topic flush before -rc1 (batch 1)
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Jun 15, 2026 at 07:41 UTC
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.55.0.adoc
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@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
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* The documentation for "--word-diff" has been extended with a bit of
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implementation detail of where these different words come from.
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+ * "git config foo.bar=baz" is not likely to be a request to read the
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+ value of such a variable with '=' in its name; rather it is plausible
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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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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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* The loose object source has been refactored into a proper `struct
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odb_source`.
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+ * Guidelines on how to write a cover letter for a multi-patch series
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+ have been added to SubmittingPatches, which also got a new marker
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+ to separate the section for typofixes.
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+ * The setup logic to discover and configure repositories has been
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+ refactored, and the initialization of the object database has been
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+ centralized.
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+ * Many core configuration variables have been migrated from global
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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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Fixes since v2.54
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sufficiently new linker is detected.
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(merge 5cd4d0d850 hn/macos-linker-warning later to maint).
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+ * Documentation and tests have been added to clarify that Git's internal
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+ raw timestamp format requires a `@` prefix for values less than
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+ 100,000,000 to prevent ambiguity with other formats like YYYYMMDD.
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+ (merge 4018dc29ee ls/doc-raw-timestamp-prefix later to maint).
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+ * Wording used in "format-patch --subject-prefix" documentation
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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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* 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).
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(merge 1740cc35d0 ed/check-connected-close-err-fd later to maint).
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(merge f4d7eb3d1c sp/doc-range-diff-takes-notes later to maint).
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(merge 83e7f3bd2b kh/free-commit-list later to maint).
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+ (merge d1b72b29e9 am/doc-tech-hash-typofix later to maint).
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+ (merge 014c454799 ak/typofixes later to maint).