What's cooking (2026/04 #03)
Junio C Hamano committed
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-Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2026, #02)
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Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits
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of no activity (of course they can be resubmitted when new interests
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arise).
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+Git 2.54-rc1 has been tagged. Let's see how solid this is ;-)
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Copies of the source code to Git live in many repositories, and the
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following is a list of the ones I push into or their mirrors. Some
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repositories have only a subset of branches.
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[Graduated to 'master']
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-* aa/reap-transport-child-processes (2026-03-12) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-31 at fb77f8ba9e)
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- + transport-helper, connect: use clean_on_exit to reap children on abnormal exit
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-
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- A few code paths that spawned child processes for network
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- connection weren't wait(2)ing for their children and letting "init"
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- reap them instead; they have been tightened.
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- cf. <20260325061357.GA3772970@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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- source: <20260312214945.4050010-1-cshung@gmail.com>
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-* ar/config-hook-cleanups (2026-03-25) 13 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-30 at c128948b16)
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- + hook: reject unknown hook names in git-hook(1)
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- + hook: show disabled hooks in "git hook list"
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- + hook: show config scope in git hook list
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- + hook: introduce hook_config_cache_entry for per-hook data
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- + t1800: add test to verify hook execution ordering
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- + hook: make consistent use of friendly-name in docs
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- + hook: replace hook_list_clear() -> string_list_clear_func()
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- + hook: detect & emit two more bugs
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- + hook: rename cb_data_free/alloc -> hook_data_free/alloc
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- + hook: fix minor style issues
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- + builtin/receive-pack: properly init receive_hook strbuf
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- + hook: move unsorted_string_list_remove() to string-list.[ch]
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- + Merge branch 'ar/config-hooks' into ar/config-hook-cleanups
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- (this branch is used by ar/parallel-hooks.)
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- Code clean-up around the recent "hooks defined in config" topic.
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- source: <20260325195503.1139418-1-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>
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-* ds/backfill-revs (2026-03-26) 6 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-27 at d4703fdd35)
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- + t5620: test backfill's unknown argument handling
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- + path-walk: support wildcard pathspecs for blob filtering
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- + backfill: work with prefix pathspecs
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- + backfill: accept revision arguments
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- + t5620: prepare branched repo for revision tests
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- + revision: include object-name.h
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- `git backfill` learned to accept revision and pathspec arguments.
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- source: <pull.2070.v3.git.1774538094.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* jk/c23-const-preserving-fixes (2026-03-26) 5 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-31 at c813b9b814)
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- + config: store allocated string in non-const pointer
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- + rev-parse: avoid writing to const string for parent marks
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- + revision: avoid writing to const string for parent marks
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- + rev-parse: simplify dotdot parsing
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- + revision: make handle_dotdot() interface less confusing
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- Adjust the codebase for C23 that changes functions like strchr()
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- that discarded constness when they return a pointer into a const
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- string to preserve constness.
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- source: <20260326190243.GA412983@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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- source: <20260326192320.GA418281@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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-* js/cmake-needs-writev-compat-too (2026-04-03) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-03 at c0dfe4a67d)
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- + cmake: use writev(3p) wrapper as needed
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- Build instruction for recently added writev() compatibility wrapper
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- has been also added to cmake.
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- source: <pull.2078.git.1775206502134.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* js/mingw-use-strftime-directly-in-ucrt-build (2026-04-03) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-03 at 3ed53e1e28)
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- + mingw: use strftime() directly in UCRT builds
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- MinGW build updates.
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- source: <pull.2079.git.1775210183103.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* mf/format-patch-commit-list-format (2026-03-23) 9 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-24 at 0f5b6702eb)
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- + format-patch: --commit-list-format without prefix
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- + format-patch: add preset for --commit-list-format
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- + format-patch: wrap generate_commit_list_cover()
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- + format.commitListFormat: strip meaning from empty
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- + docs/pretty-formats: add %(count) and %(total)
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- + format-patch: rename --cover-letter-format option
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- + format-patch: refactor generate_commit_list_cover
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- + pretty.c: better die message %(count) and %(total)
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- + Merge branch 'mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format' into mf/format-patch-commit-list-format
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- (this branch is used by mf/format-patch-commit-list-format-doc; uses mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format.)
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- Improve the recently introduced `git format-patch
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- --commit-list-format` (formerly `--cover-letter-format`) option,
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- including a new "modern" preset and better CLI ergonomics.
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- source: <cover.1774284699.git.mroik@delayed.space>
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-* mf/format-patch-commit-list-format-doc (2026-03-27) 3 commits
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- + format-patch: removing unconditional wrapping
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- + docs: fix --commit-list-format related entries
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- + Merge branch 'mf/format-patch-commit-list-format' into mf/format-patch-commit-list-format-doc
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- (this branch uses mf/format-patch-commit-list-format and mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format.)
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- Doc updates.
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- source: <cover.1774640789.git.mroik@delayed.space>
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-* mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format (2026-03-06) 5 commits
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- + docs: add usage for the cover-letter fmt feature
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- + format-patch: add commitListFormat config
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- + format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format
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- + format-patch: move cover letter summary generation
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- + pretty.c: add %(count) and %(total) placeholders
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- (this branch is used by mf/format-patch-commit-list-format and mf/format-patch-commit-list-format-doc.)
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- "git format-patch --cover-letter" learns to use a simpler format
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- instead of the traditional shortlog format to list its commits with
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- a new --cover-letter-format option and format.commitListFormat
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- configuration variable.
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- source: <cover.1772839973.git.mroik@delayed.space>
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-* ps/dash-buggy-0.5.13-workaround (2026-04-01) 2 commits
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- + t9300: work around partial read bug in Dash v0.5.13
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- + t: work around multibyte bug in quoted heredocs with Dash v0.5.13
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- The way dash 0.5.13 handles non-ASCII contents in here-doc
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- is buggy and breaks our existing tests, which unfortunately
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- source: <20260402-pks-tests-with-dash-v2-0-cd7ab11dabc0@pks.im>
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+* jc/whitespace-incomplete-line (2026-03-17) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at 10a4d95236)
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+ + apply: fix new-style empty context line triggering incomplete-line check
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+ source: <xmqqldfql4hp.fsf@gitster.g>
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-* ps/odb-generic-object-name-handling (2026-03-20) 16 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-31 at c14d7bdd1e)
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- + odb: introduce generic `odb_find_abbrev_len()`
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- + object-file: move logic to compute packed abbreviation length
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- + object-name: move logic to compute loose abbreviation length
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- + object-name: simplify computing common prefixes
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- + object-name: abbreviate loose object names without `disambiguate_state`
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- + object-name: merge `update_candidates()` and `match_prefix()`
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- + object-name: backend-generic `get_short_oid()`
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- + object-name: backend-generic `repo_collect_ambiguous()`
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- + object-name: extract function to parse object ID prefixes
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- + object-name: move logic to iterate through packed prefixed objects
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- + object-name: move logic to iterate through loose prefixed objects
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- + odb: introduce `struct odb_for_each_object_options`
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- + oidtree: extend iteration to allow for arbitrary return codes
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- + oidtree: modernize the code a bit
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- + Merge branch 'ps/object-counting' into ps/odb-generic-object-name-handling
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- + object-file: fix sparse 'plain integer as NULL pointer' error
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- (this branch is used by ps/odb-cleanup and ps/odb-in-core.)
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- Object name handling (disambiguation and abbreviation) has been
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- refactored to be backend-generic, moving logic into the respective
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- object database backends.
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- cf. <874ilxm4wp.fsf@toon--20250203-5JQV3.mail-host-address-is-not-set>
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- source: <20260320-b4-pks-odb-source-abbrev-v2-0-fe65dcd8c735@pks.im>
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+* jd/read-cache-trace-wo-the-repository (2026-03-30) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at 7047e45a6d)
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+ + read-cache: use istate->repo for trace2 logging
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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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+ read-cache.c codepath.
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+ source: <pull.2253.v4.git.git.1774895886678.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* pw/worktree-reduce-the-repository (2026-03-26) 3 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-30 at f967ececef)
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- + worktree: reject NULL worktree in get_worktree_git_dir()
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- + worktree add: stop reading ".git/HEAD"
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- + worktree: remove "the_repository" from is_current_worktree()
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- Reduce the reference to the_repository in the worktree subsystem.
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- source: <cover.1774534617.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
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+* jt/fast-import-signed-modes (2026-03-26) 5 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at bec92be5e9)
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+ + fast-import: add 'abort-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'
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+ + fast-import: add 'sign-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'
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+ + fast-import: add 'strip-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'
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+ + fast-import: add 'abort-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-commits=<mode>'
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+ + fast-export: check for unsupported signing modes earlier
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+ Handling of signed commits and tags in fast-import has been made more
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+ configurable.
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+ source: <20260326191414.3783974-1-jltobler@gmail.com>
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- + docs: fix "git stash [push]" documentation
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- source: <pull.2255.v2.git.git.1774877075694.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* sa/replay-revert (2026-03-25) 2 commits
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- + replay: add --revert mode to reverse commit changes
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- + sequencer: extract revert message formatting into shared function
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- (this branch is used by tc/replay-ref.)
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+* mm/line-log-use-standard-diff-output (2026-03-16) 4 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at 724e6526dc)
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+ + doc: note that -L supports patch formatting and pickaxe options
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+ + t4211: add tests for -L with standard diff options
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+ + line-log: route -L output through the standard diff pipeline
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+ + line-log: fix crash when combined with pickaxe options
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- source: <20260325202354.10628-1-siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
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+ The way the "git log -L<range>:<file>" feature is bolted onto the
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+ log/diff machinery is being reworked a bit to make the feature
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+ compatible with more diff options, like -S/G.
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+ cf. <xmqqbjg3y8i9.fsf@gitster.g>
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+ source: <pull.2065.v2.git.1773714095.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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-* sp/doc-gitignore-oowt (2026-03-28) 1 commit
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- + doc: gitignore: clarify pattern base for info/exclude and core.excludesFile
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+* ps/commit-graph-overflow-fix (2026-03-23) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at c502054354)
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+ + commit-graph: fix writing generations with dates exceeding 34 bits
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- source: <20260328152233.1140327-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>
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+ Fix a regression in writing the commit-graph where commits with dates
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+ exceeding 34 bits (beyond year 2514) could cause an underflow and
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+ crash Git during the generation data overflow chunk writing.
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+ source: <20260324-pks-commit-graph-overflow-v2-1-843568cf8780@pks.im>
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-* tb/stdin-packs-excluded-but-open (2026-03-27) 5 commits
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- + repack: mark non-MIDX packs above the split as excluded-open
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- + pack-objects: support excluded-open packs with --stdin-packs
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- + t7704: demonstrate failure with once-cruft objects above the geometric split
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- + pack-objects: refactor `read_packs_list_from_stdin()` to use `strmap`
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- + pack-objects: plug leak in `read_stdin_packs()`
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+* ps/fsck-wo-the-repository (2026-03-23) 12 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at 6ab7607f2d)
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+ + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` in error reporting
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+ + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when marking objects
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+ + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when checking packed objects
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+ + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` with loose objects
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+ + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when checking reflogs
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+ + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when checking refs
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+ + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when snapshotting refs
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+ + builtin/fsck: fix trivial dependence on `the_repository`
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+ + fsck: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY
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+ + fsck: store repository in fsck options
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+ + fsck: initialize fsck options via a function
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+ + fetch-pack: move fsck options into function scope
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- source: <cover.1774641999.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
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+ Internals of "git fsck" have been refactored to not depend on the
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+ source: <20260323-b4-pks-fsck-without-the-repository-v2-0-e8dc79bca651@pks.im>
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-* tc/replay-down-to-root (2026-03-24) 1 commit
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- + replay: support replaying down from root commit
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+* ps/receive-pack-updateinstead-in-worktree (2026-03-30) 3 commits
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at df61eac37b)
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+ + receive-pack: use worktree HEAD for updateInstead
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+ + t5516: clean up cloned and new-wt in denyCurrentBranch and worktrees test
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+ + t5516: test updateInstead with worktree and unborn bare HEAD
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- source: <20260324-toon-replay-down-to-root-v2-1-34e723489f6e@iotcl.com>
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+ The check in "receive-pack" to prevent a checked out branch from
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+ getting updated via updateInstead mechanism has been corrected.
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+ source: <20260330111822.165188-1-pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
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- + t6101: avoid suppressing git's exit code
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+* rs/history-short-help-fix (2026-04-06) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-07 at d3d6ef5197)
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+ + history: fix short help for argument of --update-refs
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- source: <20260328135935.180646-1-vikingtc4@gmail.com>
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+ source: <ff6a940c-39fc-4dbf-a164-7770c7f26a31@web.de>
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-* th/t8003-unhide-git-failures (2026-03-28) 2 commits
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- + t8003: avoid suppressing git's exit code
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+* sp/add-patch-with-fewer-the-repository (2026-03-17) 1 commit
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- source: <20260328132955.172262-2-vikingtc4@gmail.com>
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+ source: <20260317155230.619378-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>
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-* za/t2000-modernise (2026-03-27) 1 commit
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+* th/backfill-auto-detect-sparseness-fix (2026-04-04) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-07 at c47ef7d0f1)
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+ + backfill: auto-detect sparse-checkout from config
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- source: <20260327234019.95591-1-zakariyahali100@gmail.com>
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+ "git backfill" is capable of auto-detecting a sparsely checked out
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+ source: <20260404111557.17220-1-viking4@gmail.com>
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+* yc/path-walk-fix-error-reporting (2026-03-20) 1 commit
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at ddcff8b9c6)
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+ + path-walk: fix NULL pointer dereference in error message
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+ source: <20260320114823.3151961-1-ysinghcin@gmail.com>
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+* jt/index-fd-wo-repo-regression-fix-maint (2026-04-07) 1 commit
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+ + object-file: avoid ODB transaction when not writing objects
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+ (this branch is used by jt/index-fd-wo-repo-regression-fix.)
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+ During Git 2.52 timeframe, we broke streaming computation of object
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+* jt/index-fd-wo-repo-regression-fix (2026-04-07) 1 commit
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+ + Merge branch 'jt/index-fd-wo-repo-regression-fix-maint' into HEAD
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+ (this branch uses jt/index-fd-wo-repo-regression-fix-maint.)
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+ Will merge to 'master'.
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+[Cooking]
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* js/adjust-tests-to-explicitly-access-bare-repo (2026-04-02) 17 commits
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* ds/rev-list-maximal-only-optim (2026-04-06) 3 commits
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- - t6600: test --maximal-only and --independent
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+ (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-07 at 7a70817efa)
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+ + rev-list: use reduce_heads() for --maximal-only
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+ + p6011: add perf test for rev-list --maximal-only
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+ + t6600: test --maximal-only and --independent
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+ + doc: replace git config --list/-l with `list`
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+ Will merge to 'master'.
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source: <V2_CV_doc_deprecation_config_--list.569@msgid.xyz>
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* lp/repack-propagate-promisor-debugging-info (2026-04-06) 6 commits
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- - t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack
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- - t7700: test for promisor file content after repack
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- - repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files after repack
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- - pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack
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+ . SQUASH???
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+ . t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack
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+ . t7700: test for promisor file content after repack
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+ . repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files after repack
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+ . pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack
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+ . pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content
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files are created with information meant to help debugging. "git
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repack" has been taught to carry this information forward to
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+ Expecting a reroll.
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source: <cover.1775431990.git.lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>
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-* rs/history-short-help-fix (2026-04-06) 1 commit
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- - history: fix short help for argument of --update-refs
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- Glitches in "git history -h" have been corrected.
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- Will merge to 'next' and then to 'master'.
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- source: <ff6a940c-39fc-4dbf-a164-7770c7f26a31@web.de>
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-* th/backfill-auto-detect-sparseness-fix (2026-04-04) 1 commit
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- - backfill: auto-detect sparse-checkout from config
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* th/promisor-quiet-per-repo (2026-04-06) 1 commit
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* jt/odb-transaction-write (2026-04-02) 7 commits
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-* jd/read-cache-trace-wo-the-repository (2026-03-30) 1 commit
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- + read-cache: use istate->repo for trace2 logging
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- A handful of inappropriate uses of the_repository have been
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- source: <pull.2253.v4.git.git.1774895886678.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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* jd/unpack-trees-wo-the-repository (2026-03-31) 2 commits
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-* ps/receive-pack-updateinstead-in-worktree (2026-03-30) 3 commits
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- + receive-pack: use worktree HEAD for updateInstead
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- + t5516: clean up cloned and new-wt in denyCurrentBranch and worktrees test
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- + t5516: test updateInstead with worktree and unborn bare HEAD
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* ps/setup-wo-the-repository (2026-03-30) 18 commits
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- + fast-import: add 'abort-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'
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- + fast-import: add 'sign-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'
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- + fast-import: add 'strip-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'
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- + fast-import: add 'abort-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-commits=<mode>'
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- + fast-export: check for unsupported signing modes earlier
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* ps/graph-lane-limit (2026-03-27) 3 commits
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-* cc/promisor-auto-config-url (2026-04-02) 10 commits
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- promisor-remote: remove the 'accepted' strvec
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-* ps/fsck-wo-the-repository (2026-03-23) 12 commits
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at 6ab7607f2d)
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- + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` in error reporting
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- + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when marking objects
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- + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when checking packed objects
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- + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` with loose objects
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- + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when checking reflogs
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- + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when checking refs
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- + builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when snapshotting refs
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- + builtin/fsck: fix trivial dependence on `the_repository`
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- + fsck: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY
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- + fsck: store repository in fsck options
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- + fsck: initialize fsck options via a function
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- + fetch-pack: move fsck options into function scope
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-* yc/path-walk-fix-error-reporting (2026-03-20) 1 commit
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- (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-01 at ddcff8b9c6)
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+ Will merge to 'next'?
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* jr/bisect-custom-terms-in-output (2026-03-20) 1 commit
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-* sp/add-patch-with-fewer-the-repository (2026-03-17) 1 commit
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- source: <20260317155230.619378-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>
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- source: <20260324-pks-commit-graph-overflow-v2-1-843568cf8780@pks.im>
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* ua/push-remote-group (2026-03-27) 3 commits
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-* mm/line-log-use-standard-diff-output (2026-03-16) 4 commits
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-* pt/fsmonitor-linux (2026-04-06) 13 commits
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+ - SQUASH???
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