Git for Windows v2.53.0

Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025)

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.53.0.
  * Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes
    the session to "freeze".
  * Git for Windows' installer is now built by InnoSetup v6.6.1.
  * Comes with cURL v8.18.0.
  * Microsoft Edit can now be specified as Git editor.
  * Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.7.0, the "anniversary release"
    after one release-less year, which brings native x64 and ARM64
    binaries for the respective flavors of Git for Windows.
  * Upgrades the memory allocator mimalloc that is used by Git for
    Windows to v2.2.7.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.6.
  * Comes with OpenSSL v3.5.5.

Bug Fixes

  * The installer of Git for Windows v2.52 showed clipped text in some
    setups, which was fixed.
  * When calling Microsoft Store apps, their standard I/O is now set up
    correctly (meaning: You can call an interactive Python interpreter
    without the winpty hack mentioned in the release notes' Known
    Issues).
  * The astextplain tool (which is used by Git for Windows to generate
    diffs of .pdf and .doc files) used to handle empty files
    gracefully. This behavior is now reinstated.

Git for Windows v2.53.0-rc2

Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025)

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.53.0-rc2.
  * Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes
    the session to "freeze".
  * Git for Windows' installer is now built by InnoSetup v6.6.1.
  * Comes with cURL v8.18.0.
  * Microsoft Edit can now be specified as Git editor.
  * Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.7.0, the "anniversary release"
    after one release-less year, which brings native x64 and ARM64
    binaries for the respective flavors of Git for Windows.
  * Upgrades the memory allocator mimalloc that is used by Git for
    Windows to v2.2.7.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.6.
  * Comes with OpenSSL v3.5.5.

Bug Fixes

  * The installer of Git for Windows v2.52 showed clipped text in some
    setups, which was fixed.
  * When calling Microsoft Store apps, their standard I/O is now set up
    correctly (meaning: You can call an interactive Python interpreter
    without the winpty hack mentioned in the release notes' Known
    Issues).
  * The astextplain tool (which is used by Git for Windows to generate
    diffs of .pdf and .doc files) used to handle empty files
    gracefully. This behavior is now reinstated.

Git for Windows v2.53.0-rc1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025)

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.53.0-rc1.
  * Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes
    the session to "freeze".
  * Git for Windows' installer is now built by InnoSetup v6.6.1.
  * Comes with cURL v8.18.0.
  * Microsoft Edit can now be specified as Git editor.
  * Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.7.0, the "anniversary release"
    after one release-less year, which brings native x64 and ARM64
    binaries for the respective flavors of Git for Windows.
  * Upgrades the memory allocator mimalloc that is used by Git for
    Windows to v2.2.7.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.6.

Bug Fixes

  * The installer of Git for Windows v2.52 showed clipped text in some
    setups, which was fixed.
  * When calling Microsoft Store apps, their standard I/O is now set up
    correctly (meaning: You can call an interactive Python interpreter
    without the winpty hack mentioned in the release notes' Known
    Issues).
  * The astextplain tool (which is used by Git for Windows to generate
    diffs of .pdf and .doc files) used to handle empty files
    gracefully. This behavior is now reinstated.

Git for Windows v2.53.0-rc0

Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025)

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.53.0-rc0.
  * Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes
    the session to "freeze".
  * Git for Windows' installer is now built by InnoSetup v6.6.1.
  * Comes with cURL v8.18.0.
  * Microsoft Edit can now be specified as Git editor.
  * Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.7.0, the "anniversary release"
    after one release-less year, which brings native x64 and ARM64
    binaries for the respective flavors of Git for Windows.
  * Upgrades the memory allocator mimalloc that is used by Git for
    Windows to v2.2.6.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.6.

Bug Fixes

  * The installer of Git for Windows v2.52 showed clipped text in some
    setups, which was fixed.
  * When calling Microsoft Store apps, their standard I/O is now set up
    correctly (meaning: You can call an interactive Python interpreter
    without the winpty hack mentioned in the release notes' Known
    Issues).
  * The astextplain tool (which is used by Git for Windows to generate
    diffs of .pdf and .doc files) used to handle empty files
    gracefully. This behavior is now reinstated.

Git for Windows v2.52.0

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025)

As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer
supported by the Git for Windows project.

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.52.0.
  * Comes with PCRE2 v10.47.
  * Comes with cURL v8.17.0.
  * The Git for Windows installer is now built with version 6.6.0 of
    InnoSetup, giving it a more modern look.

Bug Fixes

  * The command git help git-bash was broken by a change in upstream
    Git v2.49.0, which has been fixed.

Git for Windows v2.52.0-rc2

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025)

As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer
supported by the Git for Windows project.

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.52.0-rc2.
  * Comes with PCRE2 v10.47.
  * Comes with cURL v8.17.0.
  * The Git for Windows installer is now built with version 6.6.0 of
    InnoSetup, giving it a more modern look.

Git for Windows v2.52.0-rc1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025)

As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer
supported by the Git for Windows project.

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.52.0-rc1.
  * Comes with PCRE2 v10.47.
  * Comes with cURL v8.17.0.

Git for Windows v2.52.0-rc0

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025)

As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer
supported by the Git for Windows project.

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.52.0-rc0.
  *
      + Comes with PCRE2 v10.47.

Git for Windows v2.51.2

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.1 (October 17th 2025)

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.51.2.

Bug Fixes

  * The default credential helper in the portable variant of Git for
    Windows (credential-helper-selector) is now high DPI aware.

Git for Windows v2.51.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.0(2) (September 29th 2025)

This is a security release! Git LFS (which is enabled by default in Git
for Windows) fixes CVE-2025-26625 (Severity rated High, 8.6 / 10) in
v3.7.1. Please only clone or pull from repositories you trust until you
upgraded.

Due to persistent maintenance challenges and the community's limited
engagement and usage, git svn support in Git for Windows will be
dropped from the next major Git for Windows release.

Note that git flow is no longer shipped with Git for Windows, after a
version had been distributed that had been languishing for years. Even
the original, years-stale Git Flow project has been archived.

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.51.1.
  * Comes with Git LFS v3.7.1, addressing CVE-2025-26625.
  * Comes with OpenSSL v3.5.4.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.5.
  * Comes with OpenSSH v10.2.P1.
  * Drops git flow.

Bug Fixes

  * A potential memory corruption in the optional wincred credential
    helper was fixed.