[ANNOUNCE] git-filter-repo 2.32.0
Elijah Newren
newren at gmail.com
Mon Jun 7 18:44:37 BST 2021
The latest release of git-filter-repo, v2.32.0, is now available. It
is comprised of 32 non-merge commits since v2.29.0, including 20
changes from five new contributors.
The public repo of filter-repo is at
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
The tarballs can be found at:
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/releases
git-filter-repo can also be installed via a variety of package managers
across Windows, Mac OS, or Linux (and maybe others)[1].
New contributors whose contributions weren't in v2.29.0 are as follows.
Welcome to the git-filter-repo development community!
* Johannes Schindelin
* Stefano Rivera
* Lassi Kortela
* Shezan Baig
* 林博仁(Buo-ren Lin)
[1] https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/blob/master/INSTALL.md
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git-filter-repo 2.32 Release Notes
==================================
(Note: Additional information is available for many release notes at
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/issues/<NUMBER>)
(Note: Windows users may be interested in the external fixes at
https://github.com/msys2/msys2-runtime/pull/27 and
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/3165, the pair of which
should improve the experience for many users who try to run
git-filter-repo on Windows.)
* Fixes:
* sanity check that the --path-rename argument has exactly one ':' (#206)
* fix --use-mailmap (#185)
* improve invalid repository error message
* Enhancements:
* Allow callback bodies to be loaded from a file (#246)
* Documentation:
* update Windows section of INSTALL.md
* link from main README.md to nicely formatted external copy of documentation
* add some clarifications around replace refs (#235)
* link to (dangerous but useful) GitHub docs on purging old history (#235)
* contrib scripts:
* bfg-ish: fix relative path compatibility for --replace-text and repo (#242)
* bfg-ish: add some sanity checks on specified repo (#241)
* lint-history: decode filename to fix Windows portability (#231)
* lint-history: fix binary blob detection (#223)
* lint-history: explain filename paths (#147)
* lint-history: explain how TMPDIR can be used (#147)
* Miscellaneous:
* lots of fixes for running the testsuite Windows (#231)
* add a GitHub workflow for continuous integration (#167)
* add a reusable test runner script (#205)
Changes since v2.29.0 are as follows:
Elijah Newren (12):
filter-repo: fix --use-mailmap
lint-history: fix binary blob detection
t9390: add a testcase for --path-rename with no colon
filter-repo: improve invalid repository error message
filter-repo: avoid depending on `wc` binary being present
README.md: link to external formatting of user manual
git-filter-repo.txt: add some clarifications around replace refs
git-filter-repo.txt: link to GitHub docs on purging old history
bfg-ish: add some sanity checks on the specified repo
lint-history: explain filename paths
lint-history: explain how TMPDIR can be used
INSTALL.md: reference dscho's excellent python on git-for-windows fixes
Johannes Schindelin (14):
Ignore the generated Python cache
Test data and scripts must have Unix line endings
t9390: use the correct prereq when using "funny" file names
t9390: expect the correct line count in `--strip-blobs-with-ids`
t9390: close link of broken &&-chain
t9390: avoid using Bash-ism `<(...)`
t9390: avoid using `colrm`
t9390: work around clash with MSYS2's Unix<->Win32 path conversion
t9390: work around yet another Unix<->Win32 path issue
t9391: don't rely on the system gitconfig defining core.autocrlf=false
t9391: guard `dos2unix` use behind a prereq
Add a GitHub workflow to test this thing
Fix the Python path on Windows
lint-history: do decode bytes
Lassi Kortela (1):
Fix bug in --path-rename argument without colon
Shezan Baig (1):
Allow callback body to be loaded from a file
Stefano Rivera (3):
Break the actual test runner into its own script
Exit non-zero if the tests fail
Share implementation with github workflow
林博仁(Buo-ren Lin) (1):
Fix relative path compatibility for --replace-text and bfg_args.repo
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