From 28f56f2bed36b3ef3bb15e0e97d6b792805d3198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Mercer <henrymercer@github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:35:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update minimum Git version required for overlay

---
 lib/init-action.js       | 2 +-
 src/config-utils.test.ts | 2 +-
 src/git-utils.ts         | 7 ++++---
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/init-action.js b/lib/init-action.js
index cf2669305..ec26268cb 100644
--- a/lib/init-action.js
+++ b/lib/init-action.js
@@ -105196,7 +105196,7 @@ var core8 = __toESM(require_core());
 var toolrunner2 = __toESM(require_toolrunner());
 var io3 = __toESM(require_io());
 var semver3 = __toESM(require_semver2());
-var GIT_MINIMUM_VERSION_FOR_OVERLAY = "2.38.0";
+var GIT_MINIMUM_VERSION_FOR_OVERLAY = "2.11.0";
 var GitVersionInfo = class {
   constructor(truncatedVersion, fullVersion) {
     this.truncatedVersion = truncatedVersion;
diff --git a/src/config-utils.test.ts b/src/config-utils.test.ts
index 0c14dcf9c..0d7c74725 100644
--- a/src/config-utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/config-utils.test.ts
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ test.serial(
   "Fallback due to old git version",
   {
     overlayDatabaseEnvVar: "overlay",
-    gitVersion: new GitVersionInfo("2.30.0", "2.30.0"), // Version below required 2.38.0
+    gitVersion: new GitVersionInfo("2.10.0", "2.10.0"), // Version below required 2.11.0
   },
   {
     disabledReason: OverlayDisabledReason.IncompatibleGit,
diff --git a/src/git-utils.ts b/src/git-utils.ts
index 16bf01f59..80e49f2f6 100644
--- a/src/git-utils.ts
+++ b/src/git-utils.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ import {
 import { ConfigurationError, getRequiredEnvParam } from "./util";
 
 /**
- * Minimum Git version required for overlay analysis. The `git ls-files --format`
- * option, which is used by `getFileOidsUnderPath`, was introduced in Git 2.38.0.
+ * Minimum Git version required for overlay analysis. The
+ * `git ls-files --recurse-submodules` option, which is used by
+ * `getFileOidsUnderPath`, was introduced in Git 2.11.0.
  */
-export const GIT_MINIMUM_VERSION_FOR_OVERLAY = "2.38.0";
+export const GIT_MINIMUM_VERSION_FOR_OVERLAY = "2.11.0";
 
 /**
  * Git version information