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-Version 1.9.0-BETA:
+Version 1.9.1-BETA:
+       Reduced memory usage when exporting large numbers of WIM images.
+
+       Made some minor build-related updates.  Notably, enabled "silent" make
+       rules; this makes the output cleaner when building from source.
+
+       Some minor Windows-specific updates:
+               Fixed a bug where duplicate backslashes could be generated in
+               link targets when extracting symbolic links and junctions.
+
+               Added instructions for building from source on Windows.
+
+               VSS support is no longer marked "experimental".
+
+               wimlib now issues an appropriate error message if a known
+               problem with the WindowsApps directory is encountered.
+
+               wimlib now automatically retries some read requests.
+
+Version 1.9.0:

        Added experimental support for Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service).
        The new '--snapshot' argument to 'wimcapture' makes wimlib automatically
        create and use a temporary VSS snapshot when capturing a WIM image.
        Added experimental support for Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service).
        The new '--snapshot' argument to 'wimcapture' makes wimlib automatically
        create and use a temporary VSS snapshot when capturing a WIM image.


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        architecture, system root, and version details.  This information is now
        automatically set in newly captured WIM images, when appropriate.
 
        architecture, system root, and version details.  This information is now
        automatically set in newly captured WIM images, when appropriate.
 

+       Improved performance of directory tree scans on Windows.
+
+       On Windows, to improve capture performance, wimlib now sometimes opens
+       files by inode number rather than by path.  This is enabled for
+       wimcapture and wimappend, but for now other applications have to opt-in.
+

        The progress messages printed by wimlib-imagex while writing WIM files
        have been slightly tweaked.
 
        Progress information for directory tree scans now counts all hard links.
        The progress messages printed by wimlib-imagex while writing WIM files
        have been slightly tweaked.
 
        Progress information for directory tree scans now counts all hard links.

+       Also, on Windows "\\?\" is no longer stripped from the current path.

 
        Added a new '--image-property' option to 'wimcapture', 'wimappend', and
        'wiminfo'.  This option lets you assign values to elements in a WIM
 
        Added a new '--image-property' option to 'wimcapture', 'wimappend', and
        'wiminfo'.  This option lets you assign values to elements in a WIM