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A collection of news
Add anything that would be considered news relating to Git here. If the information would only be relevant for a brief period it's probably news. If the information is useful for a long time it's probably not news and should go somewhere else in this wiki. Feel free to add stuff here but please sort this page by date with newest on top!
Format: (Month day): (News title as a link)
2011
- October 03, 2011: Git User's Survey 2011 has been closed. GitSurvey2011.
- September 05, 2011: Git User's Survey 2011 has been opened.
- August 20-21, 2011: Open Git-Workshop at FrOSCon, St. Augustin/Germany
- April 25, 2011: 5 Git projects accepted for Google Summer of Code 2011 (and at least five other Git-related)
- March 18, 2011: Git has been accepted to the Google Summer of Code 2011 program. SoC 2011 Project Ideas.
2010
- October 15, 2010: Git User's Survey 2010 had been closed. GitSurvey2010.
- September 1, 2010: Git User's Survey 2010 has been opened.
- June 30, 2010: GitTogether '10 announced. GitTogether'10
- June 12, 2010: A new contributors-only Git for Windows was released.
- April 26, 2010: 4 Git projects accepted for Google Summer of Code 2010
- March 22, 2010: Git 1.7.0.3 is out
- March 9, 2010: Git for Windows 1.7.0.2 is out.
- February 12, 2010: Git Version 1.7.0 now available Release Notes
- January 14, 2010: The Git Wiki starts to move to http://git.wiki.kernel.org/
2009
- September 15, 2009: Git User's Survey 2009 has been closed. GitSurvey2009
- April 20, 2009: Google Summer of Code Git projects announced. SoC 2009 Git Projects
- April 13, 2009: GitTogether '09 announced. GitTogether'09
- January 07, 2009: Google Summer of Code 2009 pre-announced. 2009 Project Ideas
- January 07, 2009: The Git home page moved from git.or.cz to git-scm.com (the old URL redirects to the new one)
2008
- December 02, 2008: Webpage whygitisbetterthanx.com launches
- October 27-29, 2008: GitTogether '08
- August 17, 2008: Git Version 1.6.0 now available Release Notes
- June 18, 2008: Git Version 1.5.6 now available Release Notes
- May 25, 2008: Git Version 1.5.5.2 now available Release Notes
- May 07, 2008: InfoQ compares Git with Mercurial and Bazaar with Git leading in performance
- April 22, 2008: Google Summer of code Git projects announced. SoC 2008 Git Projects
- April 20, 2008: Git Version 1.5.5.1 now available Release Notes
- April 10, 2008: GitHub launches and ends beta opening doors for anyone looking for Git hosting
- April 08, 2008: Git Version 1.5.5 now availableRelease Notes
- April, 2008: Git joins the popular Google Summer of Code 2008
History
News so old it's historical. See also GitHistory.