ReleaseNotes/prerelease: use the new Git for Windows snapshots URL #589
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For almost eight years, Git for Windows' snapshots were hosted at https://wingit.blob.core.windows.net/files/index.html, i.e. on Azure Blobs. As of a combination of PRs [*1*], [*2*], snapshots are not only now built and deployed via GitHub Actions instead of Azure Pipelines (and ARM64 artifacts are now included, too), they are also hosted on GitHub [*3*], with the main page being hosted on GitHub Pages [*4*]. Therefore, the original link now redirects to a new location (which is also a lot easier to remember): http://gitforwindows.org/git-snapshots. Let's adjust the link to link there directly. References: *1*: git-for-windows/git-for-windows-automation#109 *2*: git-for-windows/gfw-helper-github-app#117 *3*: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git-snapshots/releases/ *4*: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git-snapshots/commits/gh-pages Note that technically, we could alternatively delete the `render_release_notes_and_mail` function from `please.sh`, as it was only used in the Azure Pipeline that is no longer triggered to build the snapshots. Let's leave the code there for a bit longer, though. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
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The `SECURITY.md` document mentions Git for Windows' snapshots and helpfully provides a link. For almost eight years, Git for Windows' snapshots were hosted [on Azure Blobs](https://wingit.blob.core.windows.net/files/index.html). As of a combination of PRs (git-for-windows/git-for-windows-automation#109, git-for-windows/gfw-helper-github-app#117), snapshots are not only now built and deployed via GitHub Actions instead of Azure Pipelines (and ARM64 artifacts are now included, too), they are also hosted [on GitHub](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git-snapshots/releases/), with the main page being hosted [on GitHub Pages](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git-snapshots/commits/gh-pages). Therefore, the original link now redirects to a new location (which is also a lot easier to remember): http://gitforwindows.org/git-snapshots. Let's adjust the link to link there directly. This is a companion PR of git-for-windows/git-for-windows-automation#111 and of git-for-windows/build-extra#589.
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For almost eight years, Git for Windows' snapshots were hosted at https://wingit.blob.core.windows.net/files/index.html, i.e. on Azure Blobs.
As of a combination of PRs (git-for-windows/git-for-windows-automation#109, git-for-windows/gfw-helper-github-app#117), snapshots are not only now built and deployed via GitHub Actions instead of Azure Pipelines (and ARM64 artifacts are now included, too), they are also hosted on GitHub, with the main page being hosted on GitHub Pages.
Therefore, the original link now redirects to a new location (which is also a lot easier to remember): http://gitforwindows.org/git-snapshots. Let's adjust the link to link there directly.
Note that technically, we could alternatively delete the
render_release_notes_and_mailfunction fromplease.sh, as it was only used in the Azure Pipeline that is no longer triggered to build the snapshots. Let's leave the code there for a bit longer, though.This is a companion PR of git-for-windows/git-for-windows-automation#111.