From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:20:05 GMT
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc1
Message-ID: <1N0oG5-1vxFJ536aT-00yb0K@mail.gmx.net>

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc1 is available from:

    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.53.0-rc1.windows.1

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-2.53.0-rc1-64-bit.exe | f096761d49f49a28ecde93931ff9ad6a224f6723e01cce280fceafe448395643
Git-2.53.0-rc1-arm64.exe | 902cf8b5ac724f560c97d562a20b5408fe7ed10e090892758cb65068206c6396
PortableGit-2.53.0-rc1-64-bit.7z.exe | ee0a577cb05c7d4724d1e46c37a343db1a20b8d0296961ebd26e2354146f8493
PortableGit-2.53.0-rc1-arm64.7z.exe | f0d9da4591cfe3c4ea9776486a4efb5b172b3505f0da46195cd842bf656c8e49
MinGit-2.53.0-rc1-64-bit.zip | a5b6e44e6a26fbd331735834d42e78415e2656f54dba3ed693d55697c609bfcf
MinGit-2.53.0-rc1-arm64.zip | 024dcd91ca2d25956136db047a07b3da0b11814ca2553bc049f3ca714f2ea3be
MinGit-2.53.0-rc1-32-bit.zip | 826ae0958f038d196dd285ed1545c246cfab7f34f8f8d3ea8d94e837ca2bd92c
MinGit-2.53.0-rc1-busybox-64-bit.zip | fc4447e513c77288b2c654b77dd6918484541b9df2c4d550e2a5b18dca9e3617
MinGit-2.53.0-rc1-busybox-32-bit.zip | 1ac1a46b656ac55bc982b5c8be2ae0a5c1e13c82ea138d2d7c0582700f51c2e7
Git-2.53.0-rc1-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 59c23033cc5e14dd25c6ab9ac205db395d5f68949a1a37353c755cc336e089e0
Git-2.53.0-rc1-arm64.tar.bz2 | 8f96cb5dbc7418157c36935f304e6d99c37af5b3b2c8455a643850afebcd44f1

Ciao,
Johannes