Git 2.0, the latest release of the popular open source distributed version control system, was unveiled this week, featuring improved default settings and intended to be low-impact.
Notice of version 2.0 was posted on the Linux kernel mailing list on Wednesday by Git maintainer Junio Hamano, and the release was noted in the Git Blame blog. "From the point of view of end users who are totally new to Git, this release will give them the defaults that are vastly improved compared to the older versions, but at the same time, for existing users, this release is designed to be as low-impact as possible as long as they have been following recent releases along," Hamano said.