[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.8.1

[Johannes Schindelin]

Dear Git users,

It is my pleasure to announce that Git for Windows 2.8.1 is available from:

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

Changes since Git for Windows v2.8.0 (March 29th 2016)

New Features

  • Comes with Git v2.8.1.
  • The Git for Windows project updated its contributor guidelines to
    the Contributor Covenant 1.4.

Bug Fixes

  • Git's default editor (vim) is no longer freezing in CMD windows.
  • GIT_SSH (and other executable paths that Git wants to spawn) can
    now contain spaces.

Filename | SHA-256
-------- | -------
Git-2.8.1-64-bit.exe | 5e5283990cc91d1e9bd0858f8411e7d0afb70ce26e23680252fb4869288c7cfb
Git-2.8.1-32-bit.exe | 17418c2e507243b9c98db161e9e5e8041d958b93ce6078530569b8edaec6b8a4
PortableGit-2.8.1-64-bit.7z.exe | dc9d971156cf3b6853bc0c1ad0ca76f1d2c24478cca80036919f12fe46acd64e
PortableGit-2.8.1-32-bit.7z.exe | 0b6efaaeb4b127edb3a534261b2c9175bd86ee8683dff6e12ccb194e6abb990e
Git-2.8.1-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 3ebc00b96607174fffb35cf6d96b3b3246aefa504a4bd30375182fea6ab64bde
Git-2.8.1-32-bit.tar.bz2 | 9e754d83190ba154f012d8eaa7433d29517f7c85fff229d4fb62e6418acf8d41

Ciao,
Johannes