Git 2.6.1 Open-Source Distributed Version Control System Adds Xdiff Changes | Linux Today

Git 2.6.1 Open-Source Distributed Version Control System Adds Xdiff Changes

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Marius Nestor
Oct 6, 2015

Git 2.6.1 is a small release that brings in only two changes. The first is related to the Xdiff code, which is used by the software to generate diffs. The Git developers modified this code to handle files of approximately 1GB in size, for now.

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Marius Nestor

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