Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
As discussed[1] earlier, make sure there are no surprises when ssh-keygen
crashes on some users of OpenSSH 8.7 that are trying ssh signing.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqsfycs21q.fsf@gitster.g/ (local)
Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <redacted>
---
Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
index effab2ea4b..54dcc7240d 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Backward compatibility notes
* The "--preserve-merges" option of "git rebase" has been removed.
+ * The upcoming ssh signing feature is broken if used together with
+ OpenSSH 8.7, avoid using it if you cannot update to OpenSSH 8.8
+ (or stay at 8.6)
That may be correct, but it is NOT a backward compatibility note.