The 7th batch
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano committed
Jul 22, 2026 at 10:30 UTC
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.56.0.adoc
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help option ('-h' or '--help') is requested directly by the user,
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aligning with standard Unix convention.
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+ * The '[includeIf "condition"]' conditional inclusion facility for
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+ configuration files has been taught to use the location of the
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+ worktree in its condition.
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+ * The usage string and SYNOPSIS for 'git fast-export' have been
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+ standardized to make them consistent with each other and with other
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+ commands.
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Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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'change-id' trailer, ensuring that sent tags generated by 'b4' contain
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the required tracking information for subsequent runs.
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+ * 'git receive-pack' has been refactored to use ODB transaction
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+ interfaces instead of directly managing 'tmp_objdir' for staging
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+ incoming objects, bringing it closer to being ODB backend agnostic.
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+ * The test script 't/t9811-git-p4-label-import.sh' has been
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+ modernized to use 'test_path_is_file' and 'test_path_is_missing'
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+ instead of raw 'test -f' and '! test -f' calls.
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+ * A redundant strbuf_reset() call in the 'HAVE_GETDELIM' path of
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+ strbuf_getwholeline() has been removed, as getdelim() overwrites the
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+ buffer and the length is updated afterward.
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+ * The object database enumeration interface odb_for_each_object() has
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+ been taught to accept object filters, allowing the underlying backends
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+ to optimize the traversal by using reachability bitmaps when
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+ available. 'git cat-file --batch-all-objects' has been updated to use
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+ this generic interface, simplifying its code and avoiding direct
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+ access to ODB backend internals.
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+ * The test script 't/t1100-commit-tree-options.sh' has been modernized
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+ by converting test cases to the modern style (using single quotes and
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+ tab indentation) and moving the creation of the expected file inside
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+ the setup test so it runs under the protection of the test harness.
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+ * The test script 't/t7614-merge-signoff.sh' has been updated to avoid
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+ suppressing the exit code of 'git' commands in a pipe.
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+ * The 'git rev-list --no-walk' command has been corrected to restore
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+ pathspec filtering, which was lost when the streaming walk was
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+ refactored.
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Fixes since v2.55
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* The stream-based object signature verification path has been
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corrected to avoid double-closing the stream on read errors.
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(merge cfd52a74a0 ps/odb-stream-double-close-fix later to maint).
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+ * The '-i' shorthand for the '--init' option, which was accepted by the
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+ 'git submodule update' command until it was broken in a modernization
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+ of the option-parsing code, has been restored.
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+ (merge ff1da37f58 dm/submodule-update-i-shorthand later to maint).