The latest version of Git can be downloaded from Softpedia

Jun 26, 2014 18:07 GMT  ·  By

Git 2.0.1, a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency, is now available for download.

The new Git 2.0.x branch continues the trend of large releases, integrating a big number of changes and fixes. This latest update is just for maintenance, but it’s packed with fixes.

According to the developers, the tools that read diagnostic output in the standard error stream no longer see the terminal control sequence, the error message given upon a failure to open an existing loose object file due to permission issues is now phrased better, the "mailmap.file" configuration option now supports the tilde expansion, and the "--ignore-space-change" option of "git apply" no longer ignores the spaces at the beginning of the line.

Also, the "git blame" no longer miscounts the number of columns needed to show localized timestamps, "git commit --allow-empty-message -C $commit" now works when the commit doesn’t have any log message, and the "git format-patch" now enforces the rule that the "--follow" option from the log/diff family of commands must be used with exactly one pathspec.

For a complete list of changes, check out the changelog. You can download Git 2.0.1 right now from Softpedia.