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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="usr/share/git/ReleaseNotes.css">
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<body class="details">
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://gitforwindows.org/">homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/FAQ">faq</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gitforwindows.org/#contribute">contribute</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gitforwindows.org/#contribute">bugs</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:git@vger.kernel.org">questions</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="content">
<h1>Git for Windows v2.21.0 Release Notes</h1>
<p>Latest update: February 26th 2019</p>
<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>These release notes describe issues specific to the Git for Windows release. The release notes covering the history of the core git commands can be found <a href="https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/Documentation/RelNotes">in the Git project</a>.</p>
<p>See <a href="http://git-scm.com/">http://git-scm.com/</a> for further details about Git including ports to other operating systems. Git for Windows is hosted at <a href="https://gitforwindows.org/">https://gitforwindows.org/</a>.</p>
<h1>Known issues</h1>
<ul>
<li>Special permissions (and Windows Vista or later) are required when cloning repositories with symbolic links, therefore support for symbolic links is disabled by default. Use <code>git clone -c core.symlinks=true <URL></code> to enable it, see details <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Symbolic-Links">here</a>.</li>
<li>If configured to use Plink, you will have to connect with <a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">putty</a> first and accept the host key.</li>
<li>Some console programs, most notably non-MSYS2 Python, PHP, Node and OpenSSL, interact correctly with MinTTY only when called through <code>winpty</code> (e.g. the Python console needs to be started as <code>winpty python</code> instead of just <code>python</code>).</li>
<li><a href="http://curl.haxx.se">cURL</a> uses <code>$HOME/_netrc</code> instead of <code>$HOME/.netrc</code>.</li>
<li><p>If you specify command-line options starting with a slash, POSIX-to-Windows path conversion will kick in converting e.g. "<code>/usr/bin/bash.exe</code>" to "<code>C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe</code>". When that is not desired -- e.g. "<code>--upload-pack=/opt/git/bin/git-upload-pack</code>" or "<code>-L/regex/</code>" -- you need to set the environment variable <code>MSYS_NO_PATHCONV</code> temporarily, like so:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><code>MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 git blame -L/pathconv/ msys2_path_conv.cc</code></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Alternatively, you can double the first slash to avoid POSIX-to-Windows path conversion, e.g. "<code>//usr/bin/bash.exe</code>".</p></li>
<li>Windows drives are normally recognised within the POSIX path as <code>/c/path/to/dir/</code> where <code>/c/</code> (or appropriate drive letter) is equivalent to the <code>C:\</code> Windows prefix to the <code>\path\to\dir</code>. If this is not recognised, revert to the <code>C:\path\to\dir</code> Windows style.</li>
<li>Git for Windows will not allow commits containing DOS-style truncated 8.3-format filenames ending with a tilde and digit, such as <code>mydocu~1.txt</code>. A workaround is to call <code>git config core.protectNTFS false</code>, which is not advised. Instead, add a rule to .gitignore to ignore the file(s), or rename the file(s).</li>
<li>Many Windows programs (including the Windows Explorer) have problems with directory trees nested so deeply that the absolute path is longer than 260 characters. Therefore, Git for Windows refuses to check out such files by default. You can overrule this default by setting <code>core.longPaths</code>, e.g. <code>git clone -c core.longPaths=true ...</code>.</li>
<li>Some commands are not yet supported on Windows and excluded from the installation.</li>
<li>As Git for Windows is shipped without Python support, all Git commands requiring Python are not yet supported; e.g. <code>git p4</code>.</li>
<li>The Quick Launch icon will only be installed for the user running setup (typically the Administrator). This is a technical restriction and will not change.</li>
<li>The git-core executable file(s) are typically double-counted by Windows Explorer. In fact, repeated files are hard linked, so do not take up the space indicated (#1977).</li>
</ul>
<p>Should you encounter other problems, please search <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues">the bug tracker</a> and <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/git-for-windows">the mailing list</a>, chances are that the problem was reported already. If it has not been reported, please follow <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Issue-reporting-guidelines">our bug reporting guidelines</a> and <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/new">report the bug</a>.</p>
<h2>Licenses</h2>
<p>Git is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.</p>
<p>Git for Windows also contains Embedded CAcert Root Certificates. For more information please go to <a href="https://www.cacert.org/policy/RootDistributionLicense.php">https://www.cacert.org/policy/RootDistributionLicense.php</a>.</p>
<p>This package contains software from a number of other projects including Bash, zlib, curl, tcl/tk, perl, MSYS2 and a number of libraries and utilities from the GNU project, licensed under the GNU General Public License. Likewise, it contains Perl which is dual licensed under the GNU General Public License and the Artistic License.</p>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.20.1 (December 15th 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.21.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.21.0.txt">Git v2.21.0</a>.</li>
<li>The custom editor setting in the installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/221">has been improved substantially</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/1.18.4.0">Git Credential Manager v1.18.4.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_64_0">cURL v7.64.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow-avh/releases/tag/1.12.0">git-flow v1.12.0</a>.</li>
<li><code>git archive</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/2077">no longer requires <code>gzip</code> to generate <code>.tgz</code> archives</a> (this means in particular that it works in MinGit).</li>
<li>System-wide Sublime Text installations <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/396b283cc6231589b0b034d4ca4b241b25163e9a">are now detected</a> and offered on the editor wizard page.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.7.1">Git LFS v2.7.1</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The <code>Git CMD</code> deprecation <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/222">was further clarified</a> to mention that the <em>Start Menu item</em> is deprecated, not using Git from CMD.</li>
<li>Certain drivers/anti-malware caused <code>git.exe</code> to hang, which <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/MINGW-packages/pull/32">has been fixed</a>.</li>
<li><code>git stash</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2006">now works</a> after staging files with <code>git add -N</code>.</li>
<li>A problem with <code>difftool</code> and more than a handful modified files <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/2026">has been fixed</a>.</li>
<li>The regression where <code>git-cmd <command></code> would not execute the command <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2039">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>Portable Git <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2036">can be launched via network paths again</a>.</li>
<li>FSCache works again <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2022">on network drives</a>, in particular <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1989">when Windows 8.1 or older</a> are involved.</li>
<li>Partially hidden text in the <code>Path</code> options page in the installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2049">is no longer hidden</a>.</li>
<li>Fixes <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1993">an obscure <code>git svn</code> hang</a>.</li>
<li>The installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2011">now configures editors so that the built-in rebase can use them</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.20.0 (December 10th 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.20.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.1.txt">Git v2.20.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_63_0">cURL v7.63.0</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1983">Fixes</a> a speed regression in the built-in rebase.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.19.2 (November 21st 2018)</h2>
<p>Please note that Git for Windows v2.19.2 was offered as a full release only for about a week, and then demoted to "pre-release" status, as it had two rather big regressions: 32-bit Git Bash crashed, and git:// was broken.</p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.20.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.0.txt">Git v2.20.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://www.openssl.org/news/openssl-1.1.1-notes.html">OpenSSL v1.1.1a</a>. The OpenSSH, cURL and Heimdal packages were rebuilt to make use of OpenSSL v1.1.1a.</li>
<li>The FSCache feature <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1937">was further optimized in particular for very large repositories</a>.</li>
<li>To appease certain anti-malware, MinTTY was recompiled with a patch to avoid <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/MSYS2-packages/commit/63f68558c9c6a6c7765c18dacbbcac328748eb30">GCC trampolines</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.6.1">Git LFS v2.6.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/NEWS">Bash v4.4 patchlevel 023 </a>.</li>
<li>Commands to interact with CVS repositories were considered obsolete <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/59b521a3b">and have been removed</a>.</li>
<li>The desired HTTP version (HTTP/2 or HTTP/1.1) <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1968">can now be configured via the <code>http.version</code> setting</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Git CMD <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1945">no longer picks up <code>git.exe</code> from the current directory (if any)</a>.</li>
<li>Git Bash <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/MINGW-packages/commit/deb0395d031401ffe55024fb066267e2ea8d032b">works again in 32-bit Git for Windows</a>.</li>
<li>Git can now <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1949">access <code>git://</code> remotes again</a>.</li>
<li>The confusing descriptions of the PATH options in the installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/216">were clarified</a>.</li>
<li>A bug in the <code>notepad</code> support in conjunction with line wrapping <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/218">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>Comes two backported fixes to <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/issues/812">allow NTLM/Kerberos authentication to fall back to HTTP/1.1</a>.</li>
<li>It is <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1650">now possible to call <code>cmd\git.exe</code> via a symbolic link</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.19.1 (Oct 5th 2018)</h2>
<ul>
<li>The <em>Git CMD</em> start menu shortcut is deprecated and will be dropped in future version. Note that the deprecation only affects the shortcut; <code>git-cmd.exe</code> will continue to be distributed and installed.</li>
</ul>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.19.2/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txt">Git v2.19.2</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.9">OpenSSH v7.9p1</a>.</li>
<li>The description of the editor option to choose Vim <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/207">has been clarified</a> to state that this <em>unsets</em> <code>core.editor</code>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_62_0">cURL v7.62.0</a>.</li>
<li>The type of symlinks to create (directory or file) <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1897">can now be specified via the <code>.gitattributes</code></a>.</li>
<li>The FSCache feature <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1908">now uses a faster method to enumerate files</a>, making e.g. <code>git status</code> faster in large repositories.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/1.18.3">Git Credential Manager v1.18.3</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.6.0">Git LFS v2.6.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2018-11/msg00007.html">Cygwin 2.11.2</a>.</li>
<li>The FSCache feature <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1926">was optimized to become faster</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The 64-bit Portable Git <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/212">no longer sets <code>pack.packSizeLimit</code></a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.19.0 (September 11th 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.19.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.1.txt">Git v2.19.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.5.2">Git LFS v2.5.2</a>.</li>
<li>When FSCache is enabled, commands such as <code>add</code>, <code>commit</code>, and <code>reset</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1827">are now much faster</a>.</li>
<li>Sublime Text, Atom, and even the new user-specific VS Code installations <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/200">can now be used as Git's default editor</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.18.0">Git Credential Manager v1.18.0</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Several corner case bugs <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1852">were fixed</a> in the built-in <code>rebase</code>/<code>stash</code> commands.</li>
<li>An <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1839">occasional crash in <code>git gc</code></a> (which had been introduced into v2.19.0) has been fixed.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.18.0 (June 22nd 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.19.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.0.txt">Git v2.19.0</a>.</li>
<li>There are now <em>fast</em>, built-in versions of <code>git stash</code> and <code>git rebase</code>, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/203">available as experimental options</a>.</li>
<li>The included OpenSSH client <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/192">now enables modern ciphers</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>gitweb</code> component was removed because it is highly unlikely to be used on Windows.</li>
<li>The <code>git archimport</code> tool (which was probably used by exactly 0 users) is <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/202">no longer included in Git for Windows</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/jonas/tig/releases/tag/tig-2.4.0">tig v2.4.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.5.1">Git LFS v2.5.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.17.1">Git Credential Manager v1.17.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://www.openssl.org/news/openssl-1.0.2-notes.html">OpenSSL v1.0.2p</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_61_1">cURL v7.61.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.12.0/">mingw-w64-nodejs v8.12.0</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The <code>http.schannel.checkRevoke</code> setting (which never worked) <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1747">was renamed to <code>http.schannelCheckRevoke</code></a>. In the same run, <code>http.schannel.useSSLCAInfo</code> (which also did not work, for the same reason) was renamed to <code>http.schannelUseSSLCAInfo</code>.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/f02cd2463d2c7e03fe97b8a1ce35ecffd0714f7e">Avoids</a> a stack overflow with recent Windows Insider versions.</li>
<li>Git GUI <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1755">now handles hooks correctly</a> in worktrees other than the main one.</li>
<li>When using <code>core.autocrlf</code>, the bogus "LF will be replaced by CRLF" warning <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1242">is now suppressed</a>.</li>
<li>The funny <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/356"><code>fatal error -cmalloc would have returned NULL</code> problems</a> should be gone.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.17.1(2) (May 29th 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.18.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.18.0.txt">Git v2.18.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.16.2">Git Credential Manager v1.16.2</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The diff filter for <code>.pdf</code> files <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/189">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>start-ssh-agent.cmd</code> script <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/MINGW-packages/pull/26">no longer overrides the <code>HOME</code> variable</a>.</li>
<li>Fixes an issue where passing an argument with a trailing slash from Git Bash to <code>git.exe</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1695">was dropping that trailing slash</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>http.schannel.checkRevoke</code> setting <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1531">now really works</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.17.1 (May 29th 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.16.1">Git Credential Manager v1.16.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.4.2">Git LFS v2.4.2</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>This release <em>really</em> contains Git v2.17.1.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.17.0 (April 3rd 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.17.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.1.txt">Git v2.17.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.26.2/pod/perldelta.pod">Perl v5.26.2</a>.</li>
<li>The installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/181">now offers VS Code Insiders as option for Git's default editor</a> if it is installed.</li>
<li>The vim configuration <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/186">was modernized</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_60_0">cURL v7.60.0</a>.</li>
<li>Certain errors, e.g. when pushing failed due to a non-fast-forwarding change, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1429">are now colorful</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.4.1">Git LFS v2.4.1</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixed an issue with recursive clone (<a href="https://aka.ms/cve-2018-11235">CVE 2018-11235</a>).</li>
<li>Aliases that expand to shell commands <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1637">can now take arguments containing curly brackets</a>.</li>
<li>Ctrl+C is now handled in Git Bash <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/78e2deea8ec1db4aea1e78432ae98dac7198f6a5">in a sophisticated way</a>: it emulates the way Ctrl+C is handled in Git CMD, but in a fine-grained way.</li>
<li>Based on the <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/78e2deea8ec1db4aea1e78432ae98dac7198f6a5">the new Ctrl+C handling in Git Bash</a>, pressing Ctrl+C while <code>git log</code> is running will only stop Git from traversing the commit history, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/df8884cbc5c39073848ddf2058bafeea1188312b">but keep the pager running</a>.</li>
<li>Git was <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1645">fixed</a> to work correctly in Docker volumes inside Windows containers.</li>
<li>Tab completion of <code>git status -- <partial-path></code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1533">is now a lot faster</a>.</li>
<li>Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1651">now creates directory symlinks correctly</a> when asked to.</li>
<li>The option to disable revocation checks with Secure Channel which was introduced in v2.16.1(2) <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1531">now really works</a>.</li>
<li>Git <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1496">no longer enters an infinite loop</a> when misspelling <code>git status</code> as, say, <code>git Status</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.16.3 (March 23rd 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.17.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.0.txt">Git v2.17.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://www.openssl.org/news/openssl-1.0.2-notes.html">OpenSSL v1.0.2o</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.15.2">Git Credential Manager v1.15.2</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.7">OpenSSH v7.7p1</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When <code>git.exe</code> is called with an invalid subcommand, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1591">it no longer complains about file handles</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.16.2 (February 20th 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.16.3/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.3.txt">Git v2.16.3</a>.</li>
<li>When choosing to "Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt" (i.e. add only the minimal set of Git executables to the <code>PATH</code>), and when choosing the Git LFS component, Git LFS <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1503">is now included in that minimal set</a>. This makes it possible to reuse Git for Windows' Git LFS, say, from Visual Studio.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/plain/NEWS?h=gawk-4.2.1">gawk v4.2.1</a>.</li>
<li>In conjunction with the FSCache feature, <code>git checkout</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1468">is now a lot faster when checking out a <em>lot</em> of files</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.4.0">Git LFS v2.4.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.15.0">Git Credential Manager v1.15.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_59_0">cURL v7.59.0</a>.</li>
<li>The Git for Windows SDK <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1357">can now be "installed" via <code>git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/git-for-windows/git-sdk-64</code></a>.</li>
<li>The <code>tar</code> utility (included as a courtesy, not because Git needs it) <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/177">can now unpack <code>.tar.xz</code> archives</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When a <code>TERM</code> is configured that Git for Windows does not know about, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1473">Bash no longer crashes</a>.</li>
<li>The regression where <code>gawk</code> stopped treating Carriage Returns as part of the line endings <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1524">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>When Git asks for credentials via the terminal in a Powershell window, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1514">it no longer fails to do so</a>.</li>
<li>The installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/d33ee8606bfbc0e9b801df0a5257721e20f8dd4a">is now more robust when encountering files that are in use</a> (and can therefore not be overwritten right away).</li>
<li>The included <code>find</code> and <code>rm</code> utilities <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1497">no longer have problems with deeply nested directories on FAT drives</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>cygpath</code> utility included in Git for Windows now strips trailing slashes when normalizing paths (just like the Cygwin version of the utility; this is <em>different</em> from how MSYS2 chooses to do things).</li>
<li>The certificates of HTTPS proxies configured via <code>http.proxy</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1493">are now validated against the <code>ca-bundle.crt</code> correctly</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.16.1(4) (February 7th 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.16.2/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.2.txt">Git v2.16.2</a>.</li>
<li>For every new Git for Windows version, <code>.zip</code> archives containing <code>.pdb</code> files for some of Git for Windows' components <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/0af1701ba3329151ae8b21fa43d4f4abca11cc26">are now published alongside the new version</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2018-02/msg00002.html">Cygwin 2.10.0</a>; This required rebuilding OpenSSH, Perl (and some Perl modules) and Subversion.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/NEWS">Bash v4.4 patchlevel 019 </a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The Perl upgrade in Git for Windows v2.16.1(4) <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1488">broke interactive authentication of <code>git svn</code></a>, which was fixed.</li>
<li>When configuring HTTPS transport to use Secure Channel, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/172">we now refrain from configuring <code>http.sslCAInfo</code></a>. This also helps Git LFS (which uses Git for Windows' private <code>http.sslCAInfo</code> setting) to use the same credentials as <code>git fetch</code> and <code>git push</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.16.1(3) (February 6th 2018)</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When called from TortoiseGit, <code>git.exe</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1481">can now spawn processes again</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.16.1(2) (February 2nd 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Git for Windows' SDK packages <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/53695c41ec95f49c191b7792eee6fc8d91846ed8">are now hosted on Azure Blobs</a>, fixing part of <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1479">issue #1479</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://metacpan.org/source/MIKEM/Net-SSLeay-1.84/Changes">perl-Net-SSLeay v1.84</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When <code>http.sslBackend</code> is not configured (e.g. in portable Git or MinGit), fetch/push operations <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1474">no longer crash</a>.</li>
<li>On Windows 7 and older, Git for Windows v2.16.1(2) was no longer able to spawn any processes (e.g. during fetch/clone). This regression <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1475">has been fixed</a>.</li>
<li>The Perl upgrade in v2.16.1(2) broke <code>git send-email</code>; This <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1480">has been fixed</a> by updating the Net-SSLeay Perl module.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.16.1 (January 22nd 2018)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="http://h5l.org/releases.html">Heimdal v7.5.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_58_0">cURL v7.58.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.26.1/pod/perldelta.pod">Perl v5.26.1</a>.</li>
<li>When using GNU nano as Git's default editor, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/169">it is now colorful (shows syntax-highlighting)</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/jonas/tig/releases/tag/tig-2.3.3">tig v2.3.3</a>.</li>
<li>When using Secure Channel as HTTPS transport behind a proxy, it may be necessary to disable revocation checks, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1450">which is now possible</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/busybox-w32/commit/0b3cdd76c">BusyBox v1.28.0pre.16550.0b3cdd76c</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When Git spawns processes, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/576ff26eeca22526b7ba11444da24d31daf0b369">now only the necessary file handles are inherited from the parent process</a>, possibly preventing file locking issues.</li>
<li>The <code>git update</code> command <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/167">has been renamed to <code>git update-git-for-windows</code></a> to avoid confusion where users may think that <code>git update</code> updates their local repository or worktree.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.16.0(2) (January 18th 2018)</h2>
<p>This is a hotfix release, based on upstream Git's hotfix to address a possible segmentation fault associated with case-insensitive file systems.</p>
<p>Note: another hotfix might be coming the day after tomorrow, as cURL announced a new version addressing security advisories that <em>might</em> affect how Git talks via HTTP/HTTPS, too.</p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.16.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.1.txt">Git v2.16.1</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>A set of regressions introduced by patches intended to speed up <code>reset</code> and <code>checkout</code> was fixed (issues <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1437">#1437</a>, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1438">#1438</a>, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1440">#1440</a> and <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1442">#1442</a>).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.15.1(2) (November 30th 2017)</h2>
<p>Git for Windows now has a new homepage: <a href="https://gitforwindows.org/">https://gitforwindows.org/</a> (it is still graciously hosted by GitHub, but now much quicker to type).</p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.16.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.16.0.txt">Git v2.16.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.14.0">Git Credential Manager v1.14.0</a>.</li>
<li>The Git for Windows installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1356">now offers to configure Visual Studio Code as default editor for Git</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://www.openssl.org/news/openssl-1.0.2-notes.html">OpenSSL v1.0.2n</a>.</li>
<li><code>git checkout</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1419">is now a lot faster when checking out a <em>lot</em> of files</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>core.excludesfile</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1392">can now reference a symbolic link</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/c967bd8e37af7fa86f8ed1ded2625071612b808a">patch level 7</a> of the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2017-09/msg00056.html">Cygwin 2.9.0</a>.</li>
<li>With lots of files, <code>git reset --hard</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1427">is now a lot faster</a> when the FSCache feature is in effect.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When cloning into an existing (empty) directory fails, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1421">Git no longer removes said directory</a>.</li>
<li>Interrupting processes (and their children) using Control+C <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/pull/16">is now a lot more robust</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.15.1 (November 29th 2017)</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The bug introduced into Git for Windows v2.15.1 where <code>vim</code> would show an ugly warning upon startup <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1382">was fixed</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.15.0 (October 30th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.15.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.1.txt">Git v2.15.1</a>.</li>
<li>Operations in massively-sparse worktrees <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1344">are now much faster if <code>core.fscache = true</code></a>.</li>
<li>It is <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/161">now possible to configure <code>nano</code></a> or <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/291">Notepad++</a> as Git's default editor <a href="https://www.xkcd.com/378/">instead of <code>vim</code></a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://www.openssl.org/news/cl102.txt">OpenSSL v1.0.2m</a>.</li>
<li>Git for Windows' updater <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/master">now uses non-intrusive toast notifications on Windows 8, 8.1 and 10</a>.</li>
<li>Running <code>git fetch</code> in a repository with lots of refs <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1379">is now considerably faster</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_57_0">cURL v7.57.0</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The experimental <code>--show-ignored-directory</code> option of <code>git status</code> which was removed in Git for Windows v2.15.0 without warning <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1354">has been reintroduced as a deprecated option</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>git update</code> command (to auto-update Git for Windows) will <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1363">now also work behind proxies</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.14.3 (October 23rd 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.15.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.0.txt">Git v2.15.0</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The auto-updater tried to run at a precise time, and did not run when the computer was switched off at that time. <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/459b6e85c">Now it runs as soon after the scheduled time as possible</a>.</li>
<li>The auto-updater <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/1418ee7e8">no longer suggests to downgrade from Release Candidates</a>.</li>
<li>When the auto-updater asked the user whether they want to upgrade to a certain version, and the user declined, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/c0f7634af">the auto-updater will not bother the user about said version again</a>.</li>
<li>The installer, when run with /SKIPIFINUSE=1, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/db3521c140154b3923e304e4271176958da1f048">now detects whether <em>any</em> executable in Git for Windows' installation is run</a></li>
<li>Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/c86d164f2c9d5c79cd95f1fda881f9e80ca9dc3a">no longer includes (non-working) <code>xmlcatalog.exe</code> and <code>xmllint.exe</code></a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.14.2(3) (October 12th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.14.3/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.3.txt">Git v2.14.3</a>.</li>
<li>Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/148">now ships with a diff helper for OpenOffice documents</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.3.4">Git LFS v2.3.4</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_56_1">cURL v7.56.1</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1320">now handles worktrees at the top-level of a UNC share correctly</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.14.2(2) (October 5th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.3.3">Git LFS v2.3.3</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/b46fba6f44b3680210b19ef5fc9ce22ca1dcda55">Re-enabled some SSHv1 ciphers</a> since some sites (e.g. Visual Studio Team Services) rely on them for the time being.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.14.2 (September 26th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/busybox-w32/commit/b4c390e17">BusyBox v1.28.0pre.16467.b4c390e17</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.3.2">Git LFS v2.3.2</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_56_0">cURL v7.56.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.6">OpenSSH v7.6p1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/MSYS2-packages/commit/f2caef90d2e6ba13dc16e38152003958f4db710b">patch level 4</a> of the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2017-09/msg00056.html">Cygwin 2.9.0</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>A <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1312">bug</a> which caused the console window to be closed when executing certain Bash scripts <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/MSYS2-packages/commit/e9d0a2be2720007c2a734866ebbb4c15e503003c">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>A crash when calling <code>kill <pid></code> for a non-existing process <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1316">was fixed</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.14.1 (August 10th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.14.2/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.2.txt">Git v2.14.2</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_55_1">cURL v7.55.1</a>.</li>
<li>The XP-compatibility layer emulating pthreads (which is <a href="https://git-for-windows.github.io/requirements.html">no longer needed</a>) <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1214">was dropped in favor of modern Windows threading APIs</a>; This should make threaded operations slightly faster and more robust.</li>
<li>On Windows, UNC paths can <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/a352941117bc8d00dfddd7a594adf095d084d844">now be accessed via <code>file://host/share/repo.git</code>-style paths</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/151">a new custom Git command <code>git update</code></a> to help keeping Git up-to-date on your machine.</li>
<li>The Git installer now offers <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/155">an option to keep Git up-to-date</a> by calling <code>git update</code> regularly.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/busybox-w32/commit/2739df917">BusyBox v1.28.0pre.16353.2739df917</a>.</li>
<li>As is common elsewhere, Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/156">now move word-wise in Git Bash</a>, too.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/874e2c8efeed9084cd065cf9ea5c0951f5afca02">patch level 2</a> of the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2017-09/msg00056.html">Cygwin 2.9.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.3.0">Git LFS v2.3.0</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>vs/master</code> branch <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1302">can now be built in Visual Studio 2017</a>, too</li>
<li>As <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1294">requested</a> by the same user who implemented <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/157">the change</a>, Git for Windows now comes with <a href="https://github.com/jonas/tig"><code>tig</code></a>, a text-mode interface for Git.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>It is <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/70c1ff8b0ef66321d630fe49d61ee1a9b6be6a4c">now possible to override <code>http.sslBackend</code> on the command-line</a>.</li>
<li>The installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/5e438f707027eb99da1b1b381672e6d7dbc063a8">now detects correctly whether symbolic links can be created by regular users</a>.</li>
<li>Git Bash <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/152">now renders non-ASCII directories nicely</a>.</li>
<li>A regression that caused the fetch operation with lots of refs to be a lot slower than before <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1233">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>git-gui.exe</code> and <code>gitk.exe</code> wrappers intended to be used in Git CMD <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1284">now handle command-line parameters correctly</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>core.longPaths</code> setting <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1218">is now heeded when packing refs</a>, and other previously forgotten Git commands.</li>
<li>Pressing Ctrl+Z in Git Bash <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1083">no longer kills Win32 processes (e.g. <code>git.exe</code>) anymore</a>, because POSIX job control is only available with MSYS2 processes.</li>
<li>Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/b5915c6ae881518927b9fa0b3c4df4d3edd37f23">now sets <code>core.fsyncObjectFiles = true</code> by default</a> which makes it a lot more fault-tolerant, say, when power is lost.</li>
<li>A bug has been fixed where Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1299">could run into an infinite loop trying to rename a file</a>.</li>
<li>Before installing Git for Windows, we already verified that no Git Bash instance is active (which would prevent files from being overwritten). We <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/1b93b50cf08c6cbd3200a66603d28fbd269c2f6a">now also verify that no <code>git.exe</code> processes are active, either</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.14.0(2) (August 7th 2017)</h2>
<p>Note: there have been MinGit-only releases v2.12.2(3) and v2.13.1(3) with backports of the important bug fix in v2.14.1 as well as the experimental <code>--show-ignored-directory</code> option of <code>git status</code>.</p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.14.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.1.txt">Git v2.14.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_55_0">cURL v7.55.0</a>.</li>
<li>The <em>Git Bash Here</em> context menu item <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/150">is now also available</a> in the special <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd758096.aspx">Libraries folders</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.14.0 (August 6th 2017)</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>A regression introduced in v2.14.0 that prevented fetching via SSH <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1258">was fixed</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.13.3 (July 13th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.14.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.0.txt">Git v2.14.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/busybox-w32/commit/9480dca7c">BusyBox v1.28.0pre.15857.9480dca7c</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.12.0">Git Credential Manager v1.12.0</a>.</li>
<li>It is now possible to switch between Secure Channel and OpenSSL for Git's HTTPS transport by <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/d81216ee4dd46ae59a388044d1266d6fa9030c19">setting the <code>http.sslBackend</code> config variable to "openssl" or "schannel"</a>; This <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/7c5a23970126e3cff1e1a7a763216b2a67005593">is now also the method used by the installer</a> (rather than copying <code>libcurl-4.dll</code> files around).</li>
<li>The experimental option <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1243"><code>--show-ignored-directory</code> was added to <code>git status</code></a> to show only the name of ignored directories when the option <code>--untracked=all</code> is used.</li>
<li>Git for Windows releases now also include an experimental <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/MinGit#experimental-busybox-based-mingit">BusyBox-based MinGit</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Repository-local aliases <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/6ba04141d88">are now resolved again in worktrees</a>.</li>
<li>CamelCased aliases were broken in v2.13.3; This <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/af0c2223da0">has been fixed again</a>.</li>
<li>The 32-bit Git binaries are now built against the same dependencies that are shipped with Git for Windows.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.13.2 (June 26th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.13.3/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.3.txt">Git v2.13.3</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.2.1">Git LFS v2.2.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2017-07/msg00044.html">Cygwin 2.8.2</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Git Bash <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1226">no longer tries to use the <code>getent</code> tool</a> which was never shipped with Git for Windows.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.13.1(2) (June 15th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.13.2/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.2.txt">Git v2.13.2</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.10.1">Git Credential Manager v1.10.1</a>.</li>
<li>The Git Bash prompt <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/145">can now be overridden by creating the file <code>.config\git\git-prompt.sh</code></a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_54_1">cURL v7.54.1</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.13.1 (June 13th 2017)</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>git commit</code> and <code>git status</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1202">no longer randomly throw segmentation faults</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.13.0 (May 10th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.13.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.1.txt">Git v2.13.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.10.0">Git Credential Manager v1.10.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#7.5p1">OpenSSH 7.5p1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow-avh/releases/tag/1.11.0">Git Flow v1.11.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.1.1">Git LFS v2.1.1</a>.</li>
<li>Git <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1188">now uses the flag introduced with Windows 10 Creators Update to create symbolic links without requiring elevated privileges</a> in Developer Mode.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The documentation of Git for Windows' several config files <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1165">was improved</a>.</li>
<li>When interrupting Git processes in Git Bash by pressing Ctrl+C, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/pull/15">Git now removes <code>.lock</code> files as designed</a> (<a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1170">accompanying Git PR</a>; this should also fix <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/338">issue #338</a>).</li>
<li><code>git status -uno</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1179">now treats submodules in ignored directories correctly</a>.</li>
<li>The fscache feature <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/bda7f0728ac55e55d79ed0786c1b5ce2ef7e6117">no longer slows down <code>git commit -m <message></code> in large worktrees</a>.</li>
<li>Executing <code>git.exe</code> in Git Bash when the current working directory is a UNC path <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1181">now works as expected</a>.</li>
<li>Staging/unstaging multiple files in Git GUI via Ctrl+C <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1012">now works</a>.</li>
<li>When hitting Ctrl+T in Git GUI to stage files, but the file list is empty, Git GUI <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1075">no longer shows an exception window</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.12.2(2) (April 5th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.13.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.0.txt">Git v2.13.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html">cURL v7.54.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.1.0">Git LFS v2.1.0</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>As per Git LFS' convention, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/141">it is installed into the <code>bin/</code> directory again</a>.</li>
<li>Calling <code>git add</code> with an absolute path using different upper/lower case than recorded on disk <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/735">will now work as expected</a> instead of claiming that the paths are outside the repository.</li>
<li>Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1150">no longer tries to determine the default printer</a>.</li>
<li>When writing the Git index file, Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1149">no longer has the wrong idea about the file's timestamp</a>.</li>
<li>On Windows, absolute paths can start with a backslash (implicitly referring to the same drive as the current directory), and now <code>git clone</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/fad23e90efc">can use those paths, too</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.12.2 (March 27th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Portable Git is now using <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/7-Zip">a custom-built SFX that is based directly on 7-Zip's SFX</a>.</li>
<li>Git LFS was upgraded to <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.0.2">v2.0.2</a>.</li>
<li>Updated the MSYS2 runtime to <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2017-04/msg00001.html">Cygwin 2.8.0</a>.</li>
<li>Git LFS <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/16975a72fd328130ae531ce349e4a77d9d2b8fa4">can now be disabled in the first installer page</a> (users can still enable it manually, as before, of course).</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/">Git Credential Manager</a> v1.9.1.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>A potential crash in <code>git status</code> with lots of files <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1111">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>Git LFS <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/5f7d44728c089694f4ef1cc3da03f15e35cd5ecc">now gets installed into the correct location</a>.</li>
<li>Git LFS <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/115b9f5b88ff60af19628262833b42cd7b6cd852">is now configured correctly out of the box</a> (unless disabled).</li>
<li>The <code>http.sslCAInfo</code> config setting <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/531">is now private to the Git for Windows installation that owns the file</a>.</li>
<li><code>git difftool -d</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1124">no longer crashes randomly</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.12.1 (March 21st 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.12.2/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.2.txt">Git v2.12.2</a>.</li>
<li>An earlier iteration of the changes speeding up the case-insensitive cache of file names was replaced by <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/212247dd6345c820deeae61fcdf2f10cea10525a">a new iteration</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.12.0 (February 25th 2017)</h2>
<p>A <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.12.0.windows.2">MinGit-only v2.12.0(2)</a> was released in the meantime.</p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.12.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.1.txt">Git v2.12.1</a>.</li>
<li>In addition to the GitForWindows NuGet package, we now also publish <a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Git-Windows-Minimal/">MinGit as a NuGet package</a>.</li>
<li>Git for Windows now bundles <a href="https://git-lfs.github.com/">Git LFS</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with Git Credential Manager <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.9.0">v1.9.0</a>.</li>
<li>Git can now be configured to use <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/301">Secure Channel</a> to use the Windows Credential Store when fetching/pushing via HTTPS.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/MSYS2-packages/pull/20">Updates</a> Git-Flow to <a href="https://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow-avh/blob/1.10.2/Changes.mdown#1102">v1.10.2</a> (addressing <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1092">#1092</a>).</li>
<li>Git for Windows' fork of the MSYS2 runtime was <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/compare/5f79e89da8...a55abf375d">rebased</a> to a preview of the Cygwin runtime version 2.8.0 (due soon) to fix <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-03/msg00113.html"><code>fork: child <n> - forked process <pid> died unexpectedly, retry 0, exit code 0xC0000142, errno 11</code> problems</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>MinGit <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1086">no longer gets distracted</a> by incompatible <code>libeay32.dll</code> versions in C:\Windows\system32.</li>
<li>Long paths between 248 and 260 characters were not handled correctly since Git for Windows v2.11.1, which <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1084">is now fixed</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>awk.exe</code> shipped with MinGit <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/437b52cae9d73772f9582efbd45b63335c7a3fb8">now ships with a previously missing a dependency</a> (this fixes <code>git mergetool</code>).</li>
<li>Git for Windows does not ship with localized messages to save on bandwidth, and the gettext initialization <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/0a416e8f3ef5314927f687f8b2e90f68bc537d80">can be skipped when the directory with said messages is missing</a>, saving us up to 150ms on every <code>git.exe</code> startup.</li>
<li>A possible crash when running <code>git log --pickaxe-regex -S<regex></code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/2c6cf4e358dd1395091e1d7f9544028e6df674a7">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>ORIGINAL_PATH</code> variable, recently introduced by the MSYS2 project to allow for special "PATH modes", <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/476605ced959f217b3820157b8101b4529fa6a0d">is now handled in the same manner as the <code>PATH</code> variable</a> when jumping the Windows<->MSYS2 boundary, fixing issues when <code>ORIGINAL_PATH</code> is converted to Windows format and back again.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.11.1 (February 3rd 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.12.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.0.txt">Git v2.12.0</a>.</li>
<li>The builtin difftool is no longer opt-in, as it graduated to be officially adopted by the Git project.</li>
<li>Comes with v2.7.0 of the POSIX emulation layer based on the <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2017-02/msg00022.html">Cygwin runtime</a>.</li>
<li>Includes <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_53_1">cURL 7.53.1</a>.</li>
<li>The Portable Git now defaults to using the included Git Credential Manager.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/87ad093f001e7146e5e521914255199e49c212a7"><code>stderr</code> output is unbuffered again</a>, i.e. errors are displayed immediately (this was reported <a href="http://public-inbox.org/git/6bc02b0a-a463-1f0c-3fee-ba27dd2482e4@kdbg.org/">on the Git mailing list</a> as well as issues <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1062">#1064</a>, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1064">#1064</a>, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1068">#1068</a>).</li>
<li>Git <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1036">can clone again</a> from paths containing non-ASCII characters.</li>
<li>We <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1069">no longer ship two different versions of <code>curl.exe</code></a>.</li>
<li>Hitting Ctrl+T in Git GUI even after all files have been (un)staged <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1060">no longer throws an exception</a>.</li>
<li>A couple of Git GUI bugs regarding the list of recent repositories <a href="https://github.com/patthoyts/git-gui/pull/10">have been fixed</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>git-bash.exe</code> helper <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/946">now waits again for the terminal to be closed before returning</a>.</li>
<li>Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1034">no longer attempts to send empty credentials to HTTP(S) servers that handle only Basic and/or Digest authentication</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.11.0(3) (January 14th 2017)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.11.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.11.1.txt">Git v2.11.1</a>.</li>
<li>Performance <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/994">was enhanced when using fscache in a massively sparse checkout</a>.</li>
<li>Git hooks <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/1c6c2420ff6683d93a61fc790842ab712f2a926b">can now be <code>.exe</code> files</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Git GUI will <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1032">no longer set <code>GIT_DIR</code> when calling Git Bash after visualizing the commit history</a>.</li>
<li>When the <code>PATH</code> contains UNC entries, Git Bash will <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1033">no longer error out with a "Bad address" error message</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.11.0(2) (January 13th 2017)</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/cfaf466391f992525a66d91ebb8e33cadbc08438">Fixed an off-by-two bug in the POSIX emulation layer</a> that possibly affected third-party Perl scripts that load native libraries dynamically.</li>
<li>A regression in <code>rebase -i</code>, introduced into v2.11.0(2), which caused commit attribution to be mishandled after resolving conflicts, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/e11df2efb3072fe73153442589129d2eb8d9ea02">was fixed</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.11.0 (December 1st 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reading a large index <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/978">has been speeded up using pthreads</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>checkout</code> operation <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/988">was speeded up</a> for the common cases.</li>
<li>The <code>status</code> operation <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/991">was made faster</a> in large worktrees with many changes.</li>
<li>The <code>diff</code> operation saw <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/996">performance improvements</a> when working on a huge number of renamed files.</li>
<li>PuTTY's <code>plink.exe</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1006">can now be used in <code>GIT_SSH_COMMAND</code> without jumping through hoops, too</a>.</li>
<li>The MSYS2 runtime was <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/038b376b2b02ab916eabac006ac54b1d29a4be75">synchronized with Cygwin 2.6.1</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Non-ASCII characters are <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/981">now shown properly again</a> in Git Bash.</li>
<li>Implicit NTLM authentication <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/987">works again</a> when accessing a remote repository via HTTP/HTTPS without having to specify empty user name and password.</li>
<li>Our <code>poll()</code> emulation <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1003">now uses 64-bit tick counts</a> to avoid the (very rare) wraparound issue where it could miscalculate time differences every 49 days.</li>
<li>The <code>--no-lock-index</code> option of <code>git status</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/1004">is now also respected also in submodules</a>.</li>
<li>The regression of v2.11.0 where Git could no longer push to shared folders via UNC paths <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/979">is fixed</a>.</li>
<li>A bug in the MSYS2 runtime where it performed POSIX->Windows argument conversion incorrectly <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/3cf1b9c3ac4c5490bc94b00cc44682d2637d0b95">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>The MSYS2 runtime <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/commit/5fe6d81012e97a348608511450f6a63750c906b6">was prepared to access the <code>FAST_CWD</code> internal data structure in upcoming Windows versions</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/ecb88230d10382833dc961f83cd1092b8d0a2af2">Fixed a bug</a> in the experimental builtin difftool where it would not handle copied/renamed files properly.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.10.2 (November 2nd 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.11.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.11.0.txt">Git v2.11.0</a>.</li>
<li>Performance of <code>git add</code> in large worktrees <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/971">was improved</a>.</li>
<li>A <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/5f3656e4b4b8ceeff40bc7fcf03aba3560bff17c">new, experimental, builtin version of the difftool</a> is available as <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/74339bdd9fab9fbf890f079c9024ff4f1309bb6d">an opt-in feature</a>.</li>
<li>Support <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/056b41311688e9f433fe28e6b3aa6687fa36ca70">has been added</a> to generate project files for Visual Studio 2010 and later.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The preload-index feature <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/955">now behaves much better in conjunction with sparse checkouts</a>.</li>
<li>When encountering a symbolic link, Git <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/958">now always tries to read it</a>, not only when <code>core.symlinks = true</code>.</li>
<li>The regression where Git would not interpret non-ASCII characters passed from a CMD window correctly <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/945">has been fixed</a>.</li>
<li>Performance of the cache of case-insensitive file names <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/964">has been improved</a>.</li>
<li>When building with MS Visual C, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/948">release builds are now properly optimized</a>.</li>
<li><code>git cvsexportcommit</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/938">now also works with CVSNT</a>.</li>
<li>Git's Perl <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/963">no longer gets confused by externally-set <code>PERL5LIB</code></a>.</li>
<li>The uninstaller <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/909">no longer leaves an empty <code>Git\mingw64</code> folder behind</a>.</li>
<li>The installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/6da8414b8c75c76fa526bd75fec22eaefad88e09">now actually records</a> whether the user chose to enable or disable the Git Credential Manager.</li>
<li>A certain scenario that could cause a crash in cherry-pick <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/952">no longer causes that</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.10.1(2) (October 13th 2016)</h2>
<p>Git for windows v2.10.1(2) was a MinGit-only release (i.e. there was no Git for windows installer for that version).</p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.10.2/Documentation/RelNotes/2.10.2.txt">Git v2.10.2</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with Git Credential Manager <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.8.1">v1.8.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with cURL <a href="https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/tag/curl-7_51_0">v7.51.0</a>.</li>
<li>Git for Windows <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/773">can now be built easily with Visual C++ 2015</a>.</li>
<li>The installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/8332900af09116544f1bee8d20bbfd77daf3186f">now logs <code>post-install</code> errors more verbosely</a>.</li>
<li>A new option asks the installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/410b4b13505a8a25b199f5cbad0f4afa1a698f34">to skip installation if Git's files are in use</a>.</li>
<li>A new option asks the installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/c7bc72a157960ee9eef644141f116060c6c31c14">to quietly skip downgrading Git for Windows</a>, without indicating failure.</li>
<li>There is <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/921">now an explicit option for symbolic link support</a>, including a link to a more verbose explanation of the issue.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>when upgrading Git for Windows, SSH agent processes <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/920">are now auto-terminated</a>.</li>
<li>When trying to install/upgrade on a Windows version that is no longer supported, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/928">we now refuse to do so</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.10.1 (October 4th 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>The speed of the SHA-1 calculation was improved by <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/915">using OpenSSL's routines</a> which leverages features of current Intel hardware.</li>
<li>The <code>git reset</code> command <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/6a6c0e84720ab5a374b61341ba9ab645ffafd35f">learned the (still experimental) <code>--stdin</code> option</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.10.0 (September 3rd 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.10.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.10.1.txt">Git v2.10.1</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with Git Credential Manager <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.7.0">v1.7.0</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow-avh/releases/tag/1.10.0">Git Flow v1.10.0</a>.</li>
<li>We <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/128">now produce nice diffs for <code>.docm</code> and <code>.dotm</code> files</a>, just as we did for <code>.docx</code> files already.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The icon in the Explorer integration ("Git Bash Here"), which was lost by mistake in v2.10.0, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/870">is back</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/c4f481a41de66d24f6f9943104600f2e4f24b152">Fixed a crash</a> when calling <code>git diff -G<regex></code> on new-born files without configured user diff drivers.</li>
<li>Interactive GPG signing of commits and tags <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/871">was fixed</a>.</li>
<li>Calling Git with <code>--date=format:<invalid-format></code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/863">no longer results in an out-of-memory</a> but reports the problem and aborts instead.</li>
<li>Git Bash <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/580">now opens properly even for Azure AD accounts</a>.</li>
<li>Git GUI <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/850">respects the <code>commit.gpgsign</code> setting again</a>.</li>
<li>Upgrades the bundled OpenSSL to <a href="https://www.openssl.org/news/cl102.txt">v1.0.2j</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.9.3(2) (August 25th 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.10.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.10.0.txt">Git v2.10.0</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>git rebase -i</code> command was made faster <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/compare/3259f1f348b8173050c269dde7dc02346db759f3^...3259f1f348b8173050c269dde7dc02346db759f3^2">by reimplementing large parts in C</a>.</li>
<li>After helping the end-users to use the new defaults for PATH and FSCache, the installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/compare/a0a8613c54c0bd651904432f07f7b2999790b097~2...a0a8613c54c0bd651904432f07f7b2999790b097">now respects the saved settings again</a>.</li>
<li><code>git version --build-options</code> now <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/866">also reports the architecture</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When upgrading Git for Windows, the installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/6682a86026e801d9c88c1903d5bd4dd1a0d79c4e">no longer opens a second window while uninstalling the previous version</a>.</li>
<li>Git for Windows' SDK <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/955e82b25a825f005946e7e4951e29404370aa94">can build an installer out of the box again</a>, without requiring an extra package to be installed.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.9.3 (August 13th 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with Git Credential Manager <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.6.1">v1.6.1</a>.</li>
<li>The feature introduced with Git for Windows v2.9.3 where <code>cat-file</code> can apply smudge filters <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/compare/f080fe716^...f080fe716">was renamed to <code>--filters</code> and made compatible with the <code>--batch</code> mode (the former option name <code>--smudge</code> has been deprecated and will go away in v2.10.0)</a>.</li>
<li>Comes with OpenSSH <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/MSYS2-packages/compare/da63f58~3...da63f58">7.3p1</a>.</li>
<li>Git's .exe files are now <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/3e9b83526">code-signed</a>, helping with performance when being run with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_File_Protection">Windows File Protection</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.9.2 (July 16th 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.9.3/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.3.txt">Git 2.9.3</a>.</li>
<li>Updated Git Credential Manager to <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v.1.6.0">version 1.6.0</a>.</li>
<li>Includes support for <code>git status --porcelain=v2</code>.</li>
<li>Avoids evaluating unnecessary patch IDs when determining which commits do not need to be rebased because they are already upstream.</li>
<li>Sports a new <code>--smudge</code> option for <code>git cat-file</code> that lets it pass blob contents through smudge filters configured for the specified path.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When offering to <code>Launch Git Bash</code> after the installation, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/aa0b462">it now launches in the home directory</a>, consistent with the <code>Git Bash</code> Start Menu entry.</li>
<li>When <code>~/.gitconfig</code> sets <code>core.hideDotFiles=false</code>, <code>git init</code> <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/789">respects that again</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.9.0 (June 14th 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.9.2/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.2.txt">Git 2.9.2</a> (skipping the Windows release of <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.9.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.1.txt">Git 2.9.1</a> due to a regression caught by the automated tests).</li>
<li>Git Credential Manager was updated to <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/Git-Credential-Manager-for-Windows/releases/tag/v1.5.0">v1.5.0</a>.</li>
<li>The installer <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/82dc6284">will now refuse to downgrade Git for Windows, unless the user assures that it is intended</a>.</li>
<li>MinGit, the portable, non-interactive Git intended for third-party tools, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/16a8cf5">is now also built as part of Git for Windows' official versions</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When <code>git bundle create</code> is asked to create an empty bundle, it is supposed to error out and delete the corrupt bundle file. The deletion <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/797">no longer fails due to an unreleased lock file</a>.</li>
<li>When launching <code>git help <command></code>, the <code>help.browser</code> config setting <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/793">is now respected</a>.</li>
<li>The title bar in Git for Windows' SDK <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/122">shows the correct prefix again</a>.</li>
<li>We <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/ac008b30ec070f459450d602c55d55816aae2915">no longer throw an assertion</a> when using the <code>git credential-store</code>.</li>
<li>When configuring <code>notepad</code> as commit message editor, <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/123">UTF-8 messages are now handled correctly</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.8.4 (June 7th 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.9.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.0.txt">Git 2.9.0</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>When running <code>git gc --aggressive</code> or <code>git repack -ald</code> in the presence of multiple pack files, the command still had open handles to the pack files it wanted to remove. This <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/85bc5ad9a69fa120b23471d483dc8da35d771ab7">has been fixed</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.8.3 (May 20th 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.8.4/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.4.txt">Git 2.8.4</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Child processes <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/755">no longer inherit handles to temporary files</a>, which previously could prevent <code>index.lock</code> from being deleted.</li>
<li>When configuring Git Bash with Windows' default console, it <a href="https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/118">no longer loses its icon</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.8.2 (May 3rd 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.8.3/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.3.txt">Git v2.8.3</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Changes since Git for Windows v2.8.1 (April 4th 2016)</h2>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Comes with <a href="https://github.com/git/git/raw/v2.8.2/Documentation/RelNotes/2.8.2.txt">Git v2.8.2</a>.</li>