git cmd" to run a Git command that works on a bare repository without
explicitly specifying $GIT_DIR now.
+ * The completion script (in contrib/) learned more options that can
+ be used with "git log".
+
+ * The labels on conflict markers for the common ancestor, our version,
+ and the other version are available to custom 3-way merge driver
+ via %S, %X, and %Y placeholders.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* A few tests to "git commit -o <pathspec>" and "git commit -i
<pathspec>" has been added.
+ * Tests on ref API are moved around to prepare for reftable.
+
Fixes since v2.43
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http (aka stateless) transport.
(merge 176cd68634 jx/remote-archive-over-smart-http later to maint).
+ * Fetching via protocol v0 over Smart HTTP transport sometimes failed
+ to correctly auto-follow tags.
+ (merge fba732c462 jk/fetch-auto-tag-following-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The documentation for the --exclude-per-directory option marked it
+ as deprecated, which confused readers into thinking there may be a
+ plan to remove it in the future, which was not our intention.
+ (merge 0009542cab jc/ls-files-doc-update later to maint).
+
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge 50f1abcff6 js/packfile-h-typofix later to maint).
(merge cbf498eb53 jb/reflog-expire-delete-dry-run-options later to maint).
(merge f10031fadd nb/rebase-x-shell-docfix later to maint).
(merge af3d2c160f jc/majordomo-to-subspace later to maint).
(merge ee9895b0ff sd/negotiate-trace-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 976d0251ce jc/coc-whitespace-fix later to maint).