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Git 2.24 Release Notes
======================

Updates since v2.23
-------------------

Backward compatibility note

 * (no entry yet so far)


UI, Workflows & Features

 * (no entry yet so far)


Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.

 * The code to write commit-graph over given commit object names has
   been made a bit more robust.

 * The first line of verbose output from each test piece now carries
   the test name and number to help scanning with eyeballs.


Fixes since v2.23
-----------------

 * "git grep --recurse-submodules" that looks at the working tree
   files looked at the contents in the index in submodules, instead of
   files in the working tree.
   (merge 6a289d45c0 mt/grep-submodules-working-tree later to maint).

 * Codepaths to walk tree objects have been audited for integer
   overflows and hardened.
   (merge 5aa02f9868 jk/tree-walk-overflow later to maint).

 * "git pack-refs" can lose refs that are created while running, which
   is getting corrected.
   (merge a613d4f817 sc/pack-refs-deletion-racefix later to maint).

 * "git checkout" and "git restore" to re-populate the index from a
   tree-ish (typically HEAD) did not work correctly for a path that
   was removed and then added again with the intent-to-add bit, when
   the corresponding working tree file was empty.  This has been
   corrected.

 * Compilation fix.
   (merge 70597e8386 rs/nedalloc-fixlets later to maint).

 * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
   (merge d1387d3895 en/fast-import-merge-doc later to maint).
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745f6812 JH	1	Git 2.24 Release Notes
	2	======================
	3
	4	Updates since v2.23
	5	-------------------
	6
	7	Backward compatibility note
	8
	9	* (no entry yet so far)
	10
	11
	12	UI, Workflows & Features
	13
	14	* (no entry yet so far)
	15
	16
	17	Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
	18
	19	* The code to write commit-graph over given commit object names has
	20	been made a bit more robust.
	21
	22	* The first line of verbose output from each test piece now carries
	23	the test name and number to help scanning with eyeballs.
	24
	25
	26	Fixes since v2.23
	27	-----------------
	28
	29	* "git grep --recurse-submodules" that looks at the working tree
	30	files looked at the contents in the index in submodules, instead of
	31	files in the working tree.
	32	(merge 6a289d45c0 mt/grep-submodules-working-tree later to maint).
	33
	34	* Codepaths to walk tree objects have been audited for integer
	35	overflows and hardened.
	36	(merge 5aa02f9868 jk/tree-walk-overflow later to maint).
	37
	38	* "git pack-refs" can lose refs that are created while running, which
	39	is getting corrected.
	40	(merge a613d4f817 sc/pack-refs-deletion-racefix later to maint).
	41
	42	* "git checkout" and "git restore" to re-populate the index from a
	43	tree-ish (typically HEAD) did not work correctly for a path that
	44	was removed and then added again with the intent-to-add bit, when
	45	the corresponding working tree file was empty. This has been
	46	corrected.
	47
	48	* Compilation fix.
	49	(merge 70597e8386 rs/nedalloc-fixlets later to maint).
	50
	51	* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
	52	(merge d1387d3895 en/fast-import-merge-doc later to maint).