Git 2.8.3 Source Code Management System Introduces over 20 Improvements

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Git, the popular and acclaimed source code management system, has received its third point release, version 2.8.3, bringing over 20 improvements and bug fixes to the current stable 2.8 branch.

Git 2.8 was announced only a couple of months ago, at the end of March. It introduced major new features, like parallel fetch of submodules, which allowed 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, as well as massive improvements to the Git for Windows build.

Since then, Git 2.8 has received three maintenance releases, with the last one, Git 2.8.3, announced on May 19, 2016. Git 2.8.3 comes three weeks after the previous maintenance build, Git 2.8.2, adding fixes or small enhancements to the… (read more)

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