Merge branch 'ready-for-upstream'

This is the branch thicket of patches in Git for Windows that are
considered ready for upstream. To keep them in a ready-to-submit shape,
they are kept as close to the beginning of the branch thicket as
possible.

Author: dscho

.github/workflows/clangarm64-build.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: CLANG build ARM64
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  clang-build:
+    runs-on: [Windows, ARM64]
+    env:
+      NO_PERL: 1
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
+        with:
+          flavor: makepkg-git
+          architecture: aarch64
+          # This assumes that the job is running on a self-hosted runner,
+          # in which case we need to cleanup SDK files.
+          cleanup: true
+      - name: Build Git CLANGARM64
+        run: make -j`nproc`

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -169,8 +169,11 @@ jobs:
       NO_PERL: 1
       GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS: "'user.name=CI' 'user.email=ci@git'"
     runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [x64, arm64]
     concurrency:
-      group: vs-build-${{ github.ref }}
+      group: vs-build-${{ github.ref }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -181,26 +184,22 @@ jobs:
         repository: 'microsoft/vcpkg'
         path: 'compat/vcbuild/vcpkg'
     - name: download vcpkg artifacts
-      shell: powershell
-      run: |
-        $urlbase = "https://dev.azure.com/git/git/_apis/build/builds"
-        $id = ((Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "${urlbase}?definitions=9&statusFilter=completed&resultFilter=succeeded&`$top=1").content | ConvertFrom-JSON).value[0].id
-        $downloadUrl = ((Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "${urlbase}/$id/artifacts").content | ConvertFrom-JSON).value[0].resource.downloadUrl
-        (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($downloadUrl, "compat.zip")
-        Expand-Archive compat.zip -DestinationPath . -Force
-        Remove-Item compat.zip
+      uses: git-for-windows/get-azure-pipelines-artifact@v0
+      with:
+        repository: git/git
+        definitionId: 9
     - name: add msbuild to PATH
-      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2
     - name: copy dlls to root
       shell: cmd
-      run: compat\vcbuild\vcpkg_copy_dlls.bat release
+      run: compat\vcbuild\vcpkg_copy_dlls.bat release ${{ matrix.arch }}-windows
     - name: generate Visual Studio solution
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        cmake `pwd`/contrib/buildsystems/ -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=`pwd`/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows \
-        -DNO_GETTEXT=YesPlease -DPERL_TESTS=OFF -DPYTHON_TESTS=OFF -DCURL_NO_CURL_CMAKE=ON
+        cmake `pwd`/contrib/buildsystems/ -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=`pwd`/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/installed/${{ matrix.arch }}-windows \
+        -DNO_GETTEXT=YesPlease -DPERL_TESTS=OFF -DPYTHON_TESTS=OFF -DCURL_NO_CURL_CMAKE=ON -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=${{ matrix.arch }} -DVCPKG_ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }}-windows -DHOST_CPU=${{ matrix.arch }}
     - name: MSBuild
-      run: msbuild git.sln -property:Configuration=Release -property:Platform=x64 -maxCpuCount:4 -property:PlatformToolset=v142
+      run: msbuild git.sln -property:Configuration=Release -property:Platform=${{ matrix.arch }} -maxCpuCount:4 -property:PlatformToolset=v142
     - name: bundle artifact tar
       shell: bash
       env:
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: upload tracked files and build artifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: vs-artifacts
+        name: vs-artifacts-${{ matrix.arch }}
         path: artifacts
   vs-test:
     name: win+VS test
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: download tracked files and build artifacts
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: vs-artifacts
+        name: vs-artifacts-x64
         path: ${{github.workspace}}
     - name: extract tracked files and build artifacts
       shell: bash

.github/workflows/nano-server.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+name: Windows Nano Server tests
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  DEVELOPER: 1
+
+jobs:
+  test-nano-server:
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+    env:
+      WINDBG_DIR: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/Debuggers/x64"
+      IMAGE: mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:nanoserver-ltsc2022
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
+      - name: build Git
+        shell: bash
+        run: make -j15
+      - name: pull nanoserver image
+        shell: bash
+        run: docker pull $IMAGE
+      - name: run nano-server test
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          docker run \
+            --user "ContainerAdministrator" \
+            -v "$WINDBG_DIR:C:/dbg" \
+            -v "$(cygpath -aw /mingw64/bin):C:/mingw64-bin" \
+            -v "$(cygpath -aw .):C:/test" \
+            $IMAGE pwsh.exe -Command '
+              # Extend the PATH to include the `.dll` files in /mingw64/bin/
+              $env:PATH += ";C:\mingw64-bin"
+
+              # For each executable to test pick some no-operation set of
+              # flags/subcommands or something that should quickly result in an
+              # error with known exit code that is not a negative 32-bit
+              # number, and set the expected return code appropriately.
+              #
+              # Only test executables that could be expected to run in a UI
+              # less environment.
+              #
+              # ( Executable path, arguments, expected return code )
+              # also note space is required before close parenthesis (a
+              # powershell quirk when defining nested arrays like this)
+
+              $executables_to_test = @(
+                  ("C:\test\git.exe", "", 1 ),
+                  ("C:\test\scalar.exe", "version", 0 )
+              )
+
+              foreach ($executable in $executables_to_test)
+              {
+                  Write-Output "Now testing $($executable[0])"
+                  &$executable[0] $executable[1]
+                  if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne $executable[2]) {
+                      # if we failed, run the debugger to find out what function
+                      # or DLL could not be found and then exit the script with
+                      # failure The missing DLL or EXE will be referenced near
+                      # the end of the output
+
+                      # Set a flag to have the debugger show loader stub
+                      # diagnostics. This requires running as administrator,
+                      # otherwise the flag will be ignored.
+                      C:\dbg\gflags -i $executable[0] +SLS
+
+                      C:\dbg\cdb.exe -c "g" -c "q" $executable[0] $executable[1]
+
+                      exit 1
+                  }
+              }
+
+              exit 0
+            '

.gitignore

@@ -248,3 +248,4 @@ Release/
 /git.VC.db
 *.dSYM
 /contrib/buildsystems/out
+CMakeSettings.json

Documentation/Makefile

@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook5
 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -acompat-mode -atabsize=8
 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -I. -rasciidoctor-extensions
 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -alitdd='&\#x2d;&\#x2d;'
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -adocinfo=shared
 ASCIIDOC_DEPS = asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
 DBLATEX_COMMON =
 XMLTO_EXTRA += --skip-validation

Documentation/config.txt

@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ include::config/safe.txt[]
 
 include::config/sendemail.txt[]
 
+include::config/sendpack.txt[]
+
 include::config/sequencer.txt[]
 
 include::config/showbranch.txt[]
@@ -554,4 +556,6 @@ include::config/versionsort.txt[]
 
 include::config/web.txt[]
 
+include::config/windows.txt[]
+
 include::config/worktree.txt[]

Documentation/config/http.txt

@@ -218,11 +218,13 @@ http.sslBackend::
 
 http.schannelCheckRevoke::
 	Used to enforce or disable certificate revocation checks in cURL
-	when http.sslBackend is set to "schannel". Defaults to `true` if
-	unset. Only necessary to disable this if Git consistently errors
-	and the message is about checking the revocation status of a
-	certificate. This option is ignored if cURL lacks support for
-	setting the relevant SSL option at runtime.
+	when http.sslBackend is set to "schannel" via "true" and "false",
+	respectively. Another accepted value is "best-effort" (the default)
+	in which case revocation checks are performed, but errors due to
+	revocation list distribution points that are offline are silently
+	ignored, as well as errors due to certificates missing revocation
+	list distribution points. This option is ignored if cURL lacks
+	support for setting the relevant SSL option at runtime.
 
 http.schannelUseSSLCAInfo::
 	As of cURL v7.60.0, the Secure Channel backend can use the
@@ -232,6 +234,11 @@ http.schannelUseSSLCAInfo::
 	when the `schannel` backend was configured via `http.sslBackend`,
 	unless `http.schannelUseSSLCAInfo` overrides this behavior.
 
+http.sslAutoClientCert::
+	As of cURL v7.77.0, the Secure Channel backend won't automatically
+	send client certificates from the Windows Certificate Store anymore.
+	To opt in to the old behavior, http.sslAutoClientCert can be set.
+
 http.pinnedPubkey::
 	Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
 	a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with

Documentation/config/sendpack.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+sendpack.sideband::
+	Allows to disable the side-band-64k capability for send-pack even
+	when it is advertised by the server. Makes it possible to work
+	around a limitation in the git for windows implementation together
+	with the dump git protocol. Defaults to true.

Documentation/config/windows.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+windows.appendAtomically::
+	By default, append atomic API is used on windows. But it works only with
+	local disk files, if you're working on a network file system, you should
+	set it false to turn it off.

Documentation/docinfo.html

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<style>
+pre>code {
+   display: inline;
+}
+</style>