Subject: What's cooking in git.git (May 2026, #01)

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 03 May 2026 12:47:23 +0900

Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree.  Commits
prefixed with '+' are in 'next' (being in 'next' is a sign that a
topic is stable enough to be used and is a candidate to be in a
future release).  Commits prefixed with '-' are only in 'seen', and
aren't considered "accepted" at all and may be annotated with a URL
to a message that raises issues but they are by no means exhaustive.
A topic without enough support may be discarded after a long period
of no activity (of course they can be resubmitted when new interests
arise).

Git 2.54 has been released, and the tip of 'next' has acquired a
handful more topics, but no update to 'master' yet to kick off the
new cycle has happened (yet).  I am still mostly offline for another
week, but just had a chance to pick up updates to a handful of
topics.

Copies of the source code to Git live in many repositories, and the
following is a list of the ones I push into or their mirrors.  Some
repositories have only a subset of branches.

With maint, master, next, seen, todo:

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/
	git://repo.or.cz/alt-git.git/
	https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/
	https://github.com/git/git/
	https://gitlab.com/git-scm/git/

With all the integration branches and topics broken out:

	https://github.com/gitster/git/

Even though the preformatted documentation in HTML and man format
are not sources, they are published in these repositories for
convenience (replace "htmldocs" with "manpages" for the manual
pages):

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git-htmldocs.git/
	https://github.com/gitster/git-htmldocs.git/

Release tarballs are available at:

	https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/

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[New Topics]

* jh/alias-i18n-fixes (2026-04-24) 1 commit
 - alias: restore support for simple dotted aliases

 Further update to the i18n alias support to avoid regressions.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* kn/refs-generic-helpers (2026-04-27) 9 commits
 - refs: use peeled tag values in reference backends
 - refs: add peeled object ID to the `ref_update` struct
 - refs: move object parsing to the generic layer
 - update-ref: handle rejections while adding updates
 - update-ref: move `print_rejected_refs()` up
 - refs: return `ref_transaction_error` from `ref_transaction_update()`
 - refs: extract out reflog config to generic layer
 - refs: introduce `ref_store_init_options`
 - refs: remove unused typedef 'ref_transaction_commit_fn'

 Refactor service routines in the ref subsystem backends.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ob/more-repo-config-values (2026-04-23) 8 commits
 - env: move "warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity" into `struct repo_config_values`
 - env: move "sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns" into `repo_config_values`
 - env: move "core_sparse_checkout_cone" into `struct repo_config_values`
 - environment: move "precomposed_unicode" into `struct repo_config_values`
 - environment: move "pack_compression_level" into `struct repo_config_values`
 - environment: move `zlib_compression_level` into `struct repo_config_values`
 - environment: move "check_stat" into `struct repo_config_values`
 - environment: move "trust_ctime" into `struct repo_config_values`

 Expecting a reroll.
 cf. <CAD=[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ps/history-fixup (2026-04-26) 3 commits
 - builtin/history: introduce "fixup" subcommand
 - builtin/history: generalize function to commit trees
 - replay: allow callers to control what happens with empty commits

 "git history" learned "fixup" command.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* rs/grep-column-only-match-fix (2026-04-24) 1 commit
 - grep: fix --column --only-match for 2nd and later matches

 "git grep" update.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* sb/unpack-index-pack-buffer-resize (2026-04-28) 1 commit
 - index-pack, unpack-objects: increase input buffer from 4 KiB to 128 KiB

 Use a larger buffer size in the code paths to ingest pack stream.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* bc/sign-commit-with-custom-encoding (2026-04-27) 2 commits
 - commit: sign commit after mutating buffer
 - commit: name UTF-8 function appropriately

 Signing commit with custom encoding was passing the data to be
 signed at a wrong stage in the pipeline, which has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* cc/promisor-auto-config-url-more (2026-04-27) 9 commits
 - 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 'cc/promisor-auto-config-url' into cc/promisor-auto-config-url-more
 (this branch uses cc/promisor-auto-config-url.)

 source: <[email-masked]>

* js/maintenance-fix-deadlock-on-win10 (2026-04-28) 2 commits
 - maintenance(geometric): do release the `.idx` files before repacking
 - mingw: optionally use legacy (non-POSIX) delete semantics

 To help Windows 10 installations, avoid removing files whose
 contents are still mmap()'ed.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* js/objects-larger-than-4gb-on-windows (2026-04-28) 6 commits
 - t5608: add regression test for >4GB object clone
 - test-tool: add a helper to synthesize large packfiles
 - delta, packfile: use size_t for delta header sizes
 - odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizes
 - git-zlib: handle data streams larger than 4GB
 - index-pack, unpack-objects: use size_t for object size

 Update code paths that assumed "unsigned long" was long enough for
 "size_t".

 Expecting a reroll to mark EXPENSIVE tests as such.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* js/t5564-socks-use-short-path (2026-04-29) 1 commit
 - t5564: use a short path for the SOCKS proxy socket

 Avoid hitting the pathname limit for socks proxy socket during the
 test..

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* kh/doc-log-decorate-list (2026-04-27) 2 commits
 - doc: log: use the same delimiter in description list
 - doc: log: fix --decorate description list

 Doc update.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* za/t2000-modernise-more (2026-04-29) 1 commit
 - t2000: consolidate second scenario into a single test block

 Test update.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* hn/checkout-track-fetch (2026-04-28) 1 commit
 - checkout: extend --track with a "fetch" mode to refresh start-point

 "git checkout --track=..." learned to optionally fetch the branch
 from the remote the new branch will work with.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* mf/revision-max-count-oldest (2026-04-30) 1 commit
 - revision.c: implement --max-count-oldest

 "git rev-list" (and "git log" family of commands) learned a new "--max-count-oldest"
 that picks oldest N commits in the range instead of the usual newest.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* mm/line-log-cleanup (2026-04-27) 3 commits
 - 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

 Code clean-up.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* pw/rename-to-get-current-worktree (2026-05-01) 1 commit
 - worktree: rename get_worktree_from_repository()

 Code clean-up.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <bd48[email-masked]>

* ds/path-walk-filters (2026-05-02) 7 commits
 - 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
 - t/perf: add pack-objects filter and path-walk benchmark
 - pack-objects: pass --objects with --path-walk

 The "git pack-objects --path-walk" traversal has been integrated
 with several object filters, including blobless and sparse filters.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

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[Cooking]

* en/ort-cached-rename-with-trivial-resolution (2026-04-20) 1 commit
 - merge-ort: handle cached rename & trivial resolution interaction better

 "ort" merge backend improvements.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* en/ort-harden-against-corrupt-trees (2026-04-20) 5 commits
 - cache-tree: fix verify_cache() to catch non-adjacent D/F conflicts
 - merge-ort: abort merge when trees have duplicate entries
 - merge-ort: free diff pairs queue in clear_or_reinit_internal_opts()
 - merge-ort: drop unnecessary show_all_errors from collect_merge_info()
 - merge-ort: propagate callback errors from traverse_trees_wrapper()

 "ort" merge backend handles merging corrupt trees better by
 aborting when it should.

 Needs review.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jk/revert-aa-reap-transport-child-processes (2026-04-22) 1 commit
 - Revert "transport-helper, connect: use clean_on_exit to reap children on abnormal exit"

 Revert a recent change that introduced a regression to help mksh users.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* js/ci-github-actions-update (2026-04-30) 6 commits
 - l10n: bump mshick/add-pr-comment from v2 to v3
 - ci: bump git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk from v1 to v2
 - ci: bump actions/checkout from v5 to v6
 - ci: bump actions/github-script from v8 to v9
 - ci: bump actions/{upload,download}-artifact to v7 and v8
 - ci: bump microsoft/setup-msbuild from v2 to v3

 Update various GitHub Actions versions.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format-docfix (2026-04-22) 1 commit
 - Fix docs for format.commitListFormat

 Docfix.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* sg/t6112-unwanted-tilde-expansion-fix (2026-04-21) 1 commit
 - t6112: avoid tilde expansion

 Test fix.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* pw/status-rebase-todo (2026-05-01) 2 commits
 - status: improve rebase todo list parsing
 - sequencer: factor out parsing of todo commands

 The display of the rebase todo list in "git status" has been
 improved to correctly abbreviate object IDs for more commands and
 avoid misinterpreting refs as object IDs.

 Needs review.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* sb/userdiff-lisp-family (2026-04-14) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-20 at 5897c04899)
 + userdiff: extend Scheme support to cover other Lisp dialects
 + userdiff: tighten word-diff test case of the scheme driver

 The userdiff driver for the Scheme language has been extended to
 cover other Lisp dialects.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ss/t7004-unhide-git-failures (2026-04-20) 3 commits
 - t7004: avoid subshells to capture git exit codes
 - t7004: dynamically grab expected state in tests
 - t7004: drop hardcoded tag count for state verification

 Test clean-up.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* tb/pseudo-merge-bugfixes (2026-04-21) 9 commits
 - pack-bitmap: prevent pattern leak on pseudo-merge re-assignment
 - Documentation: fix broken `sampleRate` in gitpacking(7)
 - pack-bitmap: reject pseudo-merge "sampleRate" of 0
 - pack-bitmap: parse commits in `find_pseudo_merge_group_for_ref()`
 - pack-bitmap: fix pseudo-merge lookup for shared commits
 - pack-bitmap: fix inverted binary search in `pseudo_merge_at()`
 - pack-bitmap-write: sort pseudo-merge commit lookup table in pack order
 - t5333: demonstrate various pseudo-merge bugs
 - t/helper: add 'test-tool bitmap write' subcommand

 Fixes many bugs in pseudo-merge code.

 Expecting (hopefully minor and final) reroll.
 cf. <CABPp-BGkfavqezk2SV3+K6iF8MLm8j_=[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ds/fetch-negotiation-options (2026-04-22) 7 commits
 - send-pack: pass negotiation config in push
 - remote: add remote.*.negotiationInclude config
 - fetch: add --negotiation-include option for negotiation
 - remote: add remote.*.negotiationRestrict config
 - transport: rename negotiation_tips
 - fetch: add --negotiation-restrict option
 - t5516: fix test order flakiness

 The negotiation tip options in "git fetch" have been reworked to
 allow requiring certain refs to be sent as "have" lines, and to
 restrict negotiation to a specific set of refs.

 Needs review.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* en/backfill-fixes-and-edges (2026-04-15) 3 commits
 - backfill: default to grabbing edge blobs too
 - backfill: document acceptance of revision-range in more standard manner
 - backfill: reject rev-list arguments that do not make sense

 The 'git backfill' command now rejects revision-limiting options that
 are incompatible with its operation, uses standard documentation for
 revision ranges, and includes blobs from boundary commits by default
 to improve performance of subsequent operations.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* mc/http-emptyauth-negotiate-fix (2026-04-30) 4 commits
 - doc: clarify http.emptyAuth values
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-20 at 6539524ca2)
 + t5563: add tests for http.emptyAuth with Negotiate
 + http: attempt Negotiate auth in http.emptyAuth=auto mode
 + http: extract http_reauth_prepare() from retry paths

 The 'http.emptyAuth=auto' configuration now correctly attempts
 Negotiate authentication before falling back to manual credentials.
 This allows seamless Kerberos ticket-based authentication without
 requiring users to explicitly set 'http.emptyAuth=true'.

 Will merge to 'next' and then to 'master'.
 source: <e0f2[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* en/batch-prefetch (2026-04-17) 3 commits
 - grep: prefetch necessary blobs
 - builtin/log: prefetch necessary blobs for `git cherry`
 - patch-ids.h: add missing trailing parenthesis in documentation comment

 In a lazy clone, "git cherry" and "git grep" often fetch necessary
 blob objects one by one from promisor remotes.  It has been corrected
 to collect necessary object names and fetch them in bulk to gain
 reasonable performance.

 Needs review.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* en/diffstat-utf8-truncation-fix (2026-04-20) 1 commit
 - diff: fix out-of-bounds reads and NULL deref in diffstat UTF-8 truncation

 The computation to shorten the filenames shown in diffstat measured
 width of individual UTF-8 characters to add up, but forgot to take
 into account error cases (e.g., an invalid UTF-8 sequence, or a
 control character).

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* sp/refs-reduce-the-repository (2026-04-04) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-09 at bb1d626802)
 + refs/reftable-backend: drop uses of the_repository
 + refs: remove the_hash_algo global state
 + refs: add struct repository parameter in get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms()

 Code clean-up to use the right instance of a repository instance in
 calls inside refs subsystem.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ps/odb-in-memory (2026-04-10) 18 commits
 - t/unit-tests: add tests for the in-memory object source
 - odb: generic in-memory source
 - odb/source-inmemory: stub out remaining functions
 - odb/source-inmemory: implement `freshen_object()` callback
 - odb/source-inmemory: implement `count_objects()` callback
 - odb/source-inmemory: implement `find_abbrev_len()` callback
 - odb/source-inmemory: implement `for_each_object()` callback
 - odb/source-inmemory: convert to use oidtree
 - oidtree: add ability to store data
 - cbtree: allow using arbitrary wrapper structures for nodes
 - odb/source-inmemory: implement `write_object_stream()` callback
 - odb/source-inmemory: implement `write_object()` callback
 - odb/source-inmemory: implement `read_object_stream()` callback
 - odb/source-inmemory: implement `read_object_info()` callback
 - odb: fix unnecessary call to `find_cached_object()`
 - odb/source-inmemory: implement `free()` callback
 - odb: introduce "in-memory" source
 - Merge branch 'jt/odb-transaction-write' into ps/odb-in-memory
 (this branch uses jt/odb-transaction-write.)

 Add a new odb "in-memory" source that is meant to only hold
 tentative objects (like the virtual blob object that represents the
 working tree file used by "git blame").

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat (2026-04-10) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-20 at 0680260012)
 + CodingGuidelines: st_mtimespec vs st_mtim vs st_mtime

 Doc update.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ps/test-set-e-clean (2026-04-21) 12 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-23 at 4f69b47b94)
 + t: detect errors outside of test cases
 + t9902: fix use of `read` with `set -e`
 + t6002: fix use of `expr` with `set -e`
 + t1301: don't fail in case setfacl(1) doesn't exist or fails
 + t0008: silence error in subshell when using `grep -v`
 + t: prepare `test_when_finished ()`/`test_atexit()` for `set -e`
 + t: prepare execution of potentially failing commands for `set -e`
 + t: prepare conditional test execution for `set -e`
 + t: prepare `git config --unset` calls for `set -e`
 + t: prepare `stop_git_daemon ()` for `set -e`
 + t: prepare `test_must_fail ()` for `set -e`
 + t: prepare `test_match_signal ()` calls for `set -e`

 The test suite harness and many individual test scripts have been
 updated to work correctly when 'set -e' is in effect, which helps
 detect misspelled test commands.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* js/adjust-tests-to-explicitly-access-bare-repo (2026-04-26) 8 commits
 - safe.bareRepository: default to "explicit" with WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES
 - status tests: filter `.gitconfig` from status output
 - ls-files tests: filter `.gitconfig` from `--others` output
 - t5601: restore `.gitconfig` after includeIf test
 - t1305: use `--git-dir=.` for bare repo in include cycle test
 - t1300: remove global config settings injected by test-lib.sh
 - t7900: do not let `$HOME/.gitconfig` interfere with XDG tests
 - test-lib: allow bare repository access when breaking changes are enabled

 Some tests assume that bare repository accesses are by default
 allowed; rewrite some of them to avoid the assumption, rewrite
 others to explicitly set safe.bareRepository to allow them.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* cl/conditional-config-on-worktree-path (2026-04-03) 2 commits
 - config: add "worktree" and "worktree/i" includeIf conditions
 - config: refactor include_by_gitdir() into include_by_path()

 The [includeIf "condition"] conditional inclusion facility for
 configuration files has learned to use the location of worktree
 in its condition.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* bc/rust-by-default (2026-04-09) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-23 at fb9310bfae)
 + Enable Rust by default
 + Linux: link against libdl
 + ci: install cargo on Alpine
 + docs: update version with default Rust support

 Rust support is enabled by default (but still allows opting out) in
 some future version of Git.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ps/shift-root-in-graph (2026-04-27) 1 commit
 - graph: add indentation for commits preceded by a parentless commit

 In a history with more than one root commit, "git log --graph
 --oneline" stuffed an unrelated commit immediately below a root
 commit, which has been corrected by making the spot below a root
 unavailable.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jt/config-lock-timeout (2026-04-03) 1 commit
 - config: retry acquiring config.lock for 100ms

 The code path to update the configuration file has been taught to
 use a short timeout to retry.

 Waiting for a review response.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* dl/cache-tree-fully-valid-fix (2026-04-06) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-13 at 68c82a9f37)
 + cache-tree: fix inverted object existence check in cache_tree_fully_valid

 The check that implements the logic to see if an in-core cache-tree
 is fully ready to write out a tree object was broken, which has
 been corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ja/doc-difftool-synopsis-style (2026-04-04) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-13 at 0e6c98f313)
 + doc: convert git-describe manual page to synopsis style
 + doc: convert git-shortlog manual page to synopsis style
 + doc: convert git-range-diff manual page to synopsis style
 + doc: convert git-difftool manual page to synopsis style

 Doc mark-up updates.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* lp/repack-propagate-promisor-debugging-info (2026-04-18) 6 commits
 - 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

 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.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* th/promisor-quiet-per-repo (2026-04-06) 1 commit
 - promisor-remote: fix promisor.quiet to use the correct repository

 The "promisor.quiet" configuration variable was not used from
 relevant submodules when commands like "grep --recurse-submodules"
 triggered a lazy fetch, which has been corrected.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jt/odb-transaction-write (2026-04-02) 7 commits
 - odb/transaction: make `write_object_stream()` pluggable
 - object-file: generalize packfile writes to use odb_write_stream
 - object-file: avoid fd seekback by checking object size upfront
 - object-file: remove flags from transaction packfile writes
 - odb: update `struct odb_write_stream` read() callback
 - odb/transaction: use pluggable `begin_transaction()`
 - odb: split `struct odb_transaction` into separate header
 (this branch is used by ps/odb-in-memory.)

 ODB transaction interface is being reworked to explicitly handle
 object writes.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* sa/cat-file-batch-mailmap-switch (2026-04-15) 1 commit
 - cat-file: add mailmap subcommand to --batch-command

 "git cat-file --batch" learns an in-line command "mailmap"
 that lets the user toggle use of mailmap.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* tb/incremental-midx-part-3.3 (2026-04-29) 16 commits
 - repack: allow `--write-midx=incremental` without `--geometric`
 - repack: introduce `--write-midx=incremental`
 - repack: implement incremental MIDX repacking
 - packfile: ensure `close_pack_revindex()` frees in-memory revindex
 - builtin/repack.c: convert `--write-midx` to an `OPT_CALLBACK`
 - repack-geometry: prepare for incremental MIDX repacking
 - repack-midx: extract `repack_fill_midx_stdin_packs()`
 - repack-midx: factor out `repack_prepare_midx_command()`
 - midx: expose `midx_layer_contains_pack()`
 - repack: track the ODB source via existing_packs
 - midx: support custom `--base` for incremental MIDX writes
 - midx: introduce `--no-write-chain-file` for incremental MIDX writes
 - midx: use `strvec` for `keep_hashes`
 - midx: build `keep_hashes` array in order
 - midx: use `strset` for retained MIDX files
 - midx-write: handle noop writes when converting incremental chains

 The repacking code has been refactored and compaction of MIDX layers
 have been implemented, and incremental strategy that does not require
 all-into-one repacking has been introduced.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jd/unpack-trees-wo-the-repository (2026-03-31) 2 commits
 - unpack-trees: use repository from index instead of global
 - unpack-trees: use repository from index instead of global

 A handful of inappropriate uses of the_repository have been
 rewritten to use the right repository structure instance in the
 unpack-trees.c codepath.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ps/setup-wo-the-repository (2026-04-20) 18 commits
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `init_db()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `create_reference_database()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `initialize_repository_version()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `check_repository_format()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `upgrade_repository_format()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_directory()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_directory_gently()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_env()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `set_git_work_tree()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_work_tree()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `enter_repo()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `verify_non_filename()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `verify_filename()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `path_inside_repo()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `prefix_path()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `is_inside_git_dir()`
 - setup: stop using `the_repository` in `is_inside_worktree()`
 - setup: replace use of `the_repository` in static functions

 Many uses of the_repository has been updated to use a more
 appropriate struct repository instance in setup.c codepath.

 Needs review.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* kh/doc-trailers (2026-04-13) 9 commits
 - doc: interpret-trailers: document comment line treatment
 - doc: interpret-trailers: commit to “trailer block” term
 - doc: interpret-trailers: add key format example
 - doc: interpret-trailers: explain key format
 - doc: interpret-trailers: explain the format after the intro
 - doc: interpret-trailers: not just for commit messages
 - doc: interpret-trailers: use “metadata” in Name as well
 - doc: interpret-trailers: replace “lines” with “metadata”
 - doc: interpret-trailers: stop fixating on RFC 822

 Documentation updates.

 Needs review.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ps/graph-lane-limit (2026-03-27) 3 commits
 - graph: add truncation mark to capped lanes
 - graph: add --graph-lane-limit option
 - graph: limit the graph width to a hard-coded max

 The graph output from commands like "git log --graph" can now be
 limited to a specified number of lanes, preventing overly wide output
 in repositories with many branches.

 Needs review.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* cc/promisor-auto-config-url (2026-04-07) 10 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-13 at 289fcba081)
 + t5710: use proper file:// URIs for absolute paths
 + promisor-remote: remove the 'accepted' strvec
 + promisor-remote: keep accepted promisor_info structs alive
 + promisor-remote: refactor accept_from_server()
 + promisor-remote: refactor has_control_char()
 + promisor-remote: refactor should_accept_remote() control flow
 + promisor-remote: reject empty name or URL in advertised remote
 + promisor-remote: clarify that a remote is ignored
 + promisor-remote: pass config entry to all_fields_match() directly
 + promisor-remote: try accepted remotes before others in get_direct()
 (this branch is used by cc/promisor-auto-config-url-more.)

 Promisor remote handling has been refactored and fixed in
 preparation for auto-configuration of advertised remotes.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jr/bisect-custom-terms-in-output (2026-04-17) 2 commits
 - rev-parse: use selected alternate terms to look up refs
 - bisect: use selected alternate terms in status output

 "git bisect" now uses the selected terms (e.g., old/new) more
 consistently in its output.

 Needs review.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ua/push-remote-group (2026-04-27) 3 commits
 - SQUASH??? -Werror=sign-compare workaround
 - push: support pushing to a remote group
 - remote: move remote group resolution to remote.c

 "git push" learned to take a "remote group" name to push to, which
 causes pushes to multiple places, just like "git fetch" would do.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* hn/git-checkout-m-with-stash (2026-04-28) 5 commits
 - checkout -m: autostash when switching branches
 - checkout: rollback lock on early returns in merge_working_tree
 - sequencer: teach autostash apply to take optional conflict marker labels
 - sequencer: allow create_autostash to run silently
 - stash: add --label-ours, --label-theirs, --label-base for apply

 "git checkout -m another-branch" was invented to deal with local
 changes to paths that are different between the current and the new
 branch, but it gave only one chance to resolve conflicts.  The command
 was taught to create a stash to save the local changes.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* kh/name-rev-custom-format (2026-04-30) 6 commits
 . SQUASH???
 . format-rev: introduce builtin for on-demand pretty formatting
 . name-rev: make dedicated --annotate-stdin --name-only test
 . name-rev: factor code for sharing with a new command
 . name-rev: run clang-format before factoring code
 . name-rev: wrap both blocks in braces

 A new builtin "git format-rev" is introduced for pretty formatting
 one revision expression per line or commit object names found in
 running text.

 Breaks CI.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* js/parseopt-subcommand-autocorrection (2026-04-27) 11 commits
 - SQUASH???
 - doc: document autocorrect API
 - parseopt: add tests for subcommand autocorrection
 - parseopt: enable subcommand autocorrection for git-remote and git-notes
 - parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommands
 - autocorrect: provide config resolution API
 - autocorrect: rename AUTOCORRECT_SHOW to AUTOCORRECT_HINT
 - autocorrect: use mode and delay instead of magic numbers
 - help: move tty check for autocorrection to autocorrect.c
 - help: make autocorrect handling reusable
 - parseopt: extract subcommand handling from parse_options_step()

 The parse-options library learned to auto-correct misspelled
 subcommand names.

 Expecting a reroll.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ab/clone-default-object-filter (2026-03-14) 1 commit
 - clone: add clone.<url>.defaultObjectFilter config

 "git clone" learns to pay attention to "clone.<url>.defaultObjectFilter"
 configuration and behave as if the "--filter=<filter-spec>" option
 was given on the command line.

 Expecting review responses.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jc/neuter-sideband-fixup (2026-03-05) 6 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-03-13 at 5a4098b0cd)
 + sideband: drop 'default' configuration
 + sideband: offer to configure sanitizing on a per-URL basis
 + sideband: add options to allow more control sequences to be passed through
 + sideband: do allow ANSI color sequences by default
 + sideband: introduce an "escape hatch" to allow control characters
 + sideband: mask control characters
 (this branch is used by jc/neuter-sideband-post-3.0.)

 Try to resurrect and reboot a stalled "avoid sending risky escape
 sequences taken from sideband to the terminal" topic by Dscho.  The
 plan is to keep it in 'next' long enough to see if anybody screams
 with the "everything dropped except for ANSI color escape sequences"
 default.

 Will keep in 'next' a bit longer than usual.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jc/neuter-sideband-post-3.0 (2026-03-05) 2 commits
 - sideband: delay sanitizing by default to Git v3.0
 - Merge branch 'jc/neuter-sideband-fixup' into jc/neuter-sideband-post-3.0
 (this branch uses jc/neuter-sideband-fixup.)

 The final step, split from earlier attempt by Dscho, to loosen the
 sideband restriction for now and tighten later at Git v3.0 boundary.

 On hold, until jc/neuter-sideband-fixup cooks long enough in 'next'.
 (this branch uses jc/neuter-sideband-fixup.)
 source: <[email-masked]>

* cs/subtree-split-recursion (2026-03-05) 3 commits
 - contrib/subtree: reduce recursion during split
 - contrib/subtree: functionalize split traversal
 - contrib/subtree: reduce function side-effects

 When processing large history graphs on Debian or Ubuntu, "git
 subtree" can die with a "recursion depth reached" error.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* pt/promisor-lazy-fetch-no-recurse (2026-03-11) 1 commit
 - promisor-remote: prevent lazy-fetch recursion in child fetch

 The mechanism to avoid recursive lazy-fetch from promisor remotes
 was not propagated properly to child "git fetch" processes, which
 has been corrected.

 Will discard.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* pt/fsmonitor-linux (2026-04-15) 13 commits
 - fsmonitor: convert shown khash to strset in do_handle_client
 - fsmonitor: add tests for Linux
 - fsmonitor: add timeout to daemon stop command
 - fsmonitor: close inherited file descriptors and detach in daemon
 - run-command: add close_fd_above_stderr option
 - fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux
 - fsmonitor: rename fsm-settings-darwin.c to fsm-settings-unix.c
 - fsmonitor: rename fsm-ipc-darwin.c to fsm-ipc-unix.c
 - fsmonitor: use pthread_cond_timedwait for cookie wait
 - compat/win32: add pthread_cond_timedwait
 - fsmonitor: fix hashmap memory leak in fsmonitor_run_daemon
 - fsmonitor: fix khash memory leak in do_handle_client
 - t9210, t9211: disable GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX for scalar clone tests

 The fsmonitor daemon has been implemented for Linux.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ar/parallel-hooks (2026-04-10) 13 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2026-04-13 at 0a6acf0d17)
 + t1800: test SIGPIPE with parallel hooks
 + hook: allow hook.jobs=-1 to use all available CPU cores
 + hook: add hook.<event>.enabled switch
 + hook: move is_known_hook() to hook.c for wider use
 + hook: warn when hook.<friendly-name>.jobs is set
 + hook: add per-event jobs config
 + hook: add -j/--jobs option to git hook run
 + hook: mark non-parallelizable hooks
 + hook: allow pre-push parallel execution
 + hook: allow parallel hook execution
 + hook: parse the hook.jobs config
 + config: add a repo_config_get_uint() helper
 + repository: fix repo_init() memleak due to missing _clear()

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* pw/xdiff-shrink-memory-consumption (2026-04-02) 4 commits
 . xdiff: reduce the size of array
 . xprepare: simplify error handling
 . xdiff: cleanup xdl_clean_mmatch()
 . xdiff: reduce size of action arrays

 Shrink wasted memory in Myers diff that does not account for common
 prefix and suffix removal.

 Needs to be rebased on updated en/xdiff-cleanup-3.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* en/xdiff-cleanup-3 (2026-04-29) 6 commits
 - xdiff/xdl_cleanup_records: make execution of action easier to follow
 - xdiff/xdl_cleanup_records: make setting action easier to follow
 - xdiff/xdl_cleanup_records: make limits more clear
 - xdiff/xdl_cleanup_records: use unambiguous types
 - xdiff: use unambiguous types in xdl_bogo_sqrt()
 - xdiff/xdl_cleanup_records: delete local recs pointer

 Preparation of the xdiff/ codebase to work with Rust.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <[email-masked]>