[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.46.0-rc0

[Johannes Schindelin]

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.46.0-rc0 is available from:

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.46.0-rc0.windows.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.45.2 (June 3rd 2024)

Git for Windows for Windows v2.46 is the last version to support for
Windows 7 and for Windows 8, see MSYS2's corresponding deprecation
announcement (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as
Bash and Perl).

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is
deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

* Comes with Git v2.46.0-rc0.
* Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.2.
* Comes with PCRE2 v10.44.
* Comes with OpenSSH v9.8.P1.
* Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.5.1.
* Comes with MinTTY v3.7.4.
* git config respects two user-wide configs: .gitconfig in the home
directory, and .config/git/config. Since the latter isn't a
Windows-native directory, Git for Windows now looks for Git/config
in the AppData directory, unless .config/git/config exists.

Bug Fixes

* Git Bash's ls command can now be used in OneDrive-managed folders
without having to hydrate all the files.
* Git LFS v3.5.x and newer no longer support Windows 7. Instead of a
helpful error message, it now simply crashes on that Windows
version, leaving the user with the error message "panic before
malloc heap initialized". This has been addressed: In addition to
the unhelpful error message, Git is now saying what is going on and
how to get out of the situation.

Git-2.46.0-rc0-64-bit.exe | dbf112c9c18bdbfe3166ec45ad443056f24136e502a8eb9570b877a1dc8ef6b8
Git-2.46.0-rc0-32-bit.exe | 7793e727e55b8e8b7a6677ea9ecc040692ba8f9629a962afaa2da54edef7fd20
PortableGit-2.46.0-rc0-64-bit.7z.exe | a16622fcb11233eb447d3c34dec992830d97c641b5293150babad62330b587ae
PortableGit-2.46.0-rc0-32-bit.7z.exe | a19bd864c1be63133dd548629dbf87375db9d7640a13b17fe6da29295f933254
MinGit-2.46.0-rc0-64-bit.zip | c7c894ead5affd8958982cd7ac0f0703784561fee1203121707a76172a181a9a
MinGit-2.46.0-rc0-32-bit.zip | 3487e58bd60d6a9a16771954c82ea7a8f936a8eda60931783890e710e37df9c4
MinGit-2.46.0-rc0-busybox-64-bit.zip | d9086f0f3010a9dc4d2ed9e1b4dbf48a9ff1b9ec09d3a7a13d34e211693e90f3
MinGit-2.46.0-rc0-busybox-32-bit.zip | 1efc39ea79bfd9d12e4507140dfbe008894c96c3926df41d68facc7bd2170bd5
Git-2.46.0-rc0-64-bit.tar.bz2 | 9e7a64a2b17bde4e94a35e4142c981e33c5fc75b660e8b18130a5b5655b082af
Git-2.46.0-rc0-32-bit.tar.bz2 | 773aa579ed14369471019741ec8d699ef8d9fed2624617184dda0a9e4d54b212

Ciao,
Johannes