Git for Windows 2.5.1 is out

Johannes Schindelin· Aug 31, 2015, 08:54 UTC · lore

Dear Git (for Windows) users,

it is my pleasure to announce the release of Git for Windows 2.5.1. Apart from synchronizing with Git 2.5.1, the following bugs were fixed:

  • Backspace works now with ConHost-based (cmd.exe) terminal.
  • When there is a ~/.bashrc but no ~/.bash_profile, the latter will be
    created automatically.
  • When calling a non-login shell, the prompt now works.
  • The text in the installer describing the terminal emulator options is no
    longer cut off.
  • The connect.exe tool to allow SSH connections via HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxies
    is included in Git for Windows again, as it was in Git for Windows 1.x.
  • The LANG variable is no longer left unset (which caused troubles with vim).
  • `call start-ssh-agent` no longer spits out bogus lines.
  • It is now possible even behind NTLM-authenticated proxies to install Git
    for Windows' SDK.
  • We can handle the situation now when the first $PATH elements point outside
    of Git for Windows' bin/ directories and contain .dll files that interfere
    with our own (e.g. PostgreSQL's libintl-8.dll).
  • The patch tool is now included again as it was in Git for Windows 1.x.

Ciao, Johannes

Johannes Schindelin· Sep 2, 2015, 23:16 UTC · lore

Re: [git-for-windows] Re: Git for Windows 2.5.1 is out

On Wed, 2 Sep 2015, Aaron Bird wrote:

> I am running windows 8.1.  Every time I try and open git Bash I get an 
> unexpected kernal mode trap error and computer instantly shuts down.

For lurkers, Aaron also reported this bug at https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/348 and we are eagerly waiting for his feedback.

Ciao, Johannes