···2424 "--format=nul", and learns to report the objects format used in the
2525 repository.
26262727+ * "core.commentChar=auto" that attempts to dynamically pick a
2828+ suitable comment character is non-workable, as it is too much
2929+ trouble to support for little benefit, and is marked as deprecated.
3030+3131+ * "git send-email" learned to drive "git imap-send" to store already
3232+ sent e-mails in an IMAP folder.
3333+27342835Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
2936--------------------------------------------------------------
···6269 * The bulk-checkin code used to depend on a file-scope static
6370 singleton variable, which has been updated to pass an instance
6471 throughout the callchain.
7272+7373+ * CodingGuidelines now spells out how bitfields are to be written.
7474+7575+ * Adjust to the way newer versions of cURL selectivel enables tracing
7676+ options, so that our tests can continue to work.
7777+ (merge 1b5a6bfff3 jk/curl-global-trace-components later to maint).
7878+7979+ * The clear_alloc_state() API function was not fully clearing the
8080+ structure for reuse, but since nobody reuses it, replace it with a
8181+ variant that frees the structure as well, making the callers simpler.
8282+8383+ * "git range-diff" learned a way to limit the memory consumed by
8484+ O(N*N) cost matrix.
658566866787Fixes since v2.51
···177197 exhaust memory storing them redundantly, which has been corrected.
178198 (merge 88a2dc68c8 ps/upload-pack-oom-protection later to maint).
179199200200+ * A corner case bug in "git log -L..." has been corrected.
201201+ (merge e3106998ff sg/line-log-boundary-fixes later to maint).
202202+203203+ * "git rev-parse --short" and friends failed to disambiguate two
204204+ objects with object names that share common prefix longer than 32
205205+ characters, which has been fixed.
206206+ (merge 8655908b9e jc/longer-disambiguation-fix later to maint).
207207+180208 * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
181209 (merge 823d537fa7 kh/doc-git-log-markup-fix later to maint).
182210 (merge cf7efa4f33 rj/t6137-cygwin-fix later to maint).
···198226 (merge c25651aefd ds/midx-write-fixes later to maint).
199227 (merge 069c15d256 rs/object-name-extend-abbrev-len-update later to maint).
200228 (merge bf5c224537 mm/worktree-doc-typofix later to maint).
229229+ (merge 31397bc4f7 kh/doc-fast-import-markup-fix later to maint).
230230+ (merge ac7096723b jc/doc-includeif-hasconfig-remote-url-fix later to maint).
231231+ (merge fafc9b08b8 ag/doc-sendmail-gmail-example-update later to maint).