Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.44.0-rc0

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

Dear Git users,

I hereby announce that Git for Windows 2.44.0-rc0 is available from:

    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.44.0-rc0.windows.1

Changes since Git for Windows v2.43.0 (November 20th 2023)

Git for Windows will drop support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8 in
the next versions, see the announcement of MSYS2 on which Git for
Windows relies for components such as Bash and Perl.

Please also note that the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is
deprecated; Its last official release is planned for 2025.

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.44.0-rc0.
  * Comes with gnupg v2.2.42.
  * Comes with libfido2 v1.14.0.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.4.10.
  * Comes with Perl v5.38.2.
  * Git for Windows learned to detect and use native Windows support
    for ANSI sequences, which allows using 24-bit colors in terminal
    windows.
  * Comes with Git LFS v3.4.1.
  * The repository viewer Tig that is included in Git for Windows can
    now be called also directly from PowerShell/CMD.
  * Comes with OpenSSH v9.6.P1.
  * Comes with Bash v5.2.26.
  * Comes with GNU TLS v3.8.3.
  * Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.1.
  * Comes with cURL v8.6.0.
  * Comes with GNU Privacy Guard v2.4.4.

Impressive set of updates.  Thanks.