From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:56:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc0
Message-ID: <xmqqwm1h75ee.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <1MbzyP-1wEj5N1dfD-00evZm@mail.gmx.net>

Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Dear Git users,
>
> I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc0 is available from:
>
>     https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.53.0-rc0.windows.1
>
> Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025)
>
> New Features
>
>   * Comes with Git v2.53.0-rc0.
>   * 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 v2.2.6.
>   * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
>     Cygwin v3.6.6.

Thanks.