diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 81f710c148f..963a28ac14a 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -67,16 +67,6 @@
       internalChecksFilter: 'strict',
       groupName: 'msrv',
     },
-    {
-      matchManagers: [
-        'cargo',
-      ],
-      matchPackageNames: [
-        'gix-features-for-configuration-only',
-        'gix',
-      ],
-      groupName: 'gix',
-    },
     // Goals:
     // - Rollup safe upgrades to reduce CI runner load
     // - Have lockfile and manifest in-sync (implicit rules)
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ea8e4354359..0de2de07e24 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -226,15 +226,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "btoi"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9dd6407f73a9b8b6162d8a2ef999fe6afd7cc15902ebf42c5cd296addf17e0ad"
-dependencies = [
- "num-traits",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.14.0"
@@ -301,7 +292,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "git2",
  "git2-curl",
  "gix",
- "gix-features",
  "glob",
  "hex",
  "hmac",
@@ -955,9 +945,6 @@ name = "faster-hex"
 version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2a2b11eda1d40935b26cf18f6833c526845ae8c41e58d09af6adeb6f0269183"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
@@ -1087,9 +1074,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix"
-version = "0.58.0"
+version = "0.61.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "31887c304d9a935f3e5494fb5d6a0106c34e965168ec0db9b457424eedd0c741"
+checksum = "e4e0e59a44bf00de058ee98d6ecf3c9ed8f8842c1da642258ae4120d41ded8f7"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-actor",
  "gix-attributes",
@@ -1099,6 +1086,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-credentials",
  "gix-date",
  "gix-diff",
+ "gix-dir",
  "gix-discover",
  "gix-features",
  "gix-filter",
@@ -1141,23 +1129,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-actor"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0a7bb9fad6125c81372987c06469601d37e1a2d421511adb69971b9083517a8a"
+checksum = "45c3a3bde455ad2ee8ba8a195745241ce0b770a8a26faae59fcf409d01b28c46"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
- "btoi",
  "gix-date",
+ "gix-utils",
  "itoa 1.0.10",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow 0.5.28",
+ "winnow",
 ]
 
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 name = "gix-attributes"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.22.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "214ee3792e504ee1ce206b36dcafa4f328ca313d1e2ac0b41433d68ef4e14260"
+checksum = "eefb48f42eac136a4a0023f49a54ec31be1c7a9589ed762c45dcb9b953f7ecc8"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-glob",
@@ -1172,27 +1160,27 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.10"
+version = "0.2.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78b6cd0f246180034ddafac9b00a112f19178135b21eb031b3f79355891f7325"
+checksum = "a371db66cbd4e13f0ed9dc4c0fea712d7276805fccc877f77e96374d317e87ae"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
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 name = "gix-chunk"
-version = "0.4.7"
+version = "0.4.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "003ec6deacf68076a0c157271a127e0bb2c031c1a41f7168cbe5d248d9b85c78"
+checksum = "45c8751169961ba7640b513c3b24af61aa962c967aaf04116734975cd5af0c52"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
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 name = "gix-command"
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ce1ffc7db3fb50b7dae6ecd937a3527cb725f444614df2ad8988d81806f13f09"
+checksum = "f90009020dc4b3de47beed28e1334706e0a330ddd17f5cfeb097df3b15a54b77"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-path",
@@ -1202,9 +1190,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-commitgraph"
-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.24.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "82dbd7fb959862e3df2583331f0ad032ac93533e8a52f1b0694bc517f5d292bc"
+checksum = "f7b102311085da4af18823413b5176d7c500fb2272eaf391cfa8635d8bcb12c4"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-chunk",
@@ -1216,9 +1204,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-config"
-version = "0.34.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e62bf2073b6ce3921ffa6d8326f645f30eec5fc4a8e8a4bc0fcb721a2f3f69dc"
+checksum = "62129c75e4b6229fe15fb9838cdc00c655e87105b651e4edd7c183fc5288b5d1"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-config-value",
@@ -1232,14 +1220,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
  "unicode-bom",
- "winnow 0.5.28",
+ "winnow",
 ]
 
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 name = "gix-config-value"
-version = "0.14.4"
+version = "0.14.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b8a1e7bfb37a46ed0b8468db37a6d8a0a61d56bdbe4603ae492cb322e5f3958"
+checksum = "fbd06203b1a9b33a78c88252a625031b094d9e1b647260070c25b09910c0a804"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "bstr",
@@ -1250,9 +1238,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.24.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "206ede3fe433abba3c8b0174179d5bbac65ae3f0d9187e2ea96c0494db6a139f"
+checksum = "5c70146183bd3c7119329a3c7392d1aa0e0adbe48d727f4df31828fe6d8fdaa1"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-command",
@@ -1267,9 +1255,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb7f3dfb72bebe3449b5e642be64e3c6ccbe9821c8b8f19f487cf5bfbbf4067e"
+checksum = "180b130a4a41870edfbd36ce4169c7090bca70e195da783dea088dd973daa59c"
 dependencies = [
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  "itoa 1.0.10",
@@ -1279,9 +1267,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.40.0"
+version = "0.42.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cbdcb5e49c4b9729dd1c361040ae5c3cd7c497b2260b18c954f62db3a63e98cf"
+checksum = "78e605593c2ef74980a534ade0909c7dc57cca72baa30cbb67d2dda621f99ac4"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-hash",
@@ -1289,11 +1277,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gix-dir"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3413ccd29130900c17574678aee640e4847909acae9febf6424dc77b782c6d32"
+dependencies = [
+ "bstr",
+ "gix-discover",
+ "gix-fs",
+ "gix-ignore",
+ "gix-index",
+ "gix-object",
+ "gix-path",
+ "gix-pathspec",
+ "gix-trace",
+ "gix-utils",
+ "gix-worktree",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
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 name = "gix-discover"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b4669218f3ec0cbbf8f16857b32200890f8ca585f36f5817242e4115fe4551af"
+checksum = "64bab49087ed3710caf77e473dc0efc54ca33d8ccc6441359725f121211482b1"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "dunce",
@@ -1307,9 +1315,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.38.0"
+version = "0.38.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "184f7f7d4e45db0e2a362aeaf12c06c5e84817d0ef91d08e8e90170dad9f0b07"
+checksum = "db4254037d20a247a0367aa79333750146a369719f0c6617fec4f5752cc62b37"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "crc32fast",
@@ -1329,9 +1337,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-filter"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9240862840fb740d209422937195e129e4ed3da49af212383260134bea8f6c1a"
+checksum = "bd71bf3e64d8fb5d5635d4166ca5a36fe56b292ffff06eab1d93ea47fd5beb89"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "encoding_rs",
@@ -1350,9 +1358,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-fs"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4436e883d5769f9fb18677b8712b49228357815f9e4104174a6fc2d8461a437b"
+checksum = "634b8a743b0aae03c1a74ee0ea24e8c5136895efac64ce52b3ea106e1c6f0613"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-features",
  "gix-utils",
@@ -1360,9 +1368,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-glob"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4965a1d06d0ab84a29d4a67697a97352ab14ae1da821084e5afb1fd6d8191ca0"
+checksum = "682bdc43cb3c00dbedfcc366de2a849b582efd8d886215dbad2ea662ec156bb5"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "bstr",
@@ -1372,9 +1380,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-hash"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.14.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0ed89cdc1dce26685c80271c4287077901de3c3dd90234d5fa47c22b2268653"
+checksum = "f93d7df7366121b5018f947a04d37f034717e113dcf9ccd85c34b58e57a74d5e"
 dependencies = [
  "faster-hex",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1382,9 +1390,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-hashtable"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ebe47d8c0887f82355e2e9e16b6cecaa4d5e5346a7a474ca78ff94de1db35a5b"
+checksum = "7ddf80e16f3c19ac06ce415a38b8591993d3f73aede049cb561becb5b3a8e242"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-hash",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -1393,9 +1401,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-ignore"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1f7069aaca4a05784c4cb44e392f0eaf627c6e57e05d3100c0e2386a37a682f0"
+checksum = "640dbeb4f5829f9fc14d31f654a34a0350e43a24e32d551ad130d99bf01f63f1"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-glob",
@@ -1406,14 +1414,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-index"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d7152181ba8f0a3addc5075dd612cea31fc3e252b29c8be8c45f4892bf87426"
+checksum = "549621f13d9ccf325a7de45506a3266af0d08f915181c5687abb5e8669bfd2e6"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "bstr",
- "btoi",
  "filetime",
+ "fnv",
  "gix-bitmap",
  "gix-features",
  "gix-fs",
@@ -1421,6 +1429,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-lock",
  "gix-object",
  "gix-traverse",
+ "gix-utils",
+ "hashbrown",
  "itoa 1.0.10",
  "libc",
  "memmap2",
@@ -1431,9 +1441,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-lock"
-version = "13.0.0"
+version = "13.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "651e46174dc5e7d18b7b809d31937b6de3681b1debd78618c99162cc30fcf3e1"
+checksum = "e7c359f81f01b8352063319bcb39789b7ea0887b406406381106e38c4a34d049"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -1442,9 +1452,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-macros"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d75e7ab728059f595f6ddc1ad8771b8d6a231971ae493d9d5948ecad366ee8bb"
+checksum = "1dff438f14e67e7713ab9332f5fd18c8f20eb7eb249494f6c2bf170522224032"
 dependencies = [
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 [[package]]
 name = "gix-negotiate"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a163adb84149e522e991cbe27250a6e01de56f98cd05b174614ce3f8a4e8b140"
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 dependencies = [
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 [[package]]
 name = "gix-object"
-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.42.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "693ce9d30741506cb082ef2d8b797415b48e032cce0ab23eff894c19a7e4777b"
+checksum = "3d4f8efae72030df1c4a81d02dbe2348e748d9b9a11e108ed6efbd846326e051"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
- "btoi",
  "gix-actor",
  "gix-date",
  "gix-features",
  "gix-hash",
+ "gix-utils",
  "gix-validate",
  "itoa 1.0.10",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow 0.5.28",
+ "winnow",
 ]
 
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 name = "gix-odb"
-version = "0.57.0"
+version = "0.59.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ba2fa9e81f2461b78b4d81a807867667326c84cdab48e0aed7b73a593aa1be4"
+checksum = "81b55378c719693380f66d9dd21ce46721eed2981d8789fc698ec1ada6fa176e"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -1508,9 +1518,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.47.0"
+version = "0.49.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8da5f3e78c96b76c4e6fe5e8e06b76221e4a0ee9a255aa935ed1fdf68988dfd8"
+checksum = "6391aeaa030ad64aba346a9f5c69bb1c4e5c6fb4411705b03b40b49d8614ec30"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -1528,9 +1538,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-packetline"
-version = "0.17.3"
+version = "0.17.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09ff45eef7747bde4986429a3e813478d50c2688b8f239e57bd3aa81065b285f"
+checksum = "9ea5cd2b8ecbab2f3a2133686bf241dfc947a744347cfac8806c4ae5769ab931"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -1552,9 +1562,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.10.5"
+version = "0.10.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97e9ad649bf5e109562d6acba657ca428661ec08e77eaf3a755d8fa55485be9c"
+checksum = "23623cf0f475691a6d943f898c4d0b89f5c1a2a64d0f92bce0e0322ee6528783"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -1565,9 +1575,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cbd49750edb26b0a691e5246fc635fa554d344da825cd20fa9ee0da9c1b761f"
+checksum = "1a96ed0e71ce9084a471fddfa74e842576a7cbf02fe8bd50388017ac461aed97"
 dependencies = [
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  "bstr",
@@ -1580,9 +1590,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02bd89d058258e53e0fd6c57f13ee16c5673a83066a68e11f88626fc8cfda5f6"
+checksum = "f5325eb17ce7b5e5d25dec5c2315d642a09d55b9888b3bf46b7d72e1621a55d8"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-command",
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 [[package]]
 name = "gix-protocol"
-version = "0.44.0"
+version = "0.44.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "84af465436787ff423a1b4d5bd0c1979200e7165ed04324fa03ba2235485eebc"
+checksum = "a905cd00946ed8ed6f4f2281f98a889c5b3d38361cd94b8d5a5771d25ab33b99"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
- "btoi",
  "gix-credentials",
  "gix-date",
  "gix-features",
  "gix-hash",
  "gix-transport",
+ "gix-utils",
  "maybe-async",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow 0.5.28",
+ "winnow",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-quote"
-version = "0.4.10"
+version = "0.4.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f7dc10303d73a960d10fb82f81188b036ac3e6b11b5795b20b1a60b51d1321f"
+checksum = "cbff4f9b9ea3fa7a25a70ee62f545143abef624ac6aa5884344e70c8b0a1d9ff"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
- "btoi",
+ "gix-utils",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-ref"
-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.43.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5818958994ad7879fa566f5441ebcc48f0926aa027b28948e6fbf6578894dc31"
+checksum = "fd4aba68b925101cb45d6df328979af0681364579db889098a0de75b36c77b65"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-actor",
  "gix-date",
@@ -1639,14 +1649,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-validate",
  "memmap2",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow 0.5.28",
+ "winnow",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-refspec"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "613aa4d93034c5791d13bdc635e530f4ddab1412ddfb4a8215f76213177b61c7"
+checksum = "dde848865834a54fe4d9b4573f15d0e9a68eaf3d061b42d3ed52b4b8acf880b2"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-hash",
@@ -1658,9 +1668,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-revision"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.27.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "288f6549d7666db74dc3f169a9a333694fc28ecd2f5aa7b2c979c89eb556751a"
+checksum = "9e34196e1969bd5d36e2fbc4467d893999132219d503e23474a8ad2b221cb1e8"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-date",
@@ -1674,9 +1684,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-revwalk"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b9b4d91dfc5c14fee61a28c65113ded720403b65a0f46169c0460f731a5d03c"
+checksum = "e0a7d393ae814eeaae41a333c0ff684b243121cc61ccdc5bbe9897094588047d"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-commitgraph",
  "gix-date",
@@ -1689,9 +1699,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-sec"
-version = "0.10.4"
+version = "0.10.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8d9bf462feaf05f2121cba7399dbc6c34d88a9cad58fc1e95027791d6a3c6d2"
+checksum = "fddc27984a643b20dd03e97790555804f98cf07404e0e552c0ad8133266a79a1"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "gix-path",
@@ -1701,9 +1711,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-submodule"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73182f6c1f5ed1ed94ba16581ac62593d5e29cd1c028b2af618f836283b8f8d4"
+checksum = "4fb7ea05666362472fecd44c1fc35fe48a5b9b841b431cc4f85b95e6f20c23ec"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-config",
@@ -1716,9 +1726,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-tempfile"
-version = "13.0.0"
+version = "13.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d337955b7af00fb87120d053d87cdfb422a80b9ff7a3aa4057a99c79422dc30"
+checksum = "a761d76594f4443b675e85928e4902dec333273836bd386906f01e7e346a0d11"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-fs",
  "libc",
@@ -1729,15 +1739,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-trace"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02b202d766a7fefc596e2cc6a89cda8ad8ad733aed82da635ac120691112a9b1"
+checksum = "9b838b2db8f62c9447d483a4c28d251b67fee32741a82cb4d35e9eb4e9fdc5ab"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-transport"
-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.41.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "58aba2869cc38937bc834b068c93e09e2ab1119bac626f0464d100c1438b799a"
+checksum = "cf8e5f72ec9cad9ee44714b9a4ec7427b540a2418b62111f5e3a715bebe1ed9d"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bstr",
@@ -1754,9 +1764,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-traverse"
-version = "0.37.0"
+version = "0.38.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bfc30c5b5e4e838683b59e1b0574ce6bc1c35916df9709aaab32bb7751daf08b"
+checksum = "95aef84bc777025403a09788b1e4815c06a19332e9e5d87a955e1ed7da9bf0cf"
 dependencies = [
  "gix-commitgraph",
  "gix-date",
@@ -1770,9 +1780,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-url"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.27.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26f1981ecc700f4fd73ae62b9ca2da7c8816c8fd267f0185e3f8c21e967984ac"
+checksum = "8f0b24f3ecc79a5a53539de9c2e99425d0ef23feacdcf3faac983aa9a2f26849"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-features",
@@ -1784,19 +1794,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-utils"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56e839f3d0798b296411263da6bee780a176ef8008a5dfc31287f7eda9266ab8"
+checksum = "0066432d4c277f9877f091279a597ea5331f68ca410efc874f0bdfb1cd348f92"
 dependencies = [
+ "bstr",
  "fastrand",
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-validate"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac7cc36f496bd5d96cdca0f9289bb684480725d40db60f48194aa7723b883854"
+checksum = "e39fc6e06044985eac19dd34d474909e517307582e462b2eb4c8fa51b6241545"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1804,9 +1815,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gix-worktree"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.32.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca36bb3dc54038c66507dc75c4d8edbee2d6d5cc45227b4eb508ad13dd60a006"
+checksum = "fe78e03af9eec168eb187e05463a981c57f0a915f64b1788685a776bd2ef969c"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gix-attributes",
@@ -3426,7 +3437,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "winnow 0.6.5",
+ "winnow",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3947,15 +3958,6 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dff9641d1cd4be8d1a070daf9e3773c5f67e78b4d9d42263020c057706765c04"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winnow"
-version = "0.5.28"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c830786f7720c2fd27a1a0e27a709dbd3c4d009b56d098fc742d4f4eab91fe2"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
 version = "0.6.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b5b508c7b7f..53230f099b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ filetime = "0.2.23"
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.28", default-features = false, features = ["zlib"] }
 git2 = "0.18.2"
 git2-curl = "0.19.0"
-gix = { version = "0.58.0", default-features = false, features = ["blocking-http-transport-curl", "progress-tree", "revision"] }
-gix-features-for-configuration-only = { version = "0.38.0", package = "gix-features", features = [ "parallel" ] }
+gix = { version = "0.61.0", default-features = false, features = ["blocking-http-transport-curl", "progress-tree", "revision", "parallel", "dirwalk"] }
 glob = "0.3.1"
 handlebars = { version = "5.1.0", features = ["dir_source"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@ flate2.workspace = true
 git2.workspace = true
 git2-curl.workspace = true
 gix.workspace = true
-gix-features-for-configuration-only.workspace = true
 glob.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
 hmac.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/features.rs b/src/cargo/core/features.rs
index 76ccdadb613..f85392352d6 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/features.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/features.rs
@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ fn parse_git(it: impl Iterator<Item = impl AsRef<str>>) -> CargoResult<Option<Gi
 pub struct GitoxideFeatures {
     /// All fetches are done with `gitoxide`, which includes git dependencies as well as the crates index.
     pub fetch: bool,
+    /// Listing of files suitable for packaging with Git support.
+    pub list_files: bool,
     /// Checkout git dependencies using `gitoxide` (submodules are still handled by git2 ATM, and filters
     /// like linefeed conversions are unsupported).
     pub checkout: bool,
@@ -922,6 +924,7 @@ impl GitoxideFeatures {
     fn all() -> Self {
         GitoxideFeatures {
             fetch: true,
+            list_files: true,
             checkout: true,
             internal_use_git2: false,
         }
@@ -932,6 +935,7 @@ impl GitoxideFeatures {
     fn safe() -> Self {
         GitoxideFeatures {
             fetch: true,
+            list_files: true,
             checkout: true,
             internal_use_git2: false,
         }
@@ -944,6 +948,7 @@ fn parse_gitoxide(
     let mut out = GitoxideFeatures::default();
     let GitoxideFeatures {
         fetch,
+        list_files,
         checkout,
         internal_use_git2,
     } = &mut out;
@@ -952,9 +957,10 @@ fn parse_gitoxide(
         match e.as_ref() {
             "fetch" => *fetch = true,
             "checkout" => *checkout = true,
+            "list-files" => *list_files = true,
             "internal-use-git2" => *internal_use_git2 = true,
             _ => {
-                bail!("unstable 'gitoxide' only takes `fetch` and 'checkout' as valid input, for shallow fetches see `-Zgit=shallow-index,shallow-deps`")
+                bail!("unstable 'gitoxide' only takes `fetch`, `list-files` and 'checkout' as valid input, for shallow fetches see `-Zgit=shallow-index,shallow-deps`")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/cargo/sources/path.rs b/src/cargo/sources/path.rs
index 415298eb7c7..7d56b7194f9 100644
--- a/src/cargo/sources/path.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/sources/path.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ use crate::util::{internal, CargoResult, GlobalContext};
 use anyhow::Context as _;
 use cargo_util::paths;
 use filetime::FileTime;
+use gix::bstr::{BString, ByteVec};
+use gix::dir::entry::Status;
 use ignore::gitignore::GitignoreBuilder;
 use tracing::{trace, warn};
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
@@ -139,7 +141,16 @@ impl<'gctx> PathSource<'gctx> {
         let root = pkg.root();
         let no_include_option = pkg.manifest().include().is_empty();
         let git_repo = if no_include_option {
-            self.discover_git_repo(root)?
+            if self
+                .gctx
+                .cli_unstable()
+                .gitoxide
+                .map_or(false, |features| features.list_files)
+            {
+                self.discover_gix_repo(root)?.map(Git2OrGixRepository::Gix)
+            } else {
+                self.discover_git_repo(root)?.map(Git2OrGixRepository::Git2)
+            }
         } else {
             None
         };
@@ -197,7 +208,10 @@ impl<'gctx> PathSource<'gctx> {
         // Attempt Git-prepopulate only if no `include` (see rust-lang/cargo#4135).
         if no_include_option {
             if let Some(repo) = git_repo {
-                return self.list_files_git(pkg, &repo, &filter);
+                return match repo {
+                    Git2OrGixRepository::Git2(repo) => self.list_files_git(pkg, &repo, &filter),
+                    Git2OrGixRepository::Gix(repo) => self.list_files_gix(pkg, &repo, &filter),
+                };
             }
         }
         self.list_files_walk(pkg, &filter)
@@ -246,6 +260,53 @@ impl<'gctx> PathSource<'gctx> {
         Ok(None)
     }
 
+    /// Returns [`Some(gix::Repository)`](gix::Repository) if the discovered repository
+    /// (searched upwards from `root`) contains a tracked `<root>/Cargo.toml`.
+    /// Otherwise, the caller should fall back on full file list.
+    fn discover_gix_repo(&self, root: &Path) -> CargoResult<Option<gix::Repository>> {
+        let repo = match gix::ThreadSafeRepository::discover(root) {
+            Ok(repo) => repo.to_thread_local(),
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::debug!(
+                    "could not discover git repo at or above {}: {}",
+                    root.display(),
+                    e
+                );
+                return Ok(None);
+            }
+        };
+        let index = repo
+            .index_or_empty()
+            .with_context(|| format!("failed to open git index at {}", repo.path().display()))?;
+        let repo_root = repo.work_dir().ok_or_else(|| {
+            anyhow::format_err!(
+                "did not expect repo at {} to be bare",
+                repo.path().display()
+            )
+        })?;
+        let repo_relative_path = match paths::strip_prefix_canonical(root, repo_root) {
+            Ok(p) => p,
+            Err(e) => {
+                tracing::warn!(
+                    "cannot determine if path `{:?}` is in git repo `{:?}`: {:?}",
+                    root,
+                    repo_root,
+                    e
+                );
+                return Ok(None);
+            }
+        };
+        let manifest_path = gix::path::join_bstr_unix_pathsep(
+            gix::path::to_unix_separators_on_windows(gix::path::into_bstr(repo_relative_path)),
+            "Cargo.toml",
+        );
+        if index.entry_index_by_path(&manifest_path).is_ok() {
+            return Ok(Some(repo));
+        }
+        // Package Cargo.toml is not in git, don't use git to guide our selection.
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
     /// Lists files relevant to building this package inside this source by
     /// consulting both Git index (tracked) or status (untracked) under
     /// a given Git repository.
@@ -365,15 +426,8 @@ impl<'gctx> PathSource<'gctx> {
             // symlink points to a directory.
             let is_dir = is_dir.unwrap_or_else(|| file_path.is_dir());
             if is_dir {
-                warn!("  found submodule {}", file_path.display());
-                let rel = file_path.strip_prefix(root)?;
-                let rel = rel.to_str().ok_or_else(|| {
-                    anyhow::format_err!("invalid utf-8 filename: {}", rel.display())
-                })?;
-                // Git submodules are currently only named through `/` path
-                // separators, explicitly not `\` which windows uses. Who knew?
-                let rel = rel.replace(r"\", "/");
-                match repo.find_submodule(&rel).and_then(|s| s.open()) {
+                warn!("  found directory {}", file_path.display());
+                match git2::Repository::open(&file_path) {
                     Ok(repo) => {
                         let files = self.list_files_git(pkg, &repo, filter)?;
                         ret.extend(files.into_iter());
@@ -411,6 +465,143 @@ impl<'gctx> PathSource<'gctx> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Lists files relevant to building this package inside this source by
+    /// traversing the git working tree, while avoiding ignored files.
+    ///
+    /// This looks into Git sub-repositories as well, resolving them to individual files.
+    /// Symlinks to directories will also be resolved, but walked as repositories if they
+    /// point to one to avoid picking up `.git` directories.
+    fn list_files_gix(
+        &self,
+        pkg: &Package,
+        repo: &gix::Repository,
+        filter: &dyn Fn(&Path, bool) -> bool,
+    ) -> CargoResult<Vec<PathBuf>> {
+        warn!("list_files_gix {}", pkg.package_id());
+        let options = repo
+            .dirwalk_options()?
+            .emit_untracked(gix::dir::walk::EmissionMode::Matching)
+            .emit_ignored(None)
+            .emit_tracked(true)
+            .recurse_repositories(false)
+            .symlinks_to_directories_are_ignored_like_directories(true)
+            .emit_empty_directories(false);
+        let index = repo.index_or_empty()?;
+        let root = repo
+            .work_dir()
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::format_err!("can't list files on a bare repository"))?;
+        assert!(
+            root.is_absolute(),
+            "BUG: paths used internally are absolute, and the repo inherits that"
+        );
+
+        let pkg_path = pkg.root();
+        let repo_relative_pkg_path = pkg_path.strip_prefix(root).unwrap_or(Path::new(""));
+        let target_prefix = gix::path::to_unix_separators_on_windows(gix::path::into_bstr(
+            repo_relative_pkg_path.join("target/"),
+        ));
+        let package_prefix =
+            gix::path::to_unix_separators_on_windows(gix::path::into_bstr(repo_relative_pkg_path));
+
+        let pathspec = {
+            // Include the package root.
+            let mut include = BString::from(":/");
+            include.push_str(package_prefix.as_ref());
+
+            // Exclude the target directory.
+            let mut exclude = BString::from(":!/");
+            exclude.push_str(target_prefix.as_ref());
+
+            vec![include, exclude]
+        };
+
+        let mut files = Vec::<PathBuf>::new();
+        let mut subpackages_found = Vec::new();
+        for item in repo
+            .dirwalk_iter(index.clone(), pathspec, Default::default(), options)?
+            .filter(|res| {
+                // Don't include Cargo.lock if it is untracked. Packaging will
+                // generate a new one as needed.
+                res.as_ref().map_or(true, |item| {
+                    !(item.entry.status == Status::Untracked
+                        && item.entry.rela_path == "Cargo.lock")
+                })
+            })
+            .map(|res| res.map(|item| (item.entry.rela_path, item.entry.disk_kind)))
+            .chain(
+                // Append entries that might be tracked in `<pkg_root>/target/`.
+                index
+                    .prefixed_entries(target_prefix.as_ref())
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|entry| {
+                        // probably not needed as conflicts prevent this to run, but let's be explicit.
+                        entry.stage() == 0
+                    })
+                    .map(|entry| {
+                        (
+                            entry.path(&index).to_owned(),
+                            // Do not trust what's recorded in the index, enforce checking the disk.
+                            // This traversal is not part of a `status()`, and tracking things in `target/`
+                            // is rare.
+                            None,
+                        )
+                    })
+                    .map(Ok),
+            )
+        {
+            let (rela_path, kind) = item?;
+            let file_path = root.join(gix::path::from_bstr(rela_path));
+            if file_path.file_name().and_then(|name| name.to_str()) == Some("Cargo.toml") {
+                // Keep track of all sub-packages found and also strip out all
+                // matches we've found so far. Note, though, that if we find
+                // our own `Cargo.toml`, we keep going.
+                let path = file_path.parent().unwrap();
+                if path != pkg_path {
+                    warn!("subpackage found: {}", path.display());
+                    files.retain(|p| !p.starts_with(path));
+                    subpackages_found.push(path.to_path_buf());
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // If this file is part of any other sub-package we've found so far,
+            // skip it.
+            if subpackages_found.iter().any(|p| file_path.starts_with(p)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let is_dir = kind.map_or(false, |kind| {
+                if kind == gix::dir::entry::Kind::Symlink {
+                    // Symlinks must be checked to see if they point to a directory
+                    // we should traverse.
+                    file_path.is_dir()
+                } else {
+                    kind.is_dir()
+                }
+            });
+            if is_dir {
+                // This could be a submodule, or a sub-repository. In any case, we prefer to walk
+                // it with git-support to leverage ignored files and to avoid pulling in entire
+                // .git repositories.
+                match gix::open(&file_path) {
+                    Ok(sub_repo) => {
+                        files.extend(self.list_files_gix(pkg, &sub_repo, filter)?);
+                    }
+                    Err(_) => {
+                        self.walk(&file_path, &mut files, false, filter)?;
+                    }
+                }
+            } else if (filter)(&file_path, is_dir) {
+                assert!(!is_dir);
+                warn!("  found {}", file_path.display());
+                files.push(file_path);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Ok(files);
+    }
+
     /// Lists files relevant to building this package inside this source by
     /// walking the filesystem from the package root path.
     ///
@@ -541,6 +732,11 @@ impl<'gctx> PathSource<'gctx> {
     }
 }
 
+enum Git2OrGixRepository {
+    Git2(git2::Repository),
+    Gix(gix::Repository),
+}
+
 impl<'gctx> Debug for PathSource<'gctx> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "the paths source")
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/package.rs b/tests/testsuite/package.rs
index d5d189e062b..2fa51dc533b 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/package.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/package.rs
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ fn package_symlink_to_submodule() {
     project
         .cargo("package --no-verify -v")
         .with_stderr_contains("[ARCHIVING] submodule/Makefile")
+        .with_stderr_does_not_contain("[ARCHIVING] submodule-link/.git/config")
         .run();
 }
 
@@ -3394,7 +3395,7 @@ src/main.rs
         )
         .run();
 
-    // if target is committed, it should be include.
+    // if target is committed, it should be included.
     git::add(&repo);
     git::commit(&repo);
     p.cargo("package -l")
@@ -3410,6 +3411,29 @@ derp/not_target/foo.txt
 derp/target/foo.txt
 src/main.rs
 target/foo.txt
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+
+    // Untracked files shouldn't be included, if they are also ignored.
+    _ = fs::write(repo.workdir().unwrap().join(".gitignore"), "target/").unwrap();
+    git::add(&repo);
+    git::commit(&repo);
+    _ = fs::write(p.build_dir().join("untracked.txt"), "").unwrap();
+    p.cargo("package -l")
+        .with_stdout(
+            "\
+.cargo_vcs_info.json
+.gitignore
+Cargo.lock
+Cargo.toml
+Cargo.toml.orig
+data/not_target
+data/target
+derp/not_target/foo.txt
+derp/target/foo.txt
+src/main.rs
+target/foo.txt
 ",
         )
         .run();