4.11.0

Features

Add a minimum negotiation feature for fetch. Limits how many "have" lines the client sends. This feature is gated behind a "fetch.useminimalnegotiation" configuration flag, which defaults to false.
GC: Replace Files methods with File alternatives

Fix DiffFormatter for diffs against working tree with autocrlf=true (bug 530106)
Fix processing of gitignore negations (bug 409664)
PathMatcher: fix handling of **/
Don't subclass ThreadLocal to avoid memory leak in NLS (bug 449321)
Set context classloader to null in WorkQueue (bug 517107)
Fix ssh host name handling for Jsch (bug 531118)
Fix that Jsch overrides the port in the URI with the one in ~/.ssh/config
InitCommand: Don't leave Repository open after Git is closed
MergedReftable to skip shadowed refs in same reftable
Fix CleanCommand not to throw FileNotFoundExceptions (bug 514434)
GC: Remove empty references folders
Close RevWalk in BranchTrackingStatus.of() (bug 530757)
Fix index blob for merges with CRLF translations (bug 499615)
Honor CRLF settings when writing merge results (bug 499615)
Minor improvements in git config file inclusions
Enforce DFS blockLimit is a multiple of blockSize
Skip broken symbolic ref in DfsReftableDatabase
Revert handling of ssh IdentityFile to pre-4.9 behavior (bug 529173)
RefDirectory#hasLooseRef: Fix stream resource leak reported by error-prone
Ensure DirectoryStream is closed promptly
Fix file handle leak in FetchCommand#fetchSubmodules (bug 526494)
Skip unborn branches in UploadPack
TransportLocal should reuse FS from source repo

Release Date:

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Review:

Release Type:

Minor release