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Date Published
Author
Taylor Blau
Word count
3600
Language
English
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None

Summary

Git 2.33 introduces significant updates including geometric repacking and a new merge strategy called merge-ort. Geometric repacking improves the efficiency of repository maintenance by organizing packs of objects in a geometric progression based on size, enhancing Git's performance in busy repositories. Merge-ort, a rewrite of the previous merge-recursive strategy, offers substantial speed improvements and resolves long-standing bugs by optimizing the handling of merges, especially those involving renames. Additionally, Git 2.33 enhances scripting capabilities by allowing the omission of commit headers with the --no-commit-header option and introduces optimizations to reduce unnecessary computation during operations like git log --decorate. Other notable features include the introduction of parallelization in git checkout, improvements to sparse checkouts, and updates to reachability bitmap optimizations. The release is supported by contributions from over 74 contributors, demonstrating a collaborative effort to refine and advance Git's capabilities.