topic flush before -rc1 (batch 2)
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Jun 16, 2026 at 09:00 UTC
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.55.0.adoc
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@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
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that the user meant "git config set foo.bar baz". Give advice when
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giving an error message.
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+ * "git rev-list" (and "git log" family of commands) learned a new "--max-count-oldest"
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+ that picks oldest N commits in the range instead of the usual newest.
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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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variables into 'repo_config_values' to tie them to a specific
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repository instance, avoiding cross-repository state leakage.
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+ * Streaming revision walks have been optimized by using a priority queue
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+ for date-sorting commits, speeding up walks repositories with many
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+ merges.
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+ * A recent regression in t7527 that broke TAP output has been fixed,
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+ some other test noise that also broke TAP output has been silenced,
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+ and 'prove' is now configured to fail on invalid TAP output to
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+ prevent future regressions.
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+ * A handful of inappropriate uses of the_repository have been
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+ rewritten to use the right repository structure instance in the
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+ unpack-trees.c codepath.
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Fixes since v2.54
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has been improved.
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(merge 4a1eb9304a lo/doc-format-patch-subject-prefix later to maint).
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+ * Advanced emulation of kill() used on Windows in GfW has been
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+ upstreamed to improve the symptoms like left-behind .lock files and
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+ that fails to let the child clean-up itself when it gets killed.
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+ (merge 363f1d8b3a js/win-kill-child-more-gently later to maint).
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+ * The 'git describe --contains --all' command has been fixed to
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+ properly honor the '--match' and '--exclude' options by passing
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+ them down to 'git name-rev' with the appropriate reference
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+ prefixes.
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+ (merge 1891707d1b jk/describe-contains-all-match-fix later to maint).
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+ * Various typos, grammatical errors, and duplicated words in both
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+ documentation and code comments have been corrected.
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+ (merge dc6068df67 wy/docs-typofixes later to maint).
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+ * The subprocess handshake during startup has been made gentler by using
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+ packet_read_line_gently() instead of packet_read_line() to prevent the
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+ parent Git process from dying abruptly when a configured subprocess
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+ (e.g., a clean/smudge filter) fails to start.
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+ (merge 061a68e443 mm/subprocess-handshake-fix later to maint).
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* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
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(merge 80f4b802e9 ja/doc-difftool-synopsis-style later to maint).
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(merge b96490241e jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat later to maint).