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What’s new in Git 2.54.0?

Learn about release contributions, including new repository maintenance, a new command to edit commit history, a replacement for git-sizer(1), and more.

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What’s new in Git 2.53.0?

Learn about release contributions, including fixes for geometric repacking, updates to git-fast-import(1) commit signature handing options, and more.

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What’s new in Git 2.52.0?

Learn about release contributions, including the new git-last-modified(1) command, improvements to history-rewriting tools, and a new maintenance strategy.

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What’s new in Git 2.51.0?

Learn about the latest contributions from GitLab's Git team and the Git community, including performance optimizations for git-push(1) and git-fetch(1).

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How we use GitLab to grow open source communities

Learn how to use the DevSecOps platform to solve onboarding problems for new contributors.

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What’s new in Git 2.50.0?

Here are contributions from GitLab's Git team and the Git community such as the git-diff-pairs(1) command and git-update-ref(1) option to perform batched reference updates.

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Journey through Git's 20-year history

Follow along as we reminisce about the first commit, the unique aspects of the earliest releases, and the confusion sparked by an update to the git-push(1) default behavior.

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Celebrating Git's 20th anniversary with creator Linus Torvalds

Discover the origins of the open-source version control system, why he handed over the reins a few months in, and what he thinks about adding new programming languages to Git.

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What's new in Git 2.49.0?

Learn about the latest version of Git, including improved performance thanks to zlib-ng, a new name-hashing algorithm, and git-backfill(1).

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