Git for Windows

Changes since Git for Windows v2.47.0 (October 8th 2024)

Bug Fixes

• A regression in v2.47.0 where git maintenance start crashed immediately was fixed.
• A regression where clones, fetches and pushes via SSH would dead-lock was fixed.
• As of Git for Windows v2.47.0, Scalar was supposed to enable an optimized push algorithm, but for a typo didn't, which was fixed.
• A few documentation and other, minor bug fixes from upstream Git were integrated into Git for Windows early.

Changes since Git for Windows v2.46.2 (September 24th 2024)

Git for Windows for Windows v2.47 drops support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, as announced previously.

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.47.0.
• Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin v3.5.4, which drops Windows 7 and Windows 8 support.
• The new, experimental git backfill command was added: It helps fetching relevant Git objects smartly in a partial, sparse clone.
• The new, experimental git survey command was added. This command is designed to help identify less-than-ide

Changes since Git for Windows v2.46.2 (September 24th 2024)

Git for Windows for Windows v2.47 drops support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, as announced previously.

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.47.0-rc1.
• Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin v3.5.4, which drops Windows 7 and Windows 8 support.
• The new, experimental git backfill command was added: It helps fetching relevant Git objects smartly in a partial, sparse clone.
• The new, expe

Changes since Git for Windows v2.46.2 (September 24th 2024)

Git for Windows for Windows v2.47 drops support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, as announced previously.

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.47.0-rc0.
• Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin v3.5.4, which drops Windows 7 and Windows 8 support.
• The new, experimental git backfill command was added: It helps fetching relevant Git objects smartly in a partial, sparse clone.
• The new, expe

Changes since Git for Windows v2.46.1 (September 18th 2024)

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.46.2.
• Comes with OpenSSH v9.9.P1.
• Comes with MinTTY v3.7.6.
• Comes with Bash v5.2.37.
• Comes with the new, experimental --full-name-hash option for git repack that helps packing monorepos more tightly.

Changes since Git for Windows v2.46.0 (July 29th 2024)

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.46.1.
• Comes with Bash v5.2.32.
• Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.3.
• Comes with MinTTY v3.7.5.
• Comes with cURL v8.10.1.

Bug Fixes

• The support code enabled via core.WSLCompat did not work well with files stored in subdirectories of the worktree, which has been fixed.
• When using an askpass helper (e.g. implicitly when running inside VS Code's internal terminal), Git v2.46.0 would error out with "read error: Invalid argument"; This bug has been fixed.

Changes since Git for Windows v2.45.2 (June 3rd 2024)

Git for Windows for Windows v2.46 is the last version to support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, see MSYS2's corresponding deprecation announcement (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as Bash and Perl).

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.46.0.
• Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.2.
• Comes with PCRE2 v10.44.
• Comes with OpenSSH v9.8.P1.
• Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.5.1.
• Comes with MinTTY v3.7.4.
• git config respects two user-wide configs<

Changes since Git for Windows v2.45.2 (June 3rd 2024)

Git for Windows for Windows v2.46 is the last version to support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, see MSYS2's corresponding deprecation announcement (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as Bash and Perl).

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.46.0-rc2.
• Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.2.
• Comes with PCRE2 v10.44.
• Comes with OpenSSH v9.8.P1.
• Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.5.1.

Changes since Git for Windows v2.45.2 (June 3rd 2024)

Git for Windows for Windows v2.46 is the last version to support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, see MSYS2's corresponding deprecation announcement (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as Bash and Perl).

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.46.0-rc1.
• Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.2.
• Comes with PCRE2 v10.44.
• Comes with OpenSSH v9.8.P1.
• Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.5.1.

Changes since Git for Windows v2.45.2 (June 3rd 2024)

Git for Windows for Windows v2.46 is the last version to support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, see MSYS2's corresponding deprecation announcement (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as Bash and Perl).

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.46.0-rc0.
• Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.2.
• Comes with PCRE2 v10.44.
• Comes with OpenSSH v9.8.P1.
• Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.5.1.

Changes since Git for Windows v2.45.1 (May 14th 2024)

Git for Windows for Windows v2.45 is the last version to support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, see MSYS2's corresponding deprecation announcement (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as Bash and Perl).

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.45.2.
• Comes with Tig v2.5.10.
• Comes with cURL v8.8.0.

Bug Fixes

• When Git for Windows v2.44.0 introduced the ability to use native Win32 Console ANSI sequence processing, an inadvertent fallout was that in this instance, non-ASCI