doc: Add missing netrc release notes

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+## Credentials from `~/.netrc` for `https` URLs
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+When a subproject is downloaded using an `https://` URL, credentials from
+`~/.netrc` are now used. This avoids hardcoding login and password in plain
+text in the URL itself.