This release is a feature release which includes support for generating shell scripts for command-line tab-completion of Git LFS commands with the new git-lfs-completion(1) command, providing multiple headers to Git credential helpers (a new feature as of Git 2.41), and installing Git LFS with a Git configuration file stored under the XDG configuration path.

Note that this release will be made by a different member of the core team than the person who performed many of the past releases, and thus this release will be signed with a different OpenPGP key. Please follow the steps in the README to download all of the keys for the core team to verify this release.

We would like to extend a special thanks to the following open-source contributors:

• @anihm136 for implementing shell completion script generation
• @aymanbagabas for multiple fixes to our SSH and transfer queue code
• @dscho for ensuring our Windows installer works on 32-bit systems
• @dyrone for correcting an erroneous file name in our documentation
• @jlosito for making sure our CI job actions are up to date
• @nfgferreira for speeding up the track command on Windows
• @ry167 for improving our Ubuntu installation instructions
• @salvorizza for fixing a JSON bug in our unlock command
• @slonopotamus for cleaning up accommodations for legacy Go versions
• @steffen for improving our installation documentation

Features

• Add support for wwwauth[] to credential helpers #5381 (@bk2204)
• Add a --file option to install and uninstall #5355 (@bk2204)
• Add shell completion generation #5311 (@anihm136)

Bugs

• Handle local paths with trailing slashes #5402 (@bk2204)
• Unlock by ID with JSON Flag returns empty array #5385 (@salvorizza)
• Refactor macro attribute handling to prevent crashes with --fixup migration option #5382 (@chrisd8088)
• locks: print warning about locking API to standard error #5350 (@bk2204)
• Avoid needlessly spawning SSH connections with git archive #5309 (@bk2204)
• standalone: print an error if the destination isn't a Git repository #5283 (@bk2204)
• locks: ensure local locks are synced on error #5284 (@bk2204)
• installer: let it work on 32-bit Windows again #5266 (@dscho)
• fix(ssh): use /tmp to place control dir on darwin #5223 (@aymanbagabas)
• commands: avoid remote connections in checkout #5226 (@bk2204)
• fix(tq): stop adding transfers to queue after abort #5230 (@aymanbagabas)
• fix: pure SSH list lock command name #5219 (@aymanbagabas)
• git: match patterns, not file names, for tracked files #5423 (@bk2204)
• Resolve git-lfs track slowness on Windows due to unneeded user lookup #5431 (@nfgferreira)

Misc

• Update distributions #5392 (@bk2204)
• workflows: remove refreshenv #5393 (@bk2204)
• Refactor GitScanner and simplify implementation #5389 (@chrisd8088)
• Ensure all logging tasks are closed and simplify log task dispatching #5375 (@chrisd8088)
• FAQ: add entry on archiving subdirectories #5349 (@bk2204)
• Drop pre-1.13 Go compatibility code #5364 (@slonopotamus)
• Fix CI by enabling Git protocol v2 #5353 (@bk2204)
• Clarify git lfs migrate handling of local and remote references #5327 (@chrisd8088)
• Update to Go version 1.20 #5326 (@chrisd8088)
• Remove stale video link #5325 (@chrisd8088)
• Fix Windows CI with Go 1.20 #5317 (@bk2204)
• Update Windows signing certificate hash #5300 (@chrisd8088)
• t: avoid incorrect negated commands #5282 (@bk2204)
• Update golang.org/x/text #5290 (@bk2204)
• Improve error handling for pure SSH protocol #5063 (@bk2204)
• workflow: use choco install #5281 (@bk2204)
• Update Linux releases in Packagecloud publication script #5276 (@chrisd8088)
• Simplify and deduplicate installation instructions #5260 (@steffen)
• Make hooks refer to core.hookspath #5245 (@bk2204)
• Update INSTALLING.md to fix ubuntu derivative command and allow easy install for some distros #5014 (@ry167)
• Check for github action updates monthly #5228 (@jlosito)
• Upgrade workflows to latest Ubuntu and Actions versions #5243 (@chrisd8088)
• Upgrade GitHub Actions workflows to use ruby/setup-ruby@v1 #5236 (@chrisd8088)
• Add git lfs migrate export command examples to manual page #5239 (@chrisd8088)
• Unset GIT_TRACE environment variable for Git commands in Makefile #5240 (@chrisd8088)
• Clean up RPM builds and fix i686 RPM file names #5241 (@chrisd8088)
• Add a FAQ entry on Jenkins problems #5177 (@bk2204)
• Fix missing parameter in git lfs logs manual page #5414 (@chrisd8088)
• proposals: fix filename typo #5425 (@dyrone)
• Update shell tab-completion script support and add manual page #5429 (@chrisd8088)

Packages

Up to date packages are available on PackageCloud and Homebrew.

RPM RHEL 7/CentOS 7 RPM RHEL 8/Rocky Linux 8 RPM RHEL 9/Rocky Linux 9 Debian 10 Debian 11 Debian 12

SHA-256 hashes:

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