winget install --id Git.MinGitAbout MinGit
MinGit is a minimal, lightweight version of Git for Windows that includes only the core Git command-line tools. It's designed for automated environments, CI/CD pipelines, and users who need basic Git functionality without the full Git for Windows package, which includes Git Bash, GUI tools, and other utilities. MinGit offers a smaller footprint and can be used portably without installation.
What's new in 2.54.0
Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0(3) (April 14th 2026) 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 instead, or switch to a regular MSYS2 setup: install MSYS2, then run the following command in the MSYS2 UCRT64 Bash: pacman -Sy mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-git-svn. After that, the git svn command will be available in that Bash. On Windows/ARM64, you will want to use the CLANGARM64 variant instead (and install mingw-w64-clang-aarch64-git-svn). New Features - Comes with Git v2.54.0. - Comes with Bash v5.3.9. - Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.7.3. - Comes with MinTTY v3.8.2. - 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. - Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on Cygwin v3.6.7. - Comes with cURL v8.19.0. - Comes with OpenSSH v10.3.P1. - Comes with OpenSSL v3.5.6. Bug Fixes - The iconv executable, which was inadvertently dropped from Git for Windows v2.53.0's installer, is now included again. - 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. This bug was fixed. - Similar to how git clean already avoids traversing NTFS junctions, git worktree remove now does the same. - The number of CPU cores is now detected correctly on multi-socket systems. - When fetching/pushi...
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2.54.0 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0(3) (April 14th 2026) 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 Linu... |
| 2.53.0.3 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0(2) (March 10th 2026) This is a security fix release, addressing CVE-2026-32631. - CVE-2026-32631, Git for Windows: When a user clones a repository containing symbolic links pointing... |
| 2.53.0.2 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0 (February 2nd 2026) This is a security fix release, addressing CVE-2025-66413. - CVE-2025-66413, Git for Windows: When a user clones a repository from an attacker-controlled server,... |
| 2.53.0 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025) New Features - Comes with Git v2.53.0. - Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes the session to "freeze". - Git for Windows' installer... |
| 2.52.0.1 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.2 (October 28th 2025) As announced in several recent release notes, git svn is no longer supported by the Git for Windows project. New Features - Comes with Git v2.52.0. - Comes with P... |
| 2.51.1.1 | Unknown | 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 o... |
| 2.51.0.2 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.51.0 (August 19th 2025) New Features - Comes with PCRE2 v10.46. - Comes with cURL v8.16.0. This addresses a bug where fetches/pushes could fail with failed to read data from server: SEC_E... |
| 2.51.0 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.50.1 (July 8th 2025) New Features - Comes with Git v2.51.0. - The Portable Git installers (which are self-extracting 7-Zip archives) are now based off of 7-Zip 25.01 - Comes with cURL v8.... |
| 2.50.1 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.50.0(2) (July 1st 2025) This is a security fix release, addressing CVE-2024-50349, CVE-2024-52006, CVE-2025-27613, CVE-2025-27614, CVE-2025-46334, CVE-2025-46835, CVE-2025-48384, CVE-2025... |
| 2.48.1 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.47.1(2) (January 14th 2025) Git for Windows v2.48.1 is the last version to ship with the i686 ("32-bit") variant of the installer, portable Git and archive. Only 32-bit MinGit will be bui... |
| 2.46.1 | Unknown | Changes since Git for Windows v2.46.0 (July 29th 2024)New Features - Comes with Git v2.46.1. - Comes with Bash v5.2.32. - Comes with OpenSSL v3.2.3. - Comes with MinTTY v3.7.5. - Comes with cURL v8.10.1. Bug Fixes - The... |
| 2.45.0 | Unknown | ### Changes since Git for Windows v2.44.0 (February 23rd 2024) Git for Windows for Windows v2.45 is the last version to support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8, see MSYS2's corresponding deprecation announcement (Git for... |
| 2.41.0 | Unknown | No notes |
| 2.40.1 | Unknown | No notes |
| 2.40.0 | Unknown | No notes |
| 2.39.2 | Unknown | No notes |