Git v2.55 Release Notes
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UI, Workflows & Features
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 * Hook scripts defined via the configuration system can now be
   configured to run in parallel.

 * The userdiff driver for the Scheme language has been extended to
   cover other Lisp dialects.

 * Terminal control sequences coming over the sideband while talking
   to a remote repository are mostly disabled by default, except for
   ANSI color escape sequences.


Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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 * Promisor remote handling has been refactored and fixed in
   preparation for auto-configuration of advertised remotes.

 * Rust support is enabled by default (but still allows opting out) in
   some future version of Git.


Fixes since v2.54
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 * Code clean-up to use the right instance of a repository instance in
   calls inside refs subsystem.
   (merge 57c590feb9 sp/refs-reduce-the-repository later to maint).

 * The check that implements the logic to see if an in-core cache-tree
   is fully ready to write out a tree object was broken, which has
   been corrected.
   (merge 521731213c dl/cache-tree-fully-valid-fix later to maint).

 * The test suite harness and many individual test scripts have been
   updated to work correctly when 'set -e' is in effect, which helps
   detect misspelled test commands.
   (merge ffe8005b9d ps/test-set-e-clean later to maint).

 * Revert a recent change that introduced a regression to help mksh users.
   (merge 8b44deebaf jk/revert-aa-reap-transport-child-processes later to maint).

 * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
   (merge 80f4b802e9 ja/doc-difftool-synopsis-style later to maint).
   (merge b96490241e jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat later to maint).

 * Update various GitHub Actions versions.
   (merge 4a6ed9d09f js/ci-github-actions-update later to maint).

 * Avoid hitting the pathname limit for socks proxy socket during the
   test..
   (merge b33bea27a2 js/t5564-socks-use-short-path later to maint).

 * Test fix.
   (merge 66ae1a48ec jc/t5551-fix-expensive later to maint).

 * To help Windows 10 installations, avoid removing files whose
   contents are still mmap()'ed.
   (merge 4bb086cfa2 js/maintenance-fix-deadlock-on-win10 later to maint).