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For context, this header file was introduced during the period of Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub.

Git's banned.h roughly approximates the banned functions according to Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/bb288454(...

It seems Microsoft once published their own banned.h, but this file is not readily available from the MSDN anymore.

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What are you saying is the connection between GitHub's acquisition and this header? This code is from git, not GitHub.

I'm also confused reading that comment, but I suppose the intended link is that GitHub employees are significant git contributors?

Yes, I've seen other instances of Microsoft/GitHub making substantial Git contributions: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/supercharging-the-git-...

Microsoft seemed to have been adopting Git already, so it may be that acquiring Github was merely part of a broader Git strategy that Microsoft has adopted.

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