Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.37.2

From: Victoria Dye <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:22:11 -0700

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Dear Git users,
> 
> I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.37.2 is available from:
> 
>     https://gitforwindows.org/
Just a heads-up: there was an issue with the process used to generate this
version. Consequently, a large chunk of Git for Windows-specific changes
(bugfixes, interoperability changes, etc.) is missing from this release. 

A fixed release in in progress (see [1] for the latest updates, if you're
interested). In the meantime, please *do not* use this version.

Thanks,
- Victoria

[1] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/3981

> 
> Changes since Git for Windows v2.37.1 (July 12th 2022)
> 
> (Upcoming) breaking changes
> 
> We updated the included Bash to version 5.1 (previously 4.4). Please
> check your shell scripts for potential compatibility issues.
> 
> Also, as previously announced, Git for Windows dropped support for
> Windows Vista.
> 
> Around the beginning of 2023, Git for Windows will drop support for
> Windows 7 and for Windows 8, following Cygwin's and MSYS2's lead (Git
> for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as Bash and Perl).
> 
> New Features
> 
>   * Comes with Git v2.37.2.
>   * Comes with tig v2.5.6.
>   * Comes with Bash v5.1 patchlevel 016 .
>   * Comes with Perl v5.36.0.
>   * Git's executables are now marked Terminal Server-aware, meaning:
>     Git will be slightly faster when being run using Remote Desktop
>     Services.
>   * git svn is now based on subversion v1.14.2.
>   * Comes with GNU TLS v3.7.7.
> 
> Bug Fixes
> 
>   * Git for Windows now ships without the zmore and bzmore utilities
>     (which were broken and included only inadvertently).
>   * A regression in the vimdiff mode of git mergetool has been fixed.
>   * With certain network drives, it was reported that some attributes
>     associated with caching confused Git for Windows. This was fixed.
> 
> Git-2.37.2-64-bit.exe | 9020623e95e8f250a6298aa98d4bce395adc121998a65bef143556c3fbd2462c
> Git-2.37.2-32-bit.exe | 3f1110d855a934194b8de1e032d8edcb622804a0b4223cccb9379f7d37a52915
> PortableGit-2.37.2-64-bit.7z.exe | 71294d3008d6da6bd25527498ff726d09d55c2cbd1af32d8e99200d5339d7817
> PortableGit-2.37.2-32-bit.7z.exe | 005253af6f96fc86a2ccec97dfd68c56f5b91f72c5cd953e5d1d240c35235390
> MinGit-2.37.2-64-bit.zip | 197422464897cfc8f6ebd73007c798658d21310a4c32d43888c9e8f92720ffec
> MinGit-2.37.2-32-bit.zip | 77b39507cc4b06cad754137e08465c14532b3fc4b0bc4cfc3c91dfeaa6badbe8
> MinGit-2.37.2-busybox-64-bit.zip | bfe43199e74d3d80ed7490b7f0aa09a92f907ecbe9ad80719a9bdf6a8ec4ae70
> MinGit-2.37.2-busybox-32-bit.zip | a752814318a5cc0c00902d5fafffb97c7201ac2e837e0718eaeaddd3fdf3bb07
> Git-2.37.2-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 0508cba06cc52b0e4e733cdd6ee19ad17cc67d31b69c34212f120c94f1806a98
> Git-2.37.2-32-bit.tar.bz2 | f2612e4ff5d63d922673b1c6437b8c292ecdcfd950a2f0bdf4704d6eedc42def
> 
> Ciao,
> Johannes