# gitui v0.28.1-rc.1

- Product: gitui (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitui)
- Vendor: gitui project
- Date: 2026-03-21
- Version: v0.28.1-rc.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/releases/tag/v0.28.1-rc.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitui/releases/v0.28.1-rc.1
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

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- **changed** — support proper pre-push hook
- **changed** — improve gitui --version message
- **changed** — rust msrv bumped to 1.88
- **fixed** — fix extremely slow status loading in large repositories by replacing time-based cache invalidation with generation counter
- **fixed** — fix panic when renaming or updating remote URL with no remotes configured

###### Changed
* support proper pre-push hook ([#2809](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2809))
* improve `gitui --version` message [[@hlsxx](https://github.com/hlsxx)] ([#2838](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2838))
* rust msrv bumped to `1.88`

###### Fixed
* fix extremely slow status loading in large repositories by replacing time-based cache invalidation with generation counter [[@DannyStoll1](https://github.com/DannyStoll1)] ([#2823](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2823))
* fix panic when renaming or updating remote URL with no remotes configured [[@xvchris](https://github.com/xvchris)] ([#2868](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/issues/2868))