fix: mergeTree handles modifications in both trees (#2122)
Co-authored-by: aniket.bhosale <aniket.bhosale@servicenow.com>

feat: (merge --allow-unrelated-histories) adding parameter to merge u…
…nrelated branches (#2121)
* feat(merge--allow-unrelated-histories): adding parameter to merge branch with unrelated histories
* adding file and commit checks post merge
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Co-authored-by: aniket.bhosale <aniket.bhosale@servicenow.com>

fix: Handling of deleted trees on checkout (#2114)
* fix: handling of deleted trees on checkout
* chore: add entry in contributors-rc
* docs: update @gnillev as a contributor
* chore: add unit test

feat: Non-blocking checkout (#2108)
* feat: Non-blocking checkout
* removing console logs; changing dummy repo URL
* removing disabled test and perf time recording
* using isomorphic-git's dummy repo in test
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Co-authored-by: aniket.bhosale <aniket.bhosale@servicenow.com>

fix: merging when file is deleted from both branches (#2111)
* test: add case for merging when file is deleted from both branches
* fix: merging when file is deleted from both branches
* chore: fix typos in merge command and test

chore: update Azure VM (#2098)

fix: perf: general performance improvements (#2063)
* refactor: avoid extra call to entry.content()
* refactor: avoid extra object creation
* perf: combine two map function calls
* perf: avoid stat call when savedStats is null

feat: perf: cache git config (statusMatrix ~20% faster) (#2023)
* perf: avoid stat call when savedStats is null
* perf: combine two map function calls
* fix: ensure isSection is set when config is updated
* fix: handle num + bool already being primitives
* perf: locally cache git config after first read
* perf: read gitConfig once
* docs: add @lukecotter as a contributor
* test: add case to ensure git config is reread correctly when calling walk multiple times
* refactor: avoid extra call to entry.content()
* refactor: avoid extra object creation
* Revert "refactor: avoid extra object creation"
This reverts commit 36090f8.
* Revert "refactor: avoid extra call to entry.content()"
This reverts commit 9dc82cd.
* Revert "perf: combine two map function calls"
This reverts commit 63c3b12.
* Revert "perf: avoid stat call when savedStats is null"
This reverts commit 00a43da.
* refactor: rename me to self

feat: Expose list refs (#1993)
* feat: add listRefs function to retrieve git references
* test: add unit tests for listRefs function
* test: add listRefs to exports in test-exports.js
* feat: add listRefs to sidebars for documentation
* docs: add @LokiMidgard as a contributor
* refactor: remove redundant listRefs method, why did I not notice that…
* fix format
* add missing fixtuers…
* fix missing refs

feat: force feature release (#2003)