* The GitRepo volume type is deprecated. To provision a container with a git repo, mount an `EmptyDir` into an `InitContainer` that clones the repo using git, then mount the `EmptyDir` into the Pod's container.
([#63445](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/63445), [@ericchiang](https://github.com/ericchiang))

  - https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pull/4985: If you previously included .git in an AWS or Azure URL, we will no longer automatically remove that suffix. You may need to add an extra / to replace the .git for the URL to properly resolve.

- Generators for services are removed from kubectl ([#95256](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/95256), [@Git-Jiro](https://github.com/Git-Jiro)) [SIG CLI]
- Introduce kubectl-convert plugin. ([#96190](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96190), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh)) [SIG CLI and Testing]

  
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- hcsshim is unchanged from v1.11, at v0.11 ([#64272](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64272))
- gitRepo volumes in pods no longer require git 1.8.5 or newer; older git versions are now supported. ([#62394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62394))
- Upgraded crictl on GCE to v1.11.1, up from 1.11.0 on v1.11.  ([#66152](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66152))

* kubelet: fixes cadvisor internal error when "--container-runtime-endpoint" is set to "unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock". ([#72340](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/72340), [@makocchi-git](https://github.com/makocchi-git))

#### API Machinery

- `k8s.io/kubernetes` and published components (such as `k8s.io/client-go` and `k8s.io/api`) now contain go module files including dependency version information. See [go-modules](http://git.k8s.io/client-go/INSTALL.md#go-modules) for details on consuming `k8s.io/client-go` using go modules. ([#74877](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74877), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

#### Apps

co.ca

// co.com Registry, LLC : https://registry.co.com
// Submitted by Gavin Brown <******@****.***>
co.com

// Codeberg e. V. : https://codeberg.org
// Submitted by Moritz Marquardt <git@momar.de>
codeberg.page

// CodeSandbox B.V. : https://codesandbox.io
// Submitted by Ives van Hoorne <******@****.***>
csb.app
preview.csb.app

// CoDNS B.V.
co.nl
co.no

* gitRepo volumes in pods no longer require git 1.8.5 or newer, older git versions are supported too now. ([#62394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62394), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))

- Fixed a bug to ensure container-level swap metrics are collected. ([#129486](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129486), [@iholder101](https://github.com/iholder101)) [SIG Node and Testing]
- git-repo volume plugin has been disabled by default, with the option to turn it back ([#129923](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129923), [@vinayakankugoyal](https://github.com/vinayakankugoyal))