The 11th batch

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

Documentation/RelNotes/2.55.0.adoc

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * "git cat-file --batch" learns an in-line command "mailmap"
    that lets the user toggle use of mailmap.
 
+ * The "git pack-objects --path-walk" traversal has been integrated
+   with several object filters, including blobless and sparse filters.
+
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
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@@ -115,6 +118,10 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
    more robust by falling back to reading the commit object when
    the commit-graph is no longer available.
 
+ * The "name" argument in git_connect() and related functions has been
+   converted to a "service" enum to improve type safety and clarify its
+   purpose.
+
 
 Fixes since v2.54
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@@ -230,6 +237,10 @@ Fixes since v2.54
  * Update GitLab CI jobs that exercise macOS.
    (merge 62319b49bb ps/gitlab-ci-macOS-improvements later to maint).
 
+ * "Friday noon" asked in the morning on Sunday was parsed to be one
+   day before the specified time, which has been corrected.
+   (merge b809304101 ta/approxidate-noon-fix later to maint).
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge 80f4b802e9 ja/doc-difftool-synopsis-style later to maint).
    (merge b96490241e jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat later to maint).