Git for Windows v2.8.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.8.0 (March 29th 2016)

New Features

  • Comes with Git v2.8.1.
  • The Git for Windows project updated its contributor guidelines to
    the Contributor Covenant 1.4.

Bug Fixes

  • Git's default editor (vim) is no longer freezing in CMD windows.
  • GIT_SSH (and other executable paths that Git wants to spawn) can
    now contain spaces.

Git for Windows v2.8.0

Changes since Git for Windows v2.7.4 (March 18th 2016)

New Features

  • Comes with Git v2.8.0.
  • Comes with the Git Credential Manager v1.2.2.
  • The FSCache feature (which was labeled experimental for quite some
    time) is now enabled by default.
  • Git is now added to the PATH by default (previously, the default
    was for Git to be available only from Git Bash/CMD).
  • The installer now offers to launch the Git Bash right away.

Bug Fixes

  • The previous workaround for the blurred link to the Git Credential
    Manager was fixed so that the link is neither blurry nor
    overlapping.
  • The installer now changes the label of the Next button to Install
    on the last wizard page before installing.

Git 2.8

Git for Windows v2.7.4

Changes since Git for Windows v2.7.3 (March 15th 2016)

New Features

  • Comes with Git 2.7.4.

Bug Fixes

  • The Git Credential Manager hyperlink in the installer is no longer
    blurred.

Git for Windows v2.7.3

Changes since Git for Windows v2.7.2 (February 23rd 2016)

New Features

  • Git for Windows now ships with the Git Credential Manager for
    Windows.

Bug Fixes

  • We now handle UTF-8 merge and squash messages correctly in Git GUI.
  • When trying to modify a repository config outside of any Git
    worktree, git config no longer creates a .git/ directory but prints
    an appropriate error message instead.
  • A new version of Git for Windows' SDK was released.
  • We no longer show asterisks when reading the username for
    credentials.

Git for Windows v2.7.2

Changes since Git for Windows v2.7.1(2) (February 12th 2016)

New Features

  • Git for Windows' SDK version 1.0.2 has been released.
  • The "list references" window of gitk is now wider by default.
  • Comes with Git 2.7.2.

Bug Fixes

  • The user is now presented with a nice error message when calling
    node while node.exe is not in the PATH (this bug also affected
    other interactive console programs such as python and php).
  • The arrow keys are respected again in gitk.
  • When a too-long path is encountered, git clean -dfx no longer
    aborts quietly.
  • Git GUI learned to stage lines appended to a single-line file.
  • When launching C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash -l -i in a cmd window
    and pressing Ctrl+C, the console is no longer corrupted
    (previously, the bash.exe redirector would terminate and both cmd &
    Bash would compete for user input).

Git for Windows v2.7.1(2)

Changes since Git for Windows v2.7.1 (February 6th 2016)

New Features

  • The context menu items in the explorer now show icons.

Bug Fixes

  • A bug was fixed where worktrees would forget their location e.g.
    after an interactive rebase.
  • Thanks to Eric Lawrence and Martijn Laan, our installer sports a
    better way to look for system files now.

Git for Windows v2.7.1

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.

Git 2.7.1

Git for Windows v2.7.0(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.