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> if Git is configured globally to apply delay-capable clean/smudge filters (such as Git LFS) What is the simple test for whether this is the case or not? Is

• goatinaboat 6y ago
  Is this a default-on scenario? No, LFS is something you would have to explicitly enable, however it is pretty common to do so if you want to store binary blobs in Git.
  • ExtraE 6y ago
    Git for windows has LFS on by default.
• matheust 6y ago
  > What is the simple test for whether this is the case or not? As suggested in GitHub's announcement post[1], you can test this with the following: `git config --show-scope --get-regexp 'filter\..*\.process'` (replace the single quotes by double quotes on Windows Command Prompt) > Is this a default-on scenario? On Windows yes, because Git-for-Windows configures Git LFS by default. [1]: https://github.blog/2021-03-09-git-clone-vulnerability-announced https://github.blog/2021-03-09-git-clone-vulnerability-annou...
  • dragonwriter 6y ago
    Doesn't Git-for-Windows default configure symbolic link support off, though? Or does this exploit work even in that case as long as the underlying file system supports symlinks?
    • matheust 6y ago
      Git-for-Windows may turn symlink support on by default under some specific circumstances. As the repo's wiki [1] says: Short version: there is no exact equivalent for POSIX symlinks on Windows, and the closest thing is unavailable for non-admins by default unless Developer Mode is enabled and a relatively recent Windows 10 version is used. Therefore, symlink emulation support is only turned on by default when that scenario is detected. [1]: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Symbolic-Links https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Symbolic-Links