[ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.44.0

[Johannes Schindelin]

Dear Git users,

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

    https://gitforwindows.org/

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

Git for Windows for Windows v2.44 is the last version to support for
Windows 7 and for Windows 8, see MSYS2's corresponding deprecation
announcement (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 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.
  * 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.

Bug Fixes

  * The 32-bit variant of Git for Windows was missing some MSYS2
    runtime updates, which was addressed; Do note 32-bit support is
    phased out.
  * The Git for Windows installer showed cut-off text in some setups.
    This has been fixed.
  * The git credential-manager --help command previously would not find
    a page to display in the web browser, which has been fixed.
  * A couple of bugs that could cause Git Bash to hang in certain
    scenarios were fixed.

Git-2.44.0-64-bit.exe | 914ffc96cee0631d09049b9d87d4cd8ac9c98ead9a9f9a094d3341348324a9ec
Git-2.44.0-32-bit.exe | 5ba23d73e861d872416175ac6a05304875d6ec420c08d0217329580ca1ea0fff
PortableGit-2.44.0-64-bit.7z.exe | 1fc64ca91b9b475ab0ada72c9f7b3addbe69a6c8f520be31425cf21841cca369
PortableGit-2.44.0-32-bit.7z.exe | e70c80672069907961f6db68b0db5e14ea0447f39c74cfd3c385882f3b934c6f
MinGit-2.44.0-64-bit.zip | ed4e74e171c59c9c9d418743c7109aa595e0cc0d1c80cac574d69ed5e571ae59
MinGit-2.44.0-32-bit.zip | 3c946898cd78c5106b1672dd80051953bdb245fb46352a70606f271d8b0233c7
MinGit-2.44.0-busybox-64-bit.zip | a2377f6e4214f16afa1a5a23d9a291d09a2234bcac67c5aeb36d9cce4b7b4d5b
MinGit-2.44.0-busybox-32-bit.zip | 83dd7903f8a4b2a035eda510d6d1394acc9ff36ce45b9e55efd7dd48c83471a4
Git-2.44.0-64-bit.tar.bz2 | d78c40d768eb7af7e14d5cd47dac89a2e50786c89a67be6249e1a041ae5eb20d
Git-2.44.0-32-bit.tar.bz2 | 14541119fe97b4d34126ee136cbdba8da171b8cbd42543185a259128a3eed6b3

Ciao,
Johannes