Git for Windows 2.56.0(2) fixes GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=NUL regression

The follow-up release addresses problems introduced by the 2.56.0 move from MINGW64 to UCRT64.

From the edition of Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Written by the AI editor from the thread “[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.56.0(2)”: 1 messages from Johannes Schindelin, between Oct 5, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026.

Johannes Schindelin announced Git for Windows 2.56.0(2), available from gitforwindows.org. It follows v2.56.0 of September 28th.

New features: the release comes with OpenSSL v3.5.9. A compatibility shim is now installed to help with stale references to the Git Credential Manager left over from the MINGW64 to UCRT64 migration in v2.56.0.

Bug fixes: suppressing the user-wide Git config via GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=NUL had been broken in v2.56.0, which the announcement attributes to the MINGW64 to UCRT64 migration, and is now fixed. The announcement also lists a fix for a bug in v2.56.0 where the x64 Git executables lost their (description truncated in the excerpt).

The full list of changes is in the announcement.