Announcement: TortoiseGit 2.11 released

[Sven Strickroth]

Hi,

we're pround to announce TortoiseGit 2.11. One of the main new features
is the new dark mode on Windows 10.

We thank all bug reporters, testers and translators for their help!

You can check for updates using the settings or the about dialog
(recommended) - or you can download the release here:
https://tortoisegit.org/download/

Changes since 2.10:
== Bug Fixes ==
* Fixed issue #3593: Statistics dialog - misaligned controls
* Fixed issue #3598: TGitCache blocks repository directory to be truly
deleted
* Fixed issue #3619: Hook settings always reset "Hide the script while
running" to checked for hooks stored in .tgitconfig
* Fixed issue #3617: 'Saving config failed (key: "fetch.prune", value:
"")' in remote repository definition when `fetch.prune` is set in
global config
* Fixed issue #3632: Log dialog: Message box with the text
"git_get_commit_from_hash failed for 00...00" appears in certain
situations
* Fixed issue #3638: Better handling of trying to set an upstream
branch not set to be fetched in the remote

== Features ==
* Update Scintilla to 4.4.5
* Fixed issue #3348: Showing line and column number in the status line
of TortoiseGitMerge
* Fixed issue #3408: TortoiseGitMerge: When double clicking on a word,
mark the word only in the current view if also the Ctrl key is
pressed
* TortoiseGitMerge: Show the number of marked words in the status bar
* Fixed issue #2101: Tortoise(Git)Merge - 'find' workflow suggested
enhancement: Add "Search next" and "Search previous" to the ribbon
* Fixed issue #3568: Add support for Git repository version 1
* Fixed issue #3605: TortoiseGitProc branch command is not documented
and does not handle /name parameter
* Update pcre2 to 10.35
* Fixed issue #3589: Added dark mode support to all TortoiseGit tools,
needs to be separately enabled
Dark mode can only be enabled for Windows 10 1809 and later when
Windows dark mode is activated.
This also improves the high contrast mode.
* Allow to diff a file in Log/RepositoryBrowser with file selected by
"Diff later" in Explorer
* Fixed issue #3362: Ease searches in the log window (auto select text)
* Fixed issue #3539: doesn't abort commit if user doesn't modify the
template commit message
* Fixed issue #3233: Change the dialog font to "Segoe UI", which is the
default font for most Windows dialogs, including Explorer
* Fixed issue #1274: Allow log font to be used for LogListCtrl and
FileListCtrl
Needs to be enabled explicitly in TortoiseGit advanced settings using
LogFontForFileListCtrl resp. LogFontForLogCtrl
* Fixed issue #3282: Prefs and Docs - UDiff should have a link back to
Diff Viewer section
* Update TortoiseGitPlink to PuTTY Plink 0.74
* Update shipped PuTTY binaries to 0.74
* Update libgit2 to 1.0
* Implement very simple multi-project pull/fetch/push
* Fixed issue #3183: Add support for git lfs lock/unlock
* Fixed issue #3636: Commit Window new branch should focus textbox
* Fixed issue #3312: Add --push-option to push dialog
* Fixed issue #3641: Remove default behavior to create a branch when
switching to a tag

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Best regards,
Sven Strickroth
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[Mihai Diaconita]

Hello people, 

I am new in this round. 

Can you tell me how often a release of a new package for tortoise git is done. 

Is it possible to do any patch by my own and get that built and rolled out? 

Thanks