v1.0.0

• Manual reference is integrated into the "help" options #665 @sinbad
• Fix ls-files when run from an empty repository #668 @aorjoa
• Support listing duplicate files in ls-files #681 @aorjoa @technoweenie
• update and init commands can install the pre-push hook in bare repositories #671 @technoweenie
• Add GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE and init --skip-smudge #679 @technoweenie

v0.6.0 - New fetch/checkout/pull commands, Batch API support.

This is the first release that uses the new Batch API by default, while still
falling back to the Legacy API automatically. Also, new fetch/checkout/push
commands have been added.

Run git lfs update in any local repositories to make sure all config settings
are updated.

You can download RPM and Debian packages from https://packagecloud.io/github/git-lfs.

Fetch

• Rename old git lfs fetch command to git lfs pull. #527 (@sinbad)
• Add git lfs checkout #527 #543 #551 #566 (@sinbad)
• Add git lfs fetch for just downloading objects. #527 (@sinbad)
  • Add remote arg, and default to tracking remote instead of "origin". #583 (@sinbad)
  • Support fetching multiple refs #542 (@sinbad)
  • Add --include and --exclude flag for git lfs fetch #573 (@sinbad)
  • Add --recent flag for downloading recent files outside of the current
    checkout. #610 (@sinbad)
  • Add --all option for download all objects from the server. #633 (@sinbad)
• Fix error handling while git update-index is running. #570 (@rubyist)

See git-lfs-fetch(1), git-lfs-checkout(1), and git-lfs-pull(1) for details.

Push

• Support pushing multiple branches in the pre-push hook. #635 (@sinbad)
• Fix pushing objects from a branch that's not HEAD. #608 (@sinbad)
• Check server for objects before failing push because local is missing. #581 (@sinbad)
• Filter out commits from remote refs when pushing. #578 (@billygor)
• Support pushing all objects to the server, regardless of the remote ref. #646 (@technoweenie)
• Fix case where pre-push git hook exits with 0. #582 (@sinbad)

See git-lfs-push(1) for details.

API Clients

• Fix some race conditions in the Batch API client. #577 #637 (@sinbad, @rubyist)
• Support retries in the Batch API client. #595 (@rubyist)
• Fix hanging batch client in certain error conditions. #594 (@rubyist)
• Treat 401 responses as errors in the Legacy API client. #634 (@rubyist)
• Fix bug in the Legacy API client when the object already exists on the server. #572 (@billygor)

Credentials

• Fix how git credentials are checked in certain edge cases. #611 #650 (@technoweenie)
• Send URI user to git credentials. #626 (@sinbad)
• Support git credentials with useHttpPath enabled. #554 (@clareliguori)

Installation

• Docker images and scripts for building and testing linux packages. #511 #526 #555 #603 (@andyneff, @ssgelm)
• Create Windows GUI installer. #642 (@technoweenie)
• Binary releases use Go 1.5, which includes fix for Authorization when the
  request URL includes just the username. golang/go#11399

Misc

• Documented Git config values used by Git LFS in git-lfs-config(5).
• Experimental support for Git worktrees (in Git 2.5+) #546 (@sinbad)
• Experimental extension support. #486 (@ryansimmen)

NOTE: The Windows installer is currently only available for the Windows AMD64 build.

v0.5.4 with Homebrew installer fix

• Fix build script when run outside of a Git repository. #550 (@rubyist)

Check out the official v0.5.4 release for pre-built binaries and packages.

v0.5.4

• Ensure git lfs uninit cleans your git config thoroughly. #530 (@technoweenie)
• Fix issue with asking git-credentials for auth details after getting them
  from the SSH command. #534 (@technoweenie)

NOTE: Mac versions have been updated with fixed install scripts.

v0.5.3

• git lfs fetch bugs #429 (@rubyist)
• Push can crash on 32 bit architectures #450 (@rubyist)
• Improved SSH support #404, #464 (@sinbad, @technoweenie)
• Support 307 redirects with relative url #442 (@sinbad)
• Fix init issues when upgrading #446 #451 #452 #465 (@technoweenie, @rubyist)
• Support chunked Transfer-Encoding #386 (@ryansimmen)
• Fix issue with pushing deleted objects #461 (@technoweenie)
• Teach git lfs push how to send specific objects #449 (@larsxschneider)
• Update error message when attempting to push objects that don't exist in .git/lfs/objects #447 (@technoweenie)
• Fix bug in HTTP client when response body is nil #472 #488 (@rubyist, @technoweenie)
• -crlf flag in gitattributes is deprecated #475 (@technoweenie)
• Improvements to the CentOS and Debian build and package scripts (@andyneff, @ssgelm)

v0.5.2

• Add git lfs fetch command for downloading objects. #285 (@rubyist)
• Fix git lfs track issues when run outside of a git repository #312, #323 (@michael-k, @aorjoa)
• Fix git lfs track for paths with spaces in them #327 (@technoweenie)
• Fix git lfs track by writing relative paths to .gitattributes #356 (@michael-k)
• Fix git lfs untrack so it doesn't remove entries incorrectly from .gitattributes #398 (@michael-k)
• Fix git lfs clean bug with zero length files #346 (@technoweenie)
• Add git lfs fsck #373 (@zeroshirts, @michael-k)
• The Git pre-push warns if Git LFS is not installed #339 (@rubyist)
• Fix Content-Type header sent by the HTTP client #329 (@joerg)
• Improve performance tracing while scanning refs #311 (@michael-k)
• Fix detection of LocalGitDir and LocalWorkingDir #312 #354 #361 (@michael-k)
• Fix inconsistent file mode bits for directories created by Git LFS #364 (@michael-k)
• Optimize shell execs #377, #382, #391 (@bozaro)
• Collect HTTP transfer stats #366, #400 (@rubyist)
• Support GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE #370 (@michael-k)
• Hide Git application window in Windows #381 (@bozaro)
• Add support for configured URLs containing credentials per RFC1738 #408 (@ewbankkit, @technoweenie)
• Add experimental support for batch API calls #285 (@rubyist)
• Improve linux build instructions for CentOS and Debian. #299 #309 #313 #332 (@jsh, @ssgelm, @andyneff)

v0.5.1

• Fix Windows install.bat script. #223 (@PeterDaveHello)
• Fix bug where git lfs clean will clean Git LFS pointers too #271 (@technoweenie)
• Better timeouts for the HTTP client #215 (@Mistobaan)
• Concurrent uploads through git lfs push #258 (@rubyist)
• Fix git lfs smudge behavior with zero-length file in .git/lfs/objects #267 (@technoweenie)
• Separate out pre-push hook behavior from git lfs push #263 (@technoweenie)
• Add diff/merge properties to .gitattributes #265 (@technoweenie)
• Respect GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT #257 (@technoweenie)
• Fix CLI progress bar output #185 (@technoweenie)
• Fail fast in clean and smudge commands when run without STDIN #264 (@technoweenie)
• Fix shell quoting in pre-push hook. #235 (@mhagger)
• Fix progress bar output during file uploads. #185 (@technoweenie)
• Change remote.{name}.lfs_url to remote.{name}.lfsurl #237 (@technoweenie)
• Swap git config order. #245 (@technoweenie)
• New git lfs pointer command for generating and comparing pointers #246 (@technoweenie)
• Follow optional "href" property from git-lfs-authenticate SSH command #247 (@technoweenie)
• .git/lfs/objects spec clarifications: #212 (@rtyley), #244 (@technoweenie)
• man page updates: #228 (@mhagger)
• pointer spec clarifications: #246 (@technoweenie)
• Code comments for the untrack command: #225 (@thekafkaf)

v0.5.0

Changes since v0.4.2:

• Added support for SSH authentication #183
• Renamed code name "Hawser" references to Git LFS
  • Change HAWSER_PROGRESS environment variable to GIT_LFS_PROGRESS
  • .gitattributes file uses the lfs filter now
  • Local files are now stored in .git/lfs.
• Rename path/add/remove commands to track and untrack.
• Drop support for the Hawser Pre-Release API.

First public 🚢!

v0.5.0.pre2

• SSH support

v0.4.2 hot fix

v0.4.2.1

hot fix