Git 2.8 Officially Released (softpedia.com)

prisoninmate quotes a report from Softpedia: Git 2.8 has been released on March 28, and we have to admit that it comes as a huge surprise to us all. Prominent features of Git 2.8 include parallel fetches of submodules, which allows for the inclusion of other Git repositories in a single Git repo when using the "git submodules" command, support for turning off Git's smudge and clean filters, and support for cloning repos through the rsync protocol. The Git for Windows build received a lot of attention in Git 2.8 and it looks like it's now as comfortable to use as it is on the GNU/Linux and Mac OS X platforms. Also, it is now possible to tell Git not to guess your identity, which, instead, forces you to add a user.name and user.email before doing any commits. Check out the the full release notes for the complete list.

Comments

Eliminate git, move back to cvs

[Anonymous Coward]

Git is a pretty awful solution to project management. If you want to check out source, you have to download the entire tree, with all releases and branches. It's much simpler to work with cvs. Additionally, cvs is more user friendly and more secure than git. I don't understand the appeal of git. I hope git is a passing fad and that we'll all move back to cvs, which is far superior.

Re: Eliminate git, move back to cvs

[jeremyp]

I'd rather remove my testicles with a rusty hacksaw than ever use CVS again.

Re:Eliminate git, move back to cvs

[gardner]

Which of course will be confused with NetCVS and FreeCVS

Re: Eliminate git, move back to cvs

[Anonymous Coward]

How about Source Safe? :p

Its AI self learning capabilities are impressive t

[Anonymous Coward]

From the release notes:
  * "push" learned that its "--delete" option can be shortened to
      "-d", just like "branch --delete" and "branch -d" are the same
      thing.

  * "git blame" learned to produce the progress eye-candy when it takes
      too much time before emitting the first line of the result.