git/Documentation/git.txt, branch v2.44.4

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2024-04-19T10:38:54Z

* maint-2.43: (40 commits) Git 2.43.4 Git 2.42.2 Git 2.41.1 Git 2.40.2 Git 2.39.4 fsck: warn about symlink pointing inside a gitdir core.hooksPath: add some protection while cloning init.templateDir: consider this config setting protected clone: prevent hooks from running during a clone Add a helper function to compare file contents init: refactor the template directory discovery into its own function find_hook(): refactor the `STRIP_EXTENSION` logic clone: when symbolic links collide with directories, keep the latter entry: report more colliding paths t5510: verify that D/F confusion cannot lead to an RCE submodule: require the submodule path to contain directories only clone_submodule: avoid using `access()` on directories submodules: submodule paths must not contain symlinks clone: prevent clashing git dirs when cloning submodule in parallel t7423: add tests for symlinked submodule directories ...

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2024-04-19T10:38:50Z

* maint-2.42: (39 commits) Git 2.42.2 Git 2.41.1 Git 2.40.2 Git 2.39.4 fsck: warn about symlink pointing inside a gitdir core.hooksPath: add some protection while cloning init.templateDir: consider this config setting protected clone: prevent hooks from running during a clone Add a helper function to compare file contents init: refactor the template directory discovery into its own function find_hook(): refactor the `STRIP_EXTENSION` logic clone: when symbolic links collide with directories, keep the latter entry: report more colliding paths t5510: verify that D/F confusion cannot lead to an RCE submodule: require the submodule path to contain directories only clone_submodule: avoid using `access()` on directories submodules: submodule paths must not contain symlinks clone: prevent clashing git dirs when cloning submodule in parallel t7423: add tests for symlinked submodule directories has_dir_name(): do not get confused by characters < '/' ...

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2024-04-19T10:38:46Z

* maint-2.41: (38 commits) Git 2.41.1 Git 2.40.2 Git 2.39.4 fsck: warn about symlink pointing inside a gitdir core.hooksPath: add some protection while cloning init.templateDir: consider this config setting protected clone: prevent hooks from running during a clone Add a helper function to compare file contents init: refactor the template directory discovery into its own function find_hook(): refactor the `STRIP_EXTENSION` logic clone: when symbolic links collide with directories, keep the latter entry: report more colliding paths t5510: verify that D/F confusion cannot lead to an RCE submodule: require the submodule path to contain directories only clone_submodule: avoid using `access()` on directories submodules: submodule paths must not contain symlinks clone: prevent clashing git dirs when cloning submodule in parallel t7423: add tests for symlinked submodule directories has_dir_name(): do not get confused by characters < '/' docs: document security issues around untrusted .git dirs ...

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2024-04-19T10:38:42Z

* maint-2.40: (39 commits) Git 2.40.2 Git 2.39.4 fsck: warn about symlink pointing inside a gitdir core.hooksPath: add some protection while cloning init.templateDir: consider this config setting protected clone: prevent hooks from running during a clone Add a helper function to compare file contents init: refactor the template directory discovery into its own function find_hook(): refactor the `STRIP_EXTENSION` logic clone: when symbolic links collide with directories, keep the latter entry: report more colliding paths t5510: verify that D/F confusion cannot lead to an RCE submodule: require the submodule path to contain directories only clone_submodule: avoid using `access()` on directories submodules: submodule paths must not contain symlinks clone: prevent clashing git dirs when cloning submodule in parallel t7423: add tests for symlinked submodule directories has_dir_name(): do not get confused by characters < '/' docs: document security issues around untrusted .git dirs upload-pack: disable lazy-fetching by default ...

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2024-04-19T10:38:37Z

* maint-2.39: (38 commits) Git 2.39.4 fsck: warn about symlink pointing inside a gitdir core.hooksPath: add some protection while cloning init.templateDir: consider this config setting protected clone: prevent hooks from running during a clone Add a helper function to compare file contents init: refactor the template directory discovery into its own function find_hook(): refactor the `STRIP_EXTENSION` logic clone: when symbolic links collide with directories, keep the latter entry: report more colliding paths t5510: verify that D/F confusion cannot lead to an RCE submodule: require the submodule path to contain directories only clone_submodule: avoid using `access()` on directories submodules: submodule paths must not contain symlinks clone: prevent clashing git dirs when cloning submodule in parallel t7423: add tests for symlinked submodule directories has_dir_name(): do not get confused by characters < '/' docs: document security issues around untrusted .git dirs upload-pack: disable lazy-fetching by default fetch/clone: detect dubious ownership of local repositories ...

docs: document security issues around untrusted .git dirs

2024-04-17T20:29:57Z

For a long time our general philosophy has been that it's unsafe to run arbitrary Git commands if you don't trust the hooks or config in .git, but that running upload-pack should be OK. E.g., see 1456b043fc (Remove post-upload-hook, 2009-12-10), or the design of uploadpack.packObjectsHook. But we never really documented this (and even the discussions that led to 1456b043fc were not on the public list!). Let's try to make our approach more clear, but also be realistic that even upload-pack carries some risk. Helped-by: Filip Hejsek Helped-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin

Merge branch 'jc/doc-most-refs-are-not-that-special' into maint-2.43

2024-02-09T00:22:08Z

Doc updates. * jc/doc-most-refs-are-not-that-special: docs: MERGE_AUTOSTASH is not that special docs: AUTO_MERGE is not that special refs.h: HEAD is not that special git-bisect.txt: BISECT_HEAD is not that special git.txt: HEAD is not that special

Merge branch 'cp/git-flush-is-an-env-bool' into maint-2.43

2024-02-09T00:22:04Z

Unlike other environment variables that took the usual true/false/yes/no as well as 0/1, GIT_FLUSH only understood 0/1, which has been corrected. * cp/git-flush-is-an-env-bool: write-or-die: make GIT_FLUSH a Boolean environment variable

Merge branch 'js/update-urls-in-doc-and-comment' into maint-2.43

2024-02-09T00:22:01Z

Stale URLs have been updated to their current counterparts (or archive.org) and HTTP links are replaced with working HTTPS links. * js/update-urls-in-doc-and-comment: doc: refer to internet archive doc: update links for andre-simon.de doc: switch links to https doc: update links to current pages

Merge branch 'ja/doc-placeholders-fix'

2024-02-08T21:20:34Z

Docfix. * ja/doc-placeholders-fix: doc: enforce placeholders in documentation doc: enforce dashes in placeholders