In fact, 0.9.6 has a very serious bug concerning line endings (fixed in cb775f44013bd48c9a8c6e86d09dc405a799a4f2), so using it is highly discouraged.
>From git log it looks like the current 0.9.9 would be the most suitable version to upgrade to. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org