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 Release Notes
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+### 1.9 - 28 Dec 2013
+- Display GITBUCKET_HOME on the system settings page
+- Fix some bugs
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 ### 1.8 - 30 Nov 2013
 - Add user and group deletion
 - Improve pull request performance