[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.50.0-rc2

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.50.0-rc2 is available from:

    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.50.0-rc2.windows.1

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

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.50.0-rc2.
  * Comes with MinTTY v3.7.8.
  * Comes with OpenSSH v10.0.P1.
  * Comes with cURL v8.14.1.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.3.

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-rc2-64-bit.exe | 47f89b273a0a63c75a492eb27ba7a34a9d8249ea35ff2f68959f4f4bda3d1626 Git-2.50.0-rc2-arm64.exe | 364c369f7f89c4273b2ee0ad62032a6acb377d88bd35a15d4137f896ee7df1c1 PortableGit-2.50.0-rc2-64-bit.7z.exe | e016139dfc0d72d1bc19ede2ece070f5541476db9f7ba39de2e84d72e918e3e8 PortableGit-2.50.0-rc2-arm64.7z.exe | 0e76b92eb2ad4f4a7a2ec72e3228f31e59f0cf47e800436e7c847b37675e1345 MinGit-2.50.0-rc2-64-bit.zip | ce13ebf5585c238aed503e6c673f6023088da83b5474e6d20cefee4c81e08470 MinGit-2.50.0-rc2-arm64.zip | 508b853637c632b7d4c480956a9bce83372fcdd40333848e0c6945c3d14128bd MinGit-2.50.0-rc2-32-bit.zip | 430b48c34f7fea1808365c7c6631c72f955bfe9b58d53f4cac4ae951ba2debf0 MinGit-2.50.0-rc2-busybox-64-bit.zip | b2694c6ce537384cc7ad5164e9823e7ef2972aec827bfcd1472df27e47c92136 MinGit-2.50.0-rc2-busybox-32-bit.zip | c457b831b91096d2091abc4efe69352d0e3a158eb898f8e173993f7a0348c35e Git-2.50.0-rc2-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 45a2d1114e10f2c9cdbb398e09bbc16cd32088263331fb2547dd81467911e6f4 Git-2.50.0-rc2-arm64.tar.bz2 | 13fde8e5312d49bd184cb5a956cdb666de8ec004f701d1320781f638f68a0725

Ciao, Johannes