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Filenames on Linux/Unix can contain backslashes. On Windows, backslashes are directory separators. Git did not use to refuse to write out tracked files with such filenames. References: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/refs/tags/v2.24.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.6.txt
Created git tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1781969]
Does this bug apply to Fedora (or RHEL)? The commit (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=e1d911dd4c7b76a5a8cec0f5c8de15981e34da83) explicitly mentions mingw.
oss-security mailing list reference: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/13/1
External References: https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-xjx4-8694-q2fq
Upstream patch: https://github.com/git/git/commit/e1d911dd4c7b76a5a8cec0f5c8de15981e34da83
Statement: This issue did not affect the versions of git as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8 as this is a Windows only issue and it does not affect the Linux versions of git.