[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc0

[Johannes Schindelin]

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc0 is available from:

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.53.0-rc0.windows.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025)

New Features

* Comes with Git v2.53.0-rc0.
* Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes
the session to "freeze".
* Git for Windows' installer is now built by InnoSetup v6.6.1.
* Comes with cURL v8.18.0.
* Microsoft Edit can now be specified as Git editor.
* Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.7.0, the "anniversary release"
after one release-less year, which brings native x64 and ARM64
binaries for the respective flavors of Git for Windows.
* Upgrades the memory allocator mimalloc that is used by Git for
Windows to v2.2.6.
* Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
Cygwin v3.6.6.

Bug Fixes

* The installer of Git for Windows v2.52 showed clipped text in some
setups, which was fixed.
* When calling Microsoft Store apps, their standard I/O is now set up
correctly (meaning: You can call an interactive Python interpreter
without the winpty hack mentioned in the release notes' Known
Issues).
* The astextplain tool (which is used by Git for Windows to generate
diffs of .pdf and .doc files) used to handle empty files
gracefully. This behavior is now reinstated.

Git-2.53.0-rc0-64-bit.exe | 714b50a253602b2e854ecc283c1755a6498f751fbf80db7ba48861417c5bd229
Git-2.53.0-rc0-arm64.exe | 1d065239b58f9ed97a52f0d0d8f80ed76b205974d4eb953a21efe8375695c233
PortableGit-2.53.0-rc0-64-bit.7z.exe | 46047a303ada6cb981d67720a8243cfdc3c664d77044d410158c1608e7301b66
PortableGit-2.53.0-rc0-arm64.7z.exe | 594e7a5eb5821e7aa2d204893cd9dd2073dda72c6e2aab0746adca93afc6b1b5
MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-64-bit.zip | 7e74f4c1a210769a9e44440aa2fdfa836875e92e64774f512a8cf250345bafa4
MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-arm64.zip | ee2508dd6bb3d87112e8288612fcf3eb3e13607fcb03a8db1e22a820265774ed
MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-32-bit.zip | ddff1fb9cb73d41c90bb7d9c8c463d8104eff305c74e17e43419fa2a3873cb41
MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-busybox-64-bit.zip | aceb7c886eb63e6f16aa8ba48bc02828138309908ca8a647883d5945471262c2
MinGit-2.53.0-rc0-busybox-32-bit.zip | 5ea2d68a294b7d52266259bc5558a3824e30a31e972fd3a9a2c40d3f55dff39e
Git-2.53.0-rc0-64-bit.tar.bz2 | bbdd83073894a08a2089051b496ec7c6845c0a25f9bef3e35bcc63cb3f4709e3
Git-2.53.0-rc0-arm64.tar.bz2 | fb74602f5c8023e90e334235d85c5dda175903c9e6d74a43ef89fb6938baeee7

Ciao,
Johannes

[Junio C Hamano]

Johannes Schindelin <johannes....@gmx.de> writes:

> Dear Git users,
>
> I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.53.0-rc0 is available from:
>
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.53.0-rc0.windows.1
>
> Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025)
>
> New Features
>
> * Comes with Git v2.53.0-rc0.
> * Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes
> the session to "freeze".
> * Git for Windows' installer is now built by InnoSetup v6.6.1.
> * Comes with cURL v8.18.0.
> * Microsoft Edit can now be specified as Git editor.

;-).

> * Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.7.0, the "anniversary release"
> after one release-less year, which brings native x64 and ARM64
> binaries for the respective flavors of Git for Windows.
> * Upgrades the memory allocator mimalloc that is used by Git for
> Windows to v2.2.6.
> * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
> Cygwin v3.6.6.

Thanks.