Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.39.1-433-g23c56

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diff --git a/RelNotes/2.40.0.txt b/RelNotes/2.40.0.txt
index 7ddfafc2e..edbbe7d04 100644
--- a/RelNotes/2.40.0.txt
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@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * "git rebase" often ignored incompatible options instead of
    complaining, which has been corrected.
 
+ * "scalar" warns but continues when its periodic maintenance
+   feature cannot be enabled.
+
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
 
@@ -204,6 +207,21 @@ Fixes since v2.39
    the ssh agent in the codepath to sign with an ssh key.
    (merge dce7b31126 as/ssh-signing-improve-key-missing-error later to maint).
 
+ * Adjust "git request-pull" to strip embedded signature from signed
+   tags to notice non-PGP signatures.
+   (merge a9cad02538 gm/request-pull-with-non-pgp-signed-tags later to maint).
+
+ * Remove support for MSys, which now lags way behind MSys2.
+   (merge 2987407f3c hj/remove-msys-support later to maint).
+
+ * Fix use of CreateThread() API call made early in the windows
+   start-up code.
+   (merge 592bcab61b sk/winansi-createthread-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git pack-objects" learned to release delta-island bitmap data when
+   it is done using it, saving peak heap memory usage.
+   (merge 647982bb71 ew/free-island-marks later to maint).
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge 77e04b2ed4 rs/t4205-do-not-exit-in-test-script later to maint).
    (merge faebba436e rs/plug-pattern-list-leak-in-lof later to maint).
@@ -237,3 +255,6 @@ Fixes since v2.39
    (merge 5458ba0a4d tb/t0003-invoke-dd-more-portably later to maint).
    (merge 70661d288b ar/markup-em-dash later to maint).
    (merge e750951e74 en/ls-files-doc-update later to maint).
+   (merge 4f542975d1 mh/doc-credential-cache-only-in-core later to maint).
+   (merge 3a2ebaebc7 gc/index-format-doc later to maint).
+   (merge b08edf709d jk/httpd-test-updates later to maint).
diff --git a/git-credential-cache.html b/git-credential-cache.html
index 8ce1b470f..8ef664dc4 100644
--- a/git-credential-cache.html
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@@ -757,10 +757,13 @@ git-credential-cache(1) Manual Page
 <div class="sect1">

 <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>

 <div class="sectionbody">

-<div class="paragraph"><p>This command caches credentials in memory for use by future Git

-programs. The stored credentials never touch the disk, and are forgotten

-after a configurable timeout.  The cache is accessible over a Unix

-domain socket, restricted to the current user by filesystem permissions.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>This command caches credentials for use by future Git programs.

+The stored credentials are kept in memory of the cache-daemon

+process (instead of written to a file) and are forgotten after a

+configurable timeout. Credentials are forgotten sooner if the

+cache-daemon dies, for example if the system restarts. The cache

+is accessible over a Unix domain socket, restricted to the current

+user by filesystem permissions.</p></div>

 <div class="paragraph"><p>You probably don&#8217;t want to invoke this command directly; it is meant to

 be used as a credential helper by other parts of Git. See

 <a href="gitcredentials.html">gitcredentials(7)</a> or <code>EXAMPLES</code> below.</p></div>

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diff --git a/git-credential-cache.txt b/git-credential-cache.txt
index 432e159d9..f473994a8 100644
--- a/git-credential-cache.txt
+++ b/git-credential-cache.txt
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ git config credential.helper 'cache [<options>]'
 DESCRIPTION
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-This command caches credentials in memory for use by future Git
-programs. The stored credentials never touch the disk, and are forgotten
-after a configurable timeout.  The cache is accessible over a Unix
-domain socket, restricted to the current user by filesystem permissions.
+This command caches credentials for use by future Git programs.
+The stored credentials are kept in memory of the cache-daemon
+process (instead of written to a file) and are forgotten after a
+configurable timeout. Credentials are forgotten sooner if the
+cache-daemon dies, for example if the system restarts. The cache
+is accessible over a Unix domain socket, restricted to the current
+user by filesystem permissions.
 
 You probably don't want to invoke this command directly; it is meant to
 be used as a credential helper by other parts of Git. See
diff --git a/gitformat-index.html b/gitformat-index.html
index c8b0a684e..940ea0cfe 100644
--- a/gitformat-index.html
+++ b/gitformat-index.html
@@ -882,13 +882,17 @@ the path ends in a directory separator.</code></pre>
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+<pre><code>16-bit unused, must be zero</code></pre>

+</div></div>

+<div class="literalblock">

+<div class="content">

 <pre><code>4-bit object type

   valid values in binary are 1000 (regular file), 1010 (symbolic link)

   and 1110 (gitlink)</code></pre>

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-<pre><code>3-bit unused</code></pre>

+<pre><code>3-bit unused, must be zero</code></pre>

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diff --git a/gitformat-index.txt b/gitformat-index.txt
index 015cb21bd..0773e5c38 100644
--- a/gitformat-index.txt
+++ b/gitformat-index.txt
@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ Git index format
 
   32-bit mode, split into (high to low bits)
 
+    16-bit unused, must be zero
+
     4-bit object type
       valid values in binary are 1000 (regular file), 1010 (symbolic link)
       and 1110 (gitlink)
 
-    3-bit unused
+    3-bit unused, must be zero
 
     9-bit unix permission. Only 0755 and 0644 are valid for regular files.
     Symbolic links and gitlinks have value 0 in this field.
diff --git a/howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.html b/howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.html
index 6fa13ef4d..d0efc42a0 100644
--- a/howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.html
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diff --git a/howto/keep-canonical-history-correct.html b/howto/keep-canonical-history-correct.html
index a0c1d7f91..3e0a16521 100644
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diff --git a/howto/maintain-git.html b/howto/maintain-git.html
index 03bea7af1..6d20e9b4a 100644
--- a/howto/maintain-git.html
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diff --git a/howto/new-command.html b/howto/new-command.html
index 231f1e3a5..5b44a6fc9 100644
--- a/howto/new-command.html
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diff --git a/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html b/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html
index dfdb9b647..7a7ec74e1 100644
--- a/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html
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diff --git a/howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html b/howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html
index 96b78d15c..1bda2c8e2 100644
--- a/howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html
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diff --git a/howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html b/howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html
index b397a35e5..c5f0adeed 100644
--- a/howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html
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diff --git a/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html b/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html
index 5580a0efc..099f9c6c8 100644
--- a/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html
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diff --git a/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html b/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
index 58841ef4f..3dd74889b 100644
--- a/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
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diff --git a/howto/revert-branch-rebase.html b/howto/revert-branch-rebase.html
index 348d9ed54..ca1d807a4 100644
--- a/howto/revert-branch-rebase.html
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diff --git a/howto/separating-topic-branches.html b/howto/separating-topic-branches.html
index 1378bd511..382c8ac18 100644
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diff --git a/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.html b/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.html
index c9a23a4dc..9a2217011 100644
--- a/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.html
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diff --git a/howto/update-hook-example.html b/howto/update-hook-example.html
index e4c992445..658b12146 100644
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diff --git a/howto/use-git-daemon.html b/howto/use-git-daemon.html
index 0e4cc6893..c5413f7e0 100644
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diff --git a/howto/using-merge-subtree.html b/howto/using-merge-subtree.html
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