14 DAY TRIAL // Git, 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 at version 1.8.5 RC3.
Git 1.8.5 RC3 continues the trend of large releases, just like the stable branch, and the developers are pushing many updates with each new version.
Highlights of Git 1.8.5 RC3:
• "git-svn" has been taught to use the serf library, which is the only option for SVN 1.8.0; • "git fast-import" no longer treats an empty path given to "ls" as the root of the tree; • xdg-open can now be used as a browser backend for "git web-browse"; • "git replace" helper no longer allows an object to be replaced with another object of a different type; • "git push --no-thin" now actually disables the "thin pack transfer" optimization.
For a complete list of changes, check out the official announcement. Download Git 1.8.5 RC3 right now from Softpedia.
Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.