[pull] master from git:master

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -116,6 +116,30 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v2
+    - name: Install GCC-compatible Rust target
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # The hosted Windows runners ship a rustup-managed Rust whose
+        # default toolchain targets the MSVC ABI. That produces a
+        # `gitcore.lib` which the MinGW GCC used by the rest of the
+        # build cannot link. Install the precompiled `std` for a
+        # GCC-compatible target triple matching the MSYS2 subsystem;
+        # the Makefile selects the same triple via $(MSYSTEM) and
+        # passes it to `cargo build --target`.
+        case "$MSYSTEM" in
+        CLANGARM64) target=aarch64-pc-windows-gnullvm ;;
+        CLANG64)    target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnullvm  ;;
+        CLANG32)    target=i686-pc-windows-gnullvm    ;;
+        UCRT64)     target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu      ;;
+        MINGW64)    target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu      ;;
+        MINGW32)    target=i686-pc-windows-gnu        ;;
+        *) echo "::error::Unsupported MSYSTEM: $MSYSTEM"; exit 1 ;;
+        esac &&
+        rustup target add "$target" &&
+
+        # Ensure that cargo.exe is found even with the minimal SDK's restricted PATH
+        CARGO="$(type -p cargo.exe)" &&
+        echo "export PATH=\$PATH:${CARGO%/cargo.exe}" >>/etc/profile
     - name: build
       shell: bash
       env:

Documentation/RelNotes/2.56.0.adoc

@@ -560,6 +560,11 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
    backend-specific object source layers, making them pluggable for
    different object storage formats.
 
+ * When cross-compiling with Cargo, the output artifact is placed in a
+   target-specific subdirectory, which causes the build system to fail
+   to locate it.  The build system has been updated to respect the
+   'CARGO_BUILD_TARGET' environment variable.
+
 
 Fixes since v2.55
 -----------------
@@ -897,6 +902,10 @@ Fixes since v2.55
    branch-switch message.
    (merge 2ba77ea828 hn/checkout-m-autostash-refine later to maint).
 
+ * The memory leak caused by not unusing the commit buffer returned by
+   repo_logmsg_reencode() during the rewording operation in 'git
+   history' has been plugged.
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge 026636128f ss/submittingpatches-typofix later to maint).
    (merge d2af22cc21 jc/rerere-doc-typofix later to maint).

GIT-VERSION-GEN

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-DEF_VER=v2.56.0-rc0
+DEF_VER=v2.56.0-rc1
 
 LF='
 '

Makefile

@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ RUST_LIB_NAME = gitcore.lib
 else
 RUST_LIB_NAME = libgitcore.a
 endif
-RUST_LIB = target/$(RUST_BUILD_CONFIG)/$(RUST_LIB_NAME)
+RUST_LIB = target$(if $(CARGO_BUILD_TARGET),/$(CARGO_BUILD_TARGET))/$(RUST_BUILD_CONFIG)/$(RUST_LIB_NAME)
 endif
 
 GITLIBS = common-main.o $(LIB_FILE)

builtin/history.c

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static int commit_tree_ext(struct repository *repo,
 	free_commit_extra_headers(original_extra_headers);
 	strbuf_release(&commit_message);
 	free(original_author);
+	repo_unuse_commit_buffer(repo, commit_with_message, original_message);
 	return ret;
 }
 

ci/lib.sh

@@ -391,9 +391,6 @@ linux-asan-ubsan)
 osx-meson)
 	MESONFLAGS="$MESONFLAGS -Dcredential_helpers=osxkeychain"
 	;;
-windows-*)
-	export NO_RUST=UnfortunatelyYes
-	;;
 esac
 
 MAKEFLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS CC=${CC:-cc}"

config.mak.uname

@@ -760,7 +760,30 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 			MINGW_PREFIX := /$(shell echo '$(MSYSTEM)' | tr A-Z a-z)
                 endif
 		prefix = $(MINGW_PREFIX)
-		HOST_CPU = $(patsubst %-w64-mingw32,%,$(MINGW_CHOST))
+
+		# A rustup-managed Rust on Windows defaults to the MSVC ABI and
+		# produces a `gitcore.lib` that the MinGW `ld.exe` cannot link.
+		# Pick a GCC-compatible Rust target triple matching the MSYS2
+		# subsystem instead: `*-pc-windows-gnullvm` for the Clang/LLVM
+		# subsystems (which on Windows is also the only choice for
+		# ARM64, where no MinGW-GCC port exists) and `*-pc-windows-gnu`
+		# for the MSVCRT-based MinGW subsystems. For a `staticlib`
+		# crate-type Cargo does not invoke an external linker, so
+		# `rustup target add <triple>` is sufficient.
+                ifneq (,$(filter %ARM64, $(MSYSTEM)))
+			HOST_CPU = aarch64
+                else ifneq (,$(filter %32, $(MSYSTEM)))
+			HOST_CPU = i686
+                else
+			HOST_CPU = x86_64
+                endif
+                ifneq (,$(filter CLANG%, $(MSYSTEM)))
+			CARGO_BUILD_TARGET = $(HOST_CPU)-pc-windows-gnullvm
+                else
+			CARGO_BUILD_TARGET = $(HOST_CPU)-pc-windows-gnu
+                endif
+		export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET
+
 		BASIC_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--pic-executable
 		COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DDETECT_MSYS_TTY \
 			-DENSURE_MSYSTEM_IS_SET="\"$(MSYSTEM)\"" \

src/cargo-meson.sh

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ then
 	exit $RET
 fi
 
-if ! cmp "$BUILD_DIR/$BUILD_TYPE/$LIBNAME" "$BUILD_DIR/libgitcore.a" >/dev/null 2>&1
+if ! cmp "$BUILD_DIR/${CARGO_BUILD_TARGET:+$CARGO_BUILD_TARGET/}$BUILD_TYPE/$LIBNAME" "$BUILD_DIR/libgitcore.a" >/dev/null 2>&1
 then
-	cp "$BUILD_DIR/$BUILD_TYPE/$LIBNAME" "$BUILD_DIR/libgitcore.a"
+	cp "$BUILD_DIR/${CARGO_BUILD_TARGET:+$CARGO_BUILD_TARGET/}$BUILD_TYPE/$LIBNAME" "$BUILD_DIR/libgitcore.a"
 fi