What's new in Git 2.49.0?

Git 2.49.0 introduces several notable features: a new git-backfill command for handling blobless clones, improved performance via zlib-ng compression, further development of the Meson build system, deprecation of legacy .git directories, Rust bindings for libgit, a new name-hashing algorithm for packfiles, enhanced promisor remote functionality, and a thin clone option with a --revision flag. These enhancements aim to streamline Git's functionality and performance, particularly for large repositories and files.