[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc2

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 28, 2026, 14:27 UTC
Message-ID: <1M3lYB-1vkpf32K7H-005Id3@mail.gmx.net>

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc2 is available from:

    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.53.0-rc2.windows.1

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-2.53.0-rc2-64-bit.exe | 8d04f1be821342971d0b0b21e6c5345298849b69f0be018e93c770f027429fa5 Git-2.53.0-rc2-arm64.exe | 8abca21317aa6686e951a7adf18badb7c99d08b92cf3c126fcb96f1765e52482 PortableGit-2.53.0-rc2-64-bit.7z.exe | 24668b9ab15bb83becc0b6c2aecb622236473be741b5b6de94aa678008f9189f PortableGit-2.53.0-rc2-arm64.7z.exe | ef8dd7c8b3583e62786ed491c5daa9294bccc3d03b583d3bccc40c7c2942df65 MinGit-2.53.0-rc2-64-bit.zip | b2b148f2489e1cc93ccf8f12ef67266b60e45790b59b0438ca700cd2c54226ea MinGit-2.53.0-rc2-arm64.zip | b719fac6ec206b029270bdbf6a5ea9a301897adc69093d30fcc0ccfd3dcd76ef MinGit-2.53.0-rc2-32-bit.zip | 52ca2e283cd20acbdb03628e6067dc5e83c56d884c7ea315fdd7e383532b07c5 MinGit-2.53.0-rc2-busybox-64-bit.zip | 343b9859def91cef588c50d279c18bd7fb8406a87c9ab85890ed2415d512eed9 MinGit-2.53.0-rc2-busybox-32-bit.zip | 4f7bd12a9979eb13d490c6136468be16c6a789fbbaf775bff7420b2f8d3fd5bf Git-2.53.0-rc2-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 6087e25459b821df57294cd905a3a2e5f4403f132c5508b50983a0d3c5f294f9 Git-2.53.0-rc2-arm64.tar.bz2 | e4bb529efa52cb759e1c72b53d9ade65a5774eebba723b52eefd7aec074c1620

Ciao, Johannes