Subject: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2025, #01; Sun, 3)

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 01:23:40 -0700

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 are 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 an URL
to a message that raises issues but they are no means exhaustive.  A
topic without enough support may be discarded after a long period of
no activity (of course they can be resubmit when new interests
arise).

Git 2.51-rc0 preview release is planned to happen tomorrow, but no
promises.

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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[Graduated to 'master']

* ag/imap-send-list-folders-doc (2025-07-22) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-24 at d7db48890b)
 + docs: explain how to use `git imap-send --list` command to get a list of available folders

 Document recently added "git imap-send --list" with an example.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* cb/meson-avoid-broken-macos-pcre2 (2025-07-18) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-24 at b8cea692a4)
 + meson: work around broken system PCRE2 dependency in macOS

 Build fix for macOS.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* hl/test-helper-fd-close (2025-07-23) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-28 at 1e63fd84fe)
 + test-delta: close output descriptor after use
 + test-delta: use strbufs to hold input files
 + test-delta: handle errors with die()
 + t/helper/test-truncate: close file descriptor after truncation

 A few file descriptors left unclosed upon program completion in a
 few test helper programs are now closed.
 source: <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jc/ci-print-test-failures-fix (2025-07-16) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-24 at a1924c981b)
 + ci: allow github-actions print test failures again

 CI fix.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jc/do-not-scan-argv-without-parsing (2025-07-21) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-23 at 8e3db5dcca)
 + rev-list: update a NEEDSWORK comment

 Update a hard-to-read in-code NEEDSWORK comment.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jc/document-test-balloons-in-flight (2025-07-23) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-24 at c239410df9)
 + CodingGuidelines: document test balloons in flight

 To help our developers, document what C99 language features are
 being considered for adoption, in addition to what past experiments
 have already decided.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jc/rev-list-info-cleanup (2025-07-18) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-23 at 09282d051a)
 + rev-list: make "struct rev_list_info" static to the only user

 Move structure definition from unrelated header file to where it
 belongs.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jk/revision-no-early-output (2025-07-19) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-23 at cfc20b3eb9)
 + revision: drop early output option

 Remove unsupported, unused, and unsupportable old option from "git
 log".
 source: <[email-masked]>

* jk/unleak-reflog-expire-entry (2025-07-22) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-23 at 1663299f09)
 + reflog: close leak of reflog expire entry

 Leakfix.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* kn/for-each-ref-skip (2025-07-24) 6 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-28 at c721b90bdc)
 + ref-cache: set prefix_state when seeking
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-15 at 4ea3c74afd)
 + for-each-ref: introduce a '--start-after' option
 + ref-filter: remove unnecessary else clause
 + refs: selectively set prefix in the seek functions
 + ref-cache: remove unused function 'find_ref_entry()'
 + refs: expose `ref_iterator` via 'refs.h'
 (this branch is used by kn/for-each-ref-skip-updates.)

 "git for-each-ref" learns "--start-after" option to help
 applications that want to page its output.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ly/pull-autostash (2025-07-20) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-24 at dd85f09d69)
 + pull: add pull.autoStash config option

 "git pull" learned to pay attention to pull.autostash configuration
 variable, which overrides rebase/merge.autostash.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ow/rebase-verify-insn-fmt-before-initializing-state (2025-06-09) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-28 at 561f172338)
 + rebase: write script before initializing state

 "git rebase -i" with bogus rebase.instructionFormat configuration
 failed to produce the todo file after recording the state files,
 leading to confused "git status"; this has been corrected.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ps/object-store-midx (2025-07-15) 9 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-28 at a6727995ac)
 + midx: remove now-unused linked list of multi-pack indices
 + packfile: stop using linked MIDX list in `get_all_packs()`
 + packfile: stop using linked MIDX list in `find_pack_entry()`
 + packfile: refactor `get_multi_pack_index()` to work on sources
 + midx: stop using linked list when closing MIDX
 + packfile: refactor `prepare_packed_git_one()` to work on sources
 + midx: start tracking per object database source
 + Merge branch 'tb/midx-avoid-cruft-packs' into ps/object-store-midx
 + Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx
 (this branch is used by ps/object-store-midx-dedup-info.)

 Redefine where the multi-pack-index sits in the object subsystem,
 which recently was restructured to allow multiple backends that
 support a single object source that belongs to one repository.  A
 midx does span mulitple "object sources".
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* sk/reftable-clarify-tests (2025-07-24) 10 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-24 at b3930223b7)
 + t/unit-tests: finalize migration of reftable-related tests
 + t/unit-tests: convert reftable stack test to use clar
 + t/unit-tests: convert reftable record test to use clar
 + t/unit-tests: convert reftable readwrite test to use clar
 + t/unit-tests: convert reftable table test to use clar
 + t/unit-tests: convert reftable pq test to use clar
 + t/unit-tests: convert reftable merged test to use clar
 + t/unit-tests: convert reftable block test to use clar
 + t/unit-tests: convert reftable basics test to use clar test framework
 + t/unit-tests: implement clar specific reftable test helper functions

 The reftable unit tests are now ported to the "clar" unit testing
 framework.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

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[New Topics]

* jc/doc-release-vs-clear (2025-08-01) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-01 at dd9490d97e)
 + CodingGuidelines: clarify that S_release() does not reinitialize

 Doc update.

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

* kh/doc-fast-import-historical (2025-08-01) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-01 at 111a582ca4)
 + doc: fast-import: contextualize the hardware cost

 Doc update.

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

* ms/meson-with-ancient-git-wo-ls-files-dedup (2025-08-01) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-01 at f2b8c802ec)
 + meson: tolerate errors from git ls-files --deduplicate

 Build fix.

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

* pw/reftable-libgit2-cleanup (2025-08-01) 5 commits
 - reftable/stack: allow passing flags to `reftable_stack_add()`
 - reftable/stack: reorder code to avoid forward declarations
 - reftable/stack: fix compiler warning due to missing braces
 - reftable/writer: drop Git-specific `QSORT()` macro
 - reftable/writer: fix type used for number of records

 Code clean-ups.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* tc/diff-tree-max-depth (2025-07-29) 3 commits
 - diff: teach tree-diff a max-depth parameter
 - within_depth: fix return for empty path
 - combine-diff: zero memory used for callback filepairs

 "git diff-tree" learned "--max-depth" option.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* dk/help-all (2025-08-03) 4 commits
 - builtin: also setup gently for --help-all
 - parse-options: refactor flags for usage_with_options_internal
 - t1517: fixup for ua/t1517-short-help-tests
 - Merge branch 'ua/t1517-short-help-tests' into dk/help-all
 (this branch uses ua/t1517-short-help-tests.)

 "git cmd --help-all" outside repository.

 Breaks t1517.296 under SANITIZE=leak?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* js/mingw-fixes (2025-08-03) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-03 at a222fda8c6)
 + mingw: support Windows Server 2016 again
 + mingw_rename: support ReFS on Windows 2022
 + mingw: drop Windows 7-specific work-around
 + mingw_open_existing: handle directories better

 Windows fixes.

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

* jt/archive-zip-deflate-fix (2025-08-02) 1 commit
 - archive: flush deflate stream until Z_STREAM_END

 The deflate codepath in "git archive --format=zip" had a
 longstanding bug coming from misuse of zlib API, which has been
 corrected.

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

* lc/rebase-trailer (2025-08-03) 2 commits
 - rebase: support --trailer
 - trailer: append trailers in-process and drop the fork to `interpret-trailers`

 source: <[email-masked]>

* ly/diff-name-only-with-diff-from-content (2025-08-03) 1 commit
 . diff: ensure consistent diff behavior with -I<regex> across output formats

 Various options to "git diff" that makes comparison ignore certain
 aspects of the differences (like "space changes are ignored",
 "differences in lines that match these regular expressions are
 ignored") did not work well with "--name-only" and friends.

 Breaks t3040 when merged to 'seen'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* rs/describe-with-prio-queue (2025-08-03) 2 commits
 - describe: use prio_queue_replace()
 - describe: use prio_queue

 "git describe" has been optimized by using better data structure.

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

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[Cooking]

* ps/meson-clar-decls-fix (2025-07-29) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-01 at 627c189731)
 + meson: ensure correct "clar-decls.h" header is used

 Build fix.

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

* ps/object-store-midx-dedup-info (2025-07-29) 9 commits
 - midx: compute paths via their source
 - midx: stop duplicating info redundant with its owning source
 - midx: write multi-pack indices via their source
 - midx: load multi-pack indices via their source
 - midx: drop redundant `struct repository` parameter
 - odb: return newly created in-memory sources
 - odb: allow `odb_find_source()` to fail
 - odb: store locality in object database sources
 - Merge branch 'ps/object-store-midx' into ps/object-store-midx-dedup-info

 Further code clean-up for multi-pack-index code paths.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ch/t7450-recursive-clone-test-fix (2025-07-30) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-01 at 478a84a4a9)
 + t7450: inspect the correct path a broken code would write to

 Test fix.

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

* jc/strbuf-split (2025-07-31) 13 commits
 - trace2: do not use strbuf_split*()
 - trace2: trim_trailing_newline followed by trim is a no-op
 - sub-process: do not use strbuf_split*()
 - environment: do not use strbuf_split*()
 - config: do not use strbuf_split()
 - notes: do not use strbuf_split*()
 - merge-tree: do not use strbuf_split*()
 - clean: do not use strbuf_split*() [part 2]
 - clean: do not pass the whole structure when it is not necessary
 - clean: do not use strbuf_split*() [part 1]
 - clean: do not pass strbuf by value
 - wt-status: avoid strbuf_split*()
 - Merge branch 'jc/string-list-split' into jc/strbuf-split
 (this branch uses jc/string-list-split.)

 Arrays of strbuf is often a wrong data structure to use, and
 strbuf_split*() family of functions that create them often have
 better alternatives.

 Update several code paths and replace strbuf_split*().

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

* jc/string-list-split (2025-08-01) 7 commits
 - string-list: split-then-remove-empty can be done while splitting
 - string-list: optionally omit empty string pieces in string_list_split*()
 - diff: simplify parsing of diff.colormovedws
 - string-list: optionally trim string pieces split by string_list_split*()
 - string-list: unify string_list_split* functions
 - string-list: align string_list_split() with its _in_place() counterpart
 - string-list: report programming error with BUG
 (this branch is used by jc/strbuf-split.)

 string_list_split*() family of functions have been extended to
 simplify common use cases.

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

* jc/test-hashmap-is-still-here (2025-07-30) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-01 at 0d766613fc)
 + test-hashmap: document why it is no longer used but still there

 Comment fix.

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

* js/prompt-crlf-fix (2025-07-31) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-01 at 365b52c100)
 + interactive: do strip trailing CRLF from input

 Interactive prompt code did not correctly strip CRLF from the end
 of line on Windows.

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

* am/xdiff-hash-tweak (2025-07-28) 3 commits
 - fixup! xdiff: optimize xdl_hash_record_verbatim
 - xdiff: optimize xdl_hash_record_verbatim
 - xdiff: refactor xdl_hash_record()

 Inspired by Ezekiel's recent effort to showcase Rust interface, the
 hash function implementation used to hash lines have been updated
 to the one used for ELF symbol lookup by Glibc.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* cc/t9350-cleanup (2025-07-25) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-29 at 3d39401b01)
 + t9350: redirect input to only fast-import

 Test clean-up.

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

* hy/blame-simplify-get-commit-info (2025-07-27) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-29 at aa7b9a8ab6)
 + blame: remove parameter detailed in get_commit_info()

 Code simplification.

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

* kn/for-each-ref-skip-updates (2025-07-28) 5 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-29 at 6e97c528ef)
 + ref-filter: use REF_ITERATOR_SEEK_SET_PREFIX instead of '1'
 + t6302: add test combining '--start-after' with '--exclude'
 + for-each-ref: reword the documentation for '--start-after'
 + for-each-ref: fix documentation argument ordering
 + ref-cache: use 'size_t' instead of int for length

 Code clean-up.

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

* ps/remote-rename-fix (2025-07-31) 7 commits
 - builtin/remote: only iterate through refs that are to be renamed
 - builtin/remote: rework how remote refs get renamed
 - builtin/remote: determine whether refs need renaming early on
 - builtin/remote: fix sign comparison warnings
 - refs: simplify logic when migrating reflog entries
 - refs: pass refname when invoking reflog entry callback
 - Merge branch 'ps/reflog-migrate-fixes' into ps/remote-rename-fix
 (this branch uses ps/reflog-migrate-fixes.)

 "git remote rename origin upstream" failed to move origin/HEAD to
 upstream/HEAD when origin/HEAD is unborn and performed other
 renames extremely inefficiently, which has been corrected.

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

* rs/tighten-alias-help (2025-07-25) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-01 at a0fb0696cd)
 + git: show alias info only with lone -h

 "git -c alias.foo=bar foo -h baz" reported "'foo' is aliased to
 'bar'" and then went on to do "git foo -h baz", which was
 unexpected.  Tighten the rule so that alias expansion is reported
 only when "-h" is the sole option.

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

* ag/send-email-imap-sent (2025-07-22) 1 commit
 - send-email: add ability to send a copy of sent emails to an IMAP folder

 "git send-email" learned to drive "git imap-send" to store already
 sent e-mails in an IMAP folder.

 A reroll (v4) exists.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <da7c[email-masked]>

* en/ort-rename-fixes (2025-07-22) 6 commits
 - merge-ort: fix directory rename on top of source of other rename/delete
 - merge-ort: fix incorrect file handling
 - t6423: fix missed staging of file in testcases 12i,12j,12k
 - t6423: document two bugs with rename-to-self testcases
 - merge-ort: drop unnecessary temporary in check_for_directory_rename()
 - merge-ort: update comments to modern testfile location

 Various bugs about rename handling in "ort" merge strategy have
 been fixed.

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

* jb/t7510-gpg-program-path (2025-07-24) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-29 at f5dc13f52d)
 + t7510: use $PWD instead of $(pwd) inside PATH
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-24 at eb8bc447f9)
 + t7510: add test cases for non-absolute gpg program

 A new test to ensure that a recent change will keep working.

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

* jt/switch-restore-no-longer-experimental (2025-07-28) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-29 at 3c2cf5ab46)
 + builtin: unmark git-switch and git-restore as experimental

 Declare that "git switch" and "git restore" are no longer
 experimental.

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

* ps/reflog-migrate-fixes (2025-07-29) 9 commits
 - refs: fix invalid old object IDs when migrating reflogs
 - refs: stop unsetting REF_HAVE_OLD for log-only updates
 - refs/files: detect race when generating reflog entry for HEAD
 - refs: fix identity for migrated reflogs
 - ident: fix type of string length parameter
 - builtin/reflog: implement subcommand to write new entries
 - refs: export `ref_transaction_update_reflog()`
 - builtin/reflog: improve grouping of subcommands
 - Documentation/git-reflog: convert to use synopsis type
 (this branch is used by ps/remote-rename-fix.)

 "git refs migrate" to migrate the reflog entries from a refs
 backend to another had a handful of bugs squashed.

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

* ds/sparse-checkout-clean (2025-07-16) 9 commits
 - sparse-checkout: make 'clean' clear more files
 - t: expand tests around sparse merges and clean
 - sparse-index: point users to new 'clean' action
 - sparse-checkout: add --verbose option to 'clean'
 - dir: add generic "walk all files" helper
 - sparse-checkout: match some 'clean' behavior
 - sparse-checkout: add basics of 'clean' command
 - sparse-checkout: remove use of the_repository
 - Merge branch 'ac/deglobal-sparse-variables' into ds/sparse-checkout-clean
 (this branch uses ac/deglobal-sparse-variables.)

 "git sparse-checkout" subcommand learned a new "clean" action to
 prune otherwise unused working-tree files that are outside the
 areas of interest.

 Needs to wait for the base topic to solidify.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ps/config-wo-the-repository (2025-07-23) 22 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-29 at 13da88e8fb)
 + config: fix sign comparison warnings
 + config: move Git config parsing into "environment.c"
 + config: remove unused `the_repository` wrappers
 + config: drop `git_config_set_multivar()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get_multivar_gently()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_set_multivar_in_file_gently()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_set_in_file_gently()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_set()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_set_gently()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_set_in_file()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get_bool()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get_ulong()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get_int()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get_string()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get_string()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get_string_multi()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get_value()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get_value()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_get()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config_clear()` wrapper
 + config: drop `git_config()` wrapper
 + Merge branch 'bc/use-sha256-by-default-in-3.0' into ps/config-wo-the-repository
 (this branch is used by pw/3.0-commentchar-auto-deprecation.)

 The config API had a set of convenience wrapper functions that
 implicitly use the_repository instance; they have been removed and
 inlined at the calling sites.

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

* pw/3.0-commentchar-auto-deprecation (2025-07-31) 4 commits
 - commit: print advice when core.commentString=auto
 - config: warn on core.commentString=auto
 - breaking-changes: deprecate support for core.commentString=auto
 - Merge branch 'ps/config-wo-the-repository' into pw/3.0-commentchar-auto-deprecation
 (this branch uses ps/config-wo-the-repository.)

 Proposes to deprecate "core.commentChar=auto" that attempts to
 dynamically pick a suitable comment character, as it is too much
 trouble to support for little benefit.

 Comments?
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ps/object-file-wo-the-repository (2025-07-16) 17 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-01 at 0c1253014e)
 + object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in index-related functions
 + object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `force_object_loose()`
 + object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `read_loose_object()`
 + object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in loose object iterators
 + object-file: remove declaration for `for_each_file_in_obj_subdir()`
 + object-file: inline `for_each_loose_file_in_objdir_buf()`
 + object-file: get rid of `the_repository` when writing objects
 + odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`
 + loose: write loose objects map via their source
 + object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`
 + object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `loose_object_info()`
 + object-file: get rid of `the_repository` when freshening objects
 + object-file: inline `check_and_freshen()` functions
 + object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `has_loose_object()`
 + object-file: stop using `the_hash_algo`
 + object-file: fix -Wsign-compare warnings
 + Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository

 Reduce implicit assumption and dependence on the_repository in the
 object-file subsystem.

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

* ua/t1517-short-help-tests (2025-08-02) 3 commits
 - t5304: move `prune -h` test from t1517
 - t5200: move `update-server-info -h` test from t1517
 - t/t1517: automate `git subcmd -h` tests outside a repository
 (this branch is used by dk/help-all.)

 Test shuffling.

 Needs the perl-prereq touch-up squashed in from dk/help-all topic.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* tc/last-modified (2025-07-30) 4 commits
 - last-modified: use Bloom filters when available
 - commit-graph: export prepare_commit_graph()
 - t/perf: add last-modified perf script
 - last-modified: new subcommand to show when files were last modified

 A new command "git last-modified" is proposed to show the closest
 ancestor commit that touched each path.

 Seems to break a CI job when merged to 'seen'.
 cf. <[email-masked]>
 source: <[email-masked]>

* lo/repo-info (2025-08-01) 5 commits
 . repo: add the --format flag
 . repo: add the field layout.shallow
 . repo: add the field layout.bare
 . repo: add the field references.format
 . repo: declare the repo command

 A new subcommand "git repo" gives users a way to grab various
 repository characteristics.

 Breaks 0450 when merged to 'seen'.
 source: <[email-masked]>

* ac/deglobal-sparse-variables (2025-07-18) 3 commits
 - environment: remove the global variable 'sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns'
 - environment: move access to "core.sparsecheckoutcone" into repo_settings
 - environment: move access to "core.sparsecheckout" into repo_settings
 (this branch is used by ds/sparse-checkout-clean.)

 Two global variables related to sparse checkout have been moved to
 the repository settings structure.

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

* tb/prepare-midx-pack-cleanup (2025-05-28) 5 commits
 - midx: return a `packed_git` pointer from `prepare_midx_pack()`
 - midx-write.c: extract inner loop from fill_packs_from_midx()
 - midx-write.c: guard against incremental MIDXs in want_included_pack()
 - midx: access pack names through `nth_midxed_pack_name()`
 - Merge branch 'ps/midx-negative-packfile-cache' into tb/prepare-midx-pack-cleanup

 Improvement on Multi-pack-index API.

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

* kj/renamed-submodule (2025-07-24) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-08-03 at c341b36545)
 + fixup! submodule: skip redundant active entries when pattern covers path
 + fixup! submodule: prevent overwriting .gitmodules on path reuse
 + submodule: skip redundant active entries when pattern covers path
 + submodule: prevent overwriting .gitmodules on path reuse

 The case where a new submodule takes a path where used to be a
 completely different subproject is now dealt a bit better than
 before.

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

* lm/add-p-context (2025-07-29) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-29 at 393fa4b64b)
 + add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides
 + add-patch: respect diff.context configuration
 + t: use test_config in t4055
 + t: use test_grep in t3701 and t4055

 "git add/etc -p" now honors diff.context configuration variable,
 and learns to honor -U<n> option.

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

* cc/promisor-remote-capability (2025-07-31) 5 commits
 - promisor-remote: use string constants for 'name' and 'url' too
 - promisor-remote: allow a client to check fields
 - promisor-remote: refactor how we parse advertised fields
 - promisor-remote: allow a server to advertise more fields
 - promisor-remote: refactor to get rid of 'struct strvec'

 The "promisor-remote" capability mechanism has been updated to
 allow the "partialCloneFilter" settings and the "token" value to be
 communicated from the server side.

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

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[Discarded]

* pw/compound-literal-test-balloon (2025-07-14) 1 commit
 . strbuf: add compound literal test balloon

 Gauge if the world is ready for compound literal that can make the
 resulting code clearer in some places.

 Discarded; it turns out that we already have a test balloon on this.
 source: <7ac5[email-masked]>

* jc/tag-idempotent-no-op (2025-07-11) 1 commit
 . tag: allow idempotent "git tag" without "--force"

 "git tag T O" when the tag T is already pointing at the object O is
 a no-op; we used to but no longer error out such a request and
 require "--force" and instead turn it into a no-op.

 Will discard.
 cf. <dt5ruadvr7lmhsbypmb6yili5cookfx5btw4gzfeui7ehxxajv@ziael4udbbcy>
 source: <[email-masked]>