* Security: Fixed command injection via malicious git branch name (GHSA-47f6-5gq3-vx9c / CVE-2024-35241)

* Security: Fixed multiple command injections via malicious git/hg branch names (GHSA-v9qv-c7wm-wgmf / CVE-2024-35242)

* Fixed PSR violations for classes not matching the namespace of a rule being hidden, this may lead to new violations being shown (#11957)

* Fixed UX when a plugin is still in vendor dir but is not required nor allowed anymore after changing branches (#12000)

* Fixed new platform requirements from composer.json not being checked if the lock file is outdated (#12001)

* Fixed secure-http checks that could be bypassed by using malformed URL formats (fa3b9582c)

* Fixed Filesystem::isLocalPath including windows-specific checks on linux (3c37a67c)

* Fixed perforce argument escaping (3773f775)

* Fixed handling of zip bombs when extracting archives (de5f7e32)

* Fixed Windows command parameter escaping to prevent abuse of unicode characters with best fit encoding conversion (3130a7455)

* Fixed ability for `config` command to remove autoload keys (#11967)

* Fixed empty `type` support in `init` command (#11999)

* Fixed git clone errors when `safe.bareRepository` is set to `strict` in the git config (#11969)

* Fixed regression showing network errors on PHP <8.1 (#11974)

* Fixed some color bleed from a few warnings (#11972)

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