Sync with Git 2.48.1

10 files changed, 68 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.40.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.40.4.txt
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+Git v2.40.4 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release lets Git refuse to accept URLs that contain control
+sequences.  This addresses CVE-2024-50349 and CVE-2024-52006.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.41.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.41.3.txt
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+Git v2.41.3 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.40.4 to address
+the security issues CVE-2024-50349 and CVE-2024-52006; see the
+release notes for that version for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.42.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.42.4.txt
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+Git v2.42.4 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.40.4 and v2.41.3
+to address the security issues CVE-2024-50349 and CVE-2024-52006;
+see the release notes for these versions for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.6.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.6.txt
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+Git v2.43.6 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.40.4, v2.41.3
+and v2.42.4 to address the security issues CVE-2024-50349 and
+CVE-2024-52006; see the release notes for these versions for
+details.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.44.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.44.3.txt
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+Git v2.44.3 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.40.4, v2.41.3,
+v2.42.4 and v2.43.6 to address the security issues CVE-2024-50349
+and CVE-2024-52006; see the release notes for these versions
+for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.3.txt
index 2a1e9aa608..ddb3cb694b 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.3.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 Git v2.45.3 Release Notes
 =========================
 
-This primarily is to backport various small fixes accumulated on the
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.40.4, v2.41.3,
+v2.42.4, v2.43.6 and v2.44.3 to address the security issues
+CVE-2024-50349 and CVE-2024-52006; see the release notes for
+these versions for details.
+
+This version also backports various small fixes accumulated on the
 'master' front during the development towards Git 2.46, the next
 feature release.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.46.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.46.3.txt
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+Git v2.46.3 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.40.4, v2.41.3, v2.42.4,
+v2.43.6, v2.44.3 and v2.45.3 to address the security issues CVE-2024-50349 and
+CVE-2024-52006; see the release notes for these versions for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.47.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.47.2.txt
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+Git v2.47.2 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.40.4, v2.41.3,
+v2.42.4, v2.43.6, v2.44.3, v2.45.3 and v2.46.3 to address the
+security issues CVE-2024-50349 and CVE-2024-52006; see the release
+notes for these versions for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.48.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.48.1.txt
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+Git v2.48.1 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.40.4, v2.41.3,
+v2.42.4, v2.43.6, v2.44.3, v2.45.3, v2.46.3, and v2.47.2 to address
+the security issues CVE-2024-50349 and CVE-2024-52006; see the release
+notes for these versions for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/credential.txt b/Documentation/config/credential.txt
index 470482ff4c..80a7c77772 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/credential.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/credential.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ credential.useHttpPath::
 	or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
 	linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
 
+credential.sanitizePrompt::
+	By default, user names and hosts that are shown as part of the
+	password prompt are not allowed to contain control characters (they
+	will be URL-encoded by default). Configure this setting to `false` to
+	override that behavior.
+
+credential.protectProtocol::
+	By default, Carriage Return characters are not allowed in the protocol
+	that is used when Git talks to a credential helper. This setting allows
+	users to override this default.
+
 credential.username::
 	If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
 	by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and