* More code paths have a repository passed through the callchain,
instead of assuming the primary the_repository object.
+ * Move a few more unit tests to the clar test framework.
+
Fixes since v2.48
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some hosting providers take as username/password, embedded in URLs.
(merge a90ff409f0 mh/doc-credential-helpers-with-pat later to maint).
+ * The help text from "git $cmd -h" appear on the standard output for
+ some $cmd and the standard error for others. The built-in commands
+ have been fixed to show them on the standard output consistently.
+ (merge f66d1423f5 jc/show-usage-help later to maint).
+
+ * The meson-driven build is now aware of "git-subtree" housed in
+ contrib/subtree hierarchy.
+ (merge 8454b42f94 ps/build-meson-subtree later to maint).
+
+ * It was possible for "git unpack-objects" and "git index-pack" to
+ make an unaligned access, which has been corrected.
+ (merge 98046591b9 jk/pack-header-parse-alignment-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The "cache" credential back-end did not handle authtype correctly,
+ which has been corrected.
+ (merge 0b43274850 mh/credential-cache-authtype-request-fix later to maint).
+
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge ddb5287894 jk/t7407-use-test-grep later to maint).
(merge 21e1b44865 aj/difftool-config-doc-fix later to maint).
(merge 6a63995335 mh/gitattr-doc-markup-fix later to maint).
(merge 43850dcf9c sk/unit-test-hash later to maint).
(merge 4ad47d2de3 jc/cli-doc-option-and-config later to maint).
+ (merge 2d0ff147e5 jp/t8002-printf-fix later to maint).