Obviously, I contacted their support immediately, as I had done in the
past. This time I got a response that I should expect delays because I am
not a customer with a support contract.

Needless to say, I am very disappointed with BinTray at the moment. I
spent a substantial amount of time to automate the uploads, and I hate the
idea that all of that was for naught because we might have to switch to a
more reliable hoster.

In the meantime, I will upload the respective Pacman packages to
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.16.1.windows.2

Ciao,
Johannes