Git Rev News Edition 37 (March 21st, 2018)

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Git Rev News: Edition 37 (March 21st, 2018)Welcome to the 37th edition of Git Rev News, a digest of all things Git. For our goals, the archives, the way we work, and how to contribute or to subscribe, see the Git Rev News page on git.github.io.This edition covers what happened from the month of February 2018 up to the Git Merge conference on March 7th and 8th 2018.DiscussionsGeneralGit Merge 2018 conferenceAnother exciting Git Merge happened this year, this time in the lovely city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. Surrounded by crazy skaters, two days full of Git happened, with a couple of add-on events on both ends.A few days before the conference Jeff King, alias Peff, posted a Git / Software Freedom Conservancy status report (2018) and a git-scm.com update.The usual Git Contributor Summit was held in parallel to the workshop day. Alex Vandiver provided a nice write-up of the event, which felt more focused on concrete projects than in the last years. Be sure to read through the repl…