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The multi-pack-index (MIDX) is a Git feature that optimizes object lookups across multiple packfiles, reducing repository size and improving performance for large repositories and monorepos. Git 2.51 introduces cruft-aware MIDX, which further enhances efficiency by handling unreachable objects. This tag covers discussions and updates related to MIDX, particularly its impact on Windows-based Git workflows, where it helps mitigate filesystem limitations and improves overall Git operations. Topics include configuration, performance benchmarks, and integration with other Git features like reftable and path-walk packing.
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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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    • bitmap case-insensitive-filesystems cruft-aware cruft-packs disk performance git git-2.51 git-3.0 large-repos midx monorepos multi-pack-index packfiles path-walk-packing ref-storage reftable sha256 stash-export-import stash-portability windows
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