gin-cli-releases/v1.7

Version 1.7

Changes

• Git annex v7 mode: With this version, new repositories and local clones are initialised in git-annex v7 mode. This brings several changes in the behaviour of file locking:
  • Files are added unlocked by default.
  • Locking a file is a persistent status change that can be committed to the repository and will affect other clones.
  • Locked files are not usable on Windows (not even for reading) and need to be unlocked.
  • If no locking or unlocking is performed, the behaviour is is identical across all platforms.
• New command: gin sync
  • Synchronises changes bidirectionally between remote repositories and the local clone.
  • Content can be synchronised at the same time with the --content flag.
  • Using the --content flag will download all data in the repository.
• gin version --copy-to behaviour changes:
  • Files can now be checked out from older versions to any location, i.e., the destination directory does not need to be under the repository root.
  • Checked out files (the old versions) are not added to the repository.
  • Annexed content of checked out files is automatically downloaded.
• Custom commit messages: Users can now specify a custom commit message when performing a gin commit by specifying the --message flag (-m for short).
• Better handling of merge conflicts.
• gin ls file listings are colour coded. Synced files are green, pointer files without content are cyan, modified files are yellow/orange, removed files are red.
• gin ls prints a summary with file counts for each status at the bottom of the output.
• JSON output has been added (--json flag) to the info, keys, servers, and remotes commands.
• A message is always printed when there is "Nothing to do".
• Output is more consistent across all file operations.

Bug fixes

• Fixed bugs with colours in Windows terminals.
• Fixed bug where the log would not be properly trimmed on Windows.
• Fixed bug where gin version --copy-to would fail on Windows.

Relevant PRs

• #237: Windows colours
• #241: Fix for adding annexed content to git on Windows
• #242: Count only T (typechange) files
• #244: Log trim fix
• #247: More consistent file operation messages
• #248: Small Changes to Verbose flag
• #250: Windows fixes and annex v7
• #253: Support custom commit messages
• #254: Changes to 'gin version' command behaviour
• #256: LScmd enhancement
• #257: Bugfix for 'git cat-file' on Windows (for 'gin version --copy-to')
• #258: gin ls summary
• #260: Add JSON output to info, keys, servers, and remotes commands