Git 1.7.8-rc1

The first release candidate for the upcoming release is out. Because there won't be any more new feature merged until the 1.7.8 final, it is a good time for the coolest kids on the block to start using the upcoming release before others do.

The release tarballs are found at:

  http://code.google.com/p/git-core/downloads/list

and their SHA-1 checksums are:

f35e5c4410b21710434cb591f4c89843e75bb793 git-1.7.8.rc1.tar.gz 72e27cd397f5ae7b3c9d8bb030a76d7c99cdbb50 git-htmldocs-1.7.8.rc1.tar.gz 95429858e879df3f9425cf1279e03cdec7832379 git-manpages-1.7.8.rc1.tar.gz

Also the following public repositories all have a copy of the v1.7.8.rc1 tag and the master branch that the tag points at:


  url = git://repo.or.cz/alt-git.git
  url = https://code.google.com/p/git-core/
  url = git://git.sourceforge.jp/gitroot/git-core/git.git
  url = git://git-core.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/git-core/git-core
  url = https://github.com/gitster/git