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Author: jeroen

.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.3'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.2'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-26.04,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
           - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
 

DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: gert
 Title: Simple Git Client for R
-Version: 2.3.1.9000
+Version: 2.4.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jeroen", "Ooms", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "jeroenooms@gmail.com",
       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4035-0289")),

NEWS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# gert (development version)
+# 2.4.0
 
+- Linux: default to system libgit2 on Ubuntu 24 and up.
 - Add `git_config_global_unset()` and `git_config_unset()` (@iofarm, #273)
 - Add `git_restore()` function (#259)
 - Add `git_config_get()`, `git_config_local_get()`, and `git_config_global_get()` to retrieve a single named config option, returning `NULL` if unset (#267).