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Git 2.54 introduces experimental git history and config-based hooks

Git 2.54 adds an experimental git history command for simple rewrites, plus configuration-based hooks and default geometric repacking for maintenance.

Git 2.54 introduces experimental git history and config-based hooks
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Git 2.54 introduces an experimental history command with reword and split operations to rewrite history without touching working trees. It also adds config-based hooks, allowing centralized and per-repo hook definitions via gitconfig, and supports multiple hooks per event. Additionally, the geometric maintenance strategy becomes the default, improving automatic repository maintenance, while the traditional gc remains available as an option.

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Highlights from Git 2.54 โ†—

Git 2.54 introduces an experimental history command with reword and split operations to rewrite history without touching working trees. It also adds config-based hooks, allowing centralized and per-repo hook definitions via gitconfig, and supports multiple hooks per event. Additionally, the geometric maintenance strategy becomes the default, improving automatic repository maintenance, while the traditional gc remains available as an option.

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