git, branch v2.54.0-rc0

Git 2.54-rc0

2026-04-02T04:31:08Z

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

RelNotes: minor typo fixes in 2.54.0 draft

2026-04-02T04:15:26Z

Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

The 24th batch

2026-04-01T17:28:20Z

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Merge branch 'kj/refspec-parsing-outside-repository'

2026-04-01T17:28:19Z

"git ls-remote '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*' https://..." run outside a repository would dereference a NULL while trying to see if the given refspec is a single-object refspec, which has been corrected. * kj/refspec-parsing-outside-repository: refspec: fix typo in comment remote-curl: fall back to default hash outside repo

Merge branch 'jk/t0061-bat-test-update'

2026-04-01T17:28:19Z

A test to run a .bat file with whitespaces in the name with arguments with whitespaces in them was flaky in that sometimes it got killed before it produced expected side effects, which has been rewritten to make it more robust. * jk/t0061-bat-test-update: t0061: simplify .bat test

Merge branch 'mk/repo-help-strings'

2026-04-01T17:28:19Z

"git repo info -h" and "git repo structure -h" limit their help output to the part that is specific to the subcommand. * mk/repo-help-strings: repo: show subcommand-specific help text repo: factor repo usage strings into shared macros

Merge branch 'jc/macos-homebrew-wo-reg-enhanced'

2026-04-01T17:28:19Z

In case homebrew breaks REG_ENHANCED again, leave a in-code comment to suggest use of our replacement regex as a workaround. * jc/macos-homebrew-wo-reg-enhanced: regexp: leave a pointer to resurrect workaround for Homebrew

Merge branch 'rs/use-strvec-pushv'

2026-04-01T17:28:19Z

Code paths that loop over another array to push each element into a strvec have been rewritten to use strvec_pushv() instead. * rs/use-strvec-pushv: use strvec_pushv() to add another strvec

Merge branch 'bk/t5315-test-path-is-helpers'

2026-04-01T17:28:18Z

Test clean-up. * bk/t5315-test-path-is-helpers: t5315: use test_path_is_file for loose-object check

Merge branch 'jk/diff-highlight-more'

2026-04-01T17:28:18Z

Various updates to contrib/diff-highlight, including documentation updates, test improvements, and color configuration handling. * jk/diff-highlight-more: diff-highlight: fetch all config with one process diff-highlight: allow module callers to pass in color config diff-highlight: test color config diff-highlight: use test_decode_color in tests t: add matching negative attributes to test_decode_color diff-highlight: check diff-highlight exit status in tests diff-highlight: drop perl version dependency back to 5.8 diff-highlight: mention build instructions