Start 2.51 cycle, the first batch

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

Junio C Hamano committed Jun 17, 2025 at 10:34 UTC f9aa0eedb37eb94d9d3711ef0d565fd7cb3b6148
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1 +Git v2.51 Release Notes
2 +=======================
3 +
4 +UI, Workflows & Features
5 +------------------------
6 +
7 + * Userdiff patterns for the R language have been added.
8 +
9 + * Documentation for "git send-email" has been updated with a bit more
10 + credential helper and OAuth information.
11 +
12 + * "git cat-file --batch" learns to understand %(objectmode) atom to
13 + allow the caller to tell missing objects (due to repository
14 + corruption) and submodules (whose commit objects are OK to be
15 + missing) apart.
16 +
17 + * "git diff --no-index dirA dirB" can limit the comparison with
18 + pathspec at the end of the command line, just like normal "git
19 + diff".
20 +
21 +
22 +Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
23 +--------------------------------------------------------------
24 +
25 + * "git pack-objects" learned to find delta bases from blobs at the
26 + same path, using the --path-walk API.
27 +
28 +
29 +Fixes since v2.50
30 +-----------------
31 +
32 + * A memory-leak in an error code path has been plugged.
33 + (merge 7082da85cb ly/commit-graph-graph-write-leakfix later to maint).
34 +
35 + * A memory-leak in an error code path has been plugged.
36 + (merge aedebdb6b9 ly/fetch-pack-leakfix later to maint).
37 +
38 + * Meson-based build/test framework now understands TAP output
39 + generated by our tests.
40 + (merge c1bc974923 ps/meson-tap-parse later to maint).
41 +
42 + * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
43 + (merge b257adb571 lo/my-first-ow-doc-update later to maint).
44 + (merge 8b34b6a220 ly/sequencer-update-squash-is-fixup-only later to maint).
45 + (merge 5dceb8bd05 ly/do-not-localize-bug-messages later to maint).
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