RelNotes/2.51.1.adoc

Git 2.51.1 Release Notes
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There shouldn't be anything exciting to see here.  This is primarily
to flush the "do you still use it?" improvements that has landed on
the master front, together with a handful of low-hanging low-impact
fixes that should be safe.


Fixes since Git 2.51.0
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 * The "do you still use it?" message given by a command that is
   deeply deprecated and allow us to suggest alternatives has been
   updated.

 * The compatObjectFormat extension is used to hide an incomplete
   feature that is not yet usable for any purpose other than
   developing the feature further.  Document it as such to discourage
   its use by mere mortals.

 * Manual page for "gitk" is updated with the current maintainer's
   name.

 * Update the instruction to use of GGG in the MyFirstContribution
   document to say that a GitHub PR could be made against `git/git`
   instead of `gitgitgadget/git`.

 * Clang-format update to let our control macros formatted the way we
   had them traditionally, e.g., "for_each_string_list_item()" without
   space before the parentheses.

 * A few places where an size_t value was cast to curl_off_t without
   checking has been updated to use the existing helper function.

 * The start_delayed_progress() function in the progress eye-candy API
   did not clear its internal state, making an initial delay value
   larger than 1 second ineffective, which has been corrected.

 * Makefile tried to run multiple "cargo build" which would not work
   very well; serialize their execution to work it around.

 * Adjust to the way newer versions of cURL selectivel enables tracing
   options, so that our tests can continue to work.

Also contains various documentation updates, code clean-ups and minor fixups.