{"thread":{"id":"60964","subject":"[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.44.0-rc2","startedAt":"2024-02-20T19:06:36Z","lastAt":"2024-02-20T19:06:36Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"489011","messageId":"20240220190630.3700-1-johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","threadId":"60964","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.44.0-rc2","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2024-02-20T19:06:30Z","receivedAt":"2024-02-20T19:06:36Z","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-rc2 is available from:\n\n    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.44.0-rc2.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-rc2.\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-rc2-64-bit.exe | d188ba8cb0d36fda22fa12759de00c9e23cc45f57521f05184d3cf8c36a6fec3\nGit-2.44.0-rc2-32-bit.exe | 12149c903330ccae8298a6890d3eed49939393c3a806775ef0ddb27674315556\nPortableGit-2.44.0-rc2-64-bit.7z.exe | 4b753124cec6aa6635001c48716b249cc43a37db10aec3f0cccfc68d6d20ac7c\nPortableGit-2.44.0-rc2-32-bit.7z.exe | b8cfa7ae7549a3c12a4e19fb9598e16161858075bba3df4110f0585e2476bb5a\nMinGit-2.44.0-rc2-64-bit.zip | 6db61b0855f4dd67770a221debea944c7a69cb8fa37acb5b1c85c10ea914464e\nMinGit-2.44.0-rc2-32-bit.zip | e92da5248e2165c1a25fcfce0469754cee218e8954bfe7711890d06803be1659\nMinGit-2.44.0-rc2-busybox-64-bit.zip | 117839c34a0dba2323d46bf1c66172b4452c9323ab8f917266ef088aec1dc118\nMinGit-2.44.0-rc2-busybox-32-bit.zip | d9820cccb91d80f46914c047f65424599cb29e87ff7a015e9fcd82b84e7b9abd\nGit-2.44.0-rc2-64-bit.tar.bz2 | e6346c6ca380035642334d81480f24e74dfaed56f3b8d8313df6989c7b7cad11\nGit-2.44.0-rc2-32-bit.tar.bz2 | d94aee3941b289f6b1ebf20cca84165628603cce71a067c44338b20e380deaa3\n\nCiao,\nJohannes\n"}]}