Git for Windows v2.51.1.windows.1

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Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.0(2) (September 29th 2025)

This is a security release! Git LFS (which is enabled by default in Git for Windows) fixes CVE-2025-26625 (Severity rated High, 8.6 / 10) in v3.7.1. Please only clone or pull from repositories you trust until you upgraded.

Due to persistent maintenance challenges and the community's limited engagement and usage, git svn support in Git for Windows will be dropped from the next major Git for Windows release.

Note that git flow is no longer shipped with Git for Windows, after a version had been distributed that had been languishing for years. Even the original, years-stale Git Flow project has been archived.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.51.1.
• Comes with Git LFS v3.7.1, addressing CVE-2025-26625.
• Comes with OpenSSL v3.5.4.
• Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin v3.6.5.
• Comes with OpenSSH v10.2.P1.
• Drops git flow.

Bug Fixes

• A potential memory corruption in the optional wincred credential helper was fixed.

Filename	SHA-256
Git-2.51.1-64-bit.exe	b6a0e8094a2564e8f5407f18c1b47f057fe3dd10748c11e5f86478d8cbbf6acd
Git-2.51.1-arm64.exe	58fc351b55a00db7fb9067d1959ba821a2cad0a46a4d35caf6726bdb36950cd4
PortableGit-2.51.1-64-bit.7z.exe	2a1108dd87bd9d7fc168f76f0f2d7b77a44ca49f42c7a3a081b9fcbbbb75473b
PortableGit-2.51.1-arm64.7z.exe	0703b02416ff2dd7940a705fc078d04ebc7093889ecc798be4029ee9c5341e70
MinGit-2.51.1-64-bit.zip	ce0360b2bfcb60472064de698c8a5b73e63067320701fcd51d30a6e33d7967fa
MinGit-2.51.1-arm64.zip	88a6452370fe1caf758eb3d5a327c6888c0b56b74c906fffcaa5c742d21bac35
MinGit-2.51.1-32-bit.zip	a79f881c11a65fd679fae8d8878070531b9c10cfb6fc900d8b4156a5dc3bb791
MinGit-2.51.1-busybox-64-bit.zip	ba3fadd0d47622345201b35a5a8ff2f7de8de7e0e0b7b2341a2a280425c9887b
MinGit-2.51.1-busybox-32-bit.zip	5267259f9ef56e07b9183b3fe7584b63f8ccbf2646ebce1909482bf67eafade2
Git-2.51.1-64-bit.tar.bz2	19194719544f8b64aae43b8858b121958920be4725f3141e5d09b3c6582f093b
Git-2.51.1-arm64.tar.bz2	6950a1c7c006e0fc8aa329a888d177f99f92e38d16107cf10442e97617f5a71b

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This discussion was created from the release Git for Windows v2.51.1.windows.1.

[evilbaschdi]

since we (still) use "git flow" in our projects:
is there a possibility / extension so we can still use it?

Edit:
what about supporting https://github.com/gittower/git-flow-next?

[dscho]

what about supporting https://github.com/gittower/git-flow-next?

I considered that, but rejected it, mainly due to file size reasons.

But why not install git-flow-next into your PATH @evilbaschdi? Then it does not matter whether or not Git for Windows continues to support git flow.

[evilbaschdi]

I have to investigate what is possible and what is suitable. How deal with updates on both sides and so on