* The reference-transaction hook was taught to be triggered before
taking locks on references in the "preparing" phase.
+ * "git apply" now reports the name of the input file along with the
+ line number when it encounters a corrupt patch, and correctly
+ resets the line counter when processing multiple patch files.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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* Uses of prio_queue as a LIFO stack of commits have been written
with commit_stack.
+ * The cleanup of remaining bitmaps in "ahead_behind()" has been
+ simplified.
+
+ * split-index.c has been updated to not use the global the_repository
+ and the_hash_algo variables.
+
+ * The unsigned integer that is used as an bitset to specify the kind
+ of branches interpret_branch_name() function has been changed to
+ use a dedicated enum type.
+
Fixes since v2.53
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