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Git 2.51 introduces storage-layer improvements for large repositories, portable stashes, and foundational work toward Git 3.0 changes such as reftable and SHA-256. For Windows users, the release reduces cross-platform friction with fixes for case-insensitive filesystems and improved defaults. This tag covers discussions about Git 3.0 planning, reftable adoption, and performance enhancements relevant to Windows-based development workflows and enterprise teams managing monorepos.
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    Git 2.51: Cruft-aware MIDX, path-walk packing, portable stashes on Windows

    The Git project has shipped version 2.51, a substantial maintenance-and-performance release that packs several storage-layer improvements aimed squarely at large repositories and monorepos, a new on-disk stash interchange format that finally makes stashes portable between machines, and...
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