What's Changed

• plumbing: format/gitignore, Avoid blind ignore-file opens in ReadPatterns by @cedric-appdirect in #2284
• build: Update actions/setup-go action to v7 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2293
• build: Update github/codeql-action action to v4.37.1 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2292
• build: Update github-actions (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2307
• plumbing: format/gitignore, Add Scope for per-directory ignore evaluation. by @Soph in #2309
• build: Update golang (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2316
• plumbing: format/gitignore, Explain oracle disagreements Git 2.52 fixed by @Soph in #2313
• git: Record partial clones so git accepts a filtered fetch by @Soph in #2312
• build: Update module golang.org/x/net to v0.58.0 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2319
• build: Update actions/stale action to v11 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2321
• Avoid fixed zlib bytes in packfile encoder test by @ibobgunardi in #2178
• git: worktree, fix successive branch checkouts from same commit. Fixes #2124 by @AriehSchneier in #2127
• build: Bump to Go1.26 and golangci-lint v2.13.1 by @pjbgf in #2329
• plumbing: format/packfile, Pool bufio.Reader in patchDeltaWriter by @cedric-appdirect in #2088
• build: Enforce the gofumpt extra rules the tree already follows by @Soph in #2330
• plumbing: protocol/packp/sideband, Test the muxer packet size limit by @Soph in #2331
• build: Update module github.com/stretchr/testify to v1.12.1 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2323
• plumbing: format/packfile, Break cyclic delta chains instead of recursing. Fixes #2249 by @LD-RW in #2337
• plumbing: format/commitgraph, fix panic encoding a commit whose parent isn't in the index by @HubertKal in #2344
• plumbing: transport/http, Compare origins when following redirects by @hiddeco in #2355
• build: Update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.56.0 [SECURITY] (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2356
• internal: test, Isolate git from ambient config by @hiddeco in #2361
• internal: test, Resolve Apple Git before isolating its environment by @Soph in #2365
• plumbing: transport/http, Re-acquire credentials at a new origin by @hiddeco in #2362
• plumbing: transport/http, Fix response handling by @hiddeco in #2366
• Fix the OSS-Fuzz build and keep fuzz targets discoverable by @pjbgf in #2371
• plumbing: Harden reference names across storage and transport by @hiddeco in #2363
• storage: filesystem/mmap, Unmap each file once by @hiddeco in #2377
• plumbing: transport/git, Cover receive-pack in the connect test by @hiddeco in #2383
• build: Update golang (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2368
• git: worktree, Preserve nonempty directories on removal by @hiddeco in #2375
• plumbing: format/reflog, Bound what a rejected entry quotes back by @hiddeco in #2394
• plumbing: format/packfile, Validate delta ops before applying by @hiddeco in #2396
• plumbing: packp, Stabilize info/refs decoding and validate reference names by @hiddeco in #2391
• plumbing: format/config, Index the lookups made while decoding by @hiddeco in #2395
• build: Update module github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto to v1.5.1 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2418
• storage: filesystem, Skip packs without indexes by @Soph in #2393
• transport, Remove dumb HTTP protocol support by @pjbgf in #2422
• build: Update dependency golangci/golangci-lint to v2.13.2 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2430
• build: Update module github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto to v1.5.2 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2438
• build: Update module github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd to v0.7.0 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2440
• config: RefSpec, keep the force marker a spec prefix in Reverse. by @tsileo in #2354
• git: repository, Publish the new pack before deleting loose objects. … by @kripa-sindhu-007 in #2385
• storage: memory, Stop aliasing the caller's slice in ShallowStorage by @HubertKal in #2408
• config: read boolean values the way git does by @rawsun007 in #2360
• build: Update github/codeql-action action to v4.38.0 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2449
• plumbing: transport, reject receive-pack refs to missing objects by @Sahana2524 in #2437
• storage: filesystem, Support relative worktrees. Fixes #2324 by @pttydou in #2336
• storage: transactional, Yield each ref once, as Reference sees it. by @Soph in #2434
• storage: filesystem/dotgit, Write packed-refs sorted with a header. by @Soph in #2435
• internal: url, Align endpoint parsing with canonical Git by @hiddeco in #2400
• git: Fix js wasm build by @iwahbe in #2406
• plumbing: transport, Walk the object graph once per upload-pack request. Refs #2350 by @LD-RW in #2351
• gitignore: Do not match patterns with consecutive slashes by @bIackr0se in #2420
• plumbing: packfile, Fix streaming delta base rewinds. by @carsonfarmer in #2379
• storage: filesystem, Load missing pack indexes when iterating objects by @MichaelMure in #2448
• storage: filesystem/dotgit, Test packed annotated tag removal by @bIackr0se in #2428
• *: Make sha1cd the default for Git object hashing by @pjbgf in #2452
• git: repository, Splice tag shorthands without cleaning them by @hiddeco in #2407
• *: Bound reference and worktree names to what git can lock by @hiddeco in #2401
• plumbing: format/gitignore, Read a bracket expression once by @hiddeco in #2402
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-billy/v6 to v6.0.0-beta.1 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2459
• plumbing: Fix typos in comments across packages. by @JonathanYuan23 in #2463
• build: fix go-billy package rules in Renovate config by @pjbgf in #2466

New Contributors

• @ibobgunardi made their first contribution in #2178
• @LD-RW made their first contribution in #2337
• @HubertKal made their first contribution in #2344
• @tsileo made their first contribution in #2354
• @kripa-sindhu-007 made their first contribution in #2385
• @rawsun007 made their first contribution in #2360
• @pttydou made their first contribution in #2336
• @iwahbe made their first contribution in #2406
• @bIackr0se made their first contribution in #2420
• @carsonfarmer made their first contribution in #2379
• @JonathanYuan23 made their first contribution in #2463

Full Changelog: v6.0.0-alpha.5...v6.0.0-beta.1

What's Changed

• [v5] git: repository, Ensure commondir is closed. by @arcaven in #2285
• config: read repositoryformatversion in unmarshalCore by @c-tonneslan in #2167
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 to v5.19.2 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2304
• [v5] plumbing: revlist, Skip path validation in the object walk by @r0h1tb in #2305
• build: Update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.55.0 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2348
• [v5] plumbing: transport/http, Contain credentials across redirects by @hiddeco in #2358
• build: Fix workflows for Go 1.27 (v5) by @pjbgf in #2364
• plumbing: format/packfile, Stop running TestChecksumMismatch and TestMalformedPack in parallel by @akashchamp in #2421
• build: Update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.56.0 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2357
• plumbing: format/packfile, Break cyclic delta chains instead of recur… by @jgoosens in #2340
• build: Drop Go 1.25 by @pjbgf in #2451
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 to v5.9.2 (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2467
• build: Bump pjbgf/sha1cd to v0.7.0 by @pjbgf in #2468

New Contributors

• @arcaven made their first contribution in #2285
• @c-tonneslan made their first contribution in #2167
• @r0h1tb made their first contribution in #2305
• @akashchamp made their first contribution in #2421
• @jgoosens made their first contribution in #2340

Full Changelog: v5.19.2...v5.19.3

What's Changed

• plumbing: format/packfile, allow injecting a custom ObjectSelector by @Soph in #2142
• storage: pool .pack file descriptors via internal/packhandle by @hiddeco in #2132
• build: Update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.52.0 [SECURITY] (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2148
• build: Update module golang.org/x/net to v0.55.0 [SECURITY] (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2151
• plumbing, storage: add CloseIdleDescriptors soft-close primitive by @hiddeco in #2133
• *: harden format parsers against unbounded loops by @hiddeco in #2162
• storage: pack read optimisations and storage-wide LRU FD pool by @hiddeco in #2134
• plumbing: format/packfile, fix delta-base parsing bugs by @hiddeco in #2163
• git: worktree, hoist Config() calls out of per-file loops by @cedric-appdirect in #1990
• storage: filesystem, pool FSObject reads via PackHandle by @hiddeco in #2154
• plumbing: format/index, accept empty trailing checksum on decode by @pjbgf in #2181
• build: Update golang (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2182
• build: Update module golang.org/x/net to v0.56.0 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2191
• *: speed up multi-pack reads via Index fanout probes by @hiddeco in #2147
• Fix URL insteadOf to use longest match when multiple values exist by @AriehSchneier in #2189
• transport/http, backend, utils/ioutil: fix HTTP data races on the fetch and serve paths by @georg in #2128
• plumbing: protocol/packp, handle shallow-only no-op push in UpdateRequests.Decode by @yuzhuo in #2172
• git: signer, add context.Context to Sign by @pjbgf in #2202
• plumbing: transport/http, Expose typed auth error for Azure DevOps /_signin redirects by @jfjrh2014 in #2201
• plumbing: format, faster diff patch generation by @pjbgf in #2186
• plumbing: transport, Protocol v2 for upload-pack by @blmayer in #2188
• plumbing: pktline, use Scanner for decoding by @aymanbagabas in #2038
• internal: server/git, Fix TestGitServer_Timeout flakiness on Windows CI by @aymanbagabas in #2129
• plumbing: packp, validate push options to prevent invalid characters by @aymanbagabas in #2057
• plumbing: packp/capability, Zero-value-safe types and capability cleanup (1/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2206
• plumbing: object, skip path validation in tree diff walk by @pjbgf in #2222
• plumbing: packp/transport, Slice-based AdvRefs and v1 handling (2/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2225
• plumbing: transport, Add options and result struct to GetRemoteRefs (3/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2226
• git: Expose AlternatesFS on PlainOpenOptions by @andrew in #2101
• plumbing: packp, Protocol v2 wire types with caller-owned packfile streaming (4/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2227
• plumbing/transport: receive_pack, add ReceivePackHooks with PreReceive/PostReceive by @andrew in #2236
• plumbing: transport, Protocol v2 session handshake and Command (5/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2228
• plumbing: transport, ls-refs over Protocol v2 for GetRemoteRefs (6/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2229
• plumbing: transport, fetch over Protocol v2 with caller-owned packfile (7/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2230
• plumbing: transport, Wire Protocol v2 across HTTP and share the client core (8/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2231
• plumbing: transport, Refactor server-side Protocol v2 onto packp types (9/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2232
• plumbing: transport, git archive over HTTP (10/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2233
• plumbing: transport, Run the upload-pack suite across v0/v1/v2 (11/11) by @aymanbagabas in #2234
• plumbing: optimize Tree.Decode with ReadSlice and io.ReadFull by @Bluebugs in #1736
• plumbing: object, Isolate tests from host git config. by @cedric-appdirect in #2122
• plumbing: default to wire protocol v2 and close client/server conformance gaps by @pjbgf in #2237
• build: Update module golang.org/x/text to v0.39.0 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2241
• build: Update golang (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2246
• plumbing: object, include submodules in patches by @upuddu in #2243
• storage: dotgit, reject path traversal in reference names by @Sahana2524 in #2247
• plumbing: transport/http, redact credentials in error messages by @Sahana2524 in #2252
• git: worktree, checkout reuse a single os.Root per reset. by @cedric-appdirect in #2259
• git: Worktree: Add stores index entires with backslashes on Windows by @joshblum in #2253
• storage: dotgit, align reference-name safety with refname_is_safe by @pjbgf in #2257
• git: fetch, refuse to clobber existing tags by @Sahana2524 in #2250
• internal: v2, skip closeReader on a cancelled context by @georg in #2269
• git: include shallow references in object walker by @erka in #1792
• plumbing: protocol/packp, reject control bytes in daemon request by @Sahana2524 in #2263
• plumbing: protocol/packp, compare zero object ids by value in Action by @Sahana2524 in #2264
• plumbing: gitignore, Clarify pattern and matcher parameters by @ahmojo in #2248
• storage: filesystem, Make ObjectStorage a pointer field by @AriehSchneier in #2118
• plumbing: format/index, sort entries by Name and Stage by @wacky6 in #2158
• Fix CodeQL warnings by @AriehSchneier in #2126
• git: worktree, fix RemoveGlob on root-level files by @NoahStarkenburg in #2219
• internal: revision, fix resolution for tags containing @ and / by @tmchow in #1957
• git: submodule, skip .gitmodules entries missing from the index by @gecube in #2256
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-billy/v6 to v6.0.0-alpha.2 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2270
• build: re-enable go-billy renovate updates on v5.x by @pjbgf in #2272
• build: Update github-actions (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2273
• build: Update github-actions to v7 (main) (major) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2274
• plumbing: format/gitignore, fix trailing ** matching unrelated paths by @glitch-ux in #2279
• build: Update github-actions (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2280
• git: worktree, make the filesystem wrapper a symlink-safe boundary by @pjbgf in #2276

New Contributors

• @jfjrh2014 made their first contribution in #2201
• @upuddu made their first contribution in #2243
• @Sahana2524 made their first contribution in #2247
• @erka made their first contribution in #1792
• @ahmojo made their first contribution in #2248
• @wacky6 made their first contribution in #2158
• @NoahStarkenburg made their first contribution in #2219
• @gecube made their first contribution in #2256
• @glitch-ux made their first contribution in #2279

Full Changelog: v6.0.0-alpha.4...v6.0.0-alpha.5

What's Changed

• build: Update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.52.0 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2150
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 to v5.19.1 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2141
• build: Update module golang.org/x/net to v0.55.0 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2152
• git: Worktree: Add stores index entires with backslashes on Windows by @joshblum in #2262
• storage: dotgit, reject path traversal in reference names by @pjbgf in #2254
• build: Update module golang.org/x/net to v0.56.0 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2267
• build: Update module golang.org/x/text to v0.39.0 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2268
• [v5] git: worktree, make the filesystem wrapper a symlink-safe boundary by @pjbgf in #2277

Full Changelog: v5.19.1...v5.19.2

What's Changed

• plumbing: transport/ssh, Shell-quote path and args by @hiddeco in #2067
• git: submodule, canonical remote for relative URLs by @hiddeco in #2071
• storage: filesystem, Use repository object format for writing loose objects by @pjbgf in #2073
• git: submodule, error on remote without URLs by @hiddeco in #2076
• plumbing: objfile, Pass object format into Reader by @pjbgf in #2077
• git: submodule, Add relative URL regression tests by @hiddeco in #2072
• plumbing: format/idxfile, Validate offset64 indices by @hiddeco in #2083
• storage: filesystem, Search alternates in HashesWithPrefix by @andrew in #2087
• *: Reject malformed variable-length integers by @hiddeco in #2090
• Add worktreeFilesystem wrapper for worktree by @pjbgf in #2081
• tests: fix three recurring CI flakes by @hiddeco in #2093
• plumbing: format/packfile, Test patchDeltaWriter cap by @hiddeco in #2086
• plumbing: format/packfile, Tighten delta validation by @hiddeco in #2089
• git: worktree path hardening by @hiddeco in #2097
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v6 to v6.0.0-20260502205956-66bffbe5a6ff (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2102
• build: Update golang (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2099
• config: validate submodule names by @hiddeco in #2079
• build: Update go-git (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2103
• worktree: skip ignored directories during Reset walk by @Soph in #2075
• plumbing: format/pktline, validate reader/writer inputs by @pjbgf in #2104
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v6 to v6.0.0-alpha.1 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2110
• plumbing: object, tree entry validation by @hiddeco in #2105
• git: Stop validating symlink target paths by @pjbgf in #2114
• git: Allow MkdirAll on worktree-root paths by @hiddeco in #2115
• git: add repository and remote archive support by @aymanbagabas in #2013
• Fix file handle leaks by calling Repository.Close() and adding transactional.Storage.Close() by @AriehSchneier in #1999
• plumbing: fuzz on-disk format decoders by @hiddeco in #2120
• plumbing: format decoder input bounds and contracts by @hiddeco in #2119
• plumbing: fuzz packp and capability decoders by @hiddeco in #2121
• storage: dotgit, fix hasIncomingObjects race by @hiddeco in #2131
• plumbing: format/packfile, use ReadAt in FSObject.Reader() for concurrency safety. by @cedric-appdirect in #1998
• plumbing: format/packfile, harden malformed pack handling by @pjbgf in #2113

New Contributors

• @andrew made their first contribution in #2087

Full Changelog: v6.0.0-alpha.3...v6.0.0-alpha.4

What's Changed

• v5: plumbing: transport/ssh, Shell-quote path by @hiddeco in #2068
• v5: git: submodule, Fix relative URL resolution by @hiddeco in #2070
• v5: git: submodule, canonical remote for relative URLs by @hiddeco in #2074
• v5: git: submodule, error on remote without URLs by @hiddeco in #2078
• v5: plumbing: format/idxfile, Validate offset64 indices by @hiddeco in #2084
• v5: *: Reject malformed variable-length integers by @hiddeco in #2092
• v5: plumbing: format/packfile, Tighten delta validation by @hiddeco in #2091
• v5: Add worktreeFilesystem wrapper for worktree and hardening by @hiddeco in #2100
• v5: config: validate submodule names by @hiddeco in #2082
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 to v5.19.0 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2111
• v5: git: Allow MkdirAll on worktree-root paths by @hiddeco in #2117
• v5: git: Stop validating symlink target paths by @pjbgf in #2116
• v5: plumbing: format decoder input bounds and contracts by @hiddeco in #2125
• plumbing: format/packfile, cap delta chain depth in parser by @pjbgf in #2137

Full Changelog: v5.19.0...v5.19.1

What's Changed

• plumbing: transport, add git-upload-archive support by @aymanbagabas in #1986
• utils: sync, Make zlib compression pluggable via x/plugin by @stiak in #2012
• build: establish DCO sign-off requirement for all contributions by @pjbgf in #1914
• docs: update CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md and add HISTORY.md by @pjbgf in #1946
• storage: filesystem, close packfile iterators after use by @aymanbagabas in #2027
• Add .github/copilot-instructions.md with PR review guidelines by @Copilot in #2040
• docs: update comment to reflect support for the last 2 stable Go versions by @alexandear in #2041
• *: clone, resolve relative local URLs against CWD in CloneOptions.Validate by @AriehSchneier in #1891
• SHA256: Support submodules in SHA256 repositories by @pjbgf in #1979
• plumbing: ssh, fix concurrent test failures due to cert key generation by @aymanbagabas in #2043
• storage: filesystem, dedupe object iteration by @pjbgf in #2042
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v6 to v6.0.0-20260422085740-0c07409f52ec (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2045
• Implement Git-compatible wildmatch for gitignore patterns by @AriehSchneier in #1940
• git: worktree, fix treeContainsDirs test to build a new tree for each… by @aymanbagabas in #2047
• _examples: remove deprecated usage of io/ioutil by @alexandear in #2046
• plumbing: transport/upload_pack multi round bugs by @manland in #2016
• plumbing: filemode, fix typo in comment by @shawntoffel in #2003
• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-billy/v6 to v6.0.0-20260424211911-732291493fb8 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2051
• plumbing: packp, refactor AdvRefs and capability packages by @aymanbagabas in #1987
• worktree: skip ignored directories during Status walk by @Soph in #2048
• build: Update module github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd to v0.6.0 (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2059
• internal: servers, add git server implementation by @aymanbagabas in #2014
• Remove use of ChrootOS by @pjbgf in #2061
• plumbing: transport, Align flush size with upstream git by @pjbgf in #2000
• internal: git, add server timeout test small tolerance by @aymanbagabas in #2064
• Align object encoding with upstream by @pjbgf in #2066

New Contributors

• @Copilot made their first contribution in #2040
• @shawntoffel made their first contribution in #2003

Full Changelog: v6.0.0-alpha.2...v6.0.0-alpha.3

What's Changed

• build: Update module github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 to v5.18.0 [SECURITY] (releases/v5.x) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #2010
• v5: Bump sha1cd and go-billy by @pjbgf in #2060
• v5: Align object encoding with upstream by @pjbgf in #2065

Full Changelog: v5.18.0...v5.19.0

🚀 Release Summary

⚠️ v6 Alpha Release

This is an alpha release of go-git v6.

We encourage users to test this version in real-world scenarios and help us validate the new transport layer and features.

👉 Please report any issues, bugs, or unexpected behavior via GitHub issues.

This release brings major improvements across transport, performance, and Git feature support, along with significant internal modernization.

🚀 Highlights

• Major refactor of the plumbing/transport API with a new design, improving extensibility and aligning behaviour more closely with upstream Git.
• Performance improvements in remote operations, including faster send-pack.
• Significant improvements to HTTP transport robustness and protocol correctness.
• File transport: added support for gitfile and improved repository detection logic.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• repository: fix DeleteBranch failing when using full ref names (#1951)
• worktree: fix Add silently failing for absolute paths (#1949)
• transport/http: fix multi-round pack negotiation (#1992)
• transport/http: harden redirect handling to match canonical Git (#1997)
• transport/http: fix data race in dumb HTTP test server (#1960)
• transport: avoid emitting duplicate NAK after empty ACKs (#1989)
• updreq: support multiple shallow records in upload request decoding (#1952)
• file transport: fix Windows file handle leak (#1976)
• worktree tests: fix Windows file handle leaks (#1996)
• transport tests: correct receive-pack usage (#1988)

✨ Enhancements

• remote: faster send-pack implementation (#1947)
• object: improved object walk painting (#1973)
• repository: add gitfile support and improve loader detection (#1994)
• config: introduce ConfigLoader plugins aligned with upstream Git (#1924)

🔧 Refactoring

• plumbing/transport: replace transport API with new design (#1972)
• plumbing/transport: follow-up API refactoring and cleanup (#1983)

📚 Documentation

• docs: updates and introduction of AI Policy (#1913)

📋 Full Changelog

What's Changed

• git: repository, fix DeleteBranch failing with full ref name by @tmchow in #1951
• build: Update golang (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #1931
• git: worktree, fix Add silently failing for absolute paths by @tmchow in #1949
• build: Update github.com/go-git/go-git-fixtures/v5 digest to eda62fa (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #1834
• fix(updreq): support multiple shallow records in upload request decoding by @yuzhuo in #1952
• plumbing: transport/http, Fix data race in dumb HTTP test server by preventing sendfile optimization. by @MotanOfficial in #1960
• build: Update go-git (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #1969
• Update docs and introduce AI Policy by @pjbgf in #1913
• Faster send pack for remote by @stiak in #1947
• plumbing: transport, replace transport API with new design by @aymanbagabas in #1972
• plumbing/transport API Refactoring by @pjbgf in #1983
• plumbing: transport, correct the test to use the correct receive-pack… by @aymanbagabas in #1988
• Object walk painting by @stiak in #1973
• build: Update golang (main) by @go-git-renovate[bot] in #1975
• Fix Windows file handle leak in file transport by @AriehSchneier in #1976
• plumbing/transport: don't emit a second NAK after encoding empty ACKs by @Soph in #1989
• Fix file handle leaks in worktree tests on Windows by @AriehSchneier in #1996
• Add gitfile support and fix loader repository detection by @AriehSchneier in #1994
• plumbing: transport/http, fix multi-round pack negotiation by @stiak in #1992
• Implement ConfigLoader plugins that aligns with upstream behaviour by @pjbgf in #1924
• plumbing: transport/http, harden redirect handling to match canonical git by @aymanbagabas in #1997

New Contributors

• @tmchow made their first contribution in #1951
• @MotanOfficial made their first contribution in #1960
• @stiak made their first contribution in #1947

Full Changelog: v6.0.0-alpha.1...v6.0.0-alpha.2

What's Changed

• plumbing: transport/http, Add support for followRedirects policy by @pjbgf in #2004

Full Changelog: v5.17.2...v5.18.0