If you are a Git user, especially those with experience of Subversion (SVN), you should seriously consider downloading TortoiseGit 1.4.4:

http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/downloads/list

TortoiseGit is a port of the popular TortoiseSVN product for Git and an excellent introductory piece of software for git allowing Windows users to interface smoothly and simply with the Git Open Source version control system.

Clearvision provide Git Training, Git Support, Git Consulting and Git related products such as our Application Lifecycle Management interface for Git Agile UCM4Git and the ClearCase Git integration tool CC2Git.

Release Note:

Highlight:
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Rewrite Icon overlay code. Improve status fetch speed and reduce CPU loading.

Many bugs is fixed

Download:
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http://tortoisegit.googlecode.com/files/TortoiseGit-1.4.4.0-32bit.msi
http://tortoisegit.googlecode.com/files/TortoiseGit-1.4.4.0-64bit.msi

= Release 1.4.4.0 =

== Features ==

• #379: Create Branch for remote branch do not set branch name

== Bug Fix ==

• Fix log show mass when encode is cp1251
• Fixed issue #357: Fix line endings merging issue

= Release 1.4.3.0 =

• Fix explore crash when there are ignore patten at .git/info/exclude
• Fixed issue #367: Last line of .gitignore ignored
• Fixed issue #368: TortoiseGitBlame should not spell check by default
• Fixed issue #369: TortoiseGitBlame should expand its menu items by default
• Fixed issue: Compare submodule dialog show wrong subject at log dialog
• Fixed issue #365: Log - enter closes dialog
• Fixed issue #358: Renamed files are not properly committed, after refreshing the commit dialog
• Fixed issue .git\* locked when remove git repository

= Release 1.4.2.0 =

== Features ==

• Log dialog find support search tag and branch
• #354: impliment revert of this commit at log dialog
• Add Merge command at log context menu
• #350: Implement "Copy and rename" from context menu

== Bug Fix ==

• Fixed issue #346: can't remove remote repos
• Fixed issue #280: "Use recycle bin when reverting" does not work
• Fix ignore over lay show wrong when second level directory exist .gitignore file
• Fixed issue #240: Setting "Do not show the context menu for following paths:" not working properly

= Release 1.4.1.0 =

== Features ==

• #349: Offer "DCommit" instead of "Push" when working as SVN client

== Bug Fix ==

• Fixed clone fail if msysgit version below 1.7.0.2
• Fixed Folder keep "X" delete icon after commit
• Fixed some small repository can't reflect "add"
• Fixed show "?" at second level directory when icon overlay using "shell"
• Fixed Issue #351: "Search log messages..." in Log context menu does nothing
• Fixed Issue #226: tortoisegit is searching for .git share on network drives
• Fixed number of files selected is wrong at commit dialog
• Fixed Issue 353: Fix Help button in the git sync dialog

= Release 1.4.0.0 =

== Features ==

• Improve Icon Overlay Rewrite icon overlay implement. TGitCache will call gitdll.dll to get HEAD tree. And direct read index files. Read .gitignore file and call gitdll.dll to judge ignore files. Can't watch untracked directroy to reduce TGitCache loading.
• Git Clone Add --progress at clone dialog
• Log Dialog Add antiAlias when draw cycle at log dialog
• Add minimize and maximize button at rebase and sync dialog

== Bug Fix ==

• Fixed Issue #344: Force is the default in the sync dialog
• Fixed issue #343: Wrong behaviour of Show Unversioned Files checkbox at Commit dialog
• Fixed issue #281: show wrong character after finish commit
• Fix commitdlg can close after commit and progress scroll too much
• Fixed Issue #299: Do nothing "Check For Updates..." at about dialog
• Fixed Issue #333: Can't abort CherryPick
• Fixed Issue #336: Text of context menu slightly wrong; replace svn with git
• Fixed Issue #340: OpenSSH password dialog focus
• Fixed issue #312: The number of changed files in 'Show log' window
• Fixed issue #325: Would be nice to see current directory in the commit dialog
• Fixed issue #329: path wrong at "Save revision to...
• Fixed issue #327: Crash in the commit dialog after you changed a file for Linux formatted
• Fixed issue #321: Wrong Company/Product name in Metadata
• Fixed Issue Issue 309: Mispelled words in the Git Synchronization dialog
• Fixed Issue 304: Adding a file in the commit dialog resets selection
• Fixed issue #305: Filtering showlog make crash

On 1st April 2010 Git v1.7.0.4 was made available for download.

Clearvision provide Git Training, Git Support, Git Consulting and Git related products such as our Application Lifecycle Management interface for Git Agile UCM4Git and the ClearCase Git integration tool CC2Git.

The latest maintenance release Git 1.7.0.4 is available at the usual places:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/

git-1.7.0.4.tar.{gz,bz2} (source tarball)
git-htmldocs-1.7.0.4.tar.{gz,bz2} (preformatted docs)
git-manpages-1.7.0.4.tar.{gz,bz2} (preformatted docs)

The RPM binary packages for a few architectures are found in:

RPMS/$arch/git-*-1.7.0.4-1.fc11.$arch.rpm (RPM)

Git v1.7.0.4 Release Notes
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Fixes since v1.7.0.3
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• Optimized ntohl/htonl on big-endian machines were broken.
• Color values given to "color.." configuration can now have more than one attributes (e.g. "bold ul").
• "git add -u nonexistent-path" did not complain.
• "git apply --whitespace=fix" didn't work well when an early patch in a patch series adds trailing blank lines and a later one depended on such a block of blank lines at the end.
• "git fast-export" didn't check error status and stop when marks file cannot be opened.
• "git format-patch --ignore-if-in-upstream" gave unwarranted errors when the range was empty, instead of silently finishing.
• "git remote prune" did not detect remote tracking refs that became dangling correctly.

And other minor fixes and documentation updates.

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Changes since v1.7.0.3 are as follows:

Björn Gustavsson (5):

apply: Don't unnecessarily update line lengths in the preimage

apply: Remove the quick rejection test

apply: Allow blank context lines to match beyond EOF

t4124: Add additional tests of --whitespace=fix

t3417: Add test cases for "rebase --whitespace=fix"

Chris Packham (1):

test for add with non-existent pathspec

David Aguilar (1):

difftool: Fix '--gui' when diff.guitool is unconfigured

Greg Bacon (1):

Documentation: Clarify support for smart HTTP backend

Holger Weiß (3):

Don't redefine htonl and ntohl on big-endian

Link against libiconv on IRIX

Documentation: show-ref s are optional

Jakub Narebski (1):

gitweb: git_get_project_config requires only $git_dir, not also $project

Jan Stepien (1):

Updated the usage string of git reset

Jeff King (1):

dir: fix COLLECT_IGNORED on excluded prefixes

Johannes Sixt (2):

diff: fix textconv error zombies

Windows: fix utime() for read-only files

Junio C Hamano (8):

git add -u: die on unmatched pathspec

color: allow multiple attributes

t0050: mark non-working test as such

tests for "git add ignored-dir/file" without -f

refs: ref entry with NULL sha1 is can be a dangling symref

t9350: fix careless use of "cd"

Prepare for 1.7.0.4

Git 1.7.0.4

Kevin Ballard (1):

format-patch: Squelch 'fatal: Not a range." error

Markus Heidelberg (1):

Documentation: explain the meaning of "-g" in git-describe output

Sverre Rabbelier (1):

fast-export: don't segfault when marks file cannot be opened

IBM has released a tech note about the introduction of Microsoft Windows 7 support for IBM Rational ClearCase and IBM Rational ClearQuest version 7.1.1.

See the IBM website for further information:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=984&uid=swg21421416

Clearvision is an official IBM Rational partner, specialising in IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest Training, User Support, Consulting and IBM Rational Products such as our Subversion ClearQuest integration (CQ2SVN) and Git to ClearCase Bridge (CC2GIT).

Fisheye is Atlassian’s Source Code browser tool, providing real-time notifications of code changes plus web based reporting, visualisation, search and code sharing features. Deep integration to Subversion and CVS as well as to other Atlassian tools, such as Crucible for code review, and Jira for issue tracking, it forms part of a comprehensive Software Configuration Management solution.

Now with Fisheye 2.2 the power and flexibility of this tool officially extend to both Git and IBM Rational ClearCase version control systems.

Git and ClearCase may seem an odd couple, the irreverent new kid on the block and one of the venerable old men of Software configuration management systems. Sporting different architectures and fundamentally different ways of working, distributed version control vs centralised model. This is a testament to the versatility of Fisheye that it can support such different tools as well as acknowledgment that the old warhorse ClearCase still has some life left.

Clearvision are a long time official partner of both IBM Rational and Atlassian and offer a full range of consulting, training services and user support, as well as our own products. Such as Subversion Jira Integration (JIRA2SVN), IBM Rational ClearQuest Subversion integration (CQ2SVN), and our Agile Process Management Tool UCM4SVN, that also integrates to Jira.

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