[DO NOT MERGE] Prepare for v2.25.0-rc0

.gitignore

@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 /git-show-branch
 /git-show-index
 /git-show-ref
+/git-sparse-checkout
 /git-stage
 /git-stash
 /git-status

Documentation/CodingGuidelines

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
 
  - If you want to find out if a command is available on the user's
    $PATH, you should use 'type <command>', instead of 'which <command>'.
-   The output of 'which' is not machine parseable and its exit code
+   The output of 'which' is not machine parsable and its exit code
    is not reliable across platforms.
 
  - We use POSIX compliant parameter substitutions and avoid bashisms;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ For C programs:
    . since early 2012 with e1327023ea, we have been using an enum
      definition whose last element is followed by a comma.  This, like
      an array initializer that ends with a trailing comma, can be used
-     to reduce the patch noise when adding a new identifer at the end.
+     to reduce the patch noise when adding a new identifier at the end.
 
    . since mid 2017 with cbc0f81d, we have been using designated
      initializers for struct (e.g. "struct t v = { .val = 'a' };").

Documentation/Makefile

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ API_DOCS = $(patsubst %.txt,%,$(filter-out technical/api-index-skel.txt technica
 SP_ARTICLES += $(API_DOCS)
 
 TECH_DOCS += MyFirstContribution
+TECH_DOCS += MyFirstObjectWalk
 TECH_DOCS += SubmittingPatches
 TECH_DOCS += technical/hash-function-transition
 TECH_DOCS += technical/http-protocol

Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt

@@ -38,6 +38,26 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/git/git git
 $ cd git
 ----
 
+[[dependencies]]
+=== Installing Dependencies
+
+To build Git from source, you need to have a handful of dependencies installed
+on your system. For a hint of what's needed, you can take a look at
+`INSTALL`, paying close attention to the section about Git's dependencies on
+external programs and libraries. That document mentions a way to "test-drive"
+our freshly built Git without installing; that's the method we'll be using in
+this tutorial.
+
+Make sure that your environment has everything you need by building your brand
+new clone of Git from the above step:
+
+----
+$ make
+----
+
+NOTE: The Git build is parallelizable. `-j#` is not included above but you can
+use it as you prefer, here and elsewhere.
+
 [[identify-problem]]
 === Identify Problem to Solve
 
@@ -138,9 +158,6 @@ NOTE: When you are developing the Git project, it's preferred that you use the
 `DEVELOPER` flag; if there's some reason it doesn't work for you, you can turn
 it off, but it's a good idea to mention the problem to the mailing list.
 
-NOTE: The Git build is parallelizable. `-j#` is not included above but you can
-use it as you prefer, here and elsewhere.
-
 Great, now your new command builds happily on its own. But nobody invokes it.
 Let's change that.
 
@@ -534,6 +551,28 @@ you want to pass as a parameter something which would usually be interpreted as
 a flag.) `parse_options()` will terminate parsing when it reaches `--` and give
 you the rest of the options afterwards, untouched.
 
+Now that you have a usage hint, you can teach Git how to show it in the general
+command list shown by `git help git` or `git help -a`, which is generated from
+`command-list.txt`. Find the line for 'git-pull' so you can add your 'git-psuh'
+line above it in alphabetical order. Now, we can add some attributes about the
+command which impacts where it shows up in the aforementioned help commands. The
+top of `command-list.txt` shares some information about what each attribute
+means; in those help pages, the commands are sorted according to these
+attributes. `git psuh` is user-facing, or porcelain - so we will mark it as
+"mainporcelain". For "mainporcelain" commands, the comments at the top of
+`command-list.txt` indicate we can also optionally add an attribute from another
+list; since `git psuh` shows some information about the user's workspace but
+doesn't modify anything, let's mark it as "info". Make sure to keep your
+attributes in the same style as the rest of `command-list.txt` using spaces to
+align and delineate them:
+
+----
+git-prune-packed                        plumbingmanipulators
+git-psuh                                mainporcelain		info
+git-pull                                mainporcelain           remote
+git-push                                mainporcelain           remote
+----
+
 Build again. Now, when you run with `-h`, you should see your usage printed and
 your command terminated before anything else interesting happens. Great!
 
@@ -746,6 +785,14 @@ will automatically run your PRs through the CI even without the permission given
 but you will not be able to `/submit` your changes until someone allows you to
 use the tool.
 
+NOTE: You can typically find someone who can `/allow` you on GitGitGadget by
+either examining recent pull requests where someone has been granted `/allow`
+(https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+%22%2Fallow%22[Search:
+is:pr is:open "/allow"]), in which case both the author and the person who
+granted the `/allow` can now `/allow` you, or by inquiring on the
+https://webchat.freenode.net/#git-devel[#git-devel] IRC channel on Freenode
+linking your pull request and asking for someone to `/allow` you.
+
 If the CI fails, you can update your changes with `git rebase -i` and push your
 branch again:
 
@@ -970,7 +1017,7 @@ reviewers the changes you've made that may not be as visible.
 You will also need to go and find the Message-Id of your previous cover letter.
 You can either note it when you send the first series, from the output of `git
 send-email`, or you can look it up on the
-https://public-inbox.org/git[mailing list]. Find your cover letter in the
+https://lore.kernel.org/git[mailing list]. Find your cover letter in the
 archives, click on it, then click "permalink" or "raw" to reveal the Message-Id
 header. It should match: