Announcement: TortoiseGit 2.18 released

[Sven Strickroth]

Hi,

we're pround to announce TortoiseGit 2.18.

We thank all bug reporters, testers and translators for their help!

You can check for updates using the settings or the about dialog
(recommended) - or you can download the release here:
https://tortoisegit.org/download/

TortoiseGit no longer ships the necessary "Microsoft Visual C++
Redistributable 2015–2022" (cf. issue #4209). Make sure you have the
latest version installed before upgrading:
* x64: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
* ARM64: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.arm64.exe
* x86: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe (also needed on
x64 for context menu in x86 applications)

This version drops support for all Windows versions < 10 version 1607.

TortoiseGit no longer ships Notepad2e any more, but now defaults to
Windows Notepad that also supports LF EOL.
If you want to use Notepad2e, you will need to set it up manually
(<https://github.com/ProgerXP/Notepad2e>) and configure it in
TortoiseGit settings as alternative editor.

Git for Windows has stopped providing builds for 32-bit Windows, and
TortoiseGit will follow suit with one of the next releases.

== Features ==
* Fixed issue #3826: Help links don't open in a sensible browser,
TortoiseGit now ships HTML files
* Update TortoiseGitPlink to PuTTY Plink 0.83
* Update shipped PuTTY binaries to 0.83
* Update Scintilla to 5.5.7 and Lexilla to 5.4.5
* Updated libgit to version 2.50.1 based on Git for Windows sources
* Update libgit2 to 1.9.1
* Update json library to 3.12
* Update pcre2 to 10.46
* Update editorconfig to 0.12.10
* Fixed issue #4200: Can't see, copy merged the file path or the full
file name or "explore to" in TortoiseGitMerge
Added "Explore to" to the context menu of the low panel
* Fixed issue #4210: Add hint of active filter in file list
* Fixed issue #4185: TortoiseGit->Tag should open popup to Push Tags
* Automatically register Windows 11 context menu for all users (on
login)
* Gravatar now uses SHA256 for hashing email addresses

== Bug Fixes ==
* Fixed issue #4191: Fix \r handling in log output window to avoid
accidentally overwriting remote messages
* Fixed issue #4201: Commit message should not autocomplete when typing
opening bracket
* Fixed an off-by-one error in the spell checker
* Fixed issue #4216: Crash - Log viewer - Click "refresh" repeated
rapidly
* Fixed issue #4225: Worktree list - remember column widths
* Fixed GDI handle leaks in TortoiseGitShell
* Fixed possible crashes in LogDlg caused by calls to TerminateThread
* Fixed issue #4131: TortoseGit causing Windows 11 Sysprep to fail
-> Do not register Win11 context menu when in OOBE environment

== Known issues ==
* Issue #4013: Incorrect info displayed in title bar of Windows
Explorer windows
At the moment the numbers are only updated when the index or the
current branch change.
This only applies to Windows 10, as Windows 11 Explorer does not have
a title bar any more.

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Best regards,
Sven Strickroth
PGP key id F5A9D4C4 @ any key-server

[Philippe Goutier]

I have the latest version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 Redistributable installed (v14.44.35211), and I have rebooted my computer (Windows 11 24H2, Build 26100.6899).
However, the new 64-bit installer refuses to install, claiming that the latest Redistributable is not installed. It seems the installer performs an incorrect check 🙁

[Sven Strickroth]

Hi Philippe,

Am 08.11.2025 um 09:36 schrieb Philippe Goutier:
> I have the latest version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022
> Redistributable installed (v14.44.35211), and I have rebooted my
> computer (Windows 11 24H2, Build 26100.6899).
> However, the new 64-bit installer refuses to install, claiming that the
> latest Redistributable is not installed. It seems the installer performs
> an incorrect check 🙁

I don't think that the check is incorrect. We already had a bug report
with a similar issue where some third party software/installer had
downgraded the VC DLLs (cf. <https://tortoisegit.org/issue/4234>). A
reinstallation of the VC redistributables helped.