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Git 2.56 goes after the merge, diff and branch chores that eat CI minutes

Git 2.56 adds a safer way to stage resolved conflicts, a built-in command for deleting merged branches, and large speedups for merge-base, path-limited diffs and packfile loading on big repositories.

Oct 8, 2026 · Priya Nair CI performance

GitLab wants to end the default full-history clone in CI

A GitLab engineering post argues that defaulting to a full-history git clone imposes a real, cumulative tax on end-to-end pipeline time, and floats a clone override policy to bring the cost down.

Aug 25, 2026 · Priya Nair Security & supply chain

libcurl drops NTLM in September 2026, and on-prem Azure DevOps Git over HTTPS goes with it

Microsoft has warned Azure DevOps Server customers that Git operations over HTTPS will break for anyone still authenticating with NTLM once libcurl removes the protocol in September 2026. Build agents, workgroup boxes and service accounts are the ones most likely to hit the wall.

Jul 3, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo