{"thread":{"id":"60920","subject":"[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.44.0-rc1","startedAt":"2024-02-14T22:37:14Z","lastAt":"2024-02-14T22:37:14Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"488671","messageId":"20240214223710.3664-1-johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","threadId":"60920","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.44.0-rc1","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2024-02-14T22:37:10Z","receivedAt":"2024-02-14T22:37:14Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Dear Git users,\n\nI hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.44.0-rc1 is available from:\n\n    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.44.0-rc1.windows.1\n\nChanges since Git for Windows v2.43.0 (November 20th 2023)\n\nGit for Windows for Windows v2.44 is the last version to support for\nWindows 7 and for Windows 8, see MSYS2's corresponding deprecation\nannouncement (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as\nBash and Perl).\n\nPlease also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is\ndeprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.\n\nNew Features\n\n  * Comes with Git v2.44.0-rc1.\n  * Comes with libfido2 v1.14.0.\n  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on\n    Cygwin v3.4.10.\n  * Comes with Perl v5.38.2.\n  * Git for Windows learned to detect and use native Windows support\n    for ANSI sequences, which allows using 24-bit colors in terminal\n    windows.\n  * Comes with Git LFS v3.4.1.\n  * The repository viewer Tig that is included in Git for Windows can\n    now be called also directly from PowerShell/CMD.\n  * Comes with OpenSSH v9.6.P1.\n  * Comes with Bash v5.2.26.\n  * Comes with GNU TLS v3.8.3.\n  * Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.1.\n  * Comes with cURL v8.6.0.\n  * Comes with GNU Privacy Guard v2.4.4.\n\nBug Fixes\n\n  * The 32-bit variant of Git for Windows was missing some MSYS2\n    runtime updates, which was addressed; Do note 32-bit support is\n    phased out.\n  * The Git for Windows installer showed cut-off text in some setups.\n    This has been fixed.\n  * The git credential-manager --help command previously would not find\n    a page to display in the web browser, which has been fixed.\n  * A couple of bugs that could cause Git Bash to hang in certain\n    scenarios were fixed.\n\nGit-2.44.0-rc1-64-bit.exe | d8157edf354afc66326db927de04e2dae054f55adbf3035bc9086478a5ecb423\nGit-2.44.0-rc1-32-bit.exe | d53b5043216f5be5b154c5fe79e9cfd8c3d2ef2e6263cf3f3a9d358fc60843a4\nPortableGit-2.44.0-rc1-64-bit.7z.exe | 1ee36ef5676e2536f869e6b89efcede826960b78f83cb1a685b9608f045a1582\nPortableGit-2.44.0-rc1-32-bit.7z.exe | f96a638497b19d9d8c578fe1a6b54cb29c793c08ceaf204cbaa91ecd3583ee07\nMinGit-2.44.0-rc1-64-bit.zip | bf13ebe8626699656e5adf659c905c6306b87917bb664fc52377011054771783\nMinGit-2.44.0-rc1-32-bit.zip | 468b33306aca3f605e9fb64075a45a057ae2b72bb5aae42c2e37cf2a9846e37b\nMinGit-2.44.0-rc1-busybox-64-bit.zip | aa667eb43187b7515d539d70ffdc3f12523a03f9bb546584f46342f6673170fc\nMinGit-2.44.0-rc1-busybox-32-bit.zip | 5f902ec741b3e10dcce1e9cb06ed82f04668c9ea680030f52a194a7d869b2aa3\nGit-2.44.0-rc1-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 7b6481465f1080c70e80df448b1fe7ece09407b3d580a8986f7934b6b3529e60\nGit-2.44.0-rc1-32-bit.tar.bz2 | 8eded6886d07440084ce29dac6ce66dfa31795861d33c1a6aeb56bad0e0b31e6\n\nCiao,\nJohannes\n"}]}