What's cooking (2025/12 #06)
Junio C Hamano committed
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To: git@vger.kernel.org
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2025, #05)
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+Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2025, #06)
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X-master-at: c4a0c8845e2426375ad257b6c221a3a7d92ecfda
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-X-next-at: 4f9b5a96bc0fa2f5a21362322d05332258d15bee
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Bcc: lwn@lwn.net, gitster@pobox.com
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-What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2025, #05)
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+What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2025, #06)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
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-[Graduated to 'master']
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-* gf/win32-pthread-cond-init (2025-11-20) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-12-09 at 202516d20c)
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- + win32: pthread_cond_init should return a value
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- Emulation code clean-up.
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- source: <pull.2103.v3.git.git.1763675016637.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* jc/capability-leak (2025-12-06) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-12-10 at cfe8ce92b1)
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- + connect: plug protocol capability leak
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- Leakfix.
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- source: <xmqqfr9mnbu9.fsf@gitster.g>
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-* kh/doc-pre-commit-fix (2025-12-07) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-12-10 at f21f000140)
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- + doc: join default pre-commit paragraphs
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- Docfix.
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- source: <pre-commit_when_enabled.10a@msgid.xyz>
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-* kh/doc-send-email-paragraph-fix (2025-12-08) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-12-10 at 674ac2bdf7)
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- + doc: send-email: fix broken list continuation
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- Docfix.
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- source: <send-email_list_contin.112@msgid.xyz>
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-* mh/doc-config-gui-gcwarning (2025-12-08) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-12-10 at 15d6df9a04)
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- + config: document 'gui.GCWarning'
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- Docfix.
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- source: <20251208190400.64920-1-matthewhughes934@gmail.com>
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-* ps/object-read-stream (2025-11-23) 20 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2025-12-09 at c8d645f8ea)
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- + streaming: drop redundant type and size pointers
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- + streaming: move into object database subsystem
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- + streaming: refactor interface to be object-database-centric
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- + streaming: move logic to read packed objects streams into backend
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- + streaming: move logic to read loose objects streams into backend
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- + streaming: make the `odb_read_stream` definition public
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- + streaming: get rid of `the_repository`
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- + streaming: rely on object sources to create object stream
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- + packfile: introduce function to read object info from a store
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- + streaming: move zlib stream into backends
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- + streaming: create structure for filtered object streams
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- + streaming: create structure for packed object streams
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- + streaming: create structure for loose object streams
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- + streaming: create structure for in-core object streams
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- + streaming: allocate stream inside the backend-specific logic
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- + streaming: explicitly pass packfile info when streaming a packed object
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- + streaming: propagate final object type via the stream
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- + streaming: drop the `open()` callback function
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- + streaming: rename `git_istream` into `odb_read_stream`
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- + Merge branch 'ps/object-source-loose' into ps/object-read-stream
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- (this branch is used by ps/packfile-store-in-odb-source.)
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+[New Topics]
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+* js/symlink-windows (2025-12-17) 19 commits
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+ - mingw: special-case index entries for symlinks with buggy size
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+ - mingw: emulate `stat()` a little more faithfully
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+ - mingw: try to create symlinks without elevated permissions
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+ - mingw: add support for symlinks to directories
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+ - mingw: implement basic `symlink()` functionality (file symlinks only)
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+ - mingw: implement `readlink()`
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+ - mingw: allow `mingw_chdir()` to change to symlink-resolved directories
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+ - mingw: support renaming symlinks
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+ - mingw: handle symlinks to directories in `mingw_unlink()`
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+ - mingw: add symlink-specific error codes
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+ - mingw: change default of `core.symlinks` to false
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+ - mingw: factor out the retry logic
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+ - mingw: compute the correct size for symlinks in `mingw_lstat()`
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+ - mingw: teach dirent about symlinks
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+ - mingw: let `mingw_lstat()` error early upon problems with reparse points
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+ - mingw: drop the separate `do_lstat()` function
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+ - mingw: implement `stat()` with symlink support
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+ - mingw: don't call `GetFileAttributes()` twice in `mingw_lstat()`
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+ - Merge branch 'js/prep-symlink-windows' into js/symlink-windows
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+ (this branch uses js/prep-symlink-windows and js/test-symlink-windows.)
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+ Upstream symbolic link support on Windows from Git-for-Windows.
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+ Will merge to 'next'?
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+ source: <pull.2018.git.1765980535.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* mh/doc-core-attributesfile (2025-12-17) 1 commit
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+ - docs: note the type of core.attributesfile
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+ Doc update.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <20251217195917.25710-1-matthewhughes934@gmail.com>
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+* pc/lockfile-pid (2025-12-17) 1 commit
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+ - lockfile: add PID file for debugging stale locks
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+ Allow recording process ID of the process that holds the lock next
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+ to a lockfile for diagnosis.
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+ source: <pull.2011.v2.git.1765997966593.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* jc/object-read-stream-fix (2025-12-17) 2 commits
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+ - odb: do not use "blank" substitute for NULL
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+ - Merge branch 'ps/object-read-stream' into jc/object-read-stream-fix
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+ (this branch is used by ps/read-object-info-improvements.)
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+ Fix a performance regression in recently graduated topic.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <xmqqpl8cxy0j.fsf@gitster.g>
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+* js/neuter-sideband (2025-12-17) 4 commits
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+ - sideband: add options to allow more control sequences to be passed through
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+ - sideband: do allow ANSI color sequences by default
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+ - sideband: introduce an "escape hatch" to allow control characters
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+ - sideband: mask control characters
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+ Invalidate control characters in sideband messages, to avoid
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+ terminal state getting messed up.
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+ Comments?
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+ cf. <aS-D5lD2Kk6BHNIl@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net>
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+ source: <pull.1853.v2.git.1765981422.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* ps/read-object-info-improvements (2025-12-18) 8 commits
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+ - packfile: drop repository parameter from `packed_object_info()`
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+ - packfile: skip unpacking object header for disk size requests
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+ - packfile: disentangle return value of `packed_object_info()`
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+ - packfile: always populate pack-specific info when reading object info
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+ - packfile: extend `is_delta` field to allow for "unknown" state
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+ - packfile: always declare object info to be OI_PACKED
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+ - object-file: always set OI_LOOSE when reading object info
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+ - Merge branch 'jc/object-read-stream-fix' into ps/read-object-info-improvements
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+ (this branch uses jc/object-read-stream-fix.)
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+ The object-info API has been cleaned up.
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+ Comments?
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+ source: <20251218-b4-pks-odb-read-object-info-improvements-v2-0-62e3e49072bc@pks.im>
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+* jk/test-curl-updates (2025-12-18) 3 commits
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+ - t5563: relax whitespace assumptions for unfolded headers
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+ - t5563: add missing end-of-line in HTTP header
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+ - t5551: handle trailing slashes in expected cookies output
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+ Update HTTP tests to adjust for changes in curl 8.18.0
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+ Will merge to 'next'?
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+ cf. <613s97no-7021-pp15-79s4-302o39p7n5r8@unkk.fr>
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+ source: <20251218121120.GA3252258@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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+* dk/ci-rust-fix (2025-12-18) 2 commits
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+ - rust: build correctly without GNU sed
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+ - Merge branch 'ps/ci-rust' into dk/ci-rust-fix
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+ Build fix.
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <a33f4e5118938300bcd5b2991feeee855a1c8f86.1766100330.git.ben.knoble+github@gmail.com>
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+* gf/clear-path-cache-cleanup (2025-12-18) 1 commit
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+ - repository: remove duplicate free of cache->squash_msg
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+ Code clean-up.
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- The "git_istream" abstraction has been revamped to make it easier
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- to interface with pluggable object database design.
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- source: <20251123-b4-pks-odb-read-stream-v3-0-1a129182822b@pks.im>
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+ Will merge to 'next'.
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+ source: <pull.2132.v2.git.git.1766072952115.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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+* gf/maintenance-is-needed-fix (2025-12-18) 1 commit
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+ - refs: dereference the value of the required pointer
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+ Brown-paper-bag fix to a recently graduated
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+ 'kn/maintenance-is-needed' topic.
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+ source: <pull.2130.git.git.1766074249443.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* rs/ban-mktemp (2025-12-06) 5 commits
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- + compat: remove gitmkdtemp()
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- + banned.h: ban mktemp(3)
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- + compat: remove mingw_mktemp()
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- + compat: use git_mkdtemp()
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- + wrapper: add git_mkdtemp()
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- and Stop using the insecure "mktemp()" function.
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+* js/test-func-comment-fix (2025-12-18) 1 commit
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+ - test_detect_ref_format: fix comment
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+ Comment fix.
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+ source: <pull.2019.git.1766071259531.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-[New Topics]
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* ja/doc-misc-fixes (2025-12-15) 1 commit
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- - doc: flock of small fixes to various documentation files
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Various documentation fixes.
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source: <pull.2016.git.1765830229824.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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- init: do parse _all_ core.* settings early
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- mingw: do resolve symlinks in `getcwd()`
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Further preparation to upstream symbolic link support on Windows.
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2025-12-19 at 0814c687bb)
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+ + signoff-option: linkify the reference to gitfaq
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- packfile: move MIDX into packfile store
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* rs/diff-files-r-find-copies-fix (2025-12-14) 2 commits
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-* jt/repo-struct-more-objinfo (2025-12-16) 7 commits
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cf. <xmqqecot3dm1.fsf@gitster.g>
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