The seventh batch

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: gitster

Documentation/RelNotes/2.40.0.txt

@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * 'cat-file' gains mailmap support for its '--batch-check' and '-s'
    options.
 
+ * Conditionally skip the pre-applypatch and applypatch-msg hooks when
+   applying patches with 'git am'.
+
+ * Introduce an optional configuration to allow the trailing hash that
+   protects the index file from bit flipping.
+
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
 
@@ -62,6 +68,10 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
    lose CRLF vs LF?" later, at which time we may be able to further
    clean this up by replacing "git diff --no-index" with "diff -u".
 
+ * Avoid unnecessary builds in CI, with settings configured in
+   ci-config.
+   (merge eb5b03a9c0 tb/ci-concurrency later to maint).
+
 
 Fixes since v2.39
 -----------------
@@ -122,6 +132,15 @@ Fixes since v2.39
  * Fix to a small regression in 2.38 days.
    (merge 6d5e9e53aa ab/bundle-wo-args later to maint).
 
+ * "git diff --relative" did not mix well with "git diff --ext-diff",
+   which has been corrected.
+   (merge f034bb1cad jk/ext-diff-with-relative later to maint).
+
+ * The logic to see if we are using the "cone" mode by checking the
+   sparsity patterns has been tightened to avoid mistaking a pattern
+   that names a single file as specifying a cone.
+   (merge 5842710dc2 ws/single-file-cone later to maint).
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge 77e04b2ed4 rs/t4205-do-not-exit-in-test-script later to maint).
    (merge faebba436e rs/plug-pattern-list-leak-in-lof later to maint).
@@ -141,3 +160,5 @@ Fixes since v2.39
    (merge 4eb1ccecd4 dh/mingw-ownership-check-typofix later to maint).
    (merge f95526419b ar/typofix-gitattributes-doc later to maint).
    (merge 27875aeec9 km/doc-branch-start-point later to maint).
+   (merge 35c194dc57 es/t1509-root-fixes later to maint).
+   (merge 7b341645e3 pw/ci-print-failure-name-fix later to maint).