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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2026, #10)

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Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 29, 2026, 12:46 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> * kn/fetch-tag-backfill-batch-fix (2026-10-28) 3 commits
>  - t5510: cover upstream info update on fetch failure
>  - fetch: advertise fetched refs when backfilling tags
>  - transport: add `transport_options_release()`
>
>  The tag backfilling negotiation in 'git fetch' has been updated to
>  explicitly include the in-flight fetched tips as 'haves', preventing
>  the server from resending objects when batched reference updates are
>  used.
>
>  Will merge to 'next'?
>  cf. <auHfmzP3aXyonp3C@pks.im>
>  source: <20261028-799-shallow-fetch-with-tags-v5-0-7c43cc9ae810@gmail.com>
>

I've sent in a v6 with minute fixes, that version should be good to merge to 'next'. Thanks

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  1. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2026
  2. Harald NordgrenOct 29, 2026
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2026
  4. Patrick SteinhardtOct 29, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2026
  6. Karthik NayakOct 29, 2026
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2026

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