The open source Git project just released Git 2.55 with features and bug fixes from over 100 contributors, 33 of them new. We last caught up with you on the latest in Git back when 2.54 was released.
To celebrate this most recent release, here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Repacking with incremental multi-pack indexes
Returning readers of this series may recall our coverage of incremental multi-pack indexes and incremental multi-pack reachability bitmaps. In case you could use a refresher, here’s the short version.
Git stores the contents of your repository as individual objects: commits, trees, and blobs. Those objects usually live in packfiles, which are compressed collections of objects. A packfile has a corresponding pack index that lets Git locate any object inside the pack quickly. But large repositories do not usually have just one packfile: over time, fetches, pushes, maintenance tasks, and repacks can leave many packs behind.
