Git 2.53.1

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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+Git v2.53.1 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.50.2, v2.51.3 and
+v2.52.1 to address CVE-2026-111760, CVE-2026-113408, CVE-2026-114466,
+CVE-2026-114467, CVE-2026-114469 and CVE-2026-105437; see the
+release notes for these versions for details.
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-DEF_VER=v2.53.0
+DEF_VER=v2.53.1
 
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