Changes since Git for Windows v2.55.0(5) (August 20th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support was dropped; In doing so, internal paths changed (/mi...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.55.0(5) (August 20th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support was dropped; In doing so, internal paths changed (/mi...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.55.0(5) (August 20th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support was dropped; In doing so, internal paths changed (/mi...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.55.0(5) (August 20th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support was dropped; In doing so, internal paths changed (/mi...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.55.0(3) (July 14th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support will be dropped after Git for Windows v2.55. This is a ...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.55.0(2) (July 2nd 2026) New Features Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.9.0. Bug Fixes Fixes heap overflows in the credential helper wincred, see GHSA-rxqw-wxq...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.55.0 (June 29th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support will be dropped after Git for Windows v2.55. Bug Fixes NT...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.54.0 (April 20th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support will be dropped after Git for Windows v2.55. New Features...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.54.0 (April 20th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support will be dropped after Git for Windows v2.55. New Features...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.54.0 (April 20th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support will be dropped after Git for Windows v2.55. New Features...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.54.0 (April 20th 2026) Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows 8.1 support will be dropped after Git for Windows v2.55. New Features...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0(3) (April 14th 2026) Due to persistent maintenance challenges, git svn is no longer included in Git for Windows. Users who still need this command are highly e...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0(3) (April 14th 2026) Due to persistent maintenance challenges, git svn is no longer included in Git for Windows. Users who still need this command are highly e...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0(2) (March 10th 2026) This is a security fix release, addressing CVE-2026-32631. CVE-2026-32631, Git for Windows: When a user clones a repository containing sy...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0(2) (March 10th 2026) Due to persistent maintenance challenges, git svn is no longer included in Git for Windows. Users who still need this command are highly e...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0(2) (March 10th 2026) Due to persistent maintenance challenges, git svn is no longer included in Git for Windows. Users who still need this command are highly e...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0 (February 2nd 2026) This is a security fix release, addressing CVE-2025-66413. CVE-2025-66413, Git for Windows: When a user clones a repository from an attack...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.53.0. Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes the session to "freeze". Git for ...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.53.0-rc2. Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes the session to "freeze". Git ...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.53.0-rc1. Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes the session to "freeze". Git ...

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 ...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025) As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer supported by the Git for Windows project. New Features Comes with Git v...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025) As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer supported by the Git for Windows project. New Features Comes with Git v...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025) As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer supported by the Git for Windows project. New Features Comes with Git v...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025) As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer supported by the Git for Windows project. New Features Comes with Git v...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.1 (October 17th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.51.2. Bug Fixes The default credential helper in the portable variant of Git for Windows (credential-help...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.0(2) (September 29th 2025) This is a security release! Git LFS (which is enabled by default in Git for Windows) fixes CVE-2025-26625 (Severity rated High, 8.6 / ...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.0 (August 19th 2025) New Features Comes with PCRE2 v10.46. Comes with cURL v8.16.0. This addresses a bug where fetches/pushes could fail with failed to read dat...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.50.1 (July 8th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.51.0. The Portable Git installers (which are self-extracting 7-Zip archives) are now based off of 7-Zip 25.01 C...

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....

Changes since Git for Windows v2.50.1 (July 8th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.51.0-rc1. The Portable Git installers (which are self-extracting 7-Zip archives) are now based off of 7-Zip 25....

Changes since Git for Windows v2.50.1 (July 8th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.51.0-rc0. The Portable Git installers (which are self-extracting 7-Zip archives) are now based off of 7-Zip 25....

Changes since Git for Windows v2.50.0(2) (July 1st 2025) This is a security fix release, addressing CVE-2024-50349, CVE-2024-52006, CVE-2025-27613, CVE-2025-27614, CVE-2025-46334, CVE-2025-46835, C...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.50.0 (June 16th 2025) New Features Comes with Git LFS v3.7.0. Bug Fixes Cloning large repositories via SSH frequently hung with Git for Windows v2.50.0, which wa...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.49.0 (March 17th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.50.0. Comes with MinTTY v3.7.8. Comes with OpenSSH v10.0.P1. Comes with cURL v8.14.1. Comes with the MSYS2 ru...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.49.0 (March 17th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.50.0-rc2. Comes with MinTTY v3.7.8. Comes with OpenSSH v10.0.P1. Comes with cURL v8.14.1. Comes with the MSYS...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.49.0 (March 17th 2025) New Features Comes with Git v2.50.0-rc1. Comes with MinTTY v3.7.8. Comes with OpenSSH v10.0.P1. Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Window...

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 Window...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.48.1 (February 13th 2025) Due to persistent maintenance challenges and the community's limited engagement and usage, git svn support in Git for Windows will be phas...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.48.1 (February 13th 2025) Due to persistent maintenance challenges and the community's limited engagement and usage, git svn support in Git for Windows will be phas...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.48.1 (February 13th 2025) Due to persistent maintenance challenges and the community's limited engagement and usage, git svn support in Git for Windows will be phas...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.48.1 (February 13th 2025) Due to persistent maintenance challenges and the community's limited engagement and usage, git svn support in Git for Windows will be phas...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.47.1(2) (January 14th 2025) Git for Windows v2.48.1 is the last version to ship with the i686 ("32-bit") variant of the installer, portable Git and archive. Only 32...

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Changes since Git for Windows v2.47.1 (November 25th 2024) New Features Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.6.1, addressing CVE-2024-50338. Comes with Git LFS v3.6.1, addressing CVE-2024-53263. ...

Changes since Git for Windows v2.47.1 (November 25th 2024) New Features Comes with Git v2.48.0-rc2. Comes with cURL v8.11.1. Comes with MinTTY v3.7.7. New Git for Windows installation now default ...