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@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ OPTIONS
--build-options::
Include additional information about how git was built for diagnostic
purposes.
++
+The libraries used to implement the SHA-1 and SHA-256 algorithms are displayed
+in the form `SHA-1: <option>` and `SHA-256: <option>`. Note that the SHA-1
+options `SHA1_APPLE`, `SHA1_OPENSSL`, and `SHA1_BLK` do not use a collision
+detection algorithm and thus may be vulnerable to known SHA-1 collision
+attacks.
GIT
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