Git for Windows 2.5.1 is out

[Johannes Schindelin]

Dear Git (for Windows) users,

it is my pleasure to announce the release of Git for Windows 2.5.1. Apart from synchronizing with Git 2.5.1, the following bugs were fixed:

• Backspace works now with ConHost-based (cmd.exe) terminal.
• When there is a ~/.bashrc but no ~/.bash_profile, the latter will be
created automatically.
• When calling a non-login shell, the prompt now works.
• The text in the installer describing the terminal emulator options is no
longer cut off.
• The connect.exe tool to allow SSH connections via HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxies
is included in Git for Windows again, as it was in Git for Windows 1.x.
• The LANG variable is no longer left unset (which caused troubles with vim).
• `call start-ssh-agent` no longer spits out bogus lines.
• It is now possible even behind NTLM-authenticated proxies to install Git
for Windows' SDK.
• We can handle the situation now when the first $PATH elements point outside
of Git for Windows' bin/ directories and contain .dll files that interfere
with our own (e.g. PostgreSQL's libintl-8.dll).
• The patch tool is now included again as it was in Git for Windows 1.x.

Ciao,
Johannes

[Aaron Bird]

Hi

I am running windows 8.1.  Every time I try and open git Bash I get an unexpected kernal mode trap error and computer instantly shuts down.

[Johannes Schindelin]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2015, Aaron Bird wrote:

> I am running windows 8.1. Every time I try and open git Bash I get an
> unexpected kernal mode trap error and computer instantly shuts down.

For lurkers, Aaron also reported this bug at
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/348 and we are eagerly
waiting for his feedback.

Ciao,
Johannes