Git for Windows 2.7.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.7.0(2) (February 2nd 2016)

New Features

• Comes with Git 2.7.1.

Bug Fixes

• Git GUI now starts properly even when the working directory contains non-ASCII characters.
• We forgot to enable Address Space Layout Randomization and Data Execution Prevention on our Git wrapper, and this is now fixed.
• A bug in one of the DLLs used by Git for Windows was fixed that prevented Git from working properly in 64-bit setups where the FLG_LDR_TOP_DOWN global flag is set.

Filename	SHA-256
Git-2.7.1-64-bit.exe	ab3eee9558f5bedffbe5518edcd84dbade813a013470d7640285a9c9c263be5a
Git-2.7.1-32-bit.exe	687e58df471bf88996a3ba619d25ccaaecd7243cbdb291f028abce68e8620569
PortableGit-2.7.1-64-bit.7z.exe	93b56b61973dce5b56127796b714cd29bd4777cce54e09e497dc1d0b2bb6057e
PortableGit-2.7.1-32-bit.7z.exe	f65ac7104a5b5c9d9bfa5b86df90acfe140ef5415ee8126daab050a157264cc7
Git-2.7.1-64-bit.tar.bz2	2ab050864eaf60b158868a5a96ec5a2f2072a446a04dae9d290c4377871bb75f
Git-2.7.1-32-bit.tar.bz2	a7b5d4d94b89e5eac5603c45ebbc28cb377f5835f6b3416f255972c77bd5226b

Git for Windows 2.7.0(2)

Changes since Git for Windows v2.7.0 (January 5th 2016)

New Features

• To stave off exploits, Git for Windows now uses Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) and Data Execution Prevention (DEP).
• Git for Windows' support for git pull --rebase=interactive that was dropped when the pull command was rewritten in C, was resurrected.
• The installers are now dual signed with SHA-2 and SHA-1 certificates.
• The uninstaller is signed now, too.

Bug Fixes

• When installing as administrator, we no longer offer the option to install quiicklaunch icons because quicklaunch icons can only be installed per-user.
• If a ~/.bashrc is detected without a ~/.bash_profile, the generated file will now also source ~/.profile if that exists.
• The environment variable HOME can now be used to set the home directory even when running with accounts that are part of a different domain than the current (non-domain-joined) machine (in which case the MSys2 runtime has no way to emulate POSIX-style UIDs).
• Git can now fetch and push via HTTPS even when the http.sslCAInfo config variable was unset.
• Git for Windows is now handling the case gracefully where the current user has no permission to list the parent of the current directory.
• More file locking issues ("Unlink of file ... failed. Should I try again?") were fixed.

Filename	SHA-256
Git-2.7.0.2-64-bit.exe	c9f0ba628d79886427e05b6b2833f65630ccfc49ecceaab7cff0c6723d1d6e47
Git-2.7.0.2-32-bit.exe	8f14d50a1950264a7fd53128a81884f5757ca2b645e092ce81122993433657f8
PortableGit-2.7.0.2-64-bit.7z.exe	aa29dcfffda49bde58c84d34cec8e38f4ea85d97c5bb789a56e00ab86a60de5e
PortableGit-2.7.0.2-32-bit.7z.exe	b5af00c5bcffd67c57beb9ce379a8080e44a2f9fe05650a8d7d460382832cbea
Git-2.7.0.2-64-bit.tar.bz2	9ed65a54b2586059a53ce64a57d2faa99386b282dd427a4a7e5474feb00d0851
Git-2.7.0.2-32-bit.tar.bz2	a9c2daf66ed9864146945e5e2e0970a13cd9140b0fb0327a668e2550a7cc24e8

Git for Windows 2.7.0

Changes since Git for Windows v2.6.4 (December 14th 2015)

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.7.0.

Bug Fixes

• Non-ASCII command-lines are now passed properly to shell scripts.

Filename	SHA-256
Git-2.7.0-64-bit.exe	edab3c7ee50cdcb66ac66b5f3b2e7ea7ce25c85ffc03e9602deffd8eb27e323e
Git-2.7.0-32-bit.exe	58d7b7b8038e91ac6a29c3d9150da536f836247dafde4821c745ba1f88ccc0f1
PortableGit-2.7.0-64-bit.7z.exe	d7cf3f8ceef88b824fd7dfa476e2bbffd1bff0011b7577bc864e7fbb61fb95f1
PortableGit-2.7.0-32-bit.7z.exe	d1d46375004451beceb15c33c4807d50c925c039173df9f4bd0de0c01cd0f30c
Git-2.7.0-64-bit.tar.bz2	ff9c84a7651ea4c535b98ee0dae561b01d99246e1f9770c3f8b2d80c6df51f65
Git-2.7.0-32-bit.tar.bz2	1099955bdbd744b3383bdcdd39c202d0b0a8e2c0734befeb53eb894b89e78ff7

Git for Windows 2.6.4

Changes since Git for Windows v2.6.3 (November 10th 2015)

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.6.4.

Bug Fixes

• Git for Windows v2.6.3's installer failed to elevate privileges automatically (reported three times, making it a charm), and as a consequence Git for Windows 2.6.3 was frequently installed per-user by mistake
• The bug where SHELL_PATH had spaces and that was reported multiple times has been fixed.
• An additional work-around from upstream Git for SHELL_PATH containing spaces (fixing problems with interactive rebase's exec command has been applied.

Filename	SHA-256
Git-2.6.4-64-bit.exe	2deab47a0e4a212576f6822db532269d8a69ec47345f946da655e04b2437ae44
Git-2.6.4-32-bit.exe	c2c27746010f3b09949fb8435ac8a8d1496aeb6fb26fc6ac787ed09686cffcaa
PortableGit-2.6.4-64-bit.7z.exe	42190f01e78c68e0b4485cd31f8296af392bcaf82a7291f21918f4412e90db8c
PortableGit-2.6.4-32-bit.7z.exe	5b0fcea5262db1a7676b5cd21df717cd02f1835a270d7f94d1537028462e61df
Git-2.6.4-64-bit.tar.bz2	d2d143fe5b9a6517ebec5afcb3183a809f3b7ceda9abf2c1c76203accf65e877
Git-2.6.4-32-bit.tar.bz2	71296bef22154077f8f5acda61b791fbbecce872f4d2c550b61ca82f58eb8c90

Git for Windows 2.6.3

Changes since Git for Windows v2.6.2 (October 19th 2015)

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.6.3.
• Enables the stack smasher to protect against buffer overflows.

Bug Fixes

• Git Bash works now even when choosing Windows' default console and installing into a short path (e.g. C:\Git).
• Notepad can now really be used to edit commit messages.
• Git's garbage collector now handles stale refs/remotes/origin/HEAD gracefully.
• The regression in Git for Windows 2.6.2 that it required administrator privileges to be installed is now fixed.
• When notepad is configured as default editor, we no longer do anything specially unless editing files inside .git/.

Git for Windows 2.6.2

Changes since Git for Windows v2.6.1 (October 5th 2015)

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.6.2
• Users who are part of a Windows domain now have sensible default values for user.name and user.email.

Bug Fixes

• We no longer run out of page file space when git fetching large repositories.
• The description of Windows' default console is accurate now (the console became more powerful in Windows 10).
• Git GUI now respects the terminal emulation chosen at install time when running the Git Bash.

Git for Windows 2.6.1

Changes since Git for Windows 2.6.1 (September 29th 2015)

New Features

• Comes with Git 2.6.1
• The installer now writes the file /etc/install-options.txt to record which options were chosen at install time.
• Replaces git flow with the AVH edition which is maintained actively, in surprising and disappointing contrast to Vincent Driessen's very own project.

Bug Fixes

• The PATH variable is now really left alone when choosing the "Use Git from Git Bash only" option in the installer. Note that upgrading Git for Windows will call the previous version's uninstaller, which might still have that bug.
• Git GUI's Registry>Create Desktop Icon now generates correct shortcuts.
• The antiword utility to render Word documents for use in git diff now works correctly.
• In 64-bit installations, we no longer set a pack size limit by default.
• When installing Git for Windows as regular user, the installer no longer comptries to create privileged registry keys.

Git for Windows 2.6.0

Changes since Git for Windows 2.5.3 (September 18th 2015)

New Features

• Comes with Git 2.6.0
• The WhoUses.exe tool to determine which process holds a lock on a given file (which was shipped with Git for Windows 1.x) gets installed alongside Git for Windows again.
• The values CurrentVersion, InstallPath and LibexecPath are added to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\GitForWindows registry key to help third-party add-ons to find us.
• When fetching or pushing with Git without a console, we now fall back to Git GUI's askpass helper to ask for pass phrases.
• When run through <INSTALL_PATH>\cmd\git.exe, Git will find tools in $HOME/bin now.

Bug Fixes

• The portable version avoids DLL search path problems even when installed into a FAT filesystem.
• Configuring notepad as editor without configuring a width for commit messages no longer triggers an error message.
• When using Windows' default console for Git Bash, the .sh file associations work again.
• Portable Git's README is now clearer about the need to run post-install.bat when unpacking manually.
• We use the winpty trick now to run ipython interactively, too.
• When the environment variable HOME is not set, we now fall back correctly to use HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH.
• The home directory is now set correctly when running as the SYSTEM user.
• The environment variable GIT_WORK_TREE may now differ in lower/upper case with the Git's idea of the current working directory.
• Running git clone --dissociate ... no longer locks the pack files during the repacking phase.
• Upstream cURL fixes for NTLM proxy issues ("Unknown SSL error") were backported.

Git for Windows 2.5.3

Changes since Git-2.5.2(2) (September 13th 2015)

New Features

• Comes with Git 2.5.3.
• Includes git flow.
• By configuring git config core.editor notepad, users can now use notepad.exe as their default editor. Configuring git config format.commitMessageColumns 72 will be picked up by the notepad wrapper and line-wrap the commit message after the user edited it.
• The Subversion bindings for use with git svn were upgraded to version 1.9.1.
• Some interactive console programs, e.g. psql.exe, now work in mintty thanks to pre-configured aliases.
• The mechanism to diff .pdf, .doc and .docx files known from Git for Windows 1.x has been ported to Git for Windows 2.x.
• Git can now access IPv6-only hosts via HTTP/HTTPS.

Bug fixes

• The .vimrc in the home directory is now allowed to have DOS line endings.
• The README.portable file of the portable Git mentions the need to run post-install.bat when the archive was extracted manually.
• Home directories for user names with non-ASCII characters are handled correctly now.
• The documentation no longer shows plain-text linkgit:... "links" but proper hyperlinks instead.
• The mtab link is written to /etc/mtab again, as it should.
• When run inside the PowerShell, Git no longer gets confused when the current directory's path and what is recorded in the file system differs in case (e.g. "GIT/" vs "Git/").

Git for Windows 2.5.2 (Release 2)

This release primarily fixes the Git GUI regression that was introduced into Git for Windows 2.5.2. In addition, the following bugs have been fixed:

• It now works to call git add -p -- . when there is a large number of files.
• The Arrow keys can be used in the Bash history again when run in the Windows console.
• Tab completion in the context of a large Active Directory is no longer slow.