This update for git fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2020-5260: With a crafted URL that contains a newline in it, the credential helper machinery can be fooled to give credential information for a wrong host . Non-security issue fixed: git was updated to 2.26.0 for SHA256 support : - the xinetd snippet was removed - the System V init script for the git-daemon was replaced by a systemd service file of the same name. git 2.26.0: * quot;git rebasequot; now uses a different backend that is based on the "merge" machinery by default. The "rebase.backend" configuration variable reverts to old behaviour when set to "apply" * Improved handling of sparse checkouts * Improvements to many commands and internal features