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+**Note** this is a security fix release. While the security
+hole needs perhaps some social engineering to exploit, a prompt upgrade is
+strongly recommended.
+
git-annex 6.20170818 released with [[!toggle text="these changes"]]
[[!toggleable text="""
* Security fix: Disallow hostname starting with a dash, which
@@ -39,4 +43,4 @@ git-annex 6.20170818 released with [[!toggle text="these changes"]]
* Fix the external special remotes git-annex-remote-ipfs,
git-annex-remote-torrent and the example.sh template to correctly
support filenames with spaces.
- * Windows: Win32 package has subsumed Win32-extras; update dependency."""]] \ No newline at end of file
+ * Windows: Win32 package has subsumed Win32-extras; update dependency."""]]