[ANNOUNCE] bzr-git 0.5.3

[Jelmer Vernooij]

I'm happy to announce the release of the next version of bzr-git,
0.5.3. There are not a lot of new features since the last release but
it fixes a couple of bugs, some performance issues and compatibility
with newer versions of Bazaar.

The full list of changes:


 BUG FIXES

  * Add in an empty git repository now works. (Jelmer Vernooij, #603823)

  * Support opening of repositories over HTTP where the HTTP server
    doesn't allow directory access. (Jelmer Vernooij, #617078)

  * Support non-ascii characters in tag names. (Jelmer Vernooij, #616995)

  * Mark as compatible with bzr 2.3, 2.4. (Jelmer Vernooij)

  * Cope with unknown refs. (Jelmer Vernooij, #666443)

  * Don't peel tags automatically when pushing back.
    (Jelmer Vernooij, #675231)

  * Fix `bzr-receive-pack` and `bzr-upload-pack`. (Jelmer Vernooij, #681193)

 FEATURES

  * Remove all remaining dependencies on C git. (Jelmer Vernooij, #348238)

  * Add some basic documentation in 'bzr help git'. (Jelmer Vernooij, #605394)

  * Add --signoff option to 'bzr git-apply'. (Jelmer Vernooij)

  * Add --force option to 'bzr git-apply'. (Jelmer Vernooij)

The tarball can be downloaded here:

 * http://samba.org/~jelmer/bzr/bzr-git-0.5.3.tar.gz

And the signatures for the new release (made with my key, D729A457) can be
found here:

 * http://samba.org/~jelmer/bzr/bzr-git-0.5.3.tar.gz.asc

As always, please file bug reports in Launchpad:

 * https://launchpad.net/bzr-git

Cheers,

Jelmer