The 2.19 series release notes contain important changes in this release series.
Security Fixes
- Packages have been updated to the latest security versions.
Bug Fixes
- The Dependency Graph for Python repositories failed to update.
- The
GITHUB_REPO_PUBLIC
environment variable passed to pre-receive hooks could be empty.
Changes
- Background queues were re-prioritized to increase performance in large environments.
- Improved formatting of the example output of blocked Subversion access on the Admin Center repository Subversion management page.
Known Issues
- On a freshly set up GitHub Enterprise Server without any users, an attacker could create the first admin user.
- Custom firewall rules are not maintained during an upgrade.
- Git LFS tracked files uploaded through the web interface are incorrectly added directly to the repository.
- Issues cannot be closed if they contain a permalink to a blob in the same repository where the file path is longer than 255 characters.
- When pushing to a gist, an exception could be triggered during the post-receive hook.
- When "Users can search GitHub.com" is enabled with GitHub Connect, issues in private and internal repositories are not included in GitHub.com search results.
- Security alerts are not reported when pushing to a repository on the command line. (updated 2020-06-23)
Thanks!
The GitHub Team