Git 2.52 Introduces New Command for Grabbing Various Repository Characteristics

Git 2.52 Introduces New Command for Grabbing Various Repository Characteristics

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Marcus Nestor
Dec 2, 2025

Highlights of Git 2.52 include a new git repo subcommand that gives users a way to grab various repository characteristics, a new git last-modified command to show the closest ancestor commit that touched each path, a new git refs exists command that works like git show-ref –exists, and support for the git cmd –help-all command to work outside repositories.

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Marcus Nestor

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