[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.51.0-rc2

Johannes Schindelin· Aug 13, 2025, 19:45 UTC · lore

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.51.0-rc2 is available from:

    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.51.0-rc2.windows.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.50.1 (July 8th 2025)

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.51.0-rc2.
  * The Portable Git installers (which are self-extracting 7-Zip
    archives) are now based off of 7-Zip 25.01
  * Comes with cURL v8.15.0.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.4.
  * Comes with MinTTY v3.7.9.

Git-2.51.0-rc2-64-bit.exe | f62cd3143a03e496b64468f9833434be19df4b2428fc5d058774d3ee394579f1 Git-2.51.0-rc2-arm64.exe | 846e317ec5bea38e9164d627bd6f4e6881acb7bd136660e1c1ce9be7a54d8406 PortableGit-2.51.0-rc2-64-bit.7z.exe | 01a8ab8481362c230f18cef8966a612f760d4ea40d539e9d8cb419e517a8ac20 PortableGit-2.51.0-rc2-arm64.7z.exe | 4d44e057f7d6596d6671f413f694d5ab04cb02392b05d0a9cf929e4acf0155e3 MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-64-bit.zip | b73e8059a6c2380f84ff1483dbffcdbcf1d97bec28de24a1c3d0d503a872a619 MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-arm64.zip | ac5690ffeab59eb177d2091d68eef17e4f063f4b3f904749cdfa632a455f93f8 MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-32-bit.zip | ca5585924690f62cbfddf317111eb1d02a9fca03f9a13fc15573b20c2bb9b754 MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-busybox-64-bit.zip | 720914cae321f172d6546134624aa29b974bed00c8edfaa952b58f5c0193ffe4 MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-busybox-32-bit.zip | 0ca7c6985243899b441474cd5a7cfb7cf994a0e57160e776a9170db7b4444da2 Git-2.51.0-rc2-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 5804070e7e8fed5e624bbb74e5ea6f286367a698384681152dbb31eefabf9a3b Git-2.51.0-rc2-arm64.tar.bz2 | 5218e4574410a80a6f0fcbfb905522909eaf91729ce26138b1985578e0823a33

Ciao, Johannes

Junio C Hamano· Aug 13, 2025, 20:25 UTC · re: Johannes Schindelin · lore

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.51.0-rc2

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

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> Dear Git users,
>
> I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.51.0-rc2 is available from:
>
>     https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.51.0-rc2.windows.1
>
> Changes since Git for Windows v2.50.1 (July 8th 2025)
>
> New Features
>
>   * Comes with Git v2.51.0-rc2.
>   * The Portable Git installers (which are self-extracting 7-Zip
>     archives) are now based off of 7-Zip 25.01
>   * Comes with cURL v8.15.0.
>   * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
>     Cygwin v3.6.4.
>   * Comes with MinTTY v3.7.9.

Thanks, as always.

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>
> Git-2.51.0-rc2-64-bit.exe | f62cd3143a03e496b64468f9833434be19df4b2428fc5d058774d3ee394579f1
> Git-2.51.0-rc2-arm64.exe | 846e317ec5bea38e9164d627bd6f4e6881acb7bd136660e1c1ce9be7a54d8406
> PortableGit-2.51.0-rc2-64-bit.7z.exe | 01a8ab8481362c230f18cef8966a612f760d4ea40d539e9d8cb419e517a8ac20
> PortableGit-2.51.0-rc2-arm64.7z.exe | 4d44e057f7d6596d6671f413f694d5ab04cb02392b05d0a9cf929e4acf0155e3
> MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-64-bit.zip | b73e8059a6c2380f84ff1483dbffcdbcf1d97bec28de24a1c3d0d503a872a619
> MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-arm64.zip | ac5690ffeab59eb177d2091d68eef17e4f063f4b3f904749cdfa632a455f93f8
> MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-32-bit.zip | ca5585924690f62cbfddf317111eb1d02a9fca03f9a13fc15573b20c2bb9b754
> MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-busybox-64-bit.zip | 720914cae321f172d6546134624aa29b974bed00c8edfaa952b58f5c0193ffe4
> MinGit-2.51.0-rc2-busybox-32-bit.zip | 0ca7c6985243899b441474cd5a7cfb7cf994a0e57160e776a9170db7b4444da2
> Git-2.51.0-rc2-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 5804070e7e8fed5e624bbb74e5ea6f286367a698384681152dbb31eefabf9a3b
> Git-2.51.0-rc2-arm64.tar.bz2 | 5218e4574410a80a6f0fcbfb905522909eaf91729ce26138b1985578e0823a33
>
> Ciao,
> Johannes