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+Git v2.5.5 Release Notes
+========================
+
+Fixes since v2.5.4
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+
+ * Bugfix patches were backported from the 'master' front to plug heap
+ corruption holes, to catch integer overflow in the computation of
+ pathname lengths, and to get rid of the name_path API. Both of
+ these would have resulted in writing over an under-allocated buffer
+ when formulating pathnames while tree traversal.
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v2.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.4]
+* link:v2.5.5/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.5]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/2.5.5.txt[2.5.5],
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],
#!/bin/sh
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+DEF_VER=v2.5.5
LF='
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-Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt
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+Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt
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