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+Git v2.45.1 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.39.4,
+v2.40.2, v2.41.1, v2.42.2, v2.43.4 and v2.44.1 to address the
+security issues CVE-2024-32002, CVE-2024-32004, CVE-2024-32020,
+CVE-2024-32021 and CVE-2024-32465; see the release notes for
+these versions for details.
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
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 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.45.0
+DEF_VER=v2.45.1
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
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