turkdevops · pull · Feb 28, 2026 · Feb 4, 2026 · Jan 29, 2026 · Jan 29, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: test
       shell: bash
-      run: . /etc/profile && ci/run-test-slice.sh ${{matrix.nr}} 10
+      run: . /etc/profile && ci/run-test-slice.sh $((${{matrix.nr}} + 1)) 10
     - name: print test failures
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != ''
       shell: bash
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       env:
         NO_SVN_TESTS: 1
-      run: . /etc/profile && ci/run-test-slice.sh ${{matrix.nr}} 10
+      run: . /etc/profile && ci/run-test-slice.sh $((${{matrix.nr}} + 1)) 10
     - name: print test failures
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != ''
       shell: bash
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ jobs:
         name: windows-meson-artifacts
         path: build
     - name: Test
-      shell: pwsh
-      run: ci/run-test-slice-meson.sh build ${{matrix.nr}} 10
+      shell: bash
+      run: ci/run-test-slice-meson.sh build $((${{matrix.nr}} + 1)) 10
     - name: print test failures
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != ''
       shell: bash

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -157,19 +157,22 @@ test:mingw64:
   parallel: 10
 
 .msvc-meson:
+  variables:
+    TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: "C:/Git-Test"
   tags:
     - saas-windows-medium-amd64
   before_script:
     - *windows_before_script
     - choco install -y git meson ninja rust-ms
     - Import-Module $env:ChocolateyInstall\helpers\chocolateyProfile.psm1
     - refreshenv
+    - New-Item -Path $env:TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY -ItemType Directory
 
 build:msvc-meson:
   extends: .msvc-meson
   stage: build
   script:
-    - meson setup build --vsenv -Dperl=disabled -Dbackend_max_links=1 -Dcredential_helpers=wincred
+    - meson setup build --vsenv -Dperl=disabled -Dbackend_max_links=1 -Dcredential_helpers=wincred -Dtest_output_directory="$TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY"
     - meson compile -C build
   artifacts:
     paths:
@@ -183,11 +186,21 @@ test:msvc-meson:
     - job: "build:msvc-meson"
       artifacts: true
   script:
-    - meson test -C build --no-rebuild --print-errorlogs --slice $Env:CI_NODE_INDEX/$Env:CI_NODE_TOTAL
+    - |
+      & "C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe" -l -c 'ci/run-test-slice-meson.sh build $CI_NODE_INDEX $CI_NODE_TOTAL'
+  after_script:
+    - |
+      if ($env:CI_JOB_STATUS -ne "success") {
+        & "C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe" -l -c 'ci/print-test-failures.sh'
+        Move-Item -Path "$env:TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY/failed-test-artifacts" -Destination t/
+      }
   parallel: 10
   artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - t/failed-test-artifacts
     reports:
       junit: build/meson-logs/testlog.junit.xml
+    when: on_failure
 
 test:fuzz-smoke-tests:
   image: ubuntu:latest

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.54.0.adoc b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.54.0.adoc
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * "git history" history rewriting (experimental) command has been
    added.
 
-
  * "git replay" is taught to drop commits that become empty (not the
    ones that are empty in the original).
 
@@ -32,6 +31,11 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * Command line completion (in contrib/) update for
    "stash import/export".
 
+ * "git repo info" learns "--keys" action to list known keys.
+
+ * Extend the alias configuration syntax to allow aliases using
+   characters outside ASCII alphanumeric (plus '-').
+
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
 --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -76,6 +80,12 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
    already do on Linux and Windows.  Also adjust the way Windows
    implementation reports this information to match the other two.
 
+ * A handful of places used refs_for_each_ref_in() API incorrectly,
+   which has been corrected.
+
+ * Some tests assumed "iconv" is available without honoring ICONV
+   prerequisite, which has been corrected.
+
 
 Fixes since v2.53
 -----------------
@@ -130,6 +140,21 @@ Fixes since v2.53
    been fixed.
    (merge f4eff7116d ps/pack-concat-wo-backfill later to maint).
 
+ * "git switch <name>", in an attempt to create a local branch <name>
+   after a remote tracking branch of the same name gave an advise
+   message to disambiguate using "git checkout", which has been
+   updated to use "git switch".
+   (merge 12fee11f21 jc/checkout-switch-restore later to maint).
+
+ * It does not make much sense to apply the "incomplete-line"
+   whitespace rule to symbolic links, whose contents almost always
+   lack the final newline.  "git apply" and "git diff" are now taught
+   to exclude them for a change to symbolic links.
+   (merge 6a41481c6d jc/whitespace-incomplete-line later to maint).
+
+ * "git format-patch --from=<me>" did not honor the command line
+   option when writing out the cover letter, which has been corrected.
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge d79fff4a11 jk/remote-tracking-ref-leakfix later to maint).
    (merge 7a747f972d dd/t5403-modernise later to maint).
@@ -151,3 +176,7 @@ Fixes since v2.53
    (merge 2668b6bdc4 jc/doc-rerere-update later to maint).
    (merge 2f99f50f2d jc/doc-cg-c-comment later to maint).
    (merge a454cdca42 kh/doc-am-format-sendmail later to maint).
+   (merge 8b0061b5c5 jk/ref-filter-lrstrip-optim later to maint).
+   (merge 5133837392 ps/ci-gitlab-msvc-updates later to maint).
+   (merge 143e84958c db/doc-fetch-jobs-auto later to maint).
+   (merge 0678e01f02 ap/use-test-seq-f-more later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/config/alias.adoc b/Documentation/config/alias.adoc
@@ -1,12 +1,46 @@
 alias.*::
-	Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
-	after defining `alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD`, the invocation
-	`git last` is equivalent to `git cat-file commit HEAD`. To avoid
-	confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
-	hide existing Git commands are ignored except for deprecated
-	commands.  Arguments are split by
-	spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping are supported.
-	A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
+alias.*.command::
+	Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper. Aliases
+	can be defined using two syntaxes:
++
+--
+1. Without a subsection, e.g., `[alias] co = checkout`. The alias
+   name ("co" in this example) is
+   limited to ASCII alphanumeric characters and `-`,
+   and is matched case-insensitively.
+2. With a subsection, e.g., `[alias "co"] command = checkout`. The
+   alias name can contain any characters (except for newlines and NUL bytes),
+   including UTF-8, and is matched case-sensitively as raw bytes.
+   You define the action of the alias in the `command`.
+--
++
+Examples:
++
+----
+# Without subsection (ASCII alphanumeric and dash only)
+[alias]
+    co = checkout
+    st = status
+
+# With subsection (allows any characters, including UTF-8)
+[alias "hämta"]
+    command = fetch
+[alias "rätta till"]
+    command = commit --amend
+----
++
+With a Git alias defined, e.g.,
+
+    $ git config --global alias.last "cat-file commit HEAD"
+    # Which is equivalent to
+    $ git config --global alias.last.command "cat-file commit HEAD"
+
+`git last` is equivalent to `git cat-file commit HEAD`. To avoid
+confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
+hide existing Git commands are ignored except for deprecated
+commands.  Arguments are split by
+spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping are supported.
+A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
 +
 Note that the first word of an alias does not necessarily have to be a
 command. It can be a command-line option that will be passed into the

diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.adoc b/Documentation/config/pack.adoc
@@ -160,12 +160,13 @@ pack.usePathWalk::
 	processes. See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for full details.
 
 pack.preferBitmapTips::
+	Specifies a ref hierarchy (e.g., "refs/heads/"); can be
+	given multiple times to specify more than one hierarchies.
 	When selecting which commits will receive bitmaps, prefer a
-	commit at the tip of any reference that is a suffix of any value
-	of this configuration over any other commits in the "selection
-	window".
+	commit at the tip of a reference that is contained in any of
+	the configured hierarchies.
 +
-Note that setting this configuration to `refs/foo` does not mean that
+Note that setting this configuration to `refs/foo/` does not mean that
 the commits at the tips of `refs/foo/bar` and `refs/foo/baz` will
 necessarily be selected. This is because commits are selected for
 bitmaps from within a series of windows of variable length.

diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc b/Documentation/fetch-options.adoc
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ endif::git-pull[]
 `--jobs=<n>`::
 	Parallelize all forms of fetching up to _<n>_ jobs at a time.
 +
+A value of 0 will use some reasonable default.
++
 If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
 in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
 parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
@@ -282,11 +282,12 @@ e.g., `--rfc='-(WIP)'` results in "PATCH (WIP)".
 
 --from::
 --from=<ident>::
-	Use `ident` in the `From:` header of each commit email. If the
-	author ident of the commit is not textually identical to the
-	provided `ident`, place a `From:` header in the body of the
-	message with the original author. If no `ident` is given, use
-	the committer ident.
+	Use `ident` in the `From:` header of each email. In case of a
+	commit email, if the author ident of the commit is not textually
+	identical to the provided `ident`, place a `From:` header in the
+	body of the message with the original author. If no `ident` is
+	given, or if the option is not passed at all, use the ident of
+	the current committer.
 +
 Note that this option is only useful if you are actually sending the
 emails and want to identify yourself as the sender, but retain the

diff --git a/Documentation/git-history.adoc b/Documentation/git-history.adoc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-history - EXPERIMENTAL: Rewrite history
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [synopsis]
-git history reword <commit> [--ref-action=(branches|head|print)]
+git history reword <commit> [--dry-run] [--update-refs=(branches|head)]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -60,13 +60,17 @@ The following commands are available to rewrite history in different ways:
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
-`--ref-action=(branches|head|print)`::
+`--dry-run`::
+	Do not update any references, but instead print any ref updates in a
+	format that can be consumed by linkgit:git-update-ref[1]. Necessary new
+	objects will be written into the repository, so applying these printed
+	ref updates is generally safe.
+
+`--update-refs=(branches|head)`::
 	Control which references will be updated by the command, if any. With
 	`branches`, all local branches that point to commits which are
 	descendants of the original commit will be rewritten. With `head`, only
-	the current `HEAD` reference will be rewritten. With `print`, all
-	updates as they would be performed with `branches` are printed in a
-	format that can be consumed by linkgit:git-update-ref[1].
+	the current `HEAD` reference will be rewritten. Defaults to `branches`.
 
 GIT
 ---

diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ git-repo - Retrieve information about the repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [synopsis]
-git repo info [--format=(keyvalue|nul) | -z] [--all | <key>...]
-git repo structure [--format=(table|keyvalue|nul) | -z]
+git repo info [--format=(lines|nul) | -z] [--all | <key>...]
+git repo info --keys [--format=(lines|nul) | -z]
+git repo structure [--format=(table|lines|nul) | -z]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE.
 
 COMMANDS
 --------
-`info [--format=(keyvalue|nul) | -z] [--all | <key>...]`::
+`info [--format=(lines|nul) | -z] [--all | <key>...]`::
 	Retrieve metadata-related information about the current repository. Only
 	the requested data will be returned based on their keys (see "INFO KEYS"
 	section below).
@@ -30,21 +31,32 @@ requested. The `--all` flag requests the values for all the available keys.
 The output format can be chosen through the flag `--format`. Two formats are
 supported:
 +
-`keyvalue`:::
+
+`lines`:::
 	output key-value pairs one per line using the `=` character as
 	the delimiter between the key and the value. Values containing "unusual"
 	characters are quoted as explained for the configuration variable
 	`core.quotePath` (see linkgit:git-config[1]). This is the default.
 
 `nul`:::
-	similar to `keyvalue`, but using a newline character as the delimiter
+	similar to `lines`, but using a newline character as the delimiter
 	between the key and the value and using a NUL character after each value.
 	This format is better suited for being parsed by another applications than
-	`keyvalue`. Unlike in the `keyvalue` format, the values are never quoted.
+	`lines`. Unlike in the `lines` format, the values are never quoted.
 +
 `-z` is an alias for `--format=nul`.
 
-`structure [--format=(table|keyvalue|nul) | -z]`::
+`info --keys [--format=(lines|nul) | -z]`::
+	List all the available keys, one per line. The output format can be chosen
+	through the flag `--format`. The following formats are supported:
++
+`lines`:::
+	Output the keys one per line. This is the default.
+
+`nul`:::
+	Similar to `lines`, but using a _NUL_ character after each value.
+
+`structure [--format=(table|lines|nul) | -z]`::
 	Retrieve statistics about the current repository structure. The
 	following kinds of information are reported:
 +
@@ -61,17 +73,17 @@ supported:
 	change and is not intended for machine parsing. This is the default
 	format.
 
-`keyvalue`:::
+`lines`:::
 	Each line of output contains a key-value pair for a repository stat.
 	The '=' character is used to delimit between the key and the value.
 	Values containing "unusual" characters are quoted as explained for the
 	configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
 
 `nul`:::
-	Similar to `keyvalue`, but uses a NUL character to delimit between
+	Similar to `lines`, but uses a NUL character to delimit between
 	key-value pairs instead of a newline. Also uses a newline character as
 	the delimiter between the key and value instead of '='. Unlike the
-	`keyvalue` format, values containing "unusual" characters are never
+	`lines` format, values containing "unusual" characters are never
 	quoted.
 +
 `-z` is an alias for `--format=nul`.