Dear Git users, I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.44.0-rc0 is available from: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.44.0-rc0.windows.1 Changes since Git for Windows v2.43.0 (November 20th 2023) Git for Windows will drop support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8 in the next versions, see the announcement of MSYS2 on which Git for Windows relies for components such as Bash and Perl. Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025. New Features * Comes with Git v2.44.0-rc0. * Comes with gnupg v2.2.42. * Comes with libfido2 v1.14.0. * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin v3.4.10. * Comes with Perl v5.38.2. * Git for Windows learned to detect and use native Windows support for ANSI sequences, which allows using 24-bit colors in terminal windows. * Comes with Git LFS v3.4.1. * The repository viewer Tig that is included in Git for Windows can now be called also directly from PowerShell/CMD. * Comes with OpenSSH v9.6.P1. * Comes with Bash v5.2.26. * Comes with GNU TLS v3.8.3. * Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.1. * Comes with cURL v8.6.0. * Comes with GNU Privacy Guard v2.4.4. Bug Fixes * The 32-bit variant of Git for Windows was missing some MSYS2 runtime updates, which was addressed; Do note 32-bit support is phased out. * The Git for Windows installer showed cut-off text in some setups. This has been fixed. * The git credential-manager --help command previously would not find a page to display in the web browser, which has been fixed. Git-2.44.0-rc0-64-bit.exe | b3674c6a4fc010dda9065130e06d9a3c8a4b900d2c3b2bdf8183cc47919940a4 Git-2.44.0-rc0-32-bit.exe | 344039b0f71bcd07a19747ec58944cadc175c24f37365e4282d60cc77c77687d PortableGit-2.44.0-rc0-64-bit.7z.exe | b5b29161c2f80d7b0b9183fff274f545f0c4290e9ce1ef820107da44bf424a07 PortableGit-2.44.0-rc0-32-bit.7z.exe | d1b6c533e5ec7df93870c085b960ad2112a44e1fc9d52cd97c530984892e5cb8 MinGit-2.44.0-rc0-64-bit.zip | e3e2d8f601bb80b6472cd9d58a3ca7704f245b015e236d9b56231b4ced08169f MinGit-2.44.0-rc0-32-bit.zip | 953c76671644727df28f1b78a80c97266a25d62857afa36e7aacc88ff365fb97 MinGit-2.44.0-rc0-busybox-64-bit.zip | c65698f812ba3090215591978bdd62523922fcaaca31d8fdcaf27c6b75ec8ec1 MinGit-2.44.0-rc0-busybox-32-bit.zip | d614f5b893c8d8784c8e78c22470540eb050946500e57aac65e08e4c403510eb Git-2.44.0-rc0-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 4ad88d90e553cf31b90381c1ca880509c7c51c91e330ea1b9b73733f31598eee Git-2.44.0-rc0-32-bit.tar.bz2 | 28f4fa7ff42bd210e944173417f6efcf3b055bfb0ef149941ced91f03ab1560d Ciao, Johannes