Git 2.56-rc1

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/RelNotes/2.56.0.adoc

@@ -560,6 +560,11 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
    backend-specific object source layers, making them pluggable for
    different object storage formats.
 
+ * When cross-compiling with Cargo, the output artifact is placed in a
+   target-specific subdirectory, which causes the build system to fail
+   to locate it.  The build system has been updated to respect the
+   'CARGO_BUILD_TARGET' environment variable.
+
 
 Fixes since v2.55
 -----------------
@@ -897,6 +902,10 @@ Fixes since v2.55
    branch-switch message.
    (merge 2ba77ea828 hn/checkout-m-autostash-refine later to maint).
 
+ * The memory leak caused by not unusing the commit buffer returned by
+   repo_logmsg_reencode() during the rewording operation in 'git
+   history' has been plugged.
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge 026636128f ss/submittingpatches-typofix later to maint).
    (merge d2af22cc21 jc/rerere-doc-typofix later to maint).

GIT-VERSION-GEN

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-DEF_VER=v2.56.0-rc0
+DEF_VER=v2.56.0-rc1
 
 LF='
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