Release Notes for
                              Git Connector

                             Version 2017.1

Introduction

    This document lists all user-visible changes to Git Connector (also
    referred to as the Connector). Release notes for other Perforce
    Helix products are available separately on the Perforce Documentation
    web page.

    The Connector augments the functionality of the Helix Versioning
    Engine to support Git clients. It services requests from Git clients,
    and stores Git data in Git repos that reside within a depot of type
    graph in the Helix server. Requests are supported over both HTTP(S) and
    SSH connections.

    Perforce numbers releases YYYY.R/CCCCC, e.g. 2017.1/1512253.
    YYYY is the year; R is the release of that year; CCCCC is the
    bug fix change level.  Each bug fix in these release notes is
    marked by its change number.  Any build includes (1) all bug fixes
    of all previous releases and (2) all bug fixes of the current
    release up to the bug fix change level.

    The Connector components 'gconn' and 'git-remote-p4gc' will report
    their version information by passing the '-V' flag.  Additionally,
    Git users can retrieve extended version information through cloning
    '@info' special command by running 'git clone git@ConnectorHost:@info'
    or 'git clone https://ConnectorHost/@info'.

Requirements

    * Git Connector requires an installation of the Helix Versioning Engine
      2017.1/1504924 or later.

    * The Connector is available in two distribution package formats:
      Debian (.deb) for Ubuntu systems and RPM (.rpm) for CentOS and
      RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). You can install the Connector on
      the following Linux (Intel x86_64) platforms:
          * Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
          * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
          * CentOS or Red Hat 6.x
          * CentOS or Red Hat 7.x

    * The Connector requires Git version 1.8.5 or later. If the distribution
      package comes with an earlier release of Git, you need to manually
      upgrade to a supported version.

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Minor new functionality in 2017.1 Patch 1

    #1562071 (Bug #92162) **
        Support one-way mirroring of repositories managed in HelixTeamHub

Major new functionality in 2017.1

    2017.1 is the first release of Git Connector (Bug #87139)
        - Support servicing requests from Git clients over HTTP(S) and SSH
          using a combination of cached data and requests to the Helix server
        - Implementation of Git LFS server
        - Authorization of Git clients with P4D through user or group
          permissions
        - Packaging and configuration (Bug #86308)
        - Support one-way mirroring of repositories managed in GitLab to
          Helix (Bug #88497)

Minor new functionality in 2017.1

    #1499935 (Bug #90612) **
        Support one-way mirroring of repositories managed in Gerrit to Helix

Bugs fixed in 2017.1 Patch 2 

    #1562071 (Bug #92162) **
        Enhancements to support one-way mirroring from HTH git repositories change

Bugs fixed in 2017.1 Patch 1

    #1521827 (Bug #91131) **
        Support Graph Depot one-way mirroring with Git Connector on CentOS 6.x

    #1521827 (Bug #91250, #91260) **
        Error when users try to push Git LFS files greater than 2GB

    #1520295 (Bug #91689, #91690) **
        Improve the display formatting for 'gconn --mirrorhooks list'

    #1522506 (Bug #91790) **
        Support one-way mirroring from Gerrit with HTTP(S) and SSH style URLs