v0.55.0

Strange - automatic release notes weren't generated or didn't arrive here. Have to look into that. Meantime, let's use the GitHub generated notes.

What's Changed

• Don't skip fuzzed_timeout on windows-11-arm by Eliah Kagan (@EliahKagan) in #2619
• Bump openssl from 0.10.79 to 0.10.80 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #2620
• Montly report for May 2026 by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2618
• fix: reject deleted prior checkout branches by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2610
• fix: fetching and cloning with refspecs that are tags (in shallow clones) by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2556
• fix: handle relative worktree linking files by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2599
• Avoid duplicate hash computation during object creation by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2549
• Address relative worktree review comments by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2623
• Add generated archives for SHA-256 in gix-pack by Christoph Rüßler (@cruessler) in #2602
• Use GIX_TEST_FIXTURE_HASH for gix-index tests by Christoph Rüßler (@cruessler) in #2598
• Bump tar from 0.4.45 to 0.4.46 by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #2628
• Document installation via Homebrew by Eliah Kagan (@EliahKagan) in #2629
• perf: check should_interrupt per entry in index_as_worktree by sharif (@sharifhsn) in #2631
• fix: cap aggregate delta data allocation in gix-pack by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2632
• Bump the cargo group with 40 updates by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #2635
• Bump the github-actions group with 4 updates by Dependabot (@dependabot)[bot] in #2634
• fix: expand attribute macros only when set by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2641
• fix: avoid packetline panic on empty sideband payload by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2638
• Limit postprocess heuristics fuzz input size by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2644
• fix: handle loose ref path-prefix collisions by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2645
• Bound comprehensive diff fuzz inputs by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2650
• fix: avoid GIT_DIR environment discovery panic by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2648
• allow sha256 only builds by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2651
• allow assuming trust during upward discovery by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2652
• fix: write new remote sections to the local config file (#1951) by Amey Pawar (@ameyypawar) in #2637
• fix: use main repo when listing worktrees by shvvkz in #2615
• feat: add leaf-only tree-editor removal by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2654
• doc: Document executable-bit behavior during checkout by shvvkz in #2614
• Add tests for Repository::open_mailmap and open_mailmap_into by Amey Pawar (@ameyypawar) in #2622
• gix-ref: skip name validation in packed-refs binary search by Nik B (@nikicat) in #2604
• dev/aratiu/sha256 transport fixtures by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2656
• dev/aratiu/sha256 pack by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2657
• fix: tolerate NUL suffixes in symbolic ref files by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2658
• Run gix-odb tests under SHA-256 by Adrian Ratiu (@10ne1) in #2653
• fix: resolve remote HEAD fetches against remote refs by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2660
• fix: allow negative fetch refspec patterns by Sebastian Thiel (@Byron) in #2661
• Document that writing the index does not refresh the tree-cache extension by Amey Pawar (@ameyypawar) in #2664
• gix: negotiate and adopt sha256 object format by Adrian Ratiu (@10ne1) in #2642

New Contributors

• sharif (@sharifhsn) made their first contribution in #2631
• Amey Pawar (@ameyypawar) made their first contribution in #2637
• shvvkz made their first contribution in #2615
• Nik B (@nikicat) made their first contribution in #2604
• Adrian Ratiu (@10ne1) made their first contribution in #2653

Full Changelog: v0.54.0...v0.55.0