This release adds three new migration modes, updated developer ergonomics, and a handful of bug fixes to Git LFS.

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

• @calavera for fixing a broken Go test and adding support for custom Content-Type headers in #3137 and #3138.
• @cbuehlmann for adding support for encoded character names in filepaths via #3093.
• @larsxschneider for changing the default value of lfs.allowincompletepush in #3109.
• @NoEffex for supporting TTL in SSH-based authentication tokens via #2867.
• @ssgelm for adding 'go generate' to our Debian packages via #3083.

Features

• Makefile: replace many scripts with make targets #3144 (@ttaylorr)
• {.travis,appveyor}.yml: upgrade to Go 1.10.3 #3146 (@ttaylorr)
• t: run tests using prove #3125 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/migrate: infer wildmatches with --fixup #3114 (@ttaylorr)
• Retry SSH resolution 5 times #2934 (@stanhu)
• Implement migrate export subcommand #3084 (@PastelMobileSuit)
• Add --no-rewrite flag to migrate import command #3029 (@PastelMobileSuit)

Bugs

• t: fix contains_same_elements() fn #3145 (@PastelMobileSuit)
• commands: warn if working copy is dirty #3124 (@ttaylorr)
• Ensure provided remote takes precedence over configured pushRemote #3139 (@PastelMobileSuit)
• Fix proxy unit tests. #3138 (@calavera)
• commands/command_migrate.go: loosen meaning of '--everything' #3121 (@ttaylorr)
• lfsapi: don't query askpass for given creds #3126 (@PastelMobileSuit)
• config/git_fetcher.go: mark 'lfs.allowincompletepush' as safe #3113 (@ttaylorr)
• fs: support multiple object alternates #3116 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/checkout: checkout over read-only files #3120 (@ttaylorr)
• test/testhelpers.sh: look for 64 character SHA-256's #3119 (@ttaylorr)
• config/config.go: case-insensitive error search #3098 (@ttaylorr)
• Encoded characters in pathnames #3093 (@cbuehlmann)
• Support default TTL for authentication tokens acquired via SSH #2867 (@NoEffex)
• commands/status.go: relative paths outside of root #3080 (@ttaylorr)
• Run go generate on commands in deb build #3083 (@ssgelm)
• lfsapi: prefer proxying from gitconfig before environment #3062 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/track: respect global- and system-level gitattributes #3076 (@ttaylorr)
• git/git.go: pass --multiple to git-fetch(1) when appropriate #3063 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/checkout: fix inaccurate messaging #3055 (@ttaylorr)
• commands/migrate: do not migrate empty commits #3054 (@ttaylorr)
• git/odb: retain trailing newlines in commit messages #3053 (@ttaylorr)

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:

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