Hello Peter,
Your post was very informative, and clear-cut. I went to the GitHub site and looked at the dates and descriptions of the individual files. There are only a few, which does not show anything of significant importance regarding updated/new parts.
I believe your post to be a primary alternative until the ‘libgit2’ discrepancy is resolved. The link to the the zip allows anyone the ability to ascertain if it is worth cloning or downloading based on the date and description of each file.
In my case, it is not feasible to clone or download the zip. The changes are insignificant and not needed.
Thank-you for your reply.
Hawkeye