What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2025, #03; Wed, 9)

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

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).

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']

* kn/fetch-push-bulk-ref-update (2025-06-20) 6 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-02 at db06df3871)
 + receive-pack: handle reference deletions separately
 + refs/files: skip updates with errors in batched updates
 + receive-pack: use batched reference updates
 + send-pack: fix memory leak around duplicate refs
 + fetch: use batched reference updates
 + refs: add function to translate errors to strings

 "git push" and "git fetch" are taught to update refs in batches to
 gain performance.
 source: <20250519-501-update-git-fetch-1-to-use-partial-transactions-v3-0-6cdfd4f769b9@gmail.com>
 source: <20250620-6769-address-test-failures-in-the-next-branch-caused-by-batched-reference-updates-v5-0-f35ee6b59a82@gmail.com>

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[New Topics]

* ps/doc-pack-refs-auto-with-files-backend-fix (2025-07-08) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at 200b4b24a8)
 + docs/git-pack-refs: document heuristic used for packing loose refs

 Doc update.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250708-b4-pks-pack-refs-document-files-heuristic-v1-1-e28d65a94573@pks.im>


* ps/refs-files-remove-empty-parent (2025-07-08) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at f726af7117)
 + refs/files: remove empty parent dirs when ref creation fails

 When a ref creation at refs/heads/foo/bar fails, the files backend
 now removes refs/heads/foo/ if the directory is otherwise not used.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250708-b4-pks-reffiles-prune-empty-dirs-on-abort-v1-1-3bae02e4f034@pks.im>


* ps/t1006-tap-fix (2025-07-08) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at bbed1acc2a)
 + t1006: fix broken TAP format

 Test fix.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250708-b4-pks-t1006-fix-tap-format-v1-1-c3f837448364@pks.im>


* pw/3.0-commentchar-auto-deprecation (2025-07-08) 2 commits
 - commit: print advice when core.commentString=auto
 - breaking-changes: deprecate support for core.commentString=auto

 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: <cover.1751983009.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>


* ps/object-store-midx (2025-07-09) 9 commits
 - 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: track whether we have loaded the MIDX
 - 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 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx
 (this branch uses ps/object-store.)

 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".

 Comments?
 source: <20250709-b4-pks-midx-via-odb-alternate-v1-0-f31150d21331@pks.im>


* ps/object-file-wo-the-repository (2025-07-09) 20 commits
 - object-file: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE
 - environment: move object creation mode into repo settings
 - environment: move compression level into repo settings
 - 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
 (this branch uses ps/object-store.)

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

 Comments?
 source: <20250709-pks-object-file-wo-the-repository-v1-0-62627b55707f@pks.im>

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[Cooking]

* bs/remote-helpers-doc-markup-fix (2025-07-02) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 60c2a47d1b)
 + gitremote-helpers.adoc: fix formatting

 Docfix.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250702161951.22908-2-bacs@librecast.net>


* cb/total-ram-bsd-fix (2025-07-07) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at d9a7ca747c)
 + builtin/gc: correct total_ram calculation with HAVE_BSD_SYSCTL

 Use of sysctl() system call to learn the total RAM size used on
 BSDs has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250707164518.6600-1-carenas@gmail.com>


* ps/use-reftable-as-default-in-3.0 (2025-07-04) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 3f3402f221)
 + setup: use "reftable" format when experimental features are enabled
 + BreakingChanges: announce switch to "reftable" format

 The reftable ref backend has matured enough; Git 3.0 will make it
 the default format in a newly created repositories by default.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250704-pks-reftable-default-backend-v3-0-a1eb63e8442a@pks.im>


* hy/read-cache-lock-error-fix (2025-07-03) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at a97a188a9e)
 + read-cache: report lock error when refreshing index

 A failure to open the index file for writing due to conflicting
 access did not state what went wrong, which has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250703074502.45593-1-hanyang.tony@bytedance.com>


* jk/all-negative-diff-filter-fix (2025-07-03) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 139dd3db75)
 + setup_revisions(): turn on diffs for all-negative diff filter

 A diff-filter with negative-only specification like "git log
 --diff-filter=d" did not trigger correctly, which has been fixed.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250703224428.GB1909836@coredump.intra.peff.net>


* jk/remote-avoid-overlapping-names (2025-07-08) 1 commit
 - remote: detect collisions in remote names

 "git remote" now detects remote names that overlap with each other
 (e.g., remote nickname "outer" and "outer/inner" are used at the
 same time), as it will lead to overlapping remote-tracking
 branches.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <20250708225946.GC1180568@coredump.intra.peff.net>


* ps/meson-cleanups (2025-07-08) 8 commits
 - ci: use Meson's new `--slice` option
 - meson: update subproject wrappers
 - meson: fix GIT_EXEC_PATH with overridden -Dlibexecdir=
 - meson: fix lookup of shell on MINGW64
 - meson: clean up unnecessary variables
 - meson: improve summary of auto-detected features
 - meson: stop printing 'https' option twice in our summaries
 - meson: stop discovering native version of Python

 Meson-based build update.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <20250708-b4-pks-meson-cleanups-v2-0-94ac53cd4b95@pks.im>


* ps/perlless-test-fixes (2025-07-07) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 2c56966ff8)
 + t5333: fix missing terminator for sed(1) 's' command
 + t4150: fix warning printed by awk due to escaped '\@'

 Test fixes.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250707-b4-pks-t-perlless-fixes-v1-0-92b2de1c3dd0@pks.im>


* re/ssh-sign-buffer-fix (2025-07-07) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 36dad3e4dc)
 + ssh signing: don't detach the filename strbuf from key_file tempfile

 Tempfile removal fix in the codepath to sign commits with SSH keys.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250707184852.16010-1-redoste@redoste.xyz>


* rj/freebsd-sysinfo-build-fix (2025-07-04) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at bc4cbfd76d)
 + build: fix FreeBSD build when sysinfo compat library installed

 Build fix for FreeBSD.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <e6a80163-47ef-436b-98a6-2ac39c477080@ramsayjones.plus.com>


* rp/apply-intent-to-add-fix (2025-07-07) 4 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 957e3fd081)
 + apply docs: clarify wording for --intent-to-add
 + t4140: test apply --intent-to-add interactions
 + apply: only write intents to add for new files
 + apply: read in the index in --intent-to-add mode

 "git apply -N" should start from the current index and register
 only new files, but it instead started from an empty index, which
 has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250707121534.2933349-1-ray@ameretat.dev>


* ts/merge-orig-head-doc-fix (2025-07-05) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 08f4a573e5)
 + docs: correct ORIG_HEAD example in "git merge" documentation

 Doc fix.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <pull.1940.git.1751737158670.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* ua/t1517-short-help-tests (2025-07-06) 7 commits
 - t/t1517: move verify-tag -h test to t1517
 - t/t1517: move verify-commit -h test to t1517
 - t/t1517: move send-pack -h test to t1517
 - t/t1517: move pack-refs -h test to t1517
 - t/t1517: move ls-files -h test to t1517
 - t/t1517: move for-each-ref -h test to t1517
 - t/t1517: move checkout-index -h test to t1517

 Test shuffling.

 Comments?
 source: <20250706215039.715732-1-usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>


* ac/prune-wo-the-repository (2025-07-04) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 3dd296a911)
 + builtin/prune: stop depending on 'the_repository'
 + repository: move 'repository_format_precious_objects' to repo scope

 Some code paths in the "git prune" used to ignore passed in
 repository object and used the_repository singleton instance
 instead, which has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <cover.1751630981.git.ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>


* ag/doc-send-email (2025-06-30) 5 commits
 - docs: mention possible options for Proton Mail users
 - docs: add a paragraph explaining the `sendmailCmd` option of sendemail
 - docs: add an OAuth2.0 credential helper for AOL accounts
 - docs: add outlookidfix config option to sendemail documentation
 - docs: link OpenSSL's verify(1) manual page to know about -CAfile and -CApath options

 Documentation updates for "git send-email".

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <20250630180511.499-1-gargaditya08@proton.me>


* rs/parse-options-precision (2025-07-09) 7 commits
 - parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_COUNTUP
 - parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_BITOP
 - parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_NEGBIT
 - parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_BIT
 - parse-options: add precision handling for OPTION_SET_INT
 - parse-options: add precision handling for PARSE_OPT_CMDMODE
 - parse-options: require PARSE_OPT_NOARG for OPTION_BITOP

 Define .precision to more canned parse-options type to avoid bugs
 coming from using a variable with a wrong type to capture the
 parsed values.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <802eba72-c100-429a-80b7-7a0e8b6559ed@web.de>


* kh/doc-config-subcommands (2025-07-01) 5 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at b0db48b397)
 + config: mention --url in the synopsis
 + config: use --value instead of value-pattern
 + config: document --[no-]value
 + config: use --value=<pattern> consistently
 + config: document --[no-]show-names

 Documentation updates.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <cover.1751382830.git.code@khaugsbakk.name>


* kn/for-each-ref-skip (2025-07-08) 4 commits
 - for-each-ref: introduce a '--start-after' option
 - refs: selectively set prefix in the seek functions
 - ref-cache: remove unused function 'find_ref_entry()'
 - refs: expose `ref_iterator` via 'refs.h'

 "git for-each-ref" learns "--skip-until" option to help
 applications that want to page its output.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <20250708-306-git-for-each-ref-pagination-v3-0-8cfba1080be4@gmail.com>


* tc/last-modified (2025-07-09) 3 commits
 - last-modified: use Bloom filters when available
 - 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.

 Comments?
 source: <20250630-toon-new-blame-tree-v3-0-3516025dc3bc@iotcl.com>


* cb/daemon-reap-children (2025-06-26) 4 commits
 - daemon: explicitly allow EINTR during poll()
 - daemon: use sigaction() to install child_handler()
 - compat/mingw: allow sigaction(SIGCHLD)
 - compat/posix.h: track SA_RESTART fallback

 Futz with SIGCHLD handling in "git daemon".

 Stalled?
 cf. <dba9ae0d-1e43-4345-a7ec-b57a07d45a07@gmail.com>
 source: <pull.2002.v3.git.git.1750927988.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* ac/auto-comment-char-fix (2025-06-30) 1 commit
 - commit: avoid scanning trailing comments when 'core.commentChar' is "auto"

 "git commit" that concludes a conflicted merge failed to notice and remove
 existing comment added automatically (like "# Conflicts:") when the
 core.commentstring is set to 'auto'.

 Expecting a reroll.
 cf. <f22e864e-669d-457c-838e-961bbc977c4b@gmail.com>
 source: <20250630182527.69167-1-ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>


* kn/clang-format-updates (2025-07-02) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 0b0770e97a)
 + meson: add rule to run 'git clang-format'
 + clang-format: add 'RemoveBracesLLVM' to the main config
 + clang-format: set 'ColumnLimit' to 0

 Update ".clang-format" and ".editorconfig" to match our style guide
 a bit better.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250702-525-make-clang-format-more-robust-v3-0-705344f30580@gmail.com>


* ly/changed-paths-traversal (2025-07-04) 4 commits
 - bloom: optimize multiple pathspec items in revision traversal
 - bloom: replace struct bloom_key * with struct bloom_keyvec
 - bloom: rename function operates on bloom_key
 - bloom: add test helper to return murmur3 hash

 Lift the limitation to use changed-path filter in "git log" so that
 it can be used for a pathspec with multiple literal paths.

 Expecting a reroll.
 cf. <5DB7714D-4009-47C4-A8F7-1C375C6D29AF@smail.nju.edu.cn>
 source: <20250704111437.2660251-1-502024330056@smail.nju.edu.cn>


* mc/netrc-service-names (2025-06-25) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at e98100afdd)
 + contrib: better support symbolic port names in git-credential-netrc
 + contrib: warn for invalid netrc file ports in git-credential-netrc
 + contrib: use a more portable shebang for git-credential-netrc

 "netrc" credential helper has been improved to understand textual
 service names (like smtp) in addition to the numeric port numbers
 (like 25).

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250625142511.28857-1-maxim@guixotic.coop>


* ph/fetch-prune-optim (2025-07-01) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-09 at f0a1daff6a)
 + clean up interface for refs_warn_dangling_symrefs
 + refs: remove old refs_warn_dangling_symref
 + fetch-prune: optimize dangling-ref reporting

 "git fetch --prune" used to be O(n^2) expensive when there are many
 refs, which has been corrected.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 cf. <20250708013612.GB549007@coredump.intra.peff.net>
 source: <20250702011214.2835529-2-phil.hord@gmail.com>


* bc/use-sha256-by-default-in-3.0 (2025-07-01) 11 commits
 - Enable SHA-256 by default in breaking changes mode
 - help: add a build option for default hash
 - t5300: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo
 - t4042: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo
 - t1007: choose the built-in hash outside of a repo
 - t: default to compile-time default hash if not set
 - setup: use the default algorithm to initialize repo format
 - Use legacy hash for legacy formats
 - builtin: use default hash when outside a repository
 - hash: add a constant for the legacy hash algorithm
 - hash: add a constant for the default hash algorithm

 Prepare to flip the default hash function to SHA-256.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <20250701212237.766774-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>


* jc/coccicheck-fails-make-when-it-fails (2025-06-23) 1 commit
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 0b7affe7cd)
 + coccicheck: fail "make" when it fails

 "make coccicheck" succeeds even when spatch made suggestions, which
 has been updated to fail in such a case.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <xmqqbjqe77vw.fsf@gitster.g>


* lo/repo-info (2025-06-19) 7 commits
 . repo-info: add field layout.shallow
 . repo-info: add field layout.bare
 . repo-info: add the field references.format
 . repo-info: add the --allow-empty flag
 . repo-info: add plaintext as an output format
 . repo-info: add the --format flag
 . repo-info: declare the repo-info command

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

 Expecting a reroll, if only to fix "make check-docs".
 source: <20250619225751.99699-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>


* cc/fast-import-export-signature-names (2025-07-09) 1 commit
 - fast-(import|export): improve on commit signature output format

 Clean up the way how signature on commit objects are exported to
 and imported from fast-import stream.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <20250709141253.623563-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>


* ac/deglobal-sparse-variables (2025-06-30) 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

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

 Expecting a response.
 cf. <17b7f51c-0c3d-4d63-a501-47ce829f7345@gmail.com>
 cf. <xmqqbjpuqkrj.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <cover.1751309770.git.ayu.chandekar@gmail.com>


* ow/rebase-verify-insn-fmt-before-initializing-state (2025-06-09) 1 commit
 - 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.

 Expecting a reroll.
 cf. <7e796844-97e2-4b45-a76e-4c1fcb1da3ae@gmail.com>
 source: <20250609221055.136074-1-oystwa@gmail.com>


* bs/config-mak-freebsd (2025-07-02) 2 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at d6761aa225)
 + build: retire NO_UINTMAX_T
 + config.mak.uname: set NO_MEMMEM only for functional version

 Drop FreeBSD 4 support and assume we are at least at FreeBSD 6 with
 memmem() supported.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250702093736.36074-1-carenas@gmail.com>


* jc/tag-idempotent-no-op (2025-06-10) 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. <xmqqfrf73ahu.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <xmqqzfefodje.fsf@gitster.g>


* ss/compat-bswap-revamp (2025-06-11) 6 commits
 - bswap.h: provide a built-in based version of bswap32/64 if possible
 - bswap.h: remove optimized x86 version of bswap32/64
 - bswap.h: always overwrite ntohl/ntohll macros
 - bswap.h: define GIT_LITTLE_ENDIAN on MSVC as little endian
 - bswap.h: add support for __BYTE_ORDER__
 - Merge branch 'ss/revert-builtin-bswap-stuff' into ss/compat-bswap-revamp

 Clean-up compat/bswap.h mess.

 Stalled.
 cf. <xmqqo6tv1v1z.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <20250611221444.1567638-1-sebastian@breakpoint.cc>


* ja/doc-git-log-markup (2025-07-07) 9 commits
 - doc: git-log: convert log config to new doc format
 - doc: git-log: convert diff options to new doc format
 - doc: git-log: convert pretty formats to new doc format
 - doc: git-log: convert pretty options to new doc format
 - doc: git-log: convert rev list options to new doc format
 - doc: git-log: convert line range format to new doc format
 - doc: git-log: convert line range options to new doc format
 - doc: git-log convert rev-list-description to new doc format
 - doc: convert git-log to new documentation format

 Doc mark-up updates.

 Will merge to 'next'?
 source: <pull.1933.v3.git.1751914412.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* sk/reftable-clarify-tests (2025-06-05) 10 commits
 - 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.

 Expecting a reroll.
 cf. <xmqqikla86id.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <20250605140644.239199-1-kuforiji98@gmail.com>


* ly/load-bitmap-leakfix (2025-06-30) 3 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-08 at 6e6d182a8c)
 + pack-bitmap: add load corrupt bitmap test
 + pack-bitmap: reword comments in test_bitmap_commits()
 + pack-bitmap: fix memory leak if load_bitmap() failed

 Leakfix with a new and a bit invasive test.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 cf. <aG2XZYamUv5FWq/W@nand.local>
 source: <pull.1962.v6.git.git.1751347929.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* 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. <20250530065034.GC1321283@coredump.intra.peff.net>
 source: <cover.1748473122.git.me@ttaylorr.com>


* kj/renamed-submodule (2025-06-07) 2 commits
 - submodule: skip redundant active entries when pattern covers path
 - submodule: prevent overwriting .gitmodules entry 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.

 What's the status of this one?
 cf. <xmqq4ivn3a1w.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <20250608032705.11990-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>


* lm/add-p-context (2025-06-28) 4 commits
 - add-patch: add diff.context command line overrides
 - add-patch: respect diff.context configuration
 - test: use "test_config"
 - test: use "test_grep"

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

 Expecting a response.
 cf. <xmqqms9eql73.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <pull.1915.v3.git.1751128486.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>


* ps/object-store (2025-07-01) 17 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at e19db55858)
 + odb: rename `read_object_with_reference()`
 + odb: rename `pretend_object_file()`
 + odb: rename `has_object()`
 + odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`
 + odb: rename `oid_object_info()`
 + odb: trivial refactorings to get rid of `the_repository`
 + odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling submodule sources
 + odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling the primary source
 + odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `for_each()` functions
 + odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling alternates
 + odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `odb_mkstemp()`
 + odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `assert_oid_type()`
 + odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `find_odb()`
 + odb: introduce parent pointers
 + object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"
 + object-store: rename `object_directory` to `odb_source`
 + object-store: rename `raw_object_store` to `object_database`
 (this branch is used by ps/object-file-wo-the-repository and ps/object-store-midx.)

 Code clean-up around object access API.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <20250701-pks-object-store-wo-the-repository-v6-0-dbf3894ab4e2@pks.im>


* cc/promisor-remote-capability (2025-06-25) 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.

 What's the status of this one?
 cf. <xmqqzfdf1ve9.fsf@gitster.g>
 source: <20250625125055.1375596-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>


* sj/string-list (2025-06-28) 8 commits
  (merged to 'next' on 2025-07-07 at 5a95dc8007)
 + u-string-list: move "remove duplicates" test to "u-string-list.c"
 + u-string-list: move "filter string" test to "u-string-list.c"
 + u-string-list: move "test_split_in_place" to "u-string-list.c"
 + u-string-list: move "test_split" into "u-string-list.c"
 + string-list: enable sign compare warnings check
 + string-list: return index directly when inserting an existing element
 + string-list: remove unused "insert_at" parameter from add_entry
 + string-list: fix sign compare warnings for loop iterator

 Code and test clean-up around string-list API.

 Will merge to 'master'.
 source: <aGDAZ6a0-PyXXGmK@ArchLinux>


* tb/midx-avoid-cruft-packs (2025-06-23) 9 commits
 - repack: exclude cruft pack(s) from the MIDX where possible
 - pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow'
 - pack-objects: swap 'show_{object,commit}_pack_hint'
 - pack-objects: fix typo in 'show_object_pack_hint()'
 - pack-objects: perform name-hash traversal for unpacked objects
 - pack-objects: declare 'rev_info' for '--stdin-packs' earlier
 - pack-objects: factor out handling '--stdin-packs'
 - pack-objects: limit scope in 'add_object_entry_from_pack()'
 - pack-objects: use standard option incompatibility functions

 "pack-objects" has been taught to avoid pointing into objects in
 cruft packs from midx.

 Will merge to 'next'.
 source: <cover.1750717921.git.me@ttaylorr.com>

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[Discarded]

* kn/fetch-push-bulk-ref-update-fixup (2025-06-20) 7 commits
 . receive-pack: handle reference deletions separately
 . refs/files: skip updates with errors in batched updates
 . Merge branch 'kn/fetch-push-bulk-ref-update' into kn/fetch-push-bulk-ref-update-fixup

 Follow-up fixes to the base topic.

 Superseded--folded into the base topic.
 source: <20250620-6769-address-test-failures-in-the-next-branch-caused-by-batched-reference-updates-v5-0-f35ee6b59a82@gmail.com>


* jc/cocci-dtype (2025-06-18) 1 commit
 . cocci: do not directly access the .d_type member in struct dirent

 Catch direct access to .d_type member of struct dirent, as some
 non-POSIX compliant systems we support lack it, and rewrite to use
 DTYPE() macro, which is not quite the right thing to do.

 Would silently convert a broken code with code with another breakage.
 source: <xmqq4iwcgbzb.fsf@gitster.g>