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  • Update the note clarifying that we're following Cygwin in dropping support for outdated Windows versions.

    @dscho dscho committed Oct 8, 2024
    11e6855

  • Note that 32-bit versions do not enjoy full support anymore, and Windows 7 & 8 support has been dropped, too.

    @dscho dscho committed Oct 8, 2024
    778a0e5

  • Mention the newest security bug-fix release

    @dscho dscho committed May 15, 2024
    22f4e6a

  • Revert 6ffc9b132e445d74bfeb9c286eacb2db1d94e81c...325fc9b01f16aac3fd32257f72be8bbc7c222723

    @rimrul rimrul committed May 12, 2024
    38518ab

  • Destroyed FAQ (markdown)

    @SnoopdougyDoug SnoopdougyDoug committed May 11, 2024
    325fc9b

  • Bring the "Why, How, What" of the updates in continuity

    @goyalyashpal goyalyashpal committed Feb 27, 2024
    6ffc9b1

  • file path limit consistent with https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Git-cannot-create-a-file-or-directory-with-a-long-path

    @wangyoutian wangyoutian committed Jun 24, 2023
    af14829

  • Add recommendation to upgrade to security release v2.40.1

    @vdye vdye committed Apr 25, 2023
    61e96a4

  • Updated FAQ (markdown)

    @derrickstolee derrickstolee committed Feb 14, 2023
    7147a12

  • Mention that Git for Windows v2.39.1 is required to stay safe, for now

    @dscho dscho committed Jan 23, 2023
    c3f0ffd

  • Mention that Git for Windows v2.38.1 is required to stay safe, for now

    @dscho dscho committed Oct 18, 2022
    cc4d914

  • Changes discussed in issue #4016

    @2bam 2bam committed Sep 21, 2022
    37363ba

  • Updated FAQ (markdown)

    @rimrul rimrul committed Jul 27, 2022
    4c978c2

  • Git for Windows v2.37.1 is the latest security bug fix release

    @dscho dscho committed Jul 13, 2022
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  • Mention that Git for Windows v2.36.0 is required to stay safe, for now

    @dscho dscho committed May 4, 2022
    b639d70

  • Add info about `git update-git-for-windows` command

    @SamB SamB committed Feb 18, 2022
    a3b0396

  • point mintty link to GitHub pages The link to mintty currently points to Google Groups, but the latest commit there is from September 12, 2013 I have changed the link to instead go to http://mintty.github.io/, but perhaps https://github.com/mintty/mintty fits as well

    @dacodas dacodas committed Feb 17, 2022
    3b61fe1

  • Revert e2f09d84c7e05bb849f37ea2b8c5e424d7afd9cc...c6cf1caed952197b5050f39361fc2d45e1d0f58f

    @rimrul rimrul committed Sep 1, 2021
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  • Destroyed FAQ (markdown)

    @Beltran1161 Beltran1161 committed Aug 30, 2021
    c6cf1ca

  • Revert 8edd79bd30233ff21b7b783879f540d397bc1b67...0cb55c7bb422c0c42b8e966fb85ae8ad85232986

    @rimrul rimrul committed Apr 30, 2021
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  • Destroyed FAQ (markdown)

    @cc520743 cc520743 committed Apr 23, 2021
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  • Revert "'mail', like 'stuff' and 'traffic', doesn't get an 's' like countable nouns do" The Cambridge Dictionary disagrees with the idea that the plural of "mail" should be "mail" when talking about emails: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mail#cald4-1-2 This reverts commit ac40418fb9220ca1ef4d1d4d31adb7b24d673fcf. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>

    @dscho dscho committed Apr 8, 2021
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  • 'mail', like 'stuff' and 'traffic', doesn't get an 's' like countable nouns do

    @bish0polis bish0polis committed Mar 20, 2021
    ac40418

  • v2.30.2 fixes CVE-2021-21300

    @dscho dscho committed Mar 10, 2021
    47ee459

  • Mention that 2.30.0(2) fixes a vulnerability

    @dscho dscho committed Jan 14, 2021
    83ae4ef

  • Fix whitespace issues Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>

    @dscho dscho committed Dec 19, 2020
    ca955c8

  • Mention that v2.29.2(3) also is one of those versions with critical security fixes

    @dscho dscho committed Dec 8, 2020
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  • Mention that Git for Windows older than v2.29.2(2) is vulnerable (due to a Git LFS bug)

    @dscho dscho committed Nov 5, 2020
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  • Use links referring to the default branch in a generic way Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>

    @dscho dscho committed Jun 17, 2020
    b2f4a75

  • use https

    @vszakats vszakats committed May 3, 2020
    e526747