accepts charset to use from the end-user, to avoid 'y' (mistaken
'yes' when expecting a charset like 'UTF-8') and other nonsense.
+ * "git status" learned to show comparison between the current branch
+ and various other branches listed on status.compareBranches
+ configuration.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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* Move gitlab CI from macOS 14 images that are being deprecated.
+ * The object source API is getting restructured to allow plugging new
+ backends.
+
Fixes since v2.53
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* Fix typo-induced breakages in fsmonitor-watchman sample hook.
(merge 41366e4677 pt/fsmonitor-watchman-sample-fix later to maint).
+ * "git for-each-repo" started from a secondary worktree did not work
+ as expected, which has been corrected.
+ (merge e87493b9b4 ds/for-each-repo-w-worktree later to maint).
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge d79fff4a11 jk/remote-tracking-ref-leakfix later to maint).
(merge 7a747f972d dd/t5403-modernise later to maint).