{"thread":{"id":"65827","subject":"What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2026, #06)","startedAt":"2026-06-17T17:16:26Z","lastAt":"2026-06-17T17:16:26Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"545778","messageId":"xmqqmrwtw0ig.fsf@gitster.g","threadId":"65827","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2026, #06)","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2026-06-17T17:16:23Z","receivedAt":"2026-06-17T17:16:26Z","isPatch":false,"body":"Here are the topics that have been cooking in my tree. Commits\nprefixed with '+' are in 'next' (being in 'next' is a sign that a\ntopic is stable enough to be used and is a candidate to be in a\nfuture release). Commits prefixed with '-' are only in 'seen', and\naren't considered \"accepted\" at all and may be annotated with a URL\nto a message that raises issues but they are by no means exhaustive.\nA topic without enough support may be discarded after a long period\nof no activity (of course they can be resubmitted when new interests\narise).\n\nGit 2.55-rc1 has been tagged and pushed out. There may be a few\nmore topics in 'next' that we may want to include in the release\nthat I didn't manage or I forgot (please let me know), but basically\nthis development cycle is over, the tree is feature-frozen, and\nremaining topics in 'next' will stay in \"Will cook in 'next'\"\ninstead of \"Will merge to 'master'\" state. We'd want to force\nourselves to concentrate on addressing topics that are important\nfixes but still in the \"Needs review\" state, and of course, find any\ncorrect any regressions relative to Git 2.54, until we are ready to\ntag Git 2.55 final.\n\nCopies of the source code to Git live in many repositories, and the\nfollowing is a list of the ones I push into or their mirrors. Some\nrepositories have only a subset of branches.\n\nWith maint, master, next, seen, todo:\n\n\tgit://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/\n\tgit://repo.or.cz/alt-git.git/\n\thttps://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/\n\thttps://github.com/git/git/\n\thttps://gitlab.com/git-scm/git/\n\nWith all the integration branches and topics broken out:\n\n\thttps://github.com/gitster/git/\n\nEven though the preformatted documentation in HTML and man format\nare not sources, they are published in these repositories for\nconvenience (replace \"htmldocs\" with \"manpages\" for the manual\npages):\n\n\tgit://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git-htmldocs.git/\n\thttps://github.com/gitster/git-htmldocs.git/\n\nRelease tarballs are available at:\n\n\thttps://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[New Topics]\n\n* mh/fetch-follow-remote-head-config (2026-06-16) 7 commits\n - fetch: fixup a misaligned comment\n - fetch: add configuration variable fetch.followRemoteHEAD\n - fetch: refactor do_fetch handling of followRemoteHEAD\n - fetch: rename function report_set_head\n - t5510: cleanup remote in followRemoteHEAD dangling ref test\n - doc: explain fetchRemoteHEADWarn advice\n - fetch: fixup set_head advice for warn-if-not-branch\n\n The `fetch.followRemoteHEAD` configuration variable has been added to\n provide a default for the per-remote `remote..followRemoteHEAD`\n setting.\n\n Will merge to 'next'?\n source: <20260616222606.1003521-1-m@lfurio.us>\n\n\n* ps/refs-writing-subcommands (2026-06-17) 5 commits\n - builtin/refs: add \"rename\" subcommand\n - builtin/refs: add \"create\" subcommand\n - builtin/refs: add \"update\" subcommand\n - builtin/refs: add \"delete\" subcommand\n - builtin/refs: drop `the_repository`\n\n The \"git refs\" toolbox has been extended with new \"create\", \"delete\",\n \"update\", and \"rename\" subcommands to create, delete, update, and\n rename references, respectively.\n\n Will merge to 'next'?\n source: <20260617-pks-refs-writing-subcommands-v2-0-07f3d18336f9@pks.im>\n\n\n* po/hash-object-size-t (2026-06-16) 6 commits\n - hash-object: add a >4GB/LLP64 test case using filtered input\n - hash-object: add another >4GB/LLP64 test case\n - hash-object --stdin: verify that it works with >4GB/LLP64\n - hash algorithms: use size_t for section lengths\n - object-file.c: use size_t for header lengths\n - hash-object: demonstrate a >4GB/LLP64 problem\n\n Support for hashing loose or packed objects larger than 4GB on Windows\n and other LLP64 platforms has been improved by converting object header\n buffers and data-handling functions from 'unsigned long' to 'size_t'.\n\n Will merge to 'next'?\n source: \n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[Graduated to 'master']\n\n* ab/index-pack-retain-child-bases (2026-06-01) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-12 at 625f76ac4c)\n + index-pack: retain child bases in delta cache\n\n \"git index-pack\" has been optimized by retaining child bases in the\n delta cache instead of immediately freeing them, letting the existing\n cache limit policy decide eviction.\n source: \n\n\n* jd/unpack-trees-wo-the-repository (2026-03-31) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-11 at 3d7788721e)\n + unpack-trees: use repository from index instead of global\n\n A handful of inappropriate uses of the_repository have been\n rewritten to use the right repository structure instance in the\n unpack-trees.c codepath.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* jk/describe-contains-all-match-fix (2026-06-01) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-11 at a95871538b)\n + describe: fix --exclude, --match with --contains and --all\n\n The 'git describe --contains --all' command has been fixed to\n properly honor the '--match' and '--exclude' options by passing\n them down to 'git name-rev' with the appropriate reference\n prefixes.\n source: <20260601233727.43558-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com>\n\n\n* js/osxkeychain-build-wo-rust (2026-06-17) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-17 at d5f6cec43d)\n + osxkeychain: fix build with Rust\n\n Build fix.\n source: \n\n\n* js/win-kill-child-more-gently (2026-06-04) 2 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-11 at b4a2299e7e)\n + mingw: really handle SIGINT\n + mingw: kill child processes in a gentler way\n\n Advanced emulation of kill() used on Windows in GfW has been\n upstreamed to improve the symptoms like left-behind .lock files and\n that fails to let the child clean-up itself when it gets killed.\n source: \n\n\n* kk/streaming-walk-pqueue (2026-05-27) 3 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-11 at 1466219fc9)\n + revision: use priority queue for non-limited streaming walks\n + revision: introduce rev_walk_mode to clarify get_revision_1()\n + pack-objects: call release_revisions() after cruft traversal\n\n Streaming revision walks have been optimized by using a priority queue\n for date-sorting commits, speeding up walks repositories with many\n merges.\n source: \n\n\n* mf/revision-max-count-oldest (2026-06-10) 2 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-11 at c89a71798a)\n + bash-completions: add --max-count-oldest\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-09 at 076600fa21)\n + revision.c: implement --max-count-oldest\n\n \"git rev-list\" (and \"git log\" family of commands) learned a new \"--max-count-oldest\"\n that picks oldest N commits in the range instead of the usual newest.\n source: \n\n\n* mm/subprocess-handshake-fix (2026-06-01) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-11 at b649c3a97c)\n + sub-process: use gentle handshake to avoid die() on startup failure\n\n The subprocess handshake during startup has been made gentler by using\n packet_read_line_gently() instead of packet_read_line() to prevent the\n parent Git process from dying abruptly when a configured subprocess\n (e.g., a clean/smudge filter) fails to start.\n source: \n\n\n* ps/t7527-fix-tap-output (2026-06-04) 8 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-11 at b5a4cd26ee)\n + t: let prove fail when parsing invalid TAP output\n + t/lib-git-p4: silence output when killing p4d and its watchdog\n + t/test-lib: silence EBUSY errors on Windows during test cleanup\n + t7810: turn MB_REGEX check into a lazy prereq\n + t7527: fix broken TAP output\n + ci: unify Linux images across GitLab and GitHub\n + gitlab-ci: add missing Linux jobs\n + gitlab-ci: rearrange Linux jobs to match GitHub's order\n\n A recent regression in t7527 that broke TAP output has been fixed,\n some other test noise that also broke TAP output has been silenced,\n and 'prove' is now configured to fail on invalid TAP output to\n prevent future regressions.\n source: <20260604-pks-t7527-fix-tap-output-v3-0-7d766ed481e4@pks.im>\n\n\n* ta/typofixes (2026-06-04) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-11 at dfb63ded01)\n + docs: fix typos\n\n Typofixes\n cf. \n source: <20260604131457.19215-1-taahol@utu.fi>\n\n\n* wy/docs-typofixes (2026-05-29) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-11 at bd53c91110)\n + docs: fix typos and grammar\n\n Various typos, grammatical errors, and duplicated words in both\n documentation and code comments have been corrected.\n source: <7b502e20e9495cd4720496bd6738a1fbeb453410.1780041658.git.wy@wyuan.org>\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[Stalled]\n\n* jt/config-lock-timeout (2026-05-17) 1 commit\n - config: retry acquiring config.lock, configurable via core.configLockTimeout\n\n Configuration file locking now retries for a short period, avoiding\n failures when multiple processes attempt to update the configuration\n simultaneously.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s) for too long, stalled.\n cf. \n source: <20260517132111.1014901-1-joerg@thalheim.io>\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[Cooking]\n\n* kh/submittingpatches-trailers (2026-06-10) 6 commits\n - SubmittingPatches: note that trailer order matters\n - SubmittingPatches: be consistent with trailer markup\n - SubmittingPatches: document Based-on-patch-by trailer\n - SubmittingPatches: discourage common Linux trailers\n - SubmittingPatches: discuss non-ident trailers\n - SubmittingPatches: encourage trailer use for substantial help\n\n The trailer sections in SubmittingPatches have been updated to\n encourage use of standard trailers.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* mv/log-follow-mergy (2026-06-14) 1 commit\n - log: improve --follow following renames for non-linear history\n\n \"git log --follow\" has been updated to handle non-linear history, in\n which the path being tracked gets renamed differently in multiple\n history lines, better.\n\n Needs review.\n source: \n\n\n* wy/doc-myfirstcontribution-trim-quotes (2026-06-11) 1 commit\n - MyFirstContribution: mention trimming quoted text in replies\n\n The contributor guide has been updated to advise new contributors to\n trim irrelevant quoted text when replying to review comments, matching\n the existing advice given to reviewers.\n\n Comments?\n cf. \n source: <080402ff0ac8127b654dccea59a1bf643df62a5c.1781186476.git.wy@wyuan.org>\n\n\n* td/ls-files-pathspec-prefilter (2026-06-11) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at 38918c4cfd)\n + ls-files: filter pathspec before lstat\n\n `git ls-files --modified` and `git ls-files --deleted` have been\n optimized to filter with pathspec before calling lstat() when there is\n only a single pathspec item, avoiding unnecessary filesystem access\n for entries that will not be shown.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. \n source: <20260611-ls-files-pathspec-lstat-v3-1-f967e1a00c13@gmail.com>\n\n\n* tb/midx-incremental-custom-base (2026-06-12) 3 commits\n - midx-write: include packs above custom incremental base\n - midx: pass custom '--base' through incremental writes\n - t5334: expose shared `nth_line()` helper\n\n The `git multi-pack-index write --incremental` command has been\n corrected to properly honor the `--base` option. Previously, the\n custom base was ignored by the normal write path, and the pack\n exclusion logic incorrectly skipped packs from layers above the\n selected base, breaking reachability closure for bitmaps.\n\n Needs review.\n source: \n\n\n* en/commit-graph-timestamp-fix (2026-06-13) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-16 at 13248b8196)\n + commit-graph: use timestamp_t for max parent generation accumulator\n\n compute_reachable_generation_numbers() in commit-graph used a 32-bit\n integer to accumulate parent generations, which is OK for generation\n number v1 (topological levels), but with generation number v2\n (adjusted committer timestamps), it truncated timestamps beyond\n 2106. Fixed by widening the accumulator to timestamp_t.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. <09e50180-e165-48d8-a9d0-485283342f5c@gmail.com>\n source: \n\n\n* mm/test-grep-lint (2026-06-12) 6 commits\n - t: add greplint to detect bare grep assertions\n - t: convert grep assertions to test_grep\n - t: fix Lexer line count for $() inside double-quoted strings\n - t: extract chainlint's parser into shared module\n - t: fix grep assertions missing file arguments\n - t/README: document test_grep helper\n\n Needs review.\n source: \n\n\n* js/objects-larger-than-4gb-on-windows-more (2026-06-15) 7 commits\n - odb: use size_t for object_info.sizep and the size APIs\n - packfile,delta: drop the `cast_size_t_to_ulong()` wrappers\n - pack-objects: use size_t for in-core object sizes\n - packfile: widen unpack_entry()'s size out-parameter to size_t\n - pack-objects(check_pack_inflate()): use size_t instead of unsigned long\n - patch-delta: use size_t for sizes\n - compat/msvc: use _chsize_s for ftruncate\n\n Needs review.\n source: \n\n\n* kw/gitattributes-typofix (2026-06-15) 1 commit\n - gitattributes: fix eol attribute for Perl scripts\n\n Will merge to 'next'.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* rs/cat-file-default-format-optim (2026-06-14) 1 commit\n - cat-file: speed up default format\n\n Will merge to 'next'.\n cf. <20260615165326.GA91269@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n source: <5a7ed929-6fe0-496c-83bd-65dee57c2241@web.de>\n\n\n* js/parseopt-subcommand-autocorrection (2026-04-27) 11 commits\n - SQUASH???\n - doc: document autocorrect API\n - parseopt: add tests for subcommand autocorrection\n - parseopt: enable subcommand autocorrection for git-remote and git-notes\n - parseopt: autocorrect mistyped subcommands\n - autocorrect: provide config resolution API\n - autocorrect: rename AUTOCORRECT_SHOW to AUTOCORRECT_HINT\n - autocorrect: use mode and delay instead of magic numbers\n - help: move tty check for autocorrection to autocorrect.c\n - help: make autocorrect handling reusable\n - parseopt: extract subcommand handling from parse_options_step()\n\n The parse-options library learned to auto-correct misspelled\n subcommand names.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* kk/prio-queue-get-put-fusion (2026-06-08) 2 commits\n - prio-queue: fold lazy_queue into prio_queue for automatic get+put fusion\n - prio-queue: rename .nr to .nr_ and add accessor helpers\n\n The lazy priority queue optimization pattern (deferring actual removal\n in prio_queue_get() to allow get+put fusion) has been folded directly\n into prio_queue itself, speeding up commit traversal workflows and\n simplifying callers.\n\n Comments?\n source: \n\n\n* kk/remove-get-reachable-subset (2026-06-11) 1 commit\n - commit-reach: remove get_reachable_subset()\n\n API clean-up.\n\n Retracted.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* td/ref-filter-memoize-contains (2026-06-12) 3 commits\n - commit-reach: die on contains walk errors\n - ref-filter: memoize --contains with generations\n - commit-reach: reject cycles in contains walk\n\n 'git branch --contains' and 'git for-each-ref --contains' have\n been optimized to use the memoized commit traversal previously\n used only by 'git tag --contains', significantly speeding up\n connectivity checks across many candidate refs with shared\n history.\n\n Needs review.\n source: <20260612-ref-filter-memoized-contains-v4-0-5ed39fd001dd@gmail.com>\n\n\n* tc/replay-linearize (2026-06-16) 4 commits\n - SQUASH??? prepare for mm/test-grep-lint\n - replay: offer an option to linearize the commit topology\n - replay: add helper to put entry into mapped_commits\n - replay: refactor enum replay_mode into a bool\n\n git replay learns --linearize option to drop merge commits and\n linearize the replayed history, mimicking git rebase\n --no-rebase-merges.\n\n Needs review.\n source: <20260616-toon-git-replay-drop-merges-v3-0-153e9eb99ce1@iotcl.com>\n\n\n* td/describe-tag-iteration (2026-06-10) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at 1ae171f3b7)\n + describe: limit default ref iteration to tags\n\n 'git describe' has been taught to pass the 'refs/tags/' prefix down to\n the ref iterator when '--all' is not requested, avoiding unnecessary\n iteration over non-tag refs.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. <20260611064912.GC2191159@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n source: <20260610-describe-tag-ref-scope-v3-1-5aa63ab279f7@gmail.com>\n\n\n* ta/doc-config-adoc-fixes (2026-06-11) 3 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at 93340b5cf0)\n + doc: git-config: escape erroneous highlight markup\n + doc: config/sideband: fix description list delimiter\n + doc: config: terminate runaway lists\n\n Various AsciiDoc markup fixes in 'git config' documentation and\n related files to ensure lists and formatting are rendered correctly.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. <20260612045329.GA593075@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n source: <20260611161946.12166-1-taahol@utu.fi>\n\n\n* ps/setup-drop-global-state (2026-06-10) 8 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at d9a8b88d47)\n + treewide: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE\n + environment: stop using `the_repository` in `is_bare_repository()`\n + environment: split up concerns of `is_bare_repository_cfg`\n + builtin/init: stop modifying `is_bare_repository_cfg`\n + setup: remove global `git_work_tree_cfg` variable\n + builtin/init: simplify logic to configure worktree\n + builtin/init: stop modifying global `git_work_tree_cfg` variable\n + Merge branch 'ps/setup-centralize-odb-creation' into ps/setup-drop-global-state\n\n Continuation of \"setup.c\" refactoring to drop remaining global state\n (`git_work_tree_cfg`, `is_bare_repository_cfg`). The most notable\n outcome is that `is_bare_repository()` has been updated to no longer\n implicitly rely on `the_repository`.\n\n Will cook in 'next'.\n cf. \n cf. <87ldckyygk.fsf@emacs.iotcl.com>\n source: <20260611-b4-pks-setup-drop-global-state-v2-0-a6f7269c841d@pks.im>\n\n\n* ps/refs-avoid-chdir-notify-reparent (2026-06-15) 9 commits\n - refs: drop local buffer in `refs_compute_filesystem_location()`\n - refs: fix recursing `get_main_ref_store()` with \"onbranch\" config\n - repository: free main reference database\n - chdir-notify: drop unused `chdir_notify_reparent()`\n - refs: unregister reference stores from \"chdir_notify\"\n - setup: don't apply \"GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND\" without a repository\n - setup: stop applying repository format twice\n - setup: inline `check_and_apply_repository_format()`\n - Merge branch 'ps/setup-centralize-odb-creation' into ps/refs-avoid-chdir-notify-reparent\n\n The reference backends have been converted to always use absolute\n paths internally. This allows dropping the calls to\n `chdir_notify_reparent()` and fixes a memory leak in how the\n reference database is constructed with an \"onbranch\" condition.\n\n Needs review.\n source: <20260615-b4-pks-refs-avoid-chdir-notify-reparent-v2-0-f4854aa99859@pks.im>\n\n\n* jc/t1400-fifo-cleanup (2026-06-10) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at 7d5acd110a)\n + t1400: have fifo test clean after itself\n\n Test cleanup.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* ps/odb-source-packed (2026-06-16) 18 commits\n - odb/source-packed: drop pointer to \"files\" parent source\n - midx: refactor interfaces to work on \"packed\" source\n - odb/source-packed: stub out remaining functions\n - odb/source-packed: wire up `freshen_object()` callback\n - odb/source-packed: wire up `find_abbrev_len()` callback\n - odb/source-packed: wire up `count_objects()` callback\n - odb/source-packed: wire up `for_each_object()` callback\n - odb/source-packed: wire up `read_object_stream()` callback\n - odb/source-packed: wire up `read_object_info()` callback\n - packfile: use higher-level interface to implement `has_object_pack()`\n - odb/source-packed: wire up `reprepare()` callback\n - odb/source-packed: wire up `close()` callback\n - odb/source-packed: start converting to a proper `struct odb_source`\n - odb/source-packed: store pointer to \"files\" instead of generic source\n - packfile: move packed source into \"odb/\" subsystem\n - packfile: split out packfile list logic\n - packfile: rename `struct packfile_store` to `odb_source_packed`\n - Merge branch 'ps/odb-source-loose' into ps/odb-source-packed\n\n The packed object source has been refactored into a proper struct\n odb_source.\n\n Needs review.\n source: <20260617-pks-odb-source-packed-v3-0-b5c7583cd795@pks.im>\n\n\n* ps/transport-helper-tsan-fix (2026-06-09) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at 0857e6696f)\n + transport-helper: fix TSAN race in transfer_debug()\n\n The TSAN race in transfer_debug() within transport-helper.c has been\n resolved by initializing the debug flag early in\n bidirectional_transfer_loop() before spawning worker threads, allowing\n the removal of a TSAN suppression.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. <20260609002833.GE358144@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n cf. <20260611083320.GI2191159@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n source: <20260609134741.4727-2-pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>\n\n\n* dl/posix-unused-warning-clang (2026-06-13) 3 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at 1d7e627c24)\n + compat/posix.h: simplify GIT_GNUC_PREREQ() comparison\n + compat/posix.h: clean up GIT_GNUC_PREREQ() and UNUSED\n + compat/posix.h: enable UNUSED warning messages for Clang\n\n The UNUSED macro in 'compat/posix.h' has been updated to use a\n newly introduced GIT_CLANG_PREREQ macro for compiler version\n checks, and the existing GIT_GNUC_PREREQ macro has been modernized\n to use explicit major/minor comparisons rather than bit-shifting.\n\n Will merge to 'master'.\n cf. \n source: <20260613122711.38662-1-dominik.loidolt@univie.ac.at>\n\n\n* td/ref-filter-restore-prefix-iteration (2026-06-12) 1 commit\n - ref-filter: restore prefix-scoped iteration\n\n Commands that list branches and tags (like git branch and git tag)\n have been optimized to pass the namespace prefix when initializing\n their ref iterator, avoiding a loose-ref scaling regression in\n repositories with many unrelated loose references.\n\n Needs review.\n source: <20260612-fix-git-branch-regression-v4-1-f150038c02f4@gmail.com>\n\n\n* ty/move-protect-hfs-ntfs (2026-06-10) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at c2a30ca954)\n + environment: move 'protect_hfs' and 'protect_ntfs' into 'repo_config_values'\n\n The global configuration variables protect_hfs and protect_ntfs have\n been migrated into struct repo_config_values to tie them to\n per-repository configuration state.\n\n Will cook in 'next'.\n cf. \n cf. \n source: <20260610124353.149874-2-cat@malon.dev>\n\n\n* ds/config-no-includes (2026-06-08) 3 commits\n - git: add --no-includes top-level option\n - config: add GIT_CONFIG_INCLUDES\n - git-config.adoc: fix paragraph break\n\n Two new mechanisms, the GIT_CONFIG_INCLUDES environment variable and\n the top-level --no-includes command-line option, have been introduced\n to ignore configuration include directives.\n\n Retracted.\n cf. <539713c4-b291-42e6-8541-a16a454518f5@gmail.com>\n source: \n\n\n* ps/cat-file-remote-object-info (2026-06-08) 12 commits\n - cat-file: make remote-object-info allow-list dynamic\n - cat-file: validate remote atoms with allow_list\n - cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command\n - transport: add client support for object-info\n - serve: advertise object-info feature\n - fetch-pack: move fetch initialization\n - connect: refactor packet writing\n - fetch-pack: move function to connect.c\n - t1006: split test utility functions into new \"lib-cat-file.sh\"\n - cat-file: add declaration of variable i inside its for loop\n - git-compat-util: add strtoul_ul() with error handling\n - transport-helper: fix memory leak of helper on disconnect\n\n The `remote-object-info` command has been added to `git cat-file\n --batch-command`, allowing clients to request object metadata\n (currently size) from a remote server via protocol v2 without\n downloading the entire object.\n\n The client dynamically filters format placeholders based on\n server-advertised capabilities and safely returns empty strings for\n inapplicable or unsupported fields.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. \n source: <20260608-ps-eric-work-rebase-v12-0-5338b766e658@gmail.com>\n\n\n* ap/http-redirect-wwwauth-fix (2026-06-02) 1 commit\n - http: preserve wwwauth_headers across redirects\n\n When cURL follows a redirect, the WWW-Authenticate headers from the\n redirect target were lost because credential_from_url() cleared the\n credential state. This has been fixed by preserving the collected\n headers across the redirect update.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. <5144a29d-a53f-4446-beff-e1f549345bf9@nvidia.com>\n source: <20260602161150.1527493-1-aplattner@nvidia.com>\n\n\n* ps/doc-recommend-b4 (2026-06-15) 3 commits\n - b4: introduce configuration for the Git project\n - MyFirstContribution: recommend the use of b4\n - MyFirstContribution: recommend shallow threading of cover letters\n\n Project-specific configuration for b4 has been introduced, and the\n documentation has been updated to recommend using it as a\n streamlined method for submitting patches.\n\n Will merge to 'next'.\n cf. <87eci7yomp.fsf@emacs.iotcl.com>\n source: <20260615-pks-b4-v4-0-22cfca8f19c5@pks.im>\n\n\n* sn/rebase-update-refs-symrefs (2026-06-03) 1 commit\n - rebase: skip branch symref aliases\n\n \"git rebase --update-refs\" has been taught to resolve local branch\n symrefs to their referents before queuing updates. This correctly\n skips aliases of the current branch and avoids duplicate updates for\n underlying real branches, fixing failures when branch aliases (like a\n default branch rename) are present.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* mm/diff-process-hunks (2026-06-14) 6 commits\n - blame: consult diff process for no-hunk detection\n - diff: bypass diff process with --no-ext-diff and in format-patch\n - diff: add long-running diff process via diff..process\n - sub-process: separate process lifecycle from hashmap management\n - userdiff: add diff..process config\n - xdiff: support external hunks via xpparam_t\n\n A new `diff..process` configuration has been introduced to\n allow a long-running external process to act as a hunk provider to\n allows external tools to control which lines Git considers changed\n while leaving all output formatting (word diff, color, blame, etc.) to\n Git's standard pipeline.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* tb/pack-path-walk-bitmap-delta-islands (2026-06-15) 6 commits\n - SQUASH???\n - pack-objects: support `--delta-islands` with `--path-walk`\n - pack-objects: extract `record_tree_depth()` helper\n - pack-objects: support reachability bitmaps with `--path-walk`\n - t/perf: drop p5311's lookup-table permutation\n - Merge branch 'ds/path-walk-filters' into tb/pack-path-walk-bitmap-delta-islands\n\n The pack-objects command now supports using reachability bitmaps and\n delta-islands concurrently with the `--path-walk` option, allowing\n faster packaging by falling back to path-walk when bitmaps cannot\n fully satisfy the request.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).\n cf. <849c659f-efa8-430a-bfac-0c26a3ed1aaa@gmail.com>\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* ty/migrate-trust-executable-bit (2026-06-12) 3 commits\n - environment: move trust_executable_bit into repo_config_values\n - read-cache: move 'ce_mode_from_stat()' to 'read-cache.c'\n - read-cache: remove redundant extern declarations\n\n The 'trust_executable_bit' (coming from 'core.filemode'\n configuration) has been migrated into 'repo_config_values' to tie it\n to a specific repository instance.\n\n Needs review.\n source: <20260612160527.167203-1-cat@malon.dev>\n\n\n* kk/prio-queue-cascade-sift (2026-06-01) 1 commit\n - prio-queue: use cascade-down for faster extract-min\n\n prio_queue_get() has been optimized by using a cascade-down approach\n (promoting the smaller child at each level and sifting up the last\n element from the leaf vacancy), which halves the number of comparisons\n per extract-min operation in the common case.\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. \n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* jk/repo-info-path-keys (2026-06-15) 4 commits\n - repo: add path.gitdir with absolute and relative suffix formatting\n - repo: add path.commondir with absolute and relative suffix formatting\n - rev-parse: use append_formatted_path() for path formatting\n - path: introduce append_formatted_path() for shared path formatting\n\n The \"git repo info\" command has been taught new keys to output both\n absolute and relative paths for \"gitdir\" and \"commondir\", supported by\n a new path-formatting helper extracted from \"git rev-parse\".\n\n Expecting a reroll.\n cf. \n source: <20260616044953.184806-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>\n\n\n* ps/history-drop (2026-06-15) 10 commits\n - builtin/history: implement \"drop\" subcommand\n - builtin/history: split handling of ref updates into two phases\n - reset: stop assuming that the caller passes in a clean index\n - reset: allow the caller to specify the current HEAD object\n - reset: introduce ability to skip updating HEAD\n - reset: introduce dry-run mode\n - reset: modernize flags passed to `reset_working_tree()`\n - reset: rename `reset_head()`\n - reset: drop `USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE`\n - read-cache: split out function to drop unmerged entries to stage 0\n\n The experimental \"git history\" command has been taught a new \"drop\"\n subcommand to remove a commit and replay its descendants onto its\n parent.\n\n Needs review.\n source: <20260615-b4-pks-history-drop-v6-0-2e329e536d78@pks.im>\n\n\n* jk/setup-gitfile-diag-fix (2026-06-16) 1 commit\n - read_gitfile(): simplify NOT_A_REPO error message\n\n A regression in the error diagnosis code for invalid .git files has\n been fixed, avoiding a potential NULL-pointer crash when reporting\n that a .git file does not point to a valid repository.\n\n Will merge to 'next'?\n cf. \n source: <20260616123516.GA2301231@coredump.intra.peff.net>\n\n\n* kh/doc-trailers (2026-06-10) 10 commits\n - doc: interpret-trailers: document comment line treatment\n - doc: interpret-trailers: commit to “trailer block” term\n - doc: interpret-trailers: join new-trailers again\n - doc: interpret-trailers: add key format example\n - doc: interpret-trailers: explain key format\n - doc: interpret-trailers: explain the format after the intro\n - doc: interpret-trailers: not just for commit messages\n - doc: interpret-trailers: use “metadata” in Name as well\n - doc: interpret-trailers: replace “lines” with “metadata”\n - doc: interpret-trailers: stop fixating on RFC 822\n\n Documentation updates.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* za/completion-hide-dotfiles (2026-05-26) 1 commit\n - completion: hide dotfiles for selected path completion\n\n The path completion for commands like `git rm` and `git mv`, is being\n updated to hide dotfiles by default, unless the user explicitly starts\n the path with a dot, matching standard shell-completion behavior.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* ec/commit-fixup-options (2026-05-26) 2 commits\n - commit: allow -c/-C for all kinds of --fixup\n - commit: allow -m/-F for all kinds of --fixup\n\n The -m/-F/-c/-C options to supply commit log message from outside the\n editor are now supported for all \"git commit --fixup\" variations.\n\n Needs review.\n source: \n\n\n* kh/doc-replay-config (2026-06-05) 4 commits\n - doc: replay: move “default” to the right-hand side\n - doc: replay: use a nested description list\n - doc: replay: improve config description\n - doc: link to config for git-replay(1)\n\n Doc update for \"git replay\" to actually refer to its configuration\n variables.\n\n Needs review.\n source: \n\n\n* hn/status-pull-advice-qualified (2026-05-21) 1 commit\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at 898a4df940)\n + remote: qualify \"git pull\" advice for non-upstream compareBranches\n\n Advice shown by \"git status\" when the local branch is behind or has\n diverged from its push branch has been updated to suggest \"git pull\n \".\n\n Will cook in 'next'.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* hn/branch-prune-merged (2026-06-15) 7 commits\n - branch: add --dry-run for --delete-merged\n - branch: add branch..deleteMerged opt-out\n - branch: add --delete-merged \n - branch: prepare delete_branches for a bulk caller\n - branch: let delete_branches skip unmerged branches on bulk refusal\n - branch: convert delete_branches() to a flags argument\n - branch: add --forked filter for --list mode\n\n \"git branch\" command learned \"--prune-merged\" option to remove\n local branches that have already been merged to the remote-tracking\n branches they track.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).\n cf. <78b6dfdd-df61-4c44-96eb-b527cb26243c@gmail.com>\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* cc/promisor-auto-config-url-more (2026-05-27) 8 commits\n (merged to 'next' on 2026-06-15 at d1c99e75cc)\n + doc: promisor: improve acceptFromServer entry\n + promisor-remote: auto-configure unknown remotes\n + promisor-remote: trust known remotes matching acceptFromServerUrl\n + promisor-remote: introduce promisor.acceptFromServerUrl\n + promisor-remote: add 'local_name' to 'struct promisor_info'\n + urlmatch: add url_normalize_pattern() helper\n + urlmatch: change 'allow_globs' arg to bool\n + t5710: simplify 'mkdir X' followed by 'git -C X init'\n\n The handling of promisor-remote protocol capability has been\n loosened to allow the other side to add to the list of promisor\n remotes via the promisor.acceptFromServerURL configuration\n variable.\n\n Will cook in 'next'.\n cf. <877bo7294j.fsf@emacs.iotcl.com>\n cf. \n source: <20260527140820.1438165-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>\n\n\n* hn/checkout-track-fetch (2026-05-23) 2 commits\n - checkout: extend --track with a \"fetch\" mode to refresh start-point\n - branch: expose helpers for finding the remote owning a tracking ref\n\n \"git checkout --track=...\" learned to optionally fetch the branch\n from the remote the new branch will work with.\n\n Needs review.\n source: \n\n\n* en/ort-harden-against-corrupt-trees (2026-06-13) 5 commits\n - cache-tree: fix verify_cache() to catch non-adjacent D/F conflicts\n - merge-ort: abort merge when trees have duplicate entries\n - merge-ort: free diff pairs queue in clear_or_reinit_internal_opts()\n - merge-ort: drop unnecessary show_all_errors from collect_merge_info()\n - merge-ort: propagate callback errors from traverse_trees_wrapper()\n\n \"ort\" merge backend handles merging corrupt trees better by\n aborting when it should.\n\n Will merge to 'next'?\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* pw/status-rebase-todo (2026-05-01) 2 commits\n - status: improve rebase todo list parsing\n - sequencer: factor out parsing of todo commands\n\n The display of the rebase todo list in \"git status\" has been\n improved to correctly abbreviate object IDs for more commands and\n avoid misinterpreting refs as object IDs.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* cl/conditional-config-on-worktree-path (2026-05-24) 2 commits\n - config: add \"worktree\" and \"worktree/i\" includeIf conditions\n - config: refactor include_by_gitdir() into include_by_path()\n\n The [includeIf \"condition\"] conditional inclusion facility for\n configuration files has learned to use the location of worktree\n in its condition.\n\n Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).\n cf. \n source: <20260525-includeif-worktree-v5-0-1efe525d025a@black-desk.cn>\n\n\n* ps/shift-root-in-graph (2026-06-13) 2 commits\n - graph: indent visual root in graph\n - lib-log-graph: move check_graph function\n\n \"git log --graph\" has been modified to visually distinguish\n parentless \"root\" commits (and commits that become roots due to\n history simplification) by indenting them, preventing them from\n appearing falsely related to unrelated commits rendered immediately\n above them.\n\n Will merge to 'next'?\n cf. \n source: <20260613-ps-pre-commit-indent-v5-0-8d308efea63d@gmail.com>\n\n--------------------------------------------------\n[Discarded]\n\n* kk/fetch-store-ref-optimization (2026-05-24) 1 commit\n - fetch: pass transport to post-fetch connectivity check\n\n When fetching from a transport that provides a self-contained pack,\n pass the transport pointer to the post-fetch `check_connected()` call\n to optimize connectivity check.\n\n Retracted.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* lp/repack-propagate-promisor-debugging-info (2026-04-18) 6 commits\n - repack-promisor: add missing headers\n - t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack\n - t7700: test for promisor file content after repack\n - repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files after repack\n - repack-promisor add helper to fill promisor file after repack\n - pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content\n\n When fetching objects into a lazily cloned repository, .promisor\n files are created with information meant to help debugging. \"git\n repack\" has been taught to carry this information forward to\n packfiles that are newly created.\n\n Retracted.\n cf. \n source: \n\n\n* cs/subtree-split-recursion (2026-03-05) 3 commits\n . contrib/subtree: reduce recursion during split\n . contrib/subtree: functionalize split traversal\n . contrib/subtree: reduce function side-effects\n\n When processing large history graphs on Debian or Ubuntu, \"git\n subtree\" can die with a \"recursion depth reached\" error.\n\n Retracted.\n cf. <0915b5cc-5cbb-4cce-a832-147f85d4ff1f@howdoi.land>\n source: <20260305-cs-subtree-split-recursion-v2-0-7266be870ba9@howdoi.land>\n\n\n* jc/neuter-sideband-post-3.0 (2026-03-05) 2 commits\n . sideband: delay sanitizing by default to Git v3.0\n . Merge branch 'jc/neuter-sideband-fixup' into jc/neuter-sideband-post-3.0\n\n The final step, split from earlier attempt by Dscho, to loosen the\n sideband restriction for now and tighten later at Git v3.0 boundary.\n\n Retracted.\n cf. \n source: <20260305233452.3727126-8-gitster@pobox.com>\n"}]}