What does this MR do?
This backport fixes for Git 2.11 to the 8-13-stable
branch so that Debian packagers can prepare a new release.
Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?
I've marked this as WIP since it depends on gitlab-shell!120 (merged). Other than that, nothing to note.
Why was this MR needed?
From @balasankarc:
Can someone help me with backporting git 2.11 patch to 8.13.x ? How complex is it?
Our Debian native package requires it and we are going for a hard freeze tomorrow. So, I kinda need to fix it tomorrow. It would be awesome if someone could give some pointers.
Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?
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Changelog entry added -
API support added - Tests
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Added for this feature/bug -
All builds are passing
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Conform by the merge request performance guides -
Conform by the style guides -
Branch has no merge conflicts with master
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Squashed related commits together
/cc @balasankarc