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3rd batch for -rc1 

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2026-09-14 14:02:39 -07:00
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@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
'CHERRY_PICK_HEAD' ref. A test has also been added to ensure this
behavior holds even when the operation stops for conflicts.

* The 'git imap-send' command has been taught to take the '--draft'
option to mark uploaded messages as drafts, which helps some email
clients render them properly for editing and sending.

* The git rev-list command has been augmented with a '--missing-only'
option that filters the output to only show missing objects,
stripping the leading '?' character and suppressing present objects,
which is useful when used in combination with '--missing=print' or
'--missing=print-info'.


Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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@ -528,6 +538,14 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
the cumulative time spent downloading external packs and the number
of advertised URIs without emitting a separate event per pack.

* CGI helper scripts used by HTTP-related test scripts have been updated
to use atomic filesystem operations, preventing race conditions when
Apache handles concurrent requests.

* "git maintenance" triggered "rerere gc" in unappropriate times and
interfered with "git rebase" etc. too much. The conditions "rerere
gc" gets triggered have been tweaked.


Fixes since v2.55
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@ -859,6 +877,12 @@ Fixes since v2.55
expression syntax that breaks on older Perl versions.
(merge 8a631963a9 ta/lint-gitlink-older-perl-fix later to maint).

* The autostash fallback in 'git checkout -m' has been refined to only
retry when there are local changes. Additionally, a blank line now
visually separates autostash conflict advice from the subsequent
branch-switch message.
(merge 2ba77ea828 hn/checkout-m-autostash-refine later to maint).

* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge 026636128f ss/submittingpatches-typofix later to maint).
(merge d2af22cc21 jc/rerere-doc-typofix later to maint).