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/check-style.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       jobname: ClangFormat
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 

.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
   check-whitespace:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
 

.github/workflows/coverity.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       COVERITY_LANGUAGE: cxx
       COVERITY_PLATFORM: overridden-below
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: install minimal Git for Windows SDK
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'windows')
         uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "skip_concurrent=$skip_concurrent" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: skip if the commit or tree was already tested
         id: skip-if-redundant
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         if: steps.check-ref.outputs.enabled == 'yes'
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
       group: windows-build-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: build
       shell: bash
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
     - name: download tracked files and build artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
       with:
         name: windows-artifacts
         path: ${{github.workspace}}
@@ -169,14 +169,17 @@ jobs:
       NO_PERL: 1
       GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS: "'user.name=CI' 'user.email=ci@git'"
     runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [x64, arm64]
     concurrency:
-      group: vs-build-${{ github.ref }}
+      group: vs-build-${{ github.ref }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: initialize vcpkg
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         repository: 'microsoft/vcpkg'
         path: 'compat/vcbuild/vcpkg'
@@ -189,14 +192,14 @@ jobs:
       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:
@@ -210,7 +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
@@ -226,9 +229,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: git-for-windows/setup-git-for-windows-sdk@v1
     - name: download tracked files and build artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
       with:
-        name: vs-artifacts
+        name: vs-artifacts-x64
         path: ${{github.workspace}}
     - name: extract tracked files and build artifacts
       shell: bash
@@ -258,8 +261,8 @@ jobs:
       group: windows-meson-build-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
     - name: Set up dependencies
       shell: pwsh
       run: pip install meson ninja
@@ -286,13 +289,13 @@ jobs:
       group: windows-meson-test-${{ matrix.nr }}-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
     - name: Set up dependencies
       shell: pwsh
       run: pip install meson ninja
     - name: Download build artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
       with:
         name: windows-meson-artifacts
         path: build
@@ -331,7 +334,7 @@ jobs:
       TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: ${{github.workspace}}/t
     runs-on: ${{matrix.vector.pool}}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
     - name: print test failures
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@ jobs:
       CI_JOB_IMAGE: ubuntu-latest
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-build-and-minimal-fuzzers.sh
   dockerized:
@@ -429,7 +432,7 @@ jobs:
         else
           apt-get -q update && apt-get -q -y install git
         fi
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: useradd builder --create-home
     - run: chown -R builder .
@@ -454,7 +457,7 @@ jobs:
       group: static-analysis-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/run-static-analysis.sh
     - run: ci/check-directional-formatting.bash
@@ -469,7 +472,7 @@ jobs:
       group: sparse-${{ github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Install other dependencies
       run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: make sparse
@@ -485,6 +488,6 @@ jobs:
       CI_JOB_IMAGE: ubuntu-latest
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: ci/test-documentation.sh

.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@v5
+      - 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

@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
 /git-submodule
 /git-submodule--helper
 /git-subtree
+/git-survey
 /git-svn
 /git-switch
 /git-symbolic-ref
@@ -252,5 +253,6 @@ Release/
 /git.VC.db
 *.dSYM
 /contrib/buildsystems/out
+CMakeSettings.json
 /contrib/libgit-rs/target
 /contrib/libgit-sys/target

Documentation/config.adoc

@@ -517,6 +517,8 @@ include::config/safe.adoc[]
 
 include::config/sendemail.adoc[]
 
+include::config/sendpack.adoc[]
+
 include::config/sequencer.adoc[]
 
 include::config/showbranch.adoc[]
@@ -535,6 +537,8 @@ include::config/status.adoc[]
 
 include::config/submodule.adoc[]
 
+include::config/survey.adoc[]
+
 include::config/tag.adoc[]
 
 include::config/tar.adoc[]
@@ -557,4 +561,6 @@ include::config/versionsort.adoc[]
 
 include::config/web.adoc[]
 
+include::config/windows.adoc[]
+
 include::config/worktree.adoc[]

Documentation/config/http.adoc

@@ -233,11 +233,13 @@ http.sslKeyType::
 
 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
@@ -247,6 +249,11 @@ 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.adoc

@@ -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/survey.adoc

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+survey.*::
+	These variables adjust the default behavior of the `git survey`
+	command. The intention is that this command could be run in the
+	background with these options.
++
+--
+	verbose::
+		This boolean value implies the `--[no-]verbose` option.
+	progress::
+		This boolean value implies the `--[no-]progress` option.
+	top::
+		This integer value implies `--top=<N>`, specifying the
+		number of entries in the detail tables.
+--