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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt3
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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt
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@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Git v2.5.4 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.5.4
+------------------
+
+ * xdiff code we use to generate diffs is not prepared to handle
+ extremely large files. It uses "int" in many places, which can
+ overflow if we have a very large number of lines or even bytes in
+ our input files, for example. Cap the input size to soemwhere
+ around 1GB for now.
+
+ * Some protocols (like git-remote-ext) can execute arbitrary code
+ found in the URL. The URLs that submodules use may come from
+ arbitrary sources (e.g., .gitmodules files in a remote
+ repository), and can hurt those who blindly enable recursive
+ fetch. Restrict the allowed protocols to well known and safe
+ ones.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index b2d88688aa..1a262757dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v2.5.3/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.3]
+* link:v2.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.4]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.5.4.txt[2.5.4],
link:RelNotes/2.5.3.txt[2.5.3],
link:RelNotes/2.5.2.txt[2.5.2],
link:RelNotes/2.5.1.txt[2.5.1],