What's Changed

• Prepare a new release by @Byron in #2063
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #2067
• Bump git/ext/gitdb from 335c0f6 to 39d7dbf by @dependabot[bot] in #2068
• Bump actions/setup-python from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #2070
• Bump git/ext/gitdb from 39d7dbf to f8fdfec by @dependabot[bot] in #2071
• Fix type hint for SymbolicReference.reference property by @emmanuel-ferdman in #2074
• feat: Add support for hasconfig git rule. by @bvanelli in #2075
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in #2076
• Use actual return type in annotation for method submodule_update by @extrwi in #2078
• Bump git/ext/gitdb from f8fdfec to 65321a2 by @dependabot[bot] in #2082
• Preliminary support for index format v3 by @blahgeek in #2081
• Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #2084
• Pin mypy==1.18.2 by @George-Ogden in #2087
• Respect os.Pathlike by @George-Ogden in #2086
• Bump git/ext/gitdb from 65321a2 to 4c63ee6 by @dependabot[bot] in #2093
• Join Pathlike Object to Tree by @George-Ogden in #2094

New Contributors

• @emmanuel-ferdman made their first contribution in #2074
• @bvanelli made their first contribution in #2075
• @extrwi made their first contribution in #2078
• @blahgeek made their first contribution in #2081
• @George-Ogden made their first contribution in #2087

Full Changelog: 3.1.45...3.1.46