This release fixes a handful of bugs found and fixed since v2.4.0. In particular, Git LFS no longer panic()'s after invalid API responses, can correctly run 'fetch' on SHAs instead of references, migrates symbolic links correctly, and avoids writing to $HOME/.gitconfig more than is necessary.

We would like to extend a "thank you" to the following contributors for their gracious patches:

• @QuLogic fixed an issue with running tests that require credentials
• @patrickmarlier made it possible for 'git lfs migrate import' to work correctly with symbolic links.
• @zackse fixed an inconsistency in CONTRIBUTING.md
• @zanglang fixed an inconsistency in README.md

Git LFS would not be possible without generous contributions from the open-source community. For these, and many more: thank you!

Features

• script/packagecloud.rb: release on Ubuntu Bionic #2961 (@ttaylorr)

Bugs

• lfsapi: canonicalize extra HTTP headers #3010 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/lock: follow symlinks before locking #2996 (@ttaylorr)
• lfs/attribute.go: remove default value from upgradeables #2994 (@ttaylorr)
• git: include SHA1 in ref-less revisions #2982 (@ttaylorr)
• Do not migrate the symlinks to LFS objects. #2983 (@patrickmarlier)
• commands/uninstall: do not log about global hooks with --local #2976 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/run.go: exit 127 on unknown sub-command #2969 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/{un,}track: perform "prefix-agnostic" comparisons #2955 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/migrate: escape paths before .gitattributes #2933 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/ls-files: do not accept '--all' after '--' #2932 (@ttaylorr)
• tq: prevent uint64 underflow with invalid API response #2902 (@ttaylorr)

Misc

• test/test-env: skip comparing GIT_EXEC_PATH #3015 (@ttaylorr)
• remove reference to CLA from contributor's guide #2997 (@zackse)
• .gitattributes link is broken #2985 (@zanglang)
• commands: make --version a synonym for 'version' #2968, #3017 (@ttaylorr)
• test: ensure that git-mergetool(1) works with large files #2939 (@ttaylorr)
• README.md: note the correct PackageCloud URL #2960 (@ttaylorr)
• README.md: mention note about git lfs track retroactively #2948 (@ttaylorr)
• README.md: reorganize into Core Team, Alumni #2941 (@ttaylorr)
• README.md: :nail_care: #2942 (@ttaylorr)
• circle.yml: upgrade to 'version: 2' syntax #2928 (@ttaylorr)
• Use unique repo name for tests that require credentials. #2901 (@QuLogic)

Packages

Up to date packages are available on PackageCloud and Homebrew.

RPM RHEL 6/CentOS 6 RPM RHEL 7/CentOS 7 Debian 7 Debian 8 Debian 9

SHA-256 hashes:

git-lfs-linux-386-2.4.1.tar.gz ee94b82029f50e38deb8f60ef5db3657e49f05476f24988606515609058bf98e

git-lfs-linux-amd64-2.4.1.tar.gz 97e2bd8b7b4dde393eef3dd37013629dadebddefcdf27649b441659bdf4bb636

git-lfs-windows-386-2.4.1.zip 887e9927abe79f8c94fe2464578929a8607084b641fdc07f39a4088e93d1a089

git-lfs-windows-amd64-2.4.1.zip ebbab07348dbe71a5c20bfbdfafe4dbbafc8deacea6e6bf4143556721c860821

git-lfs-windows-2.4.1.exe 8d69a79ec48a63a02e02fa5b34023cd49b108ff4bad8a5526f543987c9df8371

git-lfs-darwin-386-2.4.1.tar.gz 23a7404e6f400d1c313f335c6122af55d3c35b2501095c903ce910956b37e504

git-lfs-darwin-amd64-2.4.1.tar.gz e41ac4988bd6bd38faf7c17562273cb57099b3650e50f66013aa36d62aa7448a

git-lfs-freebsd-386-2.4.1.tar.gz 38a2c2299a3ff25d489addf60f77e595c5759e42e8535f876efb73811f1140a9

git-lfs-freebsd-amd64-2.4.1.tar.gz 956be2f579a8931d84930bb1171703f79ff523b8a8f23dbd0aa161dd33582e35