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Add Release Note (bug): The git instaweb command [is no longer distributed with Git for Windows](https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/689) because it would require GitWeb (which has not been distributed with Git for Windows for quite a few years). Add Release Note #246: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with [OpenSSL v3.5.6](https://www.openssl.org/news/openssl-3.5-notes.html). Add Release Note #245: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (bug): A _really_ old bug which prevented Kerberos authentication from working with the default [http.emptyAuth](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-httpemptyAuth) ("auto"), [was fixed](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/6170). Add Release Note #244: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (bug): The recent security bug fix that disables NTLM by default missed the NTLM fallback in the Kerberos protocol. This fallback [is now disabled](https://github.com/git-for-windows/MINGW-packages/pull/193), following the cURL project's guidance. Add Release Note #243: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (bug): When fetching/pushing via Secure Channel (the default TLS/SSL method), the timeout to renegotiate (e.g. using client certificates) was recently reduced to 7 seconds, which was too short. It has been [extended to 60 seconds](https://github.com/git-for-windows/MINGW-packages/pull/192). Add Release Note #242: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (bug): The number of CPU cores is [now detected correctly](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/6108) on multi-socket systems. Add Release Note #241: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with [OpenSSH v10.3.P1](https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/releases/tag/V_10_3_P1). Add Release Note #240: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (bug): Similar to how git clean already avoids traversing NTFS junctions, git worktree remove [now does the same](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/6151). Add Release Note #239: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (bug): In some circumstances, when typing while a still-running program is about to terminate, [the typed characters could arrive out of order in Git Bash](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/5632). This bug [was fixed](https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/pull/124). Add Release Note #238: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (blurb): Due to persistent maintenance challenges, git svn is no longer included in Git for Windows. Users who still need this command are highly encouraged to use [a Linux version of git svn via the Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/) instead, or switch to a regular MSYS2 setup: install [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/), then run the following command in the MSYS2 UCRT64 Bash: pacman -Sy mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-git-svn. After that, the git svn ... Add Release Note #237: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with [cURL v8.19.0](https://curl.se/changes.html#8_19_0). Add Release Note #236: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on [Cygwin v3.6.7](https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2026-March/012878.html). Add Release Note #235: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): The shell aliases in Git Bash that ensured that interpreters such as Python and Node.JS are executed via winpty are no longer necessary, and have therefore [been dropped](https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/664). Add Release Note #234: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (bug): The iconv executable, which was [inadvertently dropped](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/6083) from Git for Windows v2.53.0's installer, [is now included again](https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/678). Add Release Note #233: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with [MinTTY v3.8.2](https://github.com/mintty/mintty/releases/tag/3.8.2). Add Release Note #232: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with [Git Credential Manager v2.7.2](https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/releases/tag/v2.7.2). Add Release Note #231: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with [Bash v5.3.9](https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?id=637f5c8696a6adc9b4519f1cd74aa78492266b7f). Add Release Note #230: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with [OpenSSL v3.5.5](https://www.openssl.org/news/openssl-3.5-notes.html). Add Release Note #229: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on [Cygwin v3.6.6](https://inbox.sourceware.org/cygwin-announce/20260109194027.293669-1-corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com/). Add Release Note #228: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): [Upgrades](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/6034) the [memory allocator mimalloc](https://microsoft.github.io/mimalloc/) that is used by Git for Windows to v2.2.6. Add Release Note #227: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with [Git Credential Manager v2.7.0](https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/releases/tag/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. Add Release Note #226: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (bug): 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](https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/668). Add Release Note #225: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): [Microsoft Edit](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/edit/) can [now be specified](https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/pull/669) as Git editor. Add Release Note #224: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (feature): Comes with [cURL v8.18.0](https://curl.se/changes.html#8_18_0). Add Release Note #223: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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Add Release Note (bug): When calling Microsoft Store apps, their standard I/O is now [set up correctly](https://github.com/git-for-windows/msys2-runtime/pull/122) (meaning: You can call an interactive Python interpreter without the winpty hack mentioned in the release notes' Known Issues). Add Release Note #222: Manually run by gitforwindowshelper bot
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