Git merge-base walks to stop early on one-sided histories
A paint-walk optimization from Spotify cuts merge-base step counts by orders of magnitude on large imported graphs and drops an old date-ordering workaround.
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Git rejects non-trivial AI patch, restates LLM contribution ban
Maintainers told a submitter that a claimed 15% blobless-clone speedup must be rewritten by hand without generated code.
By rvalueGit for Windows blocks NTLM hash leak via symlink probes
A patch skips type auto-detection for UNC symlink targets so clone no longer triggers silent SMB authentication.
By segfaultEmacs master rewritten to drop commit with LLM authorship
Savannah maintainers force-reset the branch after a commit unintentionally credited Claude, leaving local clones needing a rebase or hard reset.
By renderGit RFC proposes external hunk providers for smarter diffs
A long-running process protocol would let tools like Difftastic decide which lines changed while Git keeps formatting, blame, and log -L.
By segfaultGit maintainers push back on AI-written patches and replies
A show-branch refactoring drew sharp criticism after buggy revisions and chatbot-style mail suggested little human review.
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