Re: Git for Windows 2.5.0

> Dear Git (for Windows) users,
>
> it is my great pleasure to announce the first official version of Git for
> Windows. We finally have caught up with Git 2.x and are ready to leave the
> -preview suffix behind (more on that below).
>
> It is available at https://git-for-windows.github.io/ and also at
> https://git-scm.com/.
>
> So how does that affect you?
>
> - The biggest benefit is that we finally have a 64-bit Git for Windows.
> This
>   not only makes a huge difference with large repositories; It also avoids
>   some bugs (if you are interested in technical details, please have a look
>   at https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/32-bit-issues).
>
> - Another huge benefit is that we benefit from (and contribute to) the very
>   active MSys2 community; MSys2 is a minimal POSIX system (forked from
>   Cygwin) that sports a package manager and many packages that are kept
>   up-to-date.
>
> - As a consequence of basing Git for Windows on MSys2's packages, Git for
>   Windows now comes with up-to-date versions of Bash and OpenSSL. Oh, and
>   we finally have support in `git svn` for recent Subversion features!
>
> - Since there were not many users of Git Cheetah, the Explorer extension
>   similar to TortoiseSVN, and since there is the actively maintained
>   TortoiseGit, Git for Windows dropped support for Git Cheetah.
>
> - Git for Windows will be maintained more actively from now on, following
>   Git development more closely. And of course, contributions are welcome!
>
> - GitHub for Windows is slated to integrate this new version soon and will
>   continue to follow Git for Windows' development closely.
>
> I probably forgot to mention some really important improvements, so feel
> free to point them out as replies to this mail.
>
> Work on upgrading Git for Windows to use MSys2 and follow Git 2.x has been
> a
> lot of work that has been going on since the end of January. It would not
> have
> been possible without substantial support of GitHub, in particular Michael
> Haggerty, Jeff King and Brendan Forster, the help of Karsten Blees, Nalla,
> Sebastian Schuberth, and other contributors. The maintenance of Git for
> Windows is supported by Microsoft from now on.
>
> I would like to take the opportunity to thank above-mentioned developers
> and
> companies: this is your release just as much as it is mine.
>
> Ciao,
> Johannes
>
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