Rebase to v2.54.0-rc2#6178

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vcbuild: add an option to install individual 'features'

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CMake: default Visual Studio generator has changed

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hash algorithms: use size_t for section lengths

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cmake: allow building for Windows/ARM64

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.gitignore: add Visual Studio CMakeSetting.json file

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hash-object --stdin: verify that it works with >4GB/LLP64

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ci(vs-build) also build Windows/ARM64 artifacts

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subtree: update `contrib/subtree` `test` target

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CMakeLists: add default "x64-windows" arch for Visual Studio

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hash-object: add another >4GB/LLP64 test case

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setup: properly use "%(prefix)/" when in WSL

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Add schannel to curl installation

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cmake(): allow setting HOST_CPU for cross-compilation

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mingw: allow for longer paths in `parse_interpreter()`
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compat/vcbuild: document preferred way to build in Visual Studio
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http: optionally send SSL client certificate

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ci: run `contrib/subtree` tests in CI builds

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CMake: show Win32 and Generator_platform build-option values

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hash-object: add a >4GB/LLP64 test case using filtered input

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compat/mingw.c: do not warn when failing to get owner

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mingw: stop hard-coding `CC = gcc`
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mingw: drop the -D_USE_32BIT_TIME_T option
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mingw: only use -Wl,--large-address-aware for 32-bit builds
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mingw: avoid over-specifying `--pic-executable`
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mingw: set the prefix and HOST_CPU as per MSYS2's settings
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mingw: only enable the MSYS2-specific stuff when compiling in MSYS2
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mingw: rely on MSYS2's metadata instead of hard-coding it
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mingw: always define `ETC_*` for MSYS2 environments
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mingw: $env:TERM="xterm-256color" for newer OSes

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winansi: check result and Buffer before using Name

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Add config option `windows.appendAtomically`

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mingw: change core.fsyncObjectFiles = 1 by default
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MinGW: link as terminal server aware

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Fix Windows version resources

Mortein
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status: fix for old-style submodules with commondir

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windows: skip linking `git-<command>` for built-ins
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max_tree_depth: lower it for clang builds in general on Windows
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Merge branch 'dscho-avoid-d-f-conflict-in-vs-master'
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clink.pl: fix libexpatd.lib link error when using MSVC

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Makefile: clean up .ilk files when MSVC=1

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vcbuild: add support for compiling Windows resource files

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config.mak.uname: add git.rc to MSVC builds

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http: optionally load libcurl lazily
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mingw: ensure valid CTYPE
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clink.pl: ignore no-stack-protector arg on MSVC=1 builds

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http: support lazy-loading libcurl also on Windows
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mingw: allow `git.exe` to be used instead of the "Git wrapper"
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clink.pl: move default linker options for MSVC=1 builds

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http: when loading libcurl lazily, allow for multiple SSL backends
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mingw: ignore HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH if it points to Windows' system directory
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cmake: install headless-git.

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git.rc: include winuser.h

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mingw: do load libcurl dynamically by default
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survey: stub in new experimental 'git-survey' command

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survey: add command line opts to select references

Jeff Hostetler
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Add a GitHub workflow to verify that Git/Scalar work in Nano Server
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mingw: suggest `windows.appendAtomically` in more cases

dsl101
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win32: use native ANSI sequence processing, if possible
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common-main.c: fflush stdout buffer upon exit

chengzhuo5
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t5601/t7406(mingw): do run tests with symlink support
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win32: ensure that `localtime_r()` is declared even in i686 builds
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Fallback to AppData if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is unset

ariellourenco
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run-command: be helpful with Git LFS fails on Windows 7
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revision: create mark_trees_uninteresting_dense()

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ci: work around a problem with HTTP/2 vs libcurl v8.10.0
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survey: start pretty printing data in table form

derrickstolee
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survey: add object count summary

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survey: summarize total sizes by object type

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survey: show progress during object walk

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mingw: make sure `errno` is set correctly when socket operations fail
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survey: add ability to track prioritized lists

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compat/mingw: handle WSA errors in strerror

rimrul
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survey: add report of "largest" paths

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compat/mingw: drop outdated comment

rimrul
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survey: add --top=<N> option and config

derrickstolee
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t0301: actually test credential-cache on Windows

rimrul
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survey: clearly note the experimental nature in the output
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credential-cache: handle ECONNREFUSED gracefully

rimrul
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reftable: do make sure to use custom allocators
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check-whitespace: avoid alerts about upstream commits
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t/t5571-prep-push-hook.sh: Add test with writing to stderr

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Merge 'remote-hg-prerequisites' into HEAD
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t5563: verify that NTLM authentication works

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Merge branch 'drive-prefix'
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http: disallow NTLM authentication by default
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http: extract http_reauth_prepare() from retry paths

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Merge branch 'dont-clean-junctions'
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http: warn if might have failed because of NTLM
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http: attempt Negotiate auth in http.emptyAuth=auto mode

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Merge branch 'msys2-python'
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credential: advertise NTLM suppression and allow helpers to re-enable
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dir: do not traverse mount points

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t5563: add tests for http.emptyAuth with Negotiate

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Update mimalloc to v2.2.7 (#6048)
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Merge pull request #2375 from assarbad/reintroduce-sideband-config
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Merge pull request #2488 from bmueller84/master
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Merge pull request #2501 from jeffhostetler/clink-debug-curl
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Merge pull request #2504 from dscho/access-repo-via-junction
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Merge pull request #2535 from dscho/schannel-revoke-best-effort
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Merge pull request #2618 from dscho/avoid-d/f-conflict-in-vs/master
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Merge 'add-p-many-files'
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Merge pull request #2714 from lbonanomi/crlf-scissors
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Merge pull request #2655 from jglathe/jg/t0014_trace_extra_info
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Merge 'git-gui/js/intent-to-add'
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Merge pull request #2351 from PhilipOakley/vcpkg-tip
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Merge pull request #2915 from dennisameling/windows-arm64-support
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Merge pull request #3327 from dennisameling/fix-host-cpu
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Merge pull request #3165 from dscho/increase-allowed-length-of-interpreter-path
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Merge pull request #3220 from dscho/there-is-no-vs/master-anymore
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Merge pull request #3293 from pascalmuller/http-support-automatically-sending-client-certificate
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Merge pull request #3349 from vdye/feature/ci-subtree-tests
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Merge pull request #3306 from PhilipOakley/vs-sln
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Merge pull request #3533 from PhilipOakley/hashliteral_t
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Merge pull request #3791: Various fixes around `safe.directory`

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Merge pull request #3751 from rkitover/native-term
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Merge pull request #3875 from 1480c1/wine/detect_msys_tty
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Merge branch 'optionally-dont-append-atomically-on-windows'
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Merge branch 'fsync-object-files-always'
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Merge pull request #3942 from rimrul/mingw-tsaware
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Fix Windows version resources (#4092)
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Fix global repository field not being cleared (#4083)
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Skip linking the "dashed" `git-<command>`s for built-ins (#4252)
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Add full `mingw-w64-git` (i.e. regular MSYS2 ecosystem) support (#5971)
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Merge pull request #2506 from dscho/issue-2283
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Merge pull request #2974 from derrickstolee/maintenance-and-headless
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ARM64: Embed manifest properly (#4718)
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Lazy load libcurl, allowing for an SSL/TLS backend-specific libcurl (#4410)
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Merge branch 'nano-server'
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Additional error checks for issuing the windows.appendAtomically warning (#4528)
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win32: use native ANSI sequence processing, if possible (#4700)
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common-main.c: fflush stdout buffer when exit (#4901)
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Merge branch 'run-t5601-and-t7406-with-symlinks-on-windows-10'
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Merge branch 'Fix-i686-build-with-GCC-v14'
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Merge branch 'Fallback-to-AppData-if-XDG-CONFIG-HOME-is-unset'
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Merge branch 'run-command-be-helpful-when-Git-LFS-fails-on-Windows-7'
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pack-objects: create new name-hash algorithm (#5157)
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Add path walk API and its use in 'git pack-objects' (#5171)

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Add experimental 'git survey' builtin (#5174)
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credential-cache: handle ECONNREFUSED gracefully (#5329)
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Merge branch 'reftable-vs-custom-allocators'
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Merge branch 'check-whitespace-only-downstream'
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t/t5571-prep-push-hook.sh: Add test with writing to stderr (#6063)
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Merge branch 'disallow-ntlm-auth-by-default'
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Don't traverse mount points in `remove_dir_recurse()` (#6151)
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Detect number of cores better on multi-socket systems (#6108)
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build(deps): bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 (#6004)
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http: fix emptyAuth=auto for Negotiate/SPNEGO (#6170)
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git-gui--askyesno: fix funny text wrapping
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git-gui--askyesno (mingw): use Git for Windows' icon, if available
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ci(macos): skip the `git p4` tests
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Merge branch 'ready-for-upstream'
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Win32: make FILETIME conversion functions public

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Merge branch 'git-gui-askyesno'
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ci(macos): skip the `git p4` tests (#5954)
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Win32: dirent.c: Move opendir down

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mingw: make the dirent implementation pluggable

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Win32: make the lstat implementation pluggable

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mingw: add infrastructure for read-only file system level caches

kblees
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mingw: add a cache below mingw's lstat and dirent implementations

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fscache: load directories only once

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fscache: add key for GIT_TRACE_FSCACHE

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fscache: remember not-found directories

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fscache: add a test for the dir-not-found optimization
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add: use preload-index and fscache for performance

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dir.c: make add_excludes aware of fscache during status

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fscache: make fscache_enabled() public

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dir.c: regression fix for add_excludes with fscache

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fetch-pack.c: enable fscache for stats under .git/objects

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checkout.c: enable fscache for checkout again

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Enable the filesystem cache (fscache) in refresh_index().

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fscache: use FindFirstFileExW to avoid retrieving the short name

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fscache: add GIT_TEST_FSCACHE support

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fscache: add fscache hit statistics

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unpack-trees: enable fscache for sparse-checkout

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status: disable and free fscache at the end of the status command

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mem_pool: add GIT_TRACE_MEMPOOL support

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fscache: fscache takes an initial size

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fscache: update fscache to be thread specific instead of global

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fscache: teach fscache to use mempool

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fscache: remember the reparse tag for each entry
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fscache: make fscache_enable() thread safe

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Merge branch 'fscache'
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fscache: implement an FSCache-aware is_mount_point()
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fscache: teach fscache to use NtQueryDirectoryFile

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Merge pull request #1909 from benpeart/free-fscache-after-status-gfw
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clean: make use of FSCache
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'benpeart/fscache-per-thread-gfw'
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Merge branch 'dont-clean-junctions-fscache'
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pack-objects (mingw): demonstrate a segmentation fault with large deltas

vangdfang
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mingw: support long paths

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win32(long path support): leave drive-less absolute paths intact
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compat/fsmonitor/fsm-*-win32: support long paths

jeffhostetler
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mingw: Support `git_terminal_prompt` with more terminals

kblees
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clean: suggest using `core.longPaths` if paths are too long to remove

mathstuf
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mingw: explicitly specify with which cmd to prefix the cmdline
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mingw: when path_lookup() failed, try BusyBox
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mingw: introduce code to detect whether we're inside a Windows container

zcube
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Win32: symlink: move phantom symlink creation to a separate function

piscisaureus
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test-tool: learn to act as a drop-in replacement for `iconv`
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mingw: when running in a Windows container, try to rename() harder

zcube
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Introduce helper to create symlinks that knows about index_state
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tests(mingw): if `iconv` is unavailable, use `test-helper --iconv`
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compat/terminal.c: only use the Windows console if bash 'read -r' fails

kblees
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mingw: move the file_attr_to_st_mode() function definition

zcube
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mingw: allow to specify the symlink type in .gitattributes

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gitattributes: mark .png files as binary
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mingw (git_terminal_prompt): do fall back to CONIN$/CONOUT$ method
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mingw: Windows Docker volumes are *not* symbolic links
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mingw: work around rename() failing on a read-only file

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Win32: symlink: add test for `symlink` attribute

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tests: move test PNGs into t/lib-diff/
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tests: only override sort & find if there are usable ones in /usr/bin/
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tests: use the correct path separator with BusyBox
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mingw: only use Bash-ism `builtin pwd -W` when available
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tests (mingw): remove Bash-specific pwd option
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test-lib: add BUSYBOX prerequisite
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t5003: use binary file from t/lib-diff/
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t5532: workaround for BusyBox on Windows
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t5605: special-case hardlink test for BusyBox-w32
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t5813: allow for $PWD to be a Windows path
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mingw: kill child processes in a gentler way
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t9200: skip tests when $PWD contains a colon
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mingw: optionally enable wsl compability file mode bits

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mingw: really handle SIGINT
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Partially un-revert "editor: save and reset terminal after calling EDITOR"
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Describe Git for Windows' architecture [no ci]
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Merge branch 'gitk-and-git-gui-patches'
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Modify the Code of Conduct for Git for Windows
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Merge branch 'long-paths'
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CONTRIBUTING.md: add guide for first-time contributors

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Merge branch 'msys2'
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README.md: Add a Windows-specific preamble
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Merge 'docker-volumes-are-no-symlinks'
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Add an issue template

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mingw: try resetting the read-only bit if rename fails (#4527)
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Add a GitHub workflow to monitor component updates

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Modify the GitHub Pull Request template (to reflect Git for Windows)

Philip Oakley
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Merge pull request #1897 from piscisaureus/symlink-attr
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reset: reinstate support for the deprecated --stdin option
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fsmonitor: reintroduce core.useBuiltinFSMonitor

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dependabot: help keeping GitHub Actions versions up to date
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SECURITY.md: document Git for Windows' policies
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Merge branch 'busybox-w32'
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Merge branch 'wsl-file-mode-bits'
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Merge pull request #1170 from dscho/mingw-kill-process
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Merge branch 'un-revert-editor-save-and-reset'
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Merge branch 'phase-out-reset-stdin'
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Merge branch 'deprecate-core.useBuiltinFSMonitor'
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Merge pull request #2837 from dscho/monitor-component-updates
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Merge 'readme' into HEAD
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