used in a way similar to existing "--is-bare-repository" and
friends.
+ * "git describe --match <pattern>" has been taught to play well with
+ the "--all" option.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* Add a helper for DLL loading in anticipation for its need in a
future topic RSN.
+ * "git status --ignored", when noticing that a directory without any
+ tracked path is ignored, still enumerated all the ignored paths in
+ the directory, which is unnecessary. The codepath has been
+ optimized to avoid this overhead.
Also contains various documentation updates and code clean-ups.
written to suggest that "-s theirs" exists, which is not the case.
(merge c25d98b2a7 jc/merge-x-theirs-docfix later to maint).
+ * "git fast-export" with -M/-C option issued "copy" instruction on a
+ path that is simultaneously modified, which was incorrect.
+ (merge b3e8ca89cf jt/fast-export-copy-modify-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Many codepaths have been updated to squelch -Wsign-compare
+ warnings.
+ (merge 071bcaab64 rj/no-sign-compare later to maint).
+
+ * Memory leaks in various codepaths have been plugged.
+ (merge 4d01a7fa65 ma/leakplugs later to maint).
+
* Other minor doc, test and build updates and code cleanups.
(merge f094b89a4d ma/parse-maybe-bool later to maint).
(merge 39b00fa4d4 jk/drop-sha1-entry-pos later to maint).