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What's new in Git 2.55.0?

Jun 29, 2026Toon Claes
What's new in Git 2.55.0?
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This post details contributions to Git 2.55.0, including the implementation of `git-history(1)`'s `fixup` subcommand, the addition of fsmonitor daemon support for Linux using inotify, enabling `git push` to work with remote groups, and the introduction of the `--graph-lane-limit` option for `git log --graph` to manage wide commit histories. It also touches on the ongoing evolution of Rust in the Git codebase and faster `git-grep` and `git-cherry` in partial clones.

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