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Merge branch 'jt/config-lock-timeout' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:05Z

Configuration file locking now retries for a short period, avoiding failures when multiple processes attempt to update the configuration simultaneously. Comments? cf. * jt/config-lock-timeout: config: retry acquiring config.lock, configurable via core.configLockTimeout

Merge branch 'ja/doc-synopsis-style-again' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:05Z

A batch of documentation pages has been updated to use the modern synopsis style. Comments? * ja/doc-synopsis-style-again: doc: convert git-imap-send synopsis and options to new style doc: convert git-apply synopsis and options to new style doc: convert git-am synopsis and options to new style doc: convert git-grep synopsis and options to new style doc: convert git-bisect to synopsis style

Merge branch 'mm/doc-word-diff' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:04Z

The documentation for "--word-diff" has been extended with a bit of implementation detail of where these different words come from. Comments? * mm/doc-word-diff: doc: clarify that --word-diff operates on line-level hunks

Merge branch 'hn/branch-prune-merged' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:03Z

"git branch" command learned "--prune-merged" option to remove local branches that have already been merged to the remote-tracking branches they track. Comments? * hn/branch-prune-merged: branch: add --all-remotes flag branch: add branch..pruneMerged opt-out branch: add --prune-merged branch: let delete_branches warn instead of error on bulk refusal branch: add --forked

Merge branch 'ds/path-walk-filters' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:02Z

The "git pack-objects --path-walk" traversal has been integrated with several object filters, including blobless and sparse filters. Comments? * ds/path-walk-filters: path-walk: support `combine` filter path-walk: support `object:type` filter path-walk: support `tree:0` filter t6601: tag otherwise-unreachable trees pack-objects: support sparse:oid filter with path-walk path-walk: add pl_sparse_trees to control tree pruning path-walk: support blob size limit filter backfill: die on incompatible filter options path-walk: support blobless filter path-walk: always emit directly-requested objects t/perf: add pack-objects filter and path-walk benchmark pack-objects: pass --objects with --path-walk t5620: make test work with path-walk var

Merge branch 'hn/checkout-track-fetch' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:02Z

"git checkout --track=..." learned to optionally fetch the branch from the remote the new branch will work with. Comments? cf. * hn/checkout-track-fetch: checkout: extend --track with a "fetch" mode to refresh start-point

Merge branch 'mm/line-log-cleanup' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:01Z

Code clean-up. Comments? cf. * mm/line-log-cleanup: line-log: allow non-patch diff formats with -L line-log: integrate -L output with the standard log-tree pipeline revision: move -L setup before output_format-to-diff derivation

Merge branch 'cc/promisor-auto-config-url-more' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:01Z

The handling of promisor-remote protocol capability has been loosened to allow the other side to add to the list of promisor remotes via the promisor.acceptFromServerURL configuration variable. * cc/promisor-auto-config-url-more: doc: promisor: improve acceptFromServer entry promisor-remote: auto-configure unknown remotes promisor-remote: trust known remotes matching acceptFromServerUrl promisor-remote: introduce promisor.acceptFromServerUrl promisor-remote: add 'local_name' to 'struct promisor_info' urlmatch: add url_normalize_pattern() helper urlmatch: change 'allow_globs' arg to bool t5710: simplify 'mkdir X' followed by 'git -C X init'

Merge branch 'ua/push-remote-group' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:01Z

"git push" learned to take a "remote group" name to push to, which causes pushes to multiple places, just like "git fetch" would do. * ua/push-remote-group: push: support pushing to a remote group remote: move remote group resolution to remote.c remote: fix sign-compare warnings in push_cas_option

Merge branch 'lp/repack-propagate-promisor-debugging-info' into seen

2026-05-18T05:29:00Z

When fetching objects into a lazily cloned repository, .promisor files are created with information meant to help debugging. "git repack" has been taught to carry this information forward to packfiles that are newly created. * lp/repack-propagate-promisor-debugging-info: repack-promisor: add missing headers t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack t7700: test for promisor file content after repack repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files after repack repack-promisor add helper to fill promisor file after repack pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content