The fourth batch

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Junio C Hamano committed Jan 28, 2025 at 13:01 UTC da898a5c645ce9b6d72c2d39abe1bc3d48cb0fdb
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Documentation/RelNotes/2.49.0.txt
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21 * More code paths have a repository passed through the callchain,
22 instead of assuming the primary the_repository object.
23
24 + * Move a few more unit tests to the clar test framework.
25 +
26
27 Fixes since v2.48
28 -----------------
@@ -69,9 +71,27 @@ Fixes since v2.48
71 some hosting providers take as username/password, embedded in URLs.
72 (merge a90ff409f0 mh/doc-credential-helpers-with-pat later to maint).
73
74 + * The help text from "git $cmd -h" appear on the standard output for
75 + some $cmd and the standard error for others. The built-in commands
76 + have been fixed to show them on the standard output consistently.
77 + (merge f66d1423f5 jc/show-usage-help later to maint).
78 +
79 + * The meson-driven build is now aware of "git-subtree" housed in
80 + contrib/subtree hierarchy.
81 + (merge 8454b42f94 ps/build-meson-subtree later to maint).
82 +
83 + * It was possible for "git unpack-objects" and "git index-pack" to
84 + make an unaligned access, which has been corrected.
85 + (merge 98046591b9 jk/pack-header-parse-alignment-fix later to maint).
86 +
87 + * The "cache" credential back-end did not handle authtype correctly,
88 + which has been corrected.
89 + (merge 0b43274850 mh/credential-cache-authtype-request-fix later to maint).
90 +
91 * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
92 (merge ddb5287894 jk/t7407-use-test-grep later to maint).
93 (merge 21e1b44865 aj/difftool-config-doc-fix later to maint).
94 (merge 6a63995335 mh/gitattr-doc-markup-fix later to maint).
95 (merge 43850dcf9c sk/unit-test-hash later to maint).
96 (merge 4ad47d2de3 jc/cli-doc-option-and-config later to maint).
97 + (merge 2d0ff147e5 jp/t8002-printf-fix later to maint).