When the memory allocation preference is set to be Top-down on Windows and there are more than 4GB memory available, git will crash. The symptom is "Segmentation Fault". How to reproduce 1. Install latest Git package on Windows 7 x64 2. Enable top-down memory allocation preference 3. Open Git bash 4. Type git -version 5. You will see the error message 6. Disable the top-down memory allocation preference 7. Run the same experience 8. You will see all works as expected. How to enable top-down memory allocation preference Add key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\AllocationPreference Value : DWORD 0x00100000 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html