Git for Windows 2.36.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.36.0 (April 20th 2022)

Upcoming breaking changes

We plan to update the included bash to version 5.1 (currently 4.4) soon after Git for Windows 2.36.0 is released. Please check your shell scripts for potential compatibility issues.

Git for Windows will also stop supporting Windows Vista soon after Git for Windows 2.36.0 is released. Around the beginning of 2023, Git for Windows will drop support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, following Cygwin's and MSYS2's lead (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as Bash and Perl).

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.36.1.
• On newer Windows versions, Git now assumes a Win32 Console with full color capabilities. This helps e.g. when NeoVIM is configured as Git's editor.
• Comes with OpenSSH v9.0p1.
• When git clean fails due to long paths, Git now advises the user to set core.longPaths.
• Comes with cURL v7.83.0.
• Git Credential Manager's binaries are no longer installed in the same location as core Git's own dashed programs. This separates more clearly the core Git executables from the Git executables provided by third-parties.
• Comes with Git Credential Manager Core v2.0.696.
• Comes with OpenSSL v1.1.1o.
• Comes with patch level 4 of the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin 3.3.4.

Bug Fixes

• A regression introduced in Git for Windows v2.36.0 where GPG in 32-bit versions simply would not work was fixed.
• The proxy-lookup helper only reported the first letter of the proxy, which was fixed.
• The installer now verifies that .NET Framework 4.7.2 is available before offering Git Credential Manager (GCM) as an option (because it is required for GCM to work).
• A bug introduced into v2.36.0 where shell scripts failed to run on some network shares with the error "Too many levels of symbolic links" was fixed.

Filename	SHA-256
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PortableGit-2.36.1-64-bit.7z.exe	af17a2803c5c6406b9b60dfef2d34f72f218975f9d78df21005a44f6e2f0caf9
PortableGit-2.36.1-32-bit.7z.exe	71ad967137a4da096f3e3406bd8a761f59c3a1edbf32e81e69e1f75efb9a44c4
MinGit-2.36.1-64-bit.zip	a7a78c306dea018cc7ca3efe6a0d87c1dd7a43762705ccb0c5e31e3e44349207
MinGit-2.36.1-32-bit.zip	dbd24baed2bbc0a5bb784cf3cb877bf9a66ff3fb029e95231f46db5e5b4bc4f5
MinGit-2.36.1-busybox-64-bit.zip	5c7a819187dbcb0d8941c6a71bc384b01a942a6c2b5385202bb79a0fcc52d8a5
MinGit-2.36.1-busybox-32-bit.zip	42dfaec1999393ba8b8e472fecc6b9435fed59415e404eedbe847c975c1840c2
Git-2.36.1-64-bit.tar.bz2	38f4888db497ebe11f67c42a88ac1708fb5c68d53a398b4030b51a6116cce0e5
Git-2.36.1-32-bit.tar.bz2	7b7cce2d1a29bb18b661720c692b39a27b406cd4916d75cc62d5fe1bfd9a57ea