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Question regarding Git updater

From
ASAndreas Scholz <andr3asr@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 14, 2023, 16:44 UTC
Message-ID
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Hi

I hope you can help me with answering my question regarding the update mechanism for Git after it has been installed.

1) Does the updater autonomously figure out if there is a newer
version than the current one that is installed?
2) Or does the updater only ask, when the user actively uses a command
to ask Git to check for a newer version?
3) In both cases, what information about the user/system is sent with
the request? Is this information stored on a server or database etc.?
BR
Andreas
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  1. Andreas ScholzDec 14, 2023
  2. Jeff KingDec 14, 2023
  3. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2023

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