Sync with 2.37.4

Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>

t/t7418-submodule-sparse-gitmodules.sh

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export GIT_TEST_FATAL_REGISTER_SUBMODULE_ODB
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	git config --global protocol.file.allow always
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'sparse checkout setup which hides .gitmodules' '
 	git init upstream &&
 	git init submodule &&