On Fri, 2 Feb 2024, Christian Castro wrote:
Hello Git for Windows, I have a question on the GUID and/or SWID tag for Git for Windows 2.43.0. Can you tell me where in the product the GUID and/or SWID tag would be stored in Windows for Git for Windows 2.43.0? Our scanning software has detected both 2.39.2 and 2.43.0 on the same Windows but this is not so, only 2.43.0 is installed. This was an upgrade from 2.39.2 though so not sure if that is messed up the results somehow. I've looked in C:\ProgramData and there are no regid folders not regid.xyz files exist for this product (for the SWID tag). The Windows registry also does not have a GUID information for this product located under: HKLM\Software\GitForWindows HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Git_is1 If you've included a GUID and/or SWID tag for your product somewhere in the installation process, can you please tell me where these are stored under Windows so I can fix? I'd appreciate it.
Neither of those things really exist in Git for Windows. Well there are GUIDs, but no GUID that is used in the way you'd expect from an MSI installer.
The Git for Windows installer is an innosetup based EXE installer. Innosetup doesn't have these concepts. There have been efforts to introduce an MSI installer over the years, but they've all fizzled out.
As for SWID tags, you're the first person to mention them in almost 15 years of ISO/IEC 19770-2 existing.
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