The 3rd batch

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/RelNotes/2.98.0.adoc

@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
    distributions to bundle one binary that adapts to filesystem
    capabilities dynamically.
 
+ * The command-line completion script (in 'contrib/') has been taught
+   to complete the 'repair' subcommand for 'git worktree'.
+
+ * Various documentation files have been updated to use explicit
+   '<<TARGET,TARGET>>' AsciiDoc cross-references instead of plain text
+   references.  This improves rendering on the web and avoids broken
+   links when manual pages are included into other pages.
+
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
 --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -49,6 +57,18 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
    preventing bugs where submodule merging incorrectly reads from the
    superproject's commit-graph.
 
+ * The error reporting machinery in the WinANSI compatibility layer has
+   been simplified to pass the exact Windows error code and correctly
+   format arguments for fatal errors.
+
+ * The Debian 12 CI job has been updated to skip a half-auth clone test
+   that occasionally fails due to a bug in the packaged curl version
+   handling early HTTP/2 responses.
+
+ * The CI script has been updated to check for one-indexed slice numbers
+   when deciding to run unit tests on Windows, mirroring the behaviour in
+   the modern GitHub and GitLab workflows.
+
 
 Fixes since v2.56
 -----------------
@@ -82,3 +102,41 @@ Fixes since v2.56
    segfaulting when lookup_commit_reference() fails on unparseable
    objects.
    (merge 38bdda17dd jk/pull-null-merge-head later to maint).
+
+ * The sequencer machinery (used by 'git rebase', 'git cherry-pick', and
+   'git revert') has been updated to defer automatic maintenance tasks
+   until the end of the operation, preventing nested 'git commit', 'git
+   merge', and 'exec' commands from triggering GC operations that could
+   contend for locks or delete open packs while the sequence is in
+   progress.
+   (merge eba1a1c5dd tb/rerere-lock-grace later to maint).
+
+ * When 'core.fsyncMethod' is set to 'batch', the ODB transaction
+   failed to properly flush large blob packfiles residing in the
+   temporary directory before migrating the directory's contents to the
+   main object store.  The execution sequence has been corrected by
+   performing the packfile flush before the temporary directory
+   migration, averting failure.
+   (merge ef7faa6350 jt/object-file-batch-fsync-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The default expiry periods for both reachable and unreachable reflog
+   entries have been corrected from a past regression that swapped
+   them.
+   (merge 60cf500551 ps/reflog-expiry-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The directory traversal logic has been updated to correctly evaluate
+   pathspecs for ignored directories containing nested repositories,
+   and has been fortified to gracefully handle null pathspecs during
+   checkout operations.
+   (merge ebc067f3cc rs/dir-skip-nested-repo-fix later to maint).
+
+ * The command-line parsing of revision options has been updated to
+   properly distinguish between malformed and unknown options, and to
+   correctly report the name of unknown options after they have been
+   moved during the option parsing process.
+   (merge da2926c8f5 jk/parse-revision-opt-fixes later to maint).
+
+ * The documentation for 'git-name-rev' has been updated to refer to
+   object IDs instead of SHA-1, to more accurately reflect that the
+   active hash algorithm is used.
+   (merge b2ab8fccc3 jk/name-rev-update-hash-descriptions later to maint).