Git Core Improvements and Contributions
What’s new in Git 2.53.0?

What’s new in Git 2.53.0?

2/2/2026 · Justin Tobler

What this post added

This post details GitLab's contributions to Git 2.53.0, specifically: enabling geometric repacking support with promisor remotes for partial clone repositories, enhancing `git-fast-import(1)` with a `strip-if-invalid` mode for signed commits, and expanding the `git-repo structure` subcommand to collect total size information for reachable objects.

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