Re: SChannel support in Git for Windows

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On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:11:58 -0500
Robert Labrie <robert.labrie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You are correct, SChannel in NT 5.x is limited, but all those versions
> are officially out of support.
> 
> When you're part of a Windows ecosystem, those root certs get pushed
> into the local store by a GPO (usually), and you don't have to think
> about it. That's the only reason I'm pushing.
> 
> Sounds like libcurl can't make it a run time consideration, and git
> (understandably) doesn't want to worry about SChannel limitations in
> very old versions of Windows.
> 
> Does git use libcurl for everything? I wonder if I could just drop my
> own libraries with WinHTTP support?

I'd say you could fork the Git for Windows's SDK [1], hack it to build
curl with the configuration you need and then create your own
installer.  You'll need to rebase your patch each time a new GfW
release will come out, but the patch should be small enough IMO.

1. https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/releases/latest
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