help option ('-h' or '--help') is requested directly by the user,
aligning with standard Unix convention.
+ * The '[includeIf "condition"]' conditional inclusion facility for
+ configuration files has been taught to use the location of the
+ worktree in its condition.
+
+ * The usage string and SYNOPSIS for 'git fast-export' have been
+ standardized to make them consistent with each other and with other
+ commands.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
--------------------------------------------------------------
'change-id' trailer, ensuring that sent tags generated by 'b4' contain
the required tracking information for subsequent runs.
+ * 'git receive-pack' has been refactored to use ODB transaction
+ interfaces instead of directly managing 'tmp_objdir' for staging
+ incoming objects, bringing it closer to being ODB backend agnostic.
+
+ * The test script 't/t9811-git-p4-label-import.sh' has been
+ modernized to use 'test_path_is_file' and 'test_path_is_missing'
+ instead of raw 'test -f' and '! test -f' calls.
+
+ * A redundant strbuf_reset() call in the 'HAVE_GETDELIM' path of
+ strbuf_getwholeline() has been removed, as getdelim() overwrites the
+ buffer and the length is updated afterward.
+
+ * The object database enumeration interface odb_for_each_object() has
+ been taught to accept object filters, allowing the underlying backends
+ to optimize the traversal by using reachability bitmaps when
+ available. 'git cat-file --batch-all-objects' has been updated to use
+ this generic interface, simplifying its code and avoiding direct
+ access to ODB backend internals.
+
+ * The test script 't/t1100-commit-tree-options.sh' has been modernized
+ by converting test cases to the modern style (using single quotes and
+ tab indentation) and moving the creation of the expected file inside
+ the setup test so it runs under the protection of the test harness.
+
+ * The test script 't/t7614-merge-signoff.sh' has been updated to avoid
+ suppressing the exit code of 'git' commands in a pipe.
+
+ * The 'git rev-list --no-walk' command has been corrected to restore
+ pathspec filtering, which was lost when the streaming walk was
+ refactored.
+
Fixes since v2.55
-----------------
* The stream-based object signature verification path has been
corrected to avoid double-closing the stream on read errors.
(merge cfd52a74a0 ps/odb-stream-double-close-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The '-i' shorthand for the '--init' option, which was accepted by the
+ 'git submodule update' command until it was broken in a modernization
+ of the option-parsing code, has been restored.
+ (merge ff1da37f58 dm/submodule-update-i-shorthand later to maint).