git, branch v2.53.0-rc1

Git 2.53-rc1

2026-01-21T16:29:00Z

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Merge branch 'js/prep-symlink-windows'

2026-01-21T16:29:00Z

Further preparation to upstream symbolic link support on Windows. * js/prep-symlink-windows: trim_last_path_component(): avoid hard-coding the directory separator strbuf_readlink(): support link targets that exceed 2*PATH_MAX strbuf_readlink(): avoid calling `readlink()` twice in corner-cases init: do parse _all_ core.* settings early mingw: do resolve symlinks in `getcwd()`

Merge branch 'ps/read-object-info-improvements'

2026-01-21T16:29:00Z

The object-info API has been cleaned up. * ps/read-object-info-improvements: packfile: drop repository parameter from `packed_object_info()` packfile: skip unpacking object header for disk size requests packfile: disentangle return value of `packed_object_info()` packfile: always populate pack-specific info when reading object info packfile: extend `is_delta` field to allow for "unknown" state packfile: always declare object info to be OI_PACKED object-file: always set OI_LOOSE when reading object info

Merge branch 'ps/packfile-store-in-odb-source'

2026-01-21T16:28:59Z

The packfile_store data structure is moved from object store to odb source. * ps/packfile-store-in-odb-source: packfile: move MIDX into packfile store packfile: refactor `find_pack_entry()` to work on the packfile store packfile: inline `find_kept_pack_entry()` packfile: only prepare owning store in `packfile_store_prepare()` packfile: only prepare owning store in `packfile_store_get_packs()` packfile: move packfile store into object source packfile: refactor misleading code when unusing pack windows packfile: refactor kept-pack cache to work with packfile stores packfile: pass source to `prepare_pack()` packfile: create store via its owning source

Merge branch 'kt/http-backend-errors'

2026-01-21T16:28:58Z

Some error messages from the http transport layer lacked the terminating newline, which has been corrected. * kt/http-backend-errors: http-backend: write newlines to stderr when responding with errors

Merge branch 'ps/t1410-cleanup'

2026-01-21T16:28:58Z

Test clean-up. * ps/t1410-cleanup: t1410: use test helpers in reflog rewind test

Merge branch 'ps/ref-consistency-checks'

2026-01-21T16:28:58Z

Update code paths that check data integrity around refs subsystem. cf. * ps/ref-consistency-checks: builtin/fsck: drop `fsck_head_link()` builtin/fsck: move generic HEAD check into `refs_fsck()` builtin/fsck: move generic object ID checks into `refs_fsck()` refs/reftable: introduce generic checks for refs refs/reftable: fix consistency checks with worktrees refs/reftable: extract function to retrieve backend for worktree refs/reftable: adapt includes to become consistent refs/files: introduce function to perform normal ref checks refs/files: extract generic symref target checks fsck: drop unused fields from `struct fsck_ref_report` refs/files: perform consistency checks for root refs refs/files: improve error handling when verifying symrefs refs/files: extract function to check single ref refs/files: remove useless indirection refs/files: remove `refs_check_dir` parameter refs/files: move fsck functions into global scope refs/files: simplify iterating through root refs

Merge branch 'tb/macos-iconv-workarounds'

2026-01-21T16:28:57Z

The iconv library on macOS fails to correctly handle stateful ISO/IEC 2022 encoded strings. Work it around instead of replacing it wholesale from homebrew. * tb/macos-iconv-workarounds: utf8.c: enable workaround for iconv under macOS 14/15 utf8.c: prepare workaround for iconv under macOS 14/15

Merge branch 'cs/rebased-subtree-split'

2026-01-21T16:28:57Z

The split command in "git subtree" (in contrib/) has been taught to deal better with rebased history. * cs/rebased-subtree-split: contrib/subtree: detect rewritten subtree commits

Merge branch 'je/doc-reset'

2026-01-21T16:28:57Z

Documentation updates. * je/doc-reset: doc: git-reset: clarify `git reset ` doc: git-reset: clarify `git reset [mode]` doc: git-reset: clarify intro doc: git-reset: reorder the forms