[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.52.0-rc1

[Johannes Schindelin]

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.52.0-rc1 is available from:

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.52.0-rc1.windows.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025)

As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer
supported by the Git for Windows project.

New Features

* Comes with Git v2.52.0-rc1.
* Comes with PCRE2 v10.47.
* Comes with cURL v8.17.0.

Git-2.52.0-rc1-64-bit.exe | 89f66e77aed48edb04eab13da8835f73e9ec00d1443424667752bd2b5b6856d5
Git-2.52.0-rc1-arm64.exe | 58b3ec59b1712da931f8656eca750af4bcafe7a494a3d5ecbb63316c2d39db45
PortableGit-2.52.0-rc1-64-bit.7z.exe | 98d87312b15b82122ce8cc87360bd4dab8e0eaa5611649e0f0d96539f86dbe3a
PortableGit-2.52.0-rc1-arm64.7z.exe | 65446192b399a6c564a9e655937074c94fa493c529267594333293f682858165
MinGit-2.52.0-rc1-64-bit.zip | 9fa8300c9c0c1a86efd8d3c4b580904025c8a2dcf3abc11a5e9c5cd69e95e08e
MinGit-2.52.0-rc1-arm64.zip | 32260dfeaafedde73ea627e16b7c567d258abff701af88aba54a328b9e8e755f
MinGit-2.52.0-rc1-32-bit.zip | 7c5a18bb6cc5f7df5b3b42ca03133fd11ff20080e3759d76a0a5a91dc8067a4d
MinGit-2.52.0-rc1-busybox-64-bit.zip | 4eaecfbe6ad6100d99272ccc19b74173373c331fd533f37c789041d0bdd7b44b
MinGit-2.52.0-rc1-busybox-32-bit.zip | cbf713fa4aba909fed9c574971f211a3ba84525289d772c05ff6327a07be907d
Git-2.52.0-rc1-64-bit.tar.bz2 | fcc82823c7d38817a704c5b395f96a1e1a06af399a48b8ad35765aeb9c694e9d
Git-2.52.0-rc1-arm64.tar.bz2 | c8819551755f7783659e098ab73b7b80bbece68346fadcfb2d4acea5cb7a13e1

Ciao,
Johannes