[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc0

Johannes Schindelin· Jan 16, 2026, 15:30 UTC · lore

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.

Bug Fixes

  * The installer of Git for Windows v2.52 showed clipped text in some
    setups, which was fixed.
  * When calling Microsoft Store apps, their standard I/O is now set up
    correctly (meaning: You can call an interactive Python interpreter
    without the winpty hack mentioned in the release notes' Known
    Issues).
  * The astextplain tool (which is used by Git for Windows to generate
    diffs of .pdf and .doc files) used to handle empty files
    gracefully. This behavior is now reinstated.

Git-2.53.0-rc0-64-bit.exe | 714b50a253602b2e854ecc283c1755a6498f751fbf80db7ba48861417c5bd229 Git-2.53.0-rc0-arm64.exe | 1d065239b58f9ed97a52f0d0d8f80ed76b205974d4eb953a21efe8375695c233 PortableGit-2.53.0-rc0-64-bit.7z.exe | 46047a303ada6cb981d67720a8243cfdc3c664d77044d410158c1608e7301b66 PortableGit-2.53.0-rc0-arm64.7z.exe | 594e7a5eb5821e7aa2d204893cd9dd2073dda72c6e2aab0746adca93afc6b1b5 MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-64-bit.zip | 7e74f4c1a210769a9e44440aa2fdfa836875e92e64774f512a8cf250345bafa4 MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-arm64.zip | ee2508dd6bb3d87112e8288612fcf3eb3e13607fcb03a8db1e22a820265774ed MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-32-bit.zip | ddff1fb9cb73d41c90bb7d9c8c463d8104eff305c74e17e43419fa2a3873cb41 MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-busybox-64-bit.zip | aceb7c886eb63e6f16aa8ba48bc02828138309908ca8a647883d5945471262c2 MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-busybox-32-bit.zip | 5ea2d68a294b7d52266259bc5558a3824e30a31e972fd3a9a2c40d3f55dff39e Git-2.53.0-rc0-64-bit.tar.bz2 | bbdd83073894a08a2089051b496ec7c6845c0a25f9bef3e35bcc63cb3f4709e3 Git-2.53.0-rc0-arm64.tar.bz2 | fb74602f5c8023e90e334235d85c5dda175903c9e6d74a43ef89fb6938baeee7

Ciao, Johannes

Junio C Hamano· Jan 16, 2026, 18:56 UTC · re: Johannes Schindelin · lore

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc0

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

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> 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.

;-).

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>   * 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.