[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.50.0-rc1

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.50.0-rc1 is available from:

    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.50.0-rc1.windows.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.49.0 (March 17th 2025)

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.50.0-rc1.
  * Comes with MinTTY v3.7.8.
  * Comes with OpenSSH v10.0.P1.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.2.
  * Comes with cURL v8.14.1.

Bug Fixes

  * On Windows Server 2022, Git v2.48.1 introduced a regression where
    it failed to write files on ReFS drives, which was fixed.
  * Git for Windows 2.48.1 introduced a regression when fetching long
    branches under core.longPaths = true, which was fixed.
  * Git for Windows' installer used a non-writable file for testing
    custom editors, which was fixed.

Git-2.50.0-rc1-64-bit.exe | 4946a0762c4773153e96797473184d94a1649651d7ce9d87ff47d2800f4747a9 Git-2.50.0-rc1-arm64.exe | c7d7da0f2a78c5f7ee760f1d1b132cf8ce1c64f568f6d062fdb1a1c2d9fe5628 PortableGit-2.50.0-rc1-64-bit.7z.exe | 1e5f17d255622424dbb7954545c3ab4de5df11243f2fbb4ac60bb4d6ade09d22 PortableGit-2.50.0-rc1-arm64.7z.exe | 2493fd9e1168d5126a73b35763cb84aadc3469b681ee56f885d8aa0971a4a4e8 MinGit-2.50.0-rc1-64-bit.zip | 75762d02fa0833e222a9bfdbcbe07e45e40b434234dcf72a8c91a7703f1e32d5 MinGit-2.50.0-rc1-arm64.zip | 8fa9ce7af2066d46da0dea6fbe735e062b8eacffce0104619ad89cfca8494ec9 MinGit-2.50.0-rc1-32-bit.zip | 422099ae16744fff2a76d12bbe238b05936fe722171c6792ff322ce044bac799 MinGit-2.50.0-rc1-busybox-64-bit.zip | 4f557c8ae906d4770a055c323d2d0c43360bb7310743ff4412bf7ef1ed34aa1e MinGit-2.50.0-rc1-busybox-32-bit.zip | a176f99d074cabefface32a76493c24990f8fdbbcf887a46aad5ddbe02b009b5 Git-2.50.0-rc1-64-bit.tar.bz2 | d29e17b2e8d531f1b8deca33b3eeca925d3109e4d6c61b1359cb36fbf6222d3b Git-2.50.0-rc1-arm64.tar.bz2 | a4e0daf8300f4ee56f6483d18abc018cb497c1f0da367a558375d0508dbfa780

Ciao, Johannes