This is release v1.3.0, "Zugunruhe". This release includes several bugfixes, but only minor new features that will be helpful for users to have an orderly transition to the v2.0 lineage.

New Features

• Support custom git extensions by @ethomson in #6031
• Introduce git_email_create; deprecate git_diff_format_email by @ethomson in #6061

Deprecated APIs

• git_oidarray_free is deprecated; callers should use git_oidarray_dispose

Bug fixes

• #6028: Check if threadstate->error_t.message is not git_buf__initbuf before freeing. by @arroz in #6029
• remote: Mark git_remote_name_is_valid as GIT_EXTERN by @lhchavez in #6032
• Fix config parsing for multiline with multiple quoted comment chars by @basile-henry in #6043
• indexer: Avoid one mmap(2)/munmap(2) pair per git_indexer_append call by @lhchavez in #6039
• merge: Check file mode when resolving renames by @ccstolley in #6060
• Allow proxy options when connecting with a detached remote. by @lrm29 in #6058
• win32: allow empty environment variables by @ethomson in #6063
• Fixes for deprecated APIs by @ethomson in #6066
• filter: use a git_oid in filter options, not a pointer by @ethomson in #6067
• diff: update GIT_DIFF_IGNORE_BLANK_LINES by @ethomson in #6068
• Attribute lookups are always on relative paths by @ethomson in #6073
• Handle long paths when querying attributes by @ethomson in #6075

Code cleanups

• notes: use a buffer internally by @ethomson in #6047
• Fix coding style for pointer by @punkymaniac in #6045
• Use typeof GNUC keyword for ISO C compatibility by @duncanthomson in #6041
• Discover libssh2 without pkg-config by @stac47 in #6053
• Longpath filter bug by @lrm29 in #6055
• Add test to ensure empty proxy env behaves like unset env by @sathieu in #6052
• Stdint header condition has been reverted. by @lolgear in #6020
• buf: common_prefix takes a string array by @ethomson in #6077
• oidarray: introduce git_oidarray_dispose by @ethomson in #6076
• examples: Free the git_config and git_config_entry after use by @257 in #6071

CI Improvements

• ci: pull libssh2 from www.libssh2.org by @ethomson in #6064

Documentation changes

• Update README.md by @shijinglu in #6050

New Contributors

• @basile-henry made their first contribution in #6043
• @duncanthomson made their first contribution in #6041
• @stac47 made their first contribution in #6053
• @shijinglu made their first contribution in #6050
• @ccstolley made their first contribution in #6060
• @sathieu made their first contribution in #6052
• @257 made their first contribution in #6071

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.3.0