Release Notes for
                              Git Connector

                             Version 2017.2

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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Major new functionality in 2017.2

Minor new functionality in 2017.2

    #1560819 (Bug #92162) **
        Support one-way mirroring of repositories managed in HelixTeamHub

    #1538078 (Bug #91623) **
        Add 'gconn poll-repos' command that allows Git Connector admins to
        configure cronjob to perform updates of the Connector's Git cache for
        faster clone & fetch performance

    #1526227 (Bug #91713) **
        Add Git Connector web endpoints to manage mirrored repositories

    #1547477 (Bug #92234) **
        Add GitConnector utility to migrate a set of mirrored Graph Depot
        repositories to another host

    #1536434 (Bug #92282) **
        Support configuration upgrades

Bugs fixed in 2017.2

    #1550615 (Bug #91511) **
        Allow Graph Depot names with dashes and underscores

    #1560074 (Bug #92095) **
        Fix issue where some Git clients couldn't connect to the Connector using
        HTTPS because hostname in the self-signed certificate did not match
        the one supplied by the Git client