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What’s new in Git 2.53.0?

Feb 2, 2026Justin Tobler
What’s new in Git 2.53.0?
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This post details specific contributions to Git 2.53.0: 1. Geometric repacking support with promisor remotes, enabling geometric repacking to work with partial clone repositories by handling promisor packfiles separately. 2. Enhancements to `git-fast-import(1)`'s `--signed-commits=<mode>` option with a new `strip-if-invalid` mode, allowing preservation of valid signatures for unchanged commits/tags. 3. Expansion of the `git-repo-structure` command to collect total size information for reachable objects (inflated and disk sizes) by object type, and improved human-readable output.

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