Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
WindowsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.305,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear Nothing says how the opensslBackend option is switched on.
What
Claude Code can add settings to git when it runs it. A new opensslBackend option adds http.sslBackend=openssl, which tells git to use OpenSSL for secure (TLS) connections. It sits next to the existing options for Windows' own certificate system, Schannel, so it is aimed at git on Windows.
Why
This could fix problems where git on Windows fails to make secure connections or rejects certificates.
