From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, git-packagers@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc0
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:56:41 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqwm1h75ee.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1MbzyP-1wEj5N1dfD-00evZm@mail.gmx.net> (Johannes Schindelin's message of "Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:30:36 +0100 (CET)")
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 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.
Thanks.
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2026-01-16 15:30 [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc0 Johannes Schindelin
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