diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 552827935a..ff2d0190f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -333,6 +333,10 @@ advice.*::
 	commitBeforeMerge::
 		Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
 		merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
+	resetQuiet::
+		Advice to consider using the `--quiet` option to linkgit:git-reset[1]
+		when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate unstaged
+		changes after reset.
 	resolveConflict::
 		Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
 		prevent the operation from being performed.
@@ -2003,6 +2007,27 @@ http.sslCAPath::
 	with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
 	by the `GIT_SSL_CAPATH` environment variable.
 
+http.sslBackend::
+	Name of the SSL backend to use (e.g. "openssl" or "schannel").
+	This option is ignored if cURL lacks support for choosing the SSL
+	backend at runtime.
+
+http.schannelCheckRevoke::
+	Used to enforce or disable certificate revocation checks in cURL
+	when http.sslBackend is set to "schannel". Defaults to `true` if
+	unset. Only necessary to disable this if Git consistently errors
+	and the message is about checking the revocation status of a
+	certificate. This option is ignored if cURL lacks support for
+	setting the relevant SSL option at runtime.
+
+http.schannelUseSSLCAInfo::
+	As of cURL v7.60.0, the Secure Channel backend can use the
+	certificate bundle provided via `http.sslCAInfo`, but that would
+	override the Windows Certificate Store. Since this is not desirable
+	by default, Git will tell cURL not to use that bundle by default
+	when the `schannel` backend was configured via `http.sslBackend`,
+	unless `http.schannelUseSSLCAInfo` overrides this behavior.
+
 http.pinnedpubkey::
 	Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
 	a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with
@@ -2753,6 +2778,9 @@ rerere.enabled::
 	`$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
 	repository.
 
+reset.quiet::
+	When set to true, 'git reset' will default to the '--quiet' option.
+
 include::sendemail-config.txt[]
 
 sequence.editor::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 1d697d9962..2dac95c71a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -q::
 --quiet::
-	Be quiet, only report errors.
+--no-quiet::
+	Be quiet, only report errors. The default behavior is set by the
+	`reset.quiet` config option. `--quiet` and `--no-quiet` will
+	override the default behavior.
 
 
 EXAMPLES
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 3561cd64e9..5f35656409 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ int advice_push_needs_force = 1;
 int advice_status_hints = 1;
 int advice_status_u_option = 1;
 int advice_commit_before_merge = 1;
+int advice_reset_quiet_warning = 1;
 int advice_resolve_conflict = 1;
 int advice_implicit_identity = 1;
 int advice_detached_head = 1;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "statusHints", &advice_status_hints },
 	{ "statusUoption", &advice_status_u_option },
 	{ "commitBeforeMerge", &advice_commit_before_merge },
+	{ "resetQuiet", &advice_reset_quiet_warning },
 	{ "resolveConflict", &advice_resolve_conflict },
 	{ "implicitIdentity", &advice_implicit_identity },
 	{ "detachedHead", &advice_detached_head },
diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index ab24df0fd0..696bf0e7d2 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ extern int advice_push_needs_force;
 extern int advice_status_hints;
 extern int advice_status_u_option;
 extern int advice_commit_before_merge;
+extern int advice_reset_quiet_warning;
 extern int advice_resolve_conflict;
 extern int advice_implicit_identity;
 extern int advice_detached_head;
diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index 6d37a35e2e..58166964f8 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "submodule.h"
 #include "submodule-config.h"
 
+#define REFRESH_INDEX_DELAY_WARNING_IN_MS (2 * 1000)
+
 static const char * const git_reset_usage[] = {
 	N_("git reset [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]"),
 	N_("git reset [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>..."),
@@ -307,6 +309,7 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	};
 
 	git_config(git_reset_config, NULL);
+	git_config_get_bool("reset.quiet", &quiet);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, git_reset_usage,
 						PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
@@ -376,9 +379,19 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			int flags = quiet ? REFRESH_QUIET : REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN;
 			if (read_from_tree(&pathspec, &oid, intent_to_add))
 				return 1;
-			if (get_git_work_tree())
+			if (!quiet && get_git_work_tree()) {
+				uint64_t t_begin, t_delta_in_ms;
+
+				t_begin = getnanotime();
 				refresh_index(&the_index, flags, NULL, NULL,
 					      _("Unstaged changes after reset:"));
+				t_delta_in_ms = (getnanotime() - t_begin) / 1000000;
+				if (advice_reset_quiet_warning && t_delta_in_ms > REFRESH_INDEX_DELAY_WARNING_IN_MS) {
+					printf(_("\nIt took %.2f seconds to enumerate unstaged changes after reset.  You can\n"
+						"use '--quiet' to avoid this.  Set the config setting reset.quiet to true\n"
+						"to make this the default.\n"), t_delta_in_ms / 1000.0);
+				}
+			}
 		} else {
 			int err = reset_index(&oid, reset_type, quiet);
 			if (reset_type == KEEP && !err)
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 98ff122585..28009ca73a 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ static struct active_request_slot *active_queue_head;
 
 static char *cached_accept_language;
 
+static char *http_ssl_backend;
+
+static int http_schannel_check_revoke = 1;
+/*
+ * With the backend being set to `schannel`, setting sslCAinfo would override
+ * the Certificate Store in cURL v7.60.0 and later, which is not what we want
+ * by default.
+ */
+static int http_schannel_use_ssl_cainfo;
+
 size_t fread_buffer(char *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb, void *buffer_)
 {
 	size_t size = eltsize * nmemb;
@@ -302,6 +312,22 @@ static int http_options(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		curl_ssl_try = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp("http.sslbackend", var)) {
+		free(http_ssl_backend);
+		http_ssl_backend = xstrdup_or_null(value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!strcmp("http.schannelcheckrevoke", var)) {
+		http_schannel_check_revoke = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!strcmp("http.schannelusesslcainfo", var)) {
+		http_schannel_use_ssl_cainfo = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!strcmp("http.minsessions", var)) {
 		min_curl_sessions = git_config_int(var, value);
 #ifndef USE_CURL_MULTI
@@ -803,6 +829,16 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 	}
 #endif
 
+	if (http_ssl_backend && !strcmp("schannel", http_ssl_backend) &&
+	    !http_schannel_check_revoke) {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072c00
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE);
+#else
+		warning("CURLSSLOPT_NO_REVOKE not applied to curl SSL options because\n"
+			"your curl version is too old (< 7.44.0)");
+#endif
+	}
+
 	if (http_proactive_auth)
 		init_curl_http_auth(result);
 
@@ -844,7 +880,13 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 	if (ssl_pinnedkey != NULL)
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY, ssl_pinnedkey);
 #endif
-	if (ssl_cainfo != NULL)
+	if (http_ssl_backend && !strcmp("schannel", http_ssl_backend) &&
+	    !http_schannel_use_ssl_cainfo) {
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_CAINFO, NULL);
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x073400
+		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO, NULL);
+#endif
+	} else if (ssl_cainfo != NULL)
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_CAINFO, ssl_cainfo);
 
 	if (curl_low_speed_limit > 0 && curl_low_speed_time > 0) {
@@ -995,6 +1037,33 @@ void http_init(struct remote *remote, const char *url, int proactive_auth)
 	git_config(urlmatch_config_entry, &config);
 	free(normalized_url);
 
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x073800
+	if (http_ssl_backend) {
+		const curl_ssl_backend **backends;
+		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+		int i;
+
+		switch (curl_global_sslset(-1, http_ssl_backend, &backends)) {
+		case CURLSSLSET_UNKNOWN_BACKEND:
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, _("Unsupported SSL backend '%s'. "
+					    "Supported SSL backends:"),
+					    http_ssl_backend);
+			for (i = 0; backends[i]; i++)
+				strbuf_addf(&buf, "\n\t%s", backends[i]->name);
+			die("%s", buf.buf);
+		case CURLSSLSET_NO_BACKENDS:
+			die(_("Could not set SSL backend to '%s': "
+			      "cURL was built without SSL backends"),
+			    http_ssl_backend);
+		case CURLSSLSET_TOO_LATE:
+			die(_("Could not set SSL backend to '%s': already set"),
+			    http_ssl_backend);
+		case CURLSSLSET_OK:
+			break; /* Okay! */
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) != CURLE_OK)
 		die("curl_global_init failed");