One month after
Git 1.8.0 was released, Git 1.8.1 is now being prepared with several new features as well as fixes.
Released on Monday was Git 1.8.1-rc0. Among the features for Git 1.8.1 will be new command-line completion scripts, various sub-command improvements, interface improvements, support for building on newer versions of Cygwin, and a large number of bug-fixes.
More information on this forthcoming release can be learned from
the release announcement for Git 1.8.1-rc0.