[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.50.0-rc0

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.50.0-rc0 is available from:

    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.50.0-rc0.windows.1

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

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.50.0-rc0.
  * Comes with MinTTY v3.7.8.
  * Comes with OpenSSH v10.0.P1.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.2.
  * Comes with cURL v8.14.0.

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-rc0-64-bit.exe | c74f734df962a4d8d93249eec41a24e268308b435a5684be895c1da27481f0be Git-2.50.0-rc0-arm64.exe | 43d64ca229db256b16857dff62d3ab51b795fed6417385f25b290c974d19bfad PortableGit-2.50.0-rc0-64-bit.7z.exe | e7c2a8f2b49457284d18ba9bc4d26550571eadc968d374c52d538c57406d1cc9 PortableGit-2.50.0-rc0-arm64.7z.exe | 9bda976464d6ff373a7b323a10b9809f578a79cddd6fca3dbbc8f5bd051379db MinGit-2.50.0-rc0-64-bit.zip | b90dbbaaf16fd63e123a36a2ecfdefabe4858fea94ff3b5d0a3c649b520e60ca MinGit-2.50.0-rc0-arm64.zip | 8528cc9ebe197415b8671dd476e30bf8088a48b8372fc1324ad389c8ba07371a MinGit-2.50.0-rc0-32-bit.zip | 706e1693ab991c111f2b9102fc56d8b1a3e2f0cd4452b63e036118f959938422 MinGit-2.50.0-rc0-busybox-64-bit.zip | d5dc9ab2d3c42d7b9b128430f92f4e72d31724370b1315cb991082a594d7d4df MinGit-2.50.0-rc0-busybox-32-bit.zip | aabca99604c5deb02e6c9fc09ccc871203a83ffab2a920dcda12d5e182f01f30 Git-2.50.0-rc0-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 547764a8911c613eebbcc628aa213d5ccdf5dce31de560a723dd8da12258b04a Git-2.50.0-rc0-arm64.tar.bz2 | 8a4c227bfda34f7eb764992f9472acf88eb51fd01a8723ebdb740adb9eecff9d

Ciao, Johannes