monthly report 07/25

Author: Byron

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+This month feels like one of these summer months when not much has been happening, despite me being busy as usual.
+However, there have been contributions with one being very exciting in particular.
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+## Community
+
+### Gix in Cargo
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+It took some pushing (of myself) to finally get [`cargo package` PR](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/15534), and I can't wait for it to pass the review for more correctness during `cargo package` change detection, and at least 25% more performance thanks to faster dirty-files checking.
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+Assuming this will be getting merged soon, I'd actually have nothing in the pipeline for Cargo anymore, with no obvious candidate in sight. However, when `git reset` is implemented, plenty of Cargo interactions with local Git clones could also be converted to Git.
+
+Cheers
+Sebastian
+
+PS: The latest timesheets can be found [here (2025)](https://github.com/Byron/byron/blob/main/timesheets/2025.csv).