HTTP: Handle an edgecase within the URI parsing library included in Requests, where if a double slash exists at the start of the path the URL is passed to cURL malformed.

Merge of [38429] to the 4.6 branch.

Props dd32, flixos90 for initial patch.
Fixes #37733.

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wp-includes/class-http.php

@@ -362,6 +362,9 @@ class WP_Http {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Work around a bug in Requests when the path starts with // See https://github.com/rmccue/Requests/issues/231
+		$url = preg_replace( '!^(\w+://[^/]+)//(.*)$!i', '$1/$2', $url );
+
 		try {
 			$requests_response = Requests::request( $url, $headers, $data, $type, $options );
 

wp-includes/version.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.6.1-alpha-38476';
+$wp_version = '4.6.1-alpha-38485';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.