{
  "id": 10500160,
  "title": "Git v2.56.0 released",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/git-v2-56-0-released",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-28T17:33:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1097213/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Version 2.56 of the Git distributed version-control system has been released. It has 748 non-merge commits since Git 2.55 was released back in June; those commits came from 104 developers, 39 of whom are first-time contributors. New features include a safer workflow for conflict resolution, smaller path-walk repacks, a new git history drop sub-command, and much more. LWN looked at Git 2.56…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}